The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-20
MARRIAGE OF MISS JENKINS
 AND MIR. MEEHAN

One Of the most beautiful weddings Of the season was that of Miss Katherine Ingram Jenkins and MT. Augustus Fran cis Meehan, which was solemnixed yes terday morning at 8 o'clock at St. Peters Church. The chancel of the church was brilliant with lights. and the chaste decorations were of palms. white roses and calla lilies. The effect was at once simple and beautiful.
 At the appointed hour the church was
 filled with the friends of the young cou- pie, and as the strains of Lohengrin' s wedding march filled the edifice the we'd ding party entered the white earpeted aisle.
 Mir. A. A. Mckinney. Jr. and MT. Os- car Mitchell of Chattanooga were ushers and led the way. Miss Mittie Ellen Ashley and Miss Etta Jenkins. bridesmaids, fol- lowed the ushers. They wore gowns of white organdie with white picture hats, and carried arm clusters of pink brides maid roses and smilax.
 Miss Gertrude Meehan of Louisville was maid of honor. Her toilette was of white organdie fashioned of shirrings and lace, with large white hat, and her flowers were beautiful pink roses and smilax
 The matron of honor, Mrs. M. A. Wa then of Louisville, Ky, followed. Her gown was lovely creation of white cloth and lace embroidered with pale green cord. Her flowers were lilies of the valley
 Preceding the bride walked little Miss Marline Wathen strewing flowers in the pathway. in a dainty dress of white or gandie with pink sash and pink slippers. and Master Gussie Lee Read of Coving- ton, Ky, in a white suit and bearing the wedding ring.
 The bride entered with her brother, Mir. Felix Jenkins, who gave her away. They were met at the chancel by the bride groom, MT. Meehan, and his best man, MT. Thomas Preston of Chattanooga.
 The bride was gowned in an exquisite creation of white crepe de chine cut en traine. It was elaborately trimmed with handsome lace. and veil which had been blessed twice before at the marriage of and was caught in her hair by diamond brooch and lilies of the valley. Her flow CTS were an arm cluster of Bride roses and trailing smilax.
 The ceremony was performed by Father Savage, who afterward read the beau tiful and impressive nuptial mass of the Roman Catholic Church. The remarks of the priest preceding the ceremony were both happy and lovely in their expres- sions. During the mass which occupied an hours time, superb music in harmony with the solemnity of the occasion was rendered by quartet under the direc- tion of Professor Merriam.
 After the ceremony the bridal party drove to the home of the brides mother, Mrs. Katherine Ingram Jenkins. where a wedding breakfast was served. The table was elaborately decorated in white car nations, and white roses. The chandelier was draped with smilax and from the jets to the table the vines were festooned | he hrfdA'a Naka xvhfrh 10 piece de resistance in the center.
 When the cake was cut, the ring fell to Miss Gertrude Meehan, the thimble to Miss Mittie Ellen Ashley, the sea shell to Miss Etta Jenkins, dime to MT. Read of South Carolina, a dime to MT. Felix Jenkins, Jr., and a dime to Master Nell son White.
 Displayed in another department were the wedding presents. These were re- markedly handsome, one of the gifts be- ing a valuable silver service consisting of several pieces, and the large number of articles in silver. cut glass, bric-a- -brac and rugs were lovely testimonials of the esteem in which the young couple are held.
 The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Kath- crime Ingram Jenkins and with her mother recently removed to Montgomery from Lebanon, Ky. She is a young wo- man WnOSe beauty IS OI tI1e DEuHeItO IypSS and her vivacity and personal charm make her an admired figure in a large circle of friends.
 MT. Meehan was formerly resident of Covington, Ky, where his parents now live. He Is popular socially, and has been very successful in business, being inter ested in a silver mine at Monterey. Mex, where he spends the winter and in other business of the same character at Chat tanooga, Tenn. where he spends the summer.
 MT. and Mrs. Meehan left yesterday morning for New Orleans They will go from there to Cuba and from Cuba to Canada The brides going away gown