Evening capital., 1903-10-14
OCTOBER WEDDING.
BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY At THE FIRST
N. E. CHURCH.
'Ae Osrter-shahoru RuptiaIs At High Noon
lodaI.-A Popular Young Lady
Wsds ElhOn Lawyer.
GUESTS PRESENT AT THE
CEREMONY


which was crowded with relatives and
friends of the fair bride and groom
The church was decorated with the
prevailing colors, yellow and white,
with an abundance of beautiful green
woven into garlands. The chancel
was spanned by an arch of cedar and
holly suspended from the center of
which were several small bells to rep
resent chimes. To the clappers of
these were attached long streamers of
yellow baby ribbon that were fastened
to the lower ends of the arch. The
altar was decorated with palms ferns
and rubber plants, golden rod and
beautiful white flowers graced the
pulpit desk and altar rail.
Long garlands of cedar and ever
green were used as ribbons TO enclose
the pews after the ceremony until the
bridal party had passed out of the
church. These garlands were held by
the eight bridesmaids, who crossed in
front of the pulpit after the ceremony,
each bearing a portion of the garland,
either side of the church and remain
ing in position until they fell in line
with the bridal procession. The effect
The bride was Miss Juliet Murdoch
Dexter, only daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Dexter, and the
groom was Mr.. John Strahorn, of Elk
ton, Md, graduate of st. Johns Col
lege and member of the Elkton bar
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Geo. w. Miller, pastor of the First
NJ K. Church. The bridal party en-
tered the church to the strains of
Lohengrin's S Bridal Chorus, played by
Mrs. Ewald Wattenscheidt of Balti-
more.
Mrs. Wattenscheidt also rendered
musical program of beautiful selections
previous to the ceremony and before
the approach of the wedding party.
The bride was attended by Miss Cas-
sandra StrahOrn, sister of the groom,
as maid of honor. She wore silk MULE
and carried yellow chrysanthemums.
The matrons of honor were Mrs. r.
Ellis Strange, Of, this city, who wore
white crepe de chine, and Mrs. Adolph
Weyl, of Washington, ID. O., who wore
white lace and null. The bridesmaids
were the Misses Lillian Linthicum,
Nellie Dadds, and Edna Feldmeyer, of
Annapolis, and Miss Clara Milligan
and Miss Ethel Howell, of Washington,
ID. O., all of whom wore white swiss
dresses with girdles of yellow silk and
black picture hats. Mr.. Charles j.
Dexter brother of the bride, acted as best
man, and the ushers were Messrs.
Porter and George Finch, of Balti-
more, George and Harley Strahorn, of
Newark, Del Frank Evans, of Nor
folk, Va, and Captain Hugh r. Riley,
Annapolis, they all wore Prime Albert
coats with light trousers.
The eight young lady bridesmaids
preceded the bridal party in the single
file up the aisle of the church, Carrying
rope of evergreen and golden rod,
which they stretched across the pews
forming an aisle for the bridal party
aud then passing down to the doors
and met the bride and escorted her to
the chancel.
The brides gown was an exquisite
creation of white silk mouseline, EN-
broiderd in orange blossoms, over
white taffeta. 1t was beautiful inn
ported robe of delicate fabric. She
carried white chryanthemums and was
given away by her father.
The bride is one of the most popular
young ladies in Annapolis. She is a
graduate of the Washington Business
High School, and is an expert stenog
rapher and typewriter, having held
the position of private secretary to Mr..
James M. Munroe, of this city for a
number of years. She is well versed
in law and is said to know almost as
much along this line as many of the
best attorneys at the bar.
The groom is a graduate of st. Johns
College, where he also took the degree
of A. M. He is a graduate in law
from the University of Maryland, and
practices in Elkton, being associated
with the Hon. John S. Writ, of that
city. Both are highly thought of here,
where they have been actively engaged
in church, club and society work, the
bride being member of the First M.
K. Church.
The bride received over two hundred
presents, numbering cut glass, silver,
china, sbric-a- -brac, household furniture,
checks for good sums of money and
other useful and valuable gifts.
Last night she entertained her
friends at a beautiful reception at her
home ON Green street. The prevailing
colors were pink and green. Two
shower bouquets of La France roses
and maiden hair fern aud pink carna-
tions were sent to the bride from the
employees of the Ferro Corncete Com
pany, Naval Academy.
There were large number OF callers.
Among the guests who arrived today
for the Dexter -SrahOrn nuptials to-
day were Messrs. George Finch
and Porter, of Baltimore, George and
Han1ay Strahorn of Newark, Del, Ey-
ans on Norfolk, and Mr.. Albert Stra-
horn and daughters of Newark, Del.
Miss Harriet Hall of Baltimore and
Mr.. and. Mrs. Fishel of Washington,
and Mrs. Mayfield and Miss Sullivan
of Washington. Miss Siegle of Bali
more, Misses Howell and Milligan OF
Washington, ID. @.
The newly married couple left on
the 3. 10 train this afternoon, amid q
shower of rice, for New York and Phil
adelphia, and will return TO ElktOn,
where the groom is engaged in the
practice of law, and has recently com
pleted new home, which is furnished
throughout ready for their occupancy.
The brides going away gown was
blue silk sllirtwaist suit with pongee
coat. The Capital extends congrat-
ulatiOug