Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-01-04
Welded IN KENosHA, WIS.
Miss Edith Harris Newell Became the
Bride Of Charles Frederick Childs Of
Brattleboro Monday.

Miss Edith Harris Newell Became the
Bride Of Charles Frederick Chlds Of
Brattleboro Monday.
Miss Edith harris Newell. Of this
city, and Charles Frederick Chids, of
Brattleboro, Vermont, were married at
o'clock this afternoon at the Newell
residence on Prairie avenue, the Rev.
Charles Little, of Wabash Indiana, Of
floating. The ceremony was cele-
brated in the north end of the parlor
which had been arranged as a chancel,
and was banked with palms, the rest of
the room being ornamented in white
and green.
A few minutes before the appointed
time the procession came down the
steps, the bride attended by her sis
ter and her four little nieces, and en-
tered the parlor which resembled a
miniature chapel The bride and
groom stood under a wedding bell of
beautiful white flowers interlaced with
smilax and feathery ferns. The mar
riage service of the Episcopal church
was used, and the words seemed more
impressive from the fact that the Off
| ciating clergyman had baptized Miss
Newell and it had always been her
wish that he should perform the SER
vice at her wedding.
The bride was gowned in rose point
lace over white satin, and wore a beau
tiful point lace veil that her two sis
teTs had worn when they were mar
ried, it being a tradition that all the
daughters of the house must wear this
bridal veil. She carried a bouquet of
orchids and lilies of the valley.
Ice Ill t1,, att sr
wore a gown of white point d'esprit
and carried a bunch of American
beauties The four nieces of the bride.
who attended her, the Misses Helen
and Anita Aldrich, and Mary and Ger
trude Matthews, were dressed in
white embroidered gowns oyer pink
and carried baskets with white rose
buds and forget-menots.
The groom was attended by l.. J.
| Durbin, of Williamstown, Pa. The
ushers were Albert Atha, of Newark,
| N. j., Sanford Stoddard. of Bridgeport,
Conn, and James Henry, of Cincinnati.
All of these young men are the class
mates of the groom, being graduated
with him in the class of '99 from Yale.
After the ceremony a wedding sup
per was served by Smily, of Chicago.
The bridal party, numbering sixteen,
sat at a table in the dining room pro-
| fusely decorated with orchids and lilies
of the valley, while the other guests
were seated at small tables in the
| library. Only the immediate relatives
of the two families were present, the
wedding being private owing to the
recent death of the brides father.
During the afternoon Tomaso's mando-
lin orchestra, of Chicago played de-
| lightful wedding music.
The young couple will leave by the
s o'clock train and will go south for
the wedding trip, spending most of the
time in the Bahamas. On their return
| they will reside in Boston. where the
groom is engaged in business.
The wedding presents. which were
numerous and handsome, were dis
played in the ball room. which was
draped with beautiful oriental hang
| ings and embroideries Conspicuous
among the presents were a magnifi-
cent case of silver presented by the
| brides grandmother, Mrs. Daniel A.
Jones, of Chicago. and a lovely neck
lace of pearls and rubies, the gift of
| the brides sister, Miss Newell which
had been brought from India. The
grooms gift to the bride was a very
magnificent brooch of pearls and dia-
monds.
Among the visitors at the wedding
were: Mrs. Daniel A. Jones, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Edwin Jones. Mrs. and Miss
Thomas. of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence j. Allen, of Milwaukee; Mr..
and Mrs. Sabin and the Misses Sabin.
of New York; the Misses Bonnell, of
Youngstown, and Mr.. Walter II.
Childs of Brattleboro
The bride Miss Edith Newell. is one
of the bellies of Kenosha. She is a tall
and handsome brunette and is popular
in lake shore society. She has travel
ed a great deal and it was on a trip
around the world that she first met Mr..
Childs.-I Kenosha, Wis, Evening
News of Dec. 81.