The Republican journal., 1901-01-31
THE PARKs-BAssIcK WEDDING
One Thousand Persons fersent. An Elaho.
ate Reception Follows the Ceremo,v
From the Bridgeport, Ct, Standard. Ian ,e

One Thousand Persons fersent. An Elabor
ate Reception Follows the Ceremonv
From the Bridgeport, Ct, Standard. Jan 1s
A wedding in which Bridgeport society !;
greatly interested and which mapy widei,
known in the social world will attend. viii
take place this evening, when Miss Margare
William Henry Parks of Springfield, Mass
The bride-t0-b be is a daughter of the iatt
Edmund C. Bassick and Mrs. Rebecca n
Bassick, and has a wide circle of friends
The ceremony will be performed in St
Johns Episcopal church at 6 80 O'Clock anc
VIII be witnessed by very large number
| OF friends of the contracting parties. full,
LOCO invitations having been issued.
There will be nothing elaborate about the
service. The bridal party will be a large
one, however, and the progress of the bride
to the altar will be marked by pretty cere
mony. After the pride and her attendants
arrive at the church, the doors will be closed
and the aisles will be marked out by strips
of broad white ribbon. An appropriate
march will be played by William Weiden.
hammer, who will preside at the organ, and
the bridesmaids, four in number, will march
through the chancel and down the centre
aisle, reaching the aisle at the end of the
church by means of the door which leads
from the veStry room into the church
1he four young ladies will march down
the centre aisle between the strips of rib
bon, and upon reaching the door of the
church will separate and allow the eight
ushers to proceed. They will then face
about and fall in after the ushers. Next
will follow the little niece of the bride as
flower girl, next the maid of honor and then
the bride. AS the bridesmaids turn at the
end of the aisle and take their places in the
bridal party the organ will take up the
strains of that well known wedding march
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When the party reaches the head of the
aisle the steps will be ascended, and then
the ushers will separate and will line up on
each side of the chancel. The bridesmaids
will also separate, two going to each side of
the chancel and standing in front of the
ushers. Between the ranks thus opened
the bride will proceed to the altar rail,
where she will be met by the groom, the
groomsman and the officiating clergyman,
The rector of the church, the Rev. William
II. Lewis, ID. d., will perform the ceremony.
On the return down the aisle the formation
march by Mendelsshon will be played as
occasional.
The maid of honor will be sister of the
bride, Miss Minnie Walter. Her gown will
be of white crepe de chene trimmed with
cream lace and will carry a bouquet OF
white roses The bridesmaids will be Miss
Of this city, Miss Georgia Congdon Of
Georgetown, S. c., and Miss Elizabeth
Washburn of Haverstraw, N. Y. The
bridesmaids will be attired in gowns of
pink brocaded satin trimmed with cream
lace, and each will carry a large bouquet OF
bridesmaid roses. The flower girl will be
Miss Lillian Beatrice Tomlinson of this
city. She will be gowned in white lawn
over pink tatfeta.
The bride will wear handsome gown of
heavy white satin trimmed with point duch-
esSe lace. The gown will be high in the
neck, with long sleeves, but will be cut en-
train A long veil Of tulle will form the
bridal veil, and the bride will carry shower
bouquet of bride roses and lilies of the
valley.
The groomsman will be Charles McElwain
OF Springfeld,a brother-in-law of the groom.
The ushers will be w. Roscoe Bassick and
both brothers of the bride, George Parks of
Providence, R. L.; Edward Hall, Burton
Kimberley, Edward Pynchon and George
A. Bacon of Springfield, and Sheldon Catlin,
formerly OF this city but now of Pittsburg,
Pa. The bride will be escorted to the altar
and given away by her brother, Edgar Webb
Bassick of Denver, Col.
The decorations in the church will be
effective, but not elaborate. 1t is at the
house that the florists will pay particular
attention to the ornamentation. In the
church the adornments will be principally
with palms. The chancel on both sides and
down the steps will be banked with palms,
while the altar will be banked with bride
and bridesmaid roses. Down the cenUre
aisle on both sides the ends of the pewS
will be hidden under border of palm leaves
which will be tackled into place and caught
up with a spray of flowers. A similar
border will be placed down both side aisles.
while in the two vestbules and at the end
of the church lines of palms will be placed.
The organ will be draped and the choir
space filled with palms.
After the ceremony the bridal party and a
few intimate friends and relatives will pro-
ceed to the BasSick homestead on Fairfield
avenue, where a reception will be held, and
for that the most elaborate of decorations
have been prepared. The general color
scheme will be pink and green, although
some of the rooms will vary with green and
white and green and red. The hallway at
the main entrance, which extends through
vestibule at the rear, will be bower of
wild smilax. The smilax will form a solid
bank, and over that bank will be scattered
knots and clusters of pink roses
The reception room, which is in the front
OF the house and opens at the left of the
hallway, will be elaborately decorated, for
in that room the newly married couple will
receive the congratulations and best wishes
of their friends. The room will be sur
rounded with bank of palms, and through
out Wild Smllax will be used The mirrors
will be outlined in smilax and strings of the
green will fall gracefully across their faces,
while the chandeliers will be draped with
the same material. Throughout the green
will be scattered single roses and clusters of
carnation.
The parlor, which is south of the recep-
tiOn room ON the same side of the hall, will
be white room. There wild smilax will
be used in decorating the mirrors, walls and
chandeliers, while palms will be placed
effectively about the rooms. The roses
which will be scattered throughout the
green will be white, and the mantels will
be banked with white carnations.
The dining room, where the wedding
breakfast will be served, is on the same
side of the house as the reception room and
parlor. 1t adjoins the parlor and also opens
into the hallway near the rear vestibule.
The dining room will be decorated in smilax
ana pink roses and carnations, and some
thing of novelty in the way Of decorations
will be hanging plaque, which will form a
centre piece for the table. The plaque will
be large one and will be a solid mass OF
Scott carnations, suspended from the cell
ing by six broad bands of pink ribbon
forming large bows at the ceiling and at the
plaque. The sidebOard will be banked with
bridesmaid roses, and the mantel will be
hidden under a great basket of roses of q
similar variety, while throughout the room
smilax and palms will enter into the decora
tiOns.
In the vestibule at the rear of the hall
way will be a full orchestra, screened be
hind a row of palms across which WilC
SmilaX will be strung. The billiard room