The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-30

In marriage last evening when Miss Lii
liam Best became the bride of Walter
West Fawcett and Miss Katherine Best OF
Dr. Sherman e. Wright of Chicago. The
double service was read at the home OF
the uncle and aunt Of the two brides, Mr..
and Mrs. James l. Best, on Pleasant ave-
nue. and a wealth of flowers and greenery
were used to form background. Inc
| rnantel banked with palms and vines
| lnterm1ngled With heavy-headed Peonies
to form an altar. In the hall the stairway
was garlanded with vines and wall pock-
| cts held clusters of crimson roses here
and there. Yellow daisies made sunny
bits Of color in the reception hall and a
basket Of pink roses was on the table In
| the dinfngroom.
Mrs James Kinmont of Chicago sang
20 Pure. Sweet Q Holy" Just before
the orchestra played the 'Lohrensrin
! chorus, and Ward Benton and Rent}y
| Tanning stretched the white ribbons to
form an aisle. Misses Ella Dixon and jessie
Fawcett were the maids of honor and
they wore white null with long sashes OF
green tulle and carried feathery asparagus
ferns. Rista Best and Mr.. Wehlener Of
Chicago were the bridegroom's attend
ants The two brides were gowned alike
In white net ruffled with chiffon and worn
over slips Of silk Their wells were OF
tulle and they carried white roses. Rev.
II "A. D.
FAIRIES read the double service, while the
orchestra played a soft accompaniment.
and at the close Mrs. Kinmont intoned
a prayer.
II A reception followed and Mrs. w. 8.
Best and Mr.. and Mrs. James I. Best
aided in receiving. The guests numbered
about 200 and included Mr.. and Mrs. Kin
mont and Mrs. James E. Rose of Auburn,
Ind.
Both couples left for wedding trips and
after Sept Mr.. and Mrs Fawcett will
occupy an apartment in the Best flats and
DR.. and Mrs Wright will make their
home in Chicago.
The marriage of Miss Gertrude Dean,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. J. Dean, and
B. G. Packer was solemnized. last evening
at the home of the BRIDES parents at 1918
Fourth street Sc. Rev. M. A. Packer
father of the bridegroom, came from
Spooner, Wis, to read the service. The
parlors were decorated in white roses
\ combined with asparagus ferns, while the
I reception hall where the bridal pair stood
before bay window hung with vines and
J foliage, was effective with blush roses
! and tall white peonies. In the dining
room peonies were also used.
} Miss Grace Branson played program
I Of music as the guests arrived before sig
{ mailing the entrance of the bridal party
) with the "Lohengrin' march. Little
= Ethel Mason in white frock carried the
ring In a basket of roses and led the way
!. to the altar. The brides gown was O.
silk null over taffeta fashioned with .
B yoke and deep bertha Of lace, and In he
A bouquet were bride roses. Attending tn
1 bride was Miss Effie Watts, who wor
/ lowered organdie over silk and carried
\ red carnations. P. J. Tscharner was Mr.
Packers best man. The Sweetest Stor'
Ever Told was softly played during tn
4 ceremony and as the pair turned to re
ceive the congratulations Mendelssohn'
4 march was given.
At the reception which followed Mis-
Hattie Smith and Miss Mabel Dean, cou
4 sin Of the bride, served frappe. The tabl
was lighted with tapers of white an
green Mr.. and Mrs. Packer win go t
I Withee, Wis, after short trip, and the
will be at home after July 20. The bride
4 going away gown was of blue wolfe wit
hat to match Is
/ Saturday Miss Harriet Dean and Mr..
4 Albert S. Dean gave a luncheon for tn
Z bride at Dayton's, and Friday Miss Eff
Watts was hostess at a. luncheon In he
q honor.
At the apartment Of Mrs. Emma Har
I last evening the marriage Of her daugh
\ ter, Miss Florence Hare, and Joel
4 Houghton Of Ogdensbrg, N. Y, was qu1
& city solm enized. The rooms were sfmpl
4 but effectively arranged with red peonie
4 and white syringa blossoms, arranged wit
/ vines An altar was simulated with tn
4 aid Of palms and ferns in the parlo
! where the ceremony took place, and in tn
4 diningroom surrounding a centerpiece {
4 red peonies were flaming tapers shaded
4 red AS the "Lohengrin" march wa
\ sounded by Miss Nelo Ware, the brids
I party entered. The bride was attende
I by her sister, Miss Hare, who wore pin
- crepe and bore a bouquet of pink peonie
- While wolfe was the gown of the brid
and she carried bride roses, mingled wit
lilies of the valley. Miss Welo sang 20
Promise Me- during the ceremony, whic
Il. was read by Rev. Mr.. Maxwell of Helen
Mont
;, Mr.. and Mrs. Houghton will spend tw
III weeks in Buffalo, Mimi, before going
III their home The bride was entertaine
n at a handkerchief shower last week
y. Miss Jessie Taylor, and Saturday Mr.
nm Aide Collins gave dinner in her honor
ne her home on Portland avenue.
ng
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. Gree
. field was the scene of pretty .weddi1
last evening when Miss Florence Magot
became the bride of Kenneth William c.
of Donnybrook. N. D. Thru the enti
house wild vines were used over the doc
ways and about the chandeliers, and
the hall the staircase was hidden In
tangle of the vines, frightened with dain
white wild flowers. In the parlor t.
same decorations prevailed Red earn
tions in the dining-room lent touch
color and above the centerpiece of fer
and carnations was a silver basket fill
with the carnations and ferns, and thr
strands Of red satin ribbon, tied at t
chandelier, were knotted at the table wi
ferns AS Mrs Harry w, Jones sound
the "Lohengrin" chorus, eight young Wo1
ON Mraas Iotr, I. Ma COON Alton Wyrna