Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-10-25
OCTOBER WEDDINGS.
Knight. HawIey NuptiaIs in Man
chester, N. H., "Wednesday.
Arthur Perrin Smonds Of Brattreboro
Married Tuesday Evening to Spring
field, Mass, Young Woman.

Married Tuesday Evening to Spring
field, Mass, Young Woman.
Fred Samuel Knight, son of Mrs. L.
p. H. Knight of is Oak street, and Miss
Susan Sheldon Hawley, daughter of
Deacon Frederick A. Hawley of Man
chester, N. H., were married at noon
Wednesday at the brides home in
Manchester in the presence of a good
number of relatives and friends. The
decorations for the occasion were of
surprising beauty. The parlor, where
the ceremony was performed was
festooned with ropes of evergreen
while the bay window in which the
bridal party stood was a bower of
green foliage. A mass of laurel form
ed the background while the canopy
was composed of ropes of evergreen,
closely interviewer. The alcove was
fianked on either side with dropping
palms and ferns. The dining room
was also tastefully decorated, and the
rooms where the gifts were displayed
were trimmed in red and white
Miss Harriet Witherbee of Japan
played the bridal march from Lohen-
grin as the bridal party descended the
stairway. Four ribbon bearers, cousins
of the bride, led the party and formed
an aisle leading to the floral can
opy. They were c. Louise Jewell,
dressed in white linen, Ruth Jewell,
who wore blue silk, ]. Warren Jewell
and Winfield Jewell. The bride was
attended by her sister Miss Mary A.
Hawley of Yokohama, Japan, as
bridesmaid, while the bridegroom was
accompanied by Arthur L. Maynard
of Brattleboro as best man. The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
Samuel Russell. pastor of the Peoples
Baptist church of Manchester, who
used the ring service. At the close
of the service an informal reception
was held, the ushers being Luther w.
Hawley, ir., of Brattleboro and Rich
ard Dearborn of Manchester
The brides dress was white Chinese
grass linen, en- train, with a tucked
flounce and lace-trimmed ruffies. The
yoke and insertion on the waist and
skirt was hand made, being made to
order by lace maker in Japan. Lib
erty taffeta ribbons completed the
trimmings. The bride carried lilies of
the valley The bridesmaid carried
chrysanthemums and wore white or
mings of Valenciennes lace and in
sertion and turquois liberty satin rib
bons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knight received a
large number of beautiful gifts, in
Guiding cut glass, silver, etc, among
them being several from China and
Japan. They left on the 2.33 train
for a brief wedding trip. and on their
70 fhnU
at 18 Oak street, where they will be
at home after Nov. l.
Mr.. Knight is one of the most highly
esteemed young men in Brattleboro.
He graduated from the Brattleboro
High school in 1888, and for the past
eight years he has had position with
Durham Brothers, boot and shoe deal
ers. He now has charge of the firms
receiving department. He is active in
the work of the First Baptist church
and is one of the assistant superin-
tendents of the Bible school. Mrs
Knight is a graduate of the Manches-
ter High school and Wellesley college
and for a year after her graduation
she was teacher in Mortified semin-
ary She also is actively engaged in
church work and is state secretary
of the New Hampshire branch of the
Womans Baptist Foreign Missionary
society.
Following were the out-of-towr
guests at the wedding: Mrs. l.. P. H
Knight, Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Hawley
Luther w. Hawley, jr., Mrs. Julia V
Barrett, Miss Charlotte Barrett and
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur L. Maynard
Brattleboro; Mrs. Laura Daniels, Miss
Mildred Daniels and Miss Mary A
Jewell, Amesbury, Mass; Mr. and Mrs
Charles T. Hawley, Hopedale, Mass.
Miss f.. Maude Hawley and Miss
Ethelind Hawley, Boston, Miss H
Belle ,SullOway. Washington, D. c.;
Miss Harriet NJ Witherbee, Japan;
Mrs. Mary e. Pike, Newton Centre
Mass; Mrs. B. E. Wilcox, Denver
Col