The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-06-05
.LINDSAYS
ENTERTAIN
Pennsylvania Avenue Mansion
Scene Of Gayety,
AN ANTI-NUPTIAL SUPPER
Given by Mr.. and Mrs. David Lind
say in Honor of Their Daughter
Miss Clara Jessup Who
Marries M. M. Gilmore.

| The Lindsay mansion on Pennsylvania
avenue was ablaze with light and fes.
tivity last evening, being the occasion of
the anti-nuptial supper given by Mr.
and Mrs. David Lindsay in honor of
their daughter, Clara Jessup, whose wed
ding to Matthew AIatchett Gilmore
comes off tonight in st. Andrews Epis-
copal Church. At the supper were the
bride and groom-to-be and their attend
ants and ushers. The decorations Of the
table were pink roses which flower Is
to be the feature of the wedding tonight
At the supper Mr.. Gilmore presented to
his ushers beautiful cravat pins of
matriX turquoise. There were many
toasts to the bride and groom and it was
nearing the stroke of the hour that be-
told the wedding day, when the feast
waned and the guests departed with
many wishes for prosperity and happi-
ness. Miss 1indsay's wedding will take
place in church particularly well
adapted for function of this sort.
The church will be supcrbly decorated in
pink roses. The bridal party in going
TO the chancel rail will pass under six
arches of these graceful hanging roses.
The chancel rail itself will be one mass
of this June flower. The first to enter
VIII he Mr. Gilmore, rshcrs w. Allan
Lindsay. Henry Il. Speakman. Adam
Keith Lnke, of West Orange: William
Montgomery, Hartmann Kugn Gilmore
and Bergan Hayller, of Philadelphia
Then will come the attendants. Miss
Lucille Fletcher, New York; Mary Crane
Bramley. of New York; Miss Rose Hope
Luke. of East Orange and Miss Adeline
l.obdell Jones, of Wilmington. Then
the two little maids. Sarah Bromley
Evans and Jean Lindsay Evans who will
carry baskets of pink roses. Then the
maid of honor who is Miss Josephine
Harvey and lastly the bride and her
father. Miss Lindsay will make most
attractive bride, sweet and graceful and
her imported gown of point d'Alleer lace
with its lining of rich. white satin. is
most becoming. She will carry bou-
1net of lilies Of the .yaalllqSr llqSrrrs sisf,K Icut
yeN .goWand exquisitely trimmed with
lace. Her bouquet as well as those of
the attendants is to be Of pink sweet
peas carried on the left arm, with long,
graceful ends OF chiffon. The brides
maids wear white point esprit made
over silk. The pointe esprit is daintily
tucked with entire deux of white silk
lace in rose and leaf pattern, each gown
has sash of pink chiffon. The little
maids also wear white with pink
sashes and pink ribbon and carry
pink baskets of flowers. The ushers will
wear the conventional vet very up-to-
date white carnaton rosettes. At the
chnncel the groom and his best man
David l.. Lindsay. .Ir.. will meet the
bride and the Rev. Mr.. Wells will perform
the ceremony assisted by the Rev. James
McIlhenny. There win he a reception at
the Lindsay home after the wedding.
The bridal table will be s,lperbly de-
corated with pink roses. The spacious
halls and large rooms in the Lindsay
house are most admirably fitted for an
affair Of this sort. The great oak stair
way will have great lunches of pink
roses and ferns about its baluster rails,
On the second floor today Betty and
had glimpse of the lovely things Dame
Fortune has showered upon the happy
pair Miss Lndsay's silver is of n
particularly charming pattern and in
style and quantity is something of which
any hostess may he justly proud. Miss
Lindsay has received quite number of
handsome pictures and great carved
grandfather's clock catches the eye at
once. Other pieces in mahogany are a
large colonial desk and a cheval mirror
with beautiful carved frame. Tn ma
hogany also is the dining room furni-
ture which is in the handsome home Mr.
Gilmore has built for his wife and of
which I will tell YOU later. Then there
is unique brass iardinere innumerablc
pieces of cut glass. bonbon dishes in
every pattern of silver. a hand carved
toilet set. beautiful dishes in NTinton.
Lamoise and Royal Worcester. Miss
Lindsay's tronsseau strikes envy in the
heart of every daughter of Eve. The
wedding will fake place at 7.30 o'clock in
ST. Andrews Church and will he among
the most brilliant social events of the
season.
Young Mrs. Grundy.