The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-01-24
The Blunt-Marston Nuptials.
The Event of the Winter In skowhegar
Society Circles.


Society Circles.
Certainly one of the prettiest and
happiest of weddings ever celebrated on
the Kennebec was witnessed, yesterday,
at high noon, when Miss Lola Eliza
Marston, daughter of the Hon. Charles
A. Marston, was married to Mr.. James
Wallace Blunt, son of Colonel Albert G.
Blunt, at the home of the BRIDES parents
on Main Street. The spacious Marston
residence was beautifully decorated
with palms, ferns and cut flowers. The
walls and chandeliers were draped in
smilax and greens. The drawing room,
In which the ceremony WAS performed,
was massed with pink and white roses
and the other rooms with roses, caIna-
tions, Easter lilies, jonquils and
hyacinths. The large windows of the
conservatory were thrown open, show
ing a gorgeous bank of Towering potted
plants. A noticeable thing in the draw
ing room was the portraits of five genera
tons of the brides family from the
great.grandmothe Coburn, mother of
ex Gov Coburn, down to the present
generation.
The contracting parties are 30 very
well-known to our people that THE RE
PORTER need make no introduction.
They were both born in Skowhegan.
The bride is 20 and the groom "a years
| nf Tho hrida 10 N arfiat nf
than ordinary talents She was gradual
ed from Bloomfield Academy, whence
she went to Mills College in California
where her education was completed.
an equal partnership with his father in
the hardware business established by
his grandfather, the late James p.
Blunt. He is one of the hustling young
business man of whom this town is just
lily proud and from whom 1t expects
much in the future. His marked
abilities and sterling qualities promise
a career of brilliance and honor in other
lines than business The families of
both bride and groom are closely con
nected with the history of the develop
ment of the County of Somerset. The
brides family has for four generations
been the leading lumbermen and timber
land owners on the KenHebec river.
While the guests were arriving Miss
Marjorie Morrison and Mr.. Don Morri-
son rendered several piano and violin
selections from grand opera. They were
stationed In the conservatory. At a
quarter of twelve Miss Morrison played
the beautiful Angels Serenade by Braga,
with violin accompaniment by Mr..
Morrison. Following the Angels Sere-
made was the exquisite Intermezzo from
the Cavalleria Rusticana by Mascagni.
Then came that most beautiful of wed
ding marches, The Bridal Chorus from
Lohengrin. To its strains the wedding
Iprocession came down the broad stair
case, led by Mistress Dorothy Coffin and
Master William Wldes with ribbons to
make way for the bridal party. Through
the divided guests came the ushers and
the bridesmaids, Mr.. John Appleton of
Bangor and Miss Alice Wildes, Mr..
John Prescott Weber, Jr of Brookline,
Mass. and Miss Eunice Mower of South
Berwick, Mr.. Coburn Steward Marston
and Miss Mae Dascombe, then the best
man, Mr.. Roy Leon Marston and the
maid of honor, Miss Mollie Geneva
Marston, brother and sister of the bride,
and the bridal couple. The wee leaders
separated under a canopy of palms in
the drawing room and the ushers aud
bridesmaids passed on on either side
The ceremony, with the ring, was pro-
nounced by the Reverend DR.. l b.
Mower of south Berwick, an intimate
friend and sometime pastor of the bride.
| During the ceremony the sweet strains
of the Garden Scene from Faust, with
violin obligato, came family from the
oouseI vatory. After the benediction
and during the reception Mr.. and Miss
Morrison played the Mendelssohn We'd
ding March Their playing throughout
was exquisite, showing depth of feeling
and sympathetic expression.
The wedding breakfast was served in
the dining room by caterer Delano. The
table WAS decorated with smilax and
carnations, with festoons of asparagus
fern and pink roses from the chandelier
to the four corners.
| When the bride assembled the stairs
to prepare for the train, she loosened
the bridal bouquet Of lilies of the valley
and hyacinths and threw them to the
brides maids.
| The BRIDES dress was ivory white
satin with liberty silk trimmings and
duchess point bertha, en- train The
maid of honor's dress was pearl gray
Ian sdowne over pink taffeta and Ameri
can Beauty roses; Miss Wildes wore
blue lansdowne, applique and black
velvet; Miss Dascombe, white muslin
over lemon satin with lace insertions;
Miss Mower, Persian lawn with baby
ribbon ruffies and pink ribbons. Mrs.
G. A. Marston was gowned in black silk,
with jet and applique; and Mrs. A. G.
Blunt wore heliotrope nuns yelling over
taffeta silk.
The presence of the BRIDES uncle and