Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-07

ident and his cabinet, and Of what Is
recognized as the best of New York ana
New England society. The Hay family
has been in mourning since the DEATH
of Adelbert Hay, but for this one da!
the mourning was put aside. ana the
wedding was celebrated with all the
pomp and circumstance that W9ui"
have characterized it otherwise.
For several days past the guests
have been gathering and preparations
have been making for the wedding
The brdegroom's father. ex-Secretafy
William c. Whitney, c"'ne to Washing
ton with party o. distinguished
friends. including Sir Edward Cole
brooke. c. I. Barney, Miss Barney ana
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald I get, whllt
payne Whitney. the bridegroom had
gathered about him at the Arlington ii
large number Of his college chums anu
friends.
Fine Floral Display.
THE church where the ceremony was
n.rformed was deliberately and arts
} t;cally decorated with flowers and
greens. Back of the pulpit and before
the organ tall, graceful palms formed
great bower of dark green, ana De-
meath. like a miniature Niagara. great
| snrays of Easter lilies trailed to the
! ground. Candelabra twice as tau as
! man stood at either corner or the
4 pulpit, each bearing twelve lights
Down the center aisle was DeautlIu
conception, a bridal path made up o'
3 Easter lilies attached to the peWs OF
4 either side. The walls of the churrl
= were festooned with southern smllaN
tonped off with great masses OF Eas'e
lilies caught up by bows of wide whit
ribbon.
: The church was crowded. Its seatin
! capacity is only 600, which promlse'
= hadly for the. 1000 persons invited. l
< was realized that official Wasnlngtc
z could not be accommodated even IN
: small measure, 80 the invitations wel
Z limited to friends of the contracti's
! families. the only exception peihe
= the case of the diplomatic body. Eve
" here it was not possible to include /
the invitations the entire dlpionla'
list. and the elect Were the heads
legations and their ladies alone. SO
>" the c,qse of tEm United States congre'
the persons invited were those WI
a. were on personal relations with IL
- Hay-Whitney families.
" The ushers were all bachelor frlen'
"a of tile bridegroom namely, Hen
u" f,lews. .Jr.. Frederick kernOchan, }.
'' Waterbury, Jr. Milton s. Barger, Go
:. verneur Morris Of New York, James
az Waoswortlt of Gemeseo, N. y; HUI
'l' H. Scott OF Philadelphia and Maj
'S Charles T.. McCauley, United Stat
marine CORPS, of Washington. Mr. WA
- rrey's best man was Eugene Hale, J
h' son of the senior senator from Maine
-',> The. Brides Attendants.
" The bride was assisted by two mai
. her sister, Alice Hay, and Dorot
nv whitney, the tifteen-year-old sister
the bridegroom. They We're prett
W. gowned in gray crepe de chine mt
w over white silk and wore great pict'
hats of white felt with long white
i , trich plumes. The bride wore nett
NV" Jewels nor lace, and her toilet was
Of extreme simplicity, consisting O
has by a tulle veil caught in place by
,ton onet Of orange blossoms.
h., A beautiful feature of the wedd
of was the musical programme, WI
, to had been arranged by the Hay sis
. at and was rendered by Organist Har
stou Murray -Four of the six numl
, he were selections from Wagner.
,c,.l | ,,,,,;n was as follows:
Pilgrim chorus, "The Evening st
from '"lannhauser;' professional ms
nf the master singers, the prize s
emc from Die Meistersinger;" wedt
rs,,s march by Dudley Buck: the swan $
No, Elsa entering the cathedral, intro
,oue- ton to third act and wedding mi
a of "Iohenglin;" march from "Mids
will mer Nights Dream" Mendelssohn
lat The Wedding.
the The organist was softly playing
prize song from "Die Meistersn