Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-21
A Brilliant wesd.ng.


BY far the prestiest wedding celebrated
Tin the Reformed church In the past quar-
ter of a century, was the marriage Tuesday
evening of Miss Alyce Sibylla Cushwa,
daughter OF MIR. and Mrs. Harvey Tice
Cushva, of this city, to MIR. William En-
manuel Hoffheins, son of DR.. and Mrs. ] Z.
A. Hoffheins, pastor of the Reformed
church.
The church was handsomely decorated,
the predominating color being green. con-
trasling slightly with pink. Around the
back Of the altar was banked huge palms
and ported plants making beautiful and
striang background for the many wax
tapers which lighted the altar The
| front part OF the church was gracefully
| festooned with strands of laurel The
altar and embankment of green was
screened by curtains of southern smilax
falling from the top of the recess to the
floor The artistic effect of the decora-
tion has possibly not been equaed by
any wedding decorations in this city.
The church was hlled with invited
guests. friends of both families.
The bridal party entered the church 10
the strains of the old familiar wedding
march by Lohengrin. Miss Kathryn Mat
thaei presided at the organ. During the GER
emory the strains OF List Dream of Love
iloated softly from the organ loft filling
the church with an impressive air.
The order of procession was unique.
Two ushers led the bridal pageant up the
side aisles;tolowlng them came the brides
maids and groomsmen walking alternate
| ly. They passed across the front OF the
church TO the center aisle where they
turned and walked to the rear of the
the church. in single file. The gem
tlemen turned, and counter marched TAX
ing their places around the chancel. The
bridesmaids following the groomsmen in
their order TO the chancel when they took
their positions alternately with the
groomsmen. Immediately following the
bridesmaids, entering by the center aisle,
came the maid of honor followed by the
| flower girls and the bride with her father.
In the meantime the best man followed
by the groom entered by the right side
aisle, the groom reaching the chancel
in time to receive the bride from the hands
of her father.
The ceremony, which was exception
ally impressive, used in connection with
the ring service, was performed by Rev.
IDr. Hofheins, father OF the groom and
pastor of the bride.
The bride was gowned in a novelty
Peau de Sole, trimmed with chiffon panne
velvet, and orange blossoms, she wore a
veil of BRUSSELS Net, caught with orange
blossoms.
The groom and the gentlemen wore the
conventional evening dress and wore nov
city boutonniere of white carnations.
The maid of honor was Miss Louise
Price, of Frederick, Md. dressed in white
Mousselaine de Sole, over White Taffeta,
trimmed with Duchesse lace, she car
RED a shower boquet of LaFrance roses.
The best man, Mr.. William Hardness
Adams, cousin OF the groom.
The flower girls were Mary Virginia
Hoffheins, sister of the groom, Virginia
Cushwa, sister of the bride and Bessie
Trump; their dresses were of Silk
Mule.
| The brides maids were; Mrs. nellie
Mccain, Harrisburg, Misses. Edna
Whetzel, Clearbrook, Va, Lena Gore
Winchester, Va, Dorothy Stuckev, Rich
mond, Va, Maude Swimley, Brucetown
Va, and Bessie Schindle, Hagerstown
Md. They all wore White Mousselaine
trimmed with pink, blue and yellow rib
bons.
The groomsmen were; Messrs. Franz
w. Cusllwa, brother of the bride, Rev. J
Sller Garrison, Woodstock, Va, Messrs
Reno Harp. Frederick, Md, Henry. Muir
ray, Charles Town, Hon. ID. Princeton
Buckley, Frederick, Md, and Mr.. Douglas
Shet t., Winchester, Va.
The ushers were: Messrs. PAXTON
Ramer, Harry S. Cushwa, uncle of the
BRIDE. Arlington Roush. of this city and
Harry X. Kern, of Winchester, Va.
After the pronouncing of the blessing
by the minister, the organ burst forth
with Mendelsohn's occasional, the groom
with the bride on his arm leading the
receding pageant
The brides father is leading mer-
chant of this city, is president of the Board
of Trade and president of the Citizens
National Bank.
The grooms is the editor of THE EVEN
ING WORLD and manager Of the publish
ing firm of w. L. Hoffheins & Co. He
is the son of DR.. Hoffheins, who has been
pastor of the Reformed Church in this
city since 1873.
After the ceremony a reception to the
wedding party and the immediate faml-
lies of the couple was given at the home
of Mr.. Cushwa at 3oI West Martin St.
The bride was the recipient of many
handsome and useful presents which
numbered in the hundreds.
AtIo.I7 MIR. Hoffheins and his wife
bade farewell to The party and left for a
trip west.