The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-10

| by her dearest friends. 1t seemed the
stranger when it was so evident that
| she was special favorite wherever
| she did so.
She is very popular member of the
Womens club. but always steadfastly
refuses Office. She was educated in
| Baltimore and in California, and is
| highly accomplished. Her girl friends
are loath to lose her from their circle
even to one so worthy as Mr.. Ellis. Mrs.
| Ellis is pure blonde, blue eyes and
| blonde hair and is rather tall. She is
the only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. D.
Slemons. Her father being one Of the
leading real estate men of Butte. Her
brother Hal was lately married in Hon.
oulu. She has two brothers here, Fred
and Ed Slemons.
| MI. Ellis is a popular young business
man, the head of the Ellis Paint COM
pany, and one from whom his friends
expect much. He is a brother of Wy
man Ellis and Mrs. j. Z. Richards.
The house was all in white and green
the lights all shaded with fairy white
In the first paror where the ceremony
was performed, the decorations We're
unique and artistic. One corner of the
room was shaded by smilaX, chain
OF circles of smilaX running from each
side of the room and caught in the GEN.
ter with large circles Of smilaX. On
white pedestals palms We're grouped on
either side of the canopy: on another
white pedestal was great mass of
white sweet peas. Directly back of the
officiating clergyman was another
white pedestal bearing white roses. The
other rooms We're similarly decorated,
excepting the canopy. The table in the
dining room was simply dream of
floral loneliness and good things to eat.
Miss Emory at the piano softly play
ed Lohengrin's wedding march. with
violin obligato by Miss Olive oWhting
The bride entered the parlor on the arm
Of her father, meeting the groom and
his best man under the canopy, where
Rev. George c. Stull awaited their
coming and who performed the cere-
mony with much feeling. The bride
was followed by her maid of honor,
Miss Richards, and her bridesmaid,
Miss Trask. The best man was Wy
man Ellis, brother of the groom.
The dress worn by the bride was at
once simple and elegant. It was SEEM
ingly. material and all. created for just
this particular bride and no other. It
was of transparent material with
applique insertions of exquisite lace, en-
traine. 1t had the pouche front with
artistic environment of white panne
satin on the waist. the crush girdle of
the same satin. She carried a beauti-
full shower bouquet of bride roses. She
also wore the bridal gift of the groom,
a rarely handsome breach of diamonds
and pearls.
Miss Richards wore a pretty creation
of pink silk, en- traine, high neck and
with sleevs, combined with lace. She
carried pink roses. Miss Trask wore a
dainty creation Of white silk null, en-
traine, and carried pink roses also.
The friends and relatives who wit
messed the ceremony were: Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. r. Wharton, Mr. and Mrs. F.
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. c. F. Booth.
Miss Grace Stevenson. George Steven
son, Mrs Davidson, Guy Davidson,
| Charles Davidson. Mr. and Mrs. Day.
export Elltergreen. Miss Lola Emory,
Miss Olive Whiting. Miss Trask, Miss
Richards Mr. and Mrs. ]. Stout Dut-
ton, Miss Sturgis, of Sturgis, Michigan;
Homer Richards. Wyman Ellis, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. D. Slemons, Fred and Ed
Slemons.
I During the evening the bride receiv-
ed congratuatory kilograms, two in
particular giving her much pleasure,
one from her grandmother, Mrs. M. D.
SlemOns of Tennessee: the other from
her other grandmother, Mrs. w. H.
Maxwell, of Kansas City. Mrs. Slem-
ons is eight and Mrs. Maxwell
seventy-six.
After the ceremony the guests and
bride and groom enjoyed a delightful
evening, refreshments being served in
true southern style. Then Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis took the train for the Yellowstone
park where they will inspect it's Won
ders for several weeks. On their re-
turn they will occupy apartments in
the Tuttle block on North Main street.
The going-away gown was extreme
~ handsome. an imported black broad
cloth. With it Mrs. Ellis wore a hat of
white panne velvet combined with
black panne velvet.
The presents represented the loving
wishes of many friends and relatives;
cut glass of every cut and for every
purpose; silverware of every kind, in
| Guiding a chest of silver from the Ell.
lis and Richards families. Much of it
was of entirely new design. One little
gift, pretty almond spoon, was from
| the brides old black nanny way
way down south. The gifts comprised
| everything from exquisite linen to a
handsome clock. There We're many in
dividual pieces of silver in handsome
cases as we'll as the substantial chests,
Some pretty pictures We're noticed, an
exquisite center piece and lunch cloth.
Ihere We're many dainty individual
presents for the bride Also There is
no bride for whose happiness there are
more earnest prayers than are offered
for Mrs. Sidney Ellis, nee Nell" Slem-
Ons.