The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-06
HEM1NGwAY-pF1srER WEDDING
In Holyoke, Mass--The Bride We'll Known Here


 Known Here.
 The Springfield Republican has thu
 following account of the wedding o Miss Majorie Belle Hemingway, vel known in this city, and Frederick OttC
 von Pfster of Munich. Germany:
 The wedding of Miss Marjorie Belle | Hemingway, daughter of MT. and Mrs C. s. Hemingway, to Frederick Otto
 von Pfster of Munich, Ger, was cele-
 brated last evening in the Second Con- gregationa1 church in Holyoke at 7:30
 in the presence of over six hundred in- vited gpests, representing Holyoke' 1 best society and many known in social circles in various cities and towns in the valley. The double ring ceremony 1 of the Dutch Reformed church of which | the groom is an attendant, was the one used by the officiating clergyman, Rev. Dr. F. A. Reed. and the occasion was one of the social events of the sea- ny Organist w. C. Hammond gave a recital of the following numbers, which with the music which ushered in and out the bridal party was selected by the bride: Festival March" ]" Svendsen; 'Liebeslied,' Jonas; La Cinquantaine," Gabriel Rhine Maidensf Song," Wagner; Scherzo, lad assohn. As the guests began to arrive Organist Hammond played the prelude to tLohengrin," and as the bridal par ty entered at 7:15 the bridal chorus was given. During the ceremony Chopin S twelfth nocturne was played softly, and the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march accompanied the party to the doors of the church after the ceremony was concluded.
 The bride of last evening is one of four well-known Holyoke young wo- men who recently spent a year in Eu- rope. Recently the engagement of an- other member of the party was made public, and rumor has 1t that the be- trothal of a third is likely to be an- nounced at any time. The party spent considerable time at Munich, and Miss Hemingway met, among others, MT. von Pfister who is engaged in the grain commission business in that city. The acquaintance ripened into affee- tion and their betrothal followed. Miss Hemingway is a graduate of the Hol- y lege, class of 1900, and has always been prominent in social circles, in which she has been general favorite.
 With the strains of the Elsa's bridal chorus from "Lohenerin," the side doors at the front of the church were opened, and from each three ushers and three bridesmaids issued, meeting at the center aisle and marching down to the central entrance of the church, the bridesmaids preceding. Here the bride, on the arm of her father, was met, and in reverse order the bridal party moved back to the altar, the bride being pre- ceded by her sister, Miss Georgiana c. Hemingway, as maid of honor. The bridesmaids were Misses Edith Ram age, Alice Whiting, Clara Haywood and Frances Cox of Holyoke, Miss Cornelia Shaw of Pttsburg Pa, and Miss Mary Miller of Northampton. All wore pink silk muslin and carried pink roses. The bride wore a trimmed white satin gown, cut en train, trimmed with duch- esse lace and Brussels point lace, brought by the groom from Germany, and her veil was caught with dia- mond crescent the wedding gift from the groom. The maid of honor wore white silk with chiffon, with pink ap- pliqued roses on the bodice, and carried a bouquet of pink roses.
 At the altar the groom and his best man, Hans von Pfster, his brother, met the bride, and the ceremony began, while Organist Hammond played softly Chopin's lovely twelfth nocturne. At
 
 down the main aisle to the entrance, where carraiges were taken to the Hemingway home. The church was prettily decorated with green and white; palms, Easter lilies and white azaleas being used with excellent ef- feet. There were six hundred and fifty issued to the church cererno- ny, and a more limited number. about two hundred and twenty-five, to the re- ception at the house Many attending the church ceremony went directly from the church to the Holyoke opera house to witness the play, If I Were l King in which F. H. Sothern ap- peared. The ushers who officiated were 1 Allen F. Whiting of New York city, Sidney F. Whiting and Fred F. Ben itll bl HUI Oht, w dllet IeIh OI lblb- 10, O., Charles F. Scott of Princeton, N l J., and George S. Hemingway of New | York city. The cards of admission were l aken at the church by Creighton Whi- J ing of Harvard and Edward L. living )f Holyoke. The same ushers acted at l he reception at the Hemingway home. l The decorations at the house as we'll | IS the church were in charge of F. H. Rowland. In the library where the re- 'eiving party stood, the decoration were green and white as in the church; he dining room was a glow of red from he masses of red roses employed, and he parlor was pink and green, pink 'oses and palms being used. The re- eiving party included, besides the pride and groom. MT. and Mrs c. s. Miss Georgiana Heming- I way, Hans von Pfster, Mrs. Willis | of New Haven and Mrs Joseph Cook of Boston. Barr of this ity catered during the evening, and l 3ridge's orchestra furnished music. l 1r. and Mrs. von Pfister have planned
 delightful honeymoon and summer From Holyoke they will go to Lake ieorge, where they will spend couple f weeks as the guests of Mrs. Joseph | look who Is he sister of the brides !