The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-07

of Grand Rapids; Miss Wheeler. of Terre
Haute; Mr.. Russell Edwards. of Lafayette;
Mr.. Stubbins and Mr. Dixon, of NATION.
Ill; Mrs. Sawyer. of Tuscaloosa. and Mrs.
Sibilia, of Port Huron. Mich.
XXX
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher s. Hines enter
tanned a number of friends Wednesday
evening at a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS dinner
at the Columbia Club in honor Of their
daughter. Miss Marie Hines. and Mr..
Charles c.. Konter. Of Naples. Italy, who
were married Friday afternoon. Dinner
was served in the west dining room, Wnere
the table was arranged in heart shape.
The decorations were exceptionally attract
i've. Suspended over the center of the table
was a large wedding bell of pink. white
and green flowers and vines. From the
pink flower clapper were ribbons of three
coiors which extended TO the guests places.
Tn name cards were clever concerts. be-
ing bridal pictures with quotations appro-
pirate to the occasion. AT each place were
bonbon holders in the form OF odd little
wine glasses which were brought from
Germany. The center of the table was
covered with a round mound OF pink peo-
MES surrounded by q wreath or Smllax.
The corners OF the room were banked with
palms. The company entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. Hines included Miss Hines. MI.
konter. Miss Louise Young of New York,
Miss Edna Stevenson, Miss Agnes Brown,
and Miss Stella Gale; Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Gale. Mrs. John Randolph Brown, Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Stevenson, Mrs. L.. S.
Hines of New York and Mr.. Jesse Fletcher.
One Of the pretty home weddings of the
season was that which was solemnized at
$50 O'Clock last Wednesday evening at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. MILFORD Vestal.
on Union street. The bride was Mrs. Yes
tails sister, Miss Florence Alma Tucker,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Tucker,
of Lafayette. and the bridegroom was Mr..
William c.. Haugh, of this city. The house
was prettily decorated with palms and
smilax, a mass of palms and long stemmed
American Beauty roses forming the back
ground for the wedding party: An orches-
ira played the wedding music, rendering
the "lntermezzo" from "Cavalleria Rusti-
CANA for the ceremony, which was read
daintily gowned in white silk null, fash
Toned with shirrings and lace. She wore a
veil fastened with a tulle aigrette and car
RED a shower OF white sweet peas. After
the ceremony a buffet supper was served,
the dining room having a pyramid of palms
for its center. Mr.. and Mrs. Vestal were
assisted in their Inequalities by MIR. and
radt, Mr.: Charles Haugh: Miss Josephine
Vestal, Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Spurrier and j.
G.. Sanborn. A number of friends from out
Mr.. and Mrs. Conradt, of Tifin. o.; Miss
Dora Krauss, of Peru; Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Conradt. of Kokomo; Mr.. Gray Potter. Of
ton, KY; Mr.. and Mrs. b. G. Tucker, Of
Martinsville: MIR. and Mrs. Z. II. Pritchard.
of West Newton. Mr.. and Mrs. Hough
went at once to their new home, No. 12lS
East Washington street, where they will
receive their friends after July Is.
One of the most elaborate and beautiful
weddings of the season was that which
took place at 6 o'clock yesterday evening
at the handsome country home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fletcher s. Hines, near Millersville.
The bride was their daughter, Miss Marie
Hines, and the bridegroom Mr.. Charles G..
Konter, an American exporter of Naples,
Italy. The wedding was a sunset wedding
and the decorations throughout the spa
cious house were entirely in pink and
green, the color tones being carried out
with a profusion of green vines and palms
and quantities OF pink flowers. The cere-
mony room was arranged in the form of a
chapel, the idea being carried out with
the altar, cross and tall Greek candles.
smilax, and the walls were massed with
green foliage interest with vases of pink
roses. The two ribbon bearers, Misses Stel-
la Gale and Agnes Brown, led the bridal
procession, holding the white satin rib
bons for the party to pass. Both little
girls were gowned in quaint, low-necked
their hair done high in old-fashioned
style. Miss Edna Stevenson was first
bridesmaid and Miss Louise Young, of New
York, the second, who walked before the
bride. The latter entered on the arm of
her father, and they were met at the altar
by Mr.. Konter, his best man, Mr.. Jesse
Fletcher, and Bishop James Marshall
Francis, who pronounced the service. An
orchestra played the wedding music, rem
dering the wedding march from 'Lohen
grin" and the "Intermezzo" from Cav
alleria Rusticana" during the
The bride was exquisitely gowned in an
imported robe of point d'esprit and pearls.
The gown was fashioned with a sheer
lace yoke, and a veil was worn, fastened
with a brooch of pearls. The bride also
wore a handsome necklace of pearls, the
gift of her father, and carried a shower
maids looked charming in gowns of lace
fashioned with .decollete bodices over
green silk. Each maid carried a bouquet
of pink roses.
over one hundred guests from Indianapo-
lis attended the wedding, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hines were assisted In their hospitalities
by the Fletcher relatives and a few other
friends. Mrs. Hines wore a black lace
gown over white chiffon, with diamonds.
A wedding supper was served after the
ceremony, the guests being seated at small
tables arranged on the lawn. which was
brilliantly Illuminated with electric lights
and japanese lanterns. The wedding of
Miss Hines and Mr.. Konter was celebrated
on the anniversary of the wedding day OF
the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Konter
will remain at Millersville for a week. after
which they will go TO Vermont for a short
visit with relatives, and will sail June q
for their future home in Naples, Italy,
Among those who came from out of town
for the wedding were Mrs. Healy. OF
Columbus, o., Mrs. c. c. Hines, of New
York, and Miss Flora Cronise. Of Toledo
Ia.