The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-06-26
NUPTIAL CEREMONY
4; or RARE SPLENDOR

NOu hsnA O1lN~' WV
Il; OF RARE SPLEND0R
Il Marks the Wedding of Miss Helen
ANGELA Patterson and Clarence
Dalrymple, of Dunmore, at Noon
at Berean Baptist Church-Wealth
of Green and Laurel Ferns Beauti-
full Setting for Nuptial Tableux.
Rev. H. j. Whalen, D. D., the Of
floating Clergyman.
A rarely splendid ceremony, one most
happily in harmony with the eventful
rappcning of their young lives. marked
the nuptials yesterday of Miss Helen
Angela Patterson, daughter of one
CT the most prominent families of Car
bondale and Clarence Potter Dalrym-
pie. who comes from one of the old and
conspicuous families of Dunmore bor-
ough.
The wedding took place at noon In
I3erean Baptist church, amid surround
ings that formed beautiful setting for
the tableauX that took place when the
bridal party grouped before the floral
pulpit, and while the impressive cere-
monial was proceeded with by the pas
tor. Rev. DR.. Fl. j. Whalen
1t might be said to be laurel we'd
ding, for it was these greetings of ma
ture, beautiful in their wildness, that
were the Keynote to the song of the
woods that this month of green and
pink seemed to give forth. The pink
L.. Itl
background of the nuplial scene. They
arched the doorways. twined along the
Chancel rail and clustered about the
chandeliers. Even across the pipes or
the church organ ran a border of these
wild offerings of the woods.
The blossoms, though plentiful.
served only to illuminate the wealth of
green that formed a solid background.
The door of the baptistry was choked
9TH stately palms and suggested the
corner of an immense conservatory or a
glimpse of the tropics. Round about
illing the space surrounding the altar
we're palms. ferns and immense vases
IF laurels that were pinker and brighter
by contrast. When the white of the
maids and bride the grooms attendants
in black were ranged in front of this
bank of green and pink and the sweet
melody of the wedding march filled the
church, a rarely charming picture was
presented, one that must have realized
ones ideal of wedding festival. The
tableaux perhaps transcribed any ever
witnessed at a day wedding in Carbon
dale.
The formation and procession of the
bridal party were quite as artistic as
the other arrangements. Precisely at
noon the lofty music of the wedding
march from Lohengrin. played by Prof.
A. p. Thomas, ushered the six brides
maids from the vestry room on the left.
They proceeded in pairs across the
church as follows: Miss Eleanor Jones,
of this city and Miss Mabelle Schlaser,
of Scranton; Miss Florence Louise Fow-
Ter, of Honesdale and Miss Lois Schla-
ger, of Scranton; Miss Mabel Davis
and Miss Elizabeth Teets, of this city.
Going down the right aisle they
swung round to the left vestibule, from
whence Sthe ushers preceded them
down the aisle to the pulpit. The
maids followed directly after the ush-
ers. Ernest Close, Dunmore; Roswell
McMulen, George Avery, Maurice Rey-
nolds, Irving Avery, and the maid of
honor behind them and then the flow
er girl. Miss Lucia Slade. Oneonta, n.
Y. Helen Stansbury, and the radiant
bride, supported on the arm of her
father. George NJ. Patterson. Slowly
the bridal procession moved, and the
groom and his best man, Charles Warg.
Dunmore, and the pastor, Rev. DR..
Whalen. coming from the vestry room
in time to meet the bride and before she
turned from the aisle towards the pull
pit
Here, before the bank of green, the
bridal party disposed of itself, the
maids and ushers going to either side,
while the bride with her father the
groom and the groomsman. ranged in
front of Dr. Whalen. The solemn. i'm
pressive ceremonial was commenced,
and when the pastor inquired who it
was who presented the bride, her faith
er bestowed her on the groom and with
drew. The bride and groom then plight
ed their VOWS, while DR.. Whalen feel
ingly pronounced the words of the GER
emOnal.
The blessing having been invoked on
the union, the procession reformed and
moved down the right aisle to the
North Church street vestibule. The
flower girl was first, strewing the aisle
with the sweet flowers that filled her
basket. The bride and her husband
followed, the maid of honor and the
Iroomsman next, the maids of honor
and the ushers. The recessonal was
quite as beautiful and impressive a
spectacle as the procession to the pull
pit.
The bride and the maids We're all
robed in white, which is most associat-
ed with bride. The brides gown was
an exquisite white silk mule, en- train,
decorated with real Brussels lace. Her
white tulle veil was caught with a
white ribbon bow. She carried white
roses, and wore a brooch. the gift of the
groom. The beautiful gown she wore
greatly enhanced her appearance and
made her the ideal bride