Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-04-29
BRATTLEB0R0 LOCAL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WEDDING.
Many Relatives and Friends Witness
the Ceremony.

An important Social Event Of the Year
| MANY Relatives and Friends Witness
the Ceremony.
In the presence of large gathering of
relatives and friends from this and other
cities the marriage of Miss Susan Harris
Mather to Ernest James Waterman Of
Brattleboro, took place at the home of
| the brides uncle, Charles =. Harris, No
43 Pleasant street last evening. As the
bride and groom have many friends in all
parts Of the state, the affair was one of
the important social functions of the year
in this section. A reception was held af-
ter the wedding.
The rooms in which the ceremony and
reception took place were temporarily
transformed into arbors of flowers and
potted plants. The music for the oc-
casion was furnished by Brehmers or
chestra, stationed in an upstairs room.
The house was filed with guests when
at 8 O'Clock the orchestra began to play
the bridal march from Wagners Lo-
hengrin An aisle was formed from the
south parlor to the arch in the other room
by the following bridesmaids, who held
ropes of laurel: Miss Helen Mackay-
Smith Of Philadelphia, Miss Alice Wat
erman of Brattleboro, sister of the
groom; Miss Grace Newell Miss Dorothy
Bowles and Miss Hart Lester Harris of
Springfield, Mass. Miss Harriet Lester
Anna Wheeler and Miss Edith Dunton of
Rutland. The bride passed along this
aisle to the arch where the groom await
ed her. She was attractively gowned in
white chiffon cloth, trimmed with point
applique lace, and wore tulle veil She
carried shower bouquet of lilies of the
valley.
The maid of honor. Miss Cornelia B.
Schwartz of Lakewood y. J.. wore a
gown Of pale green chiffon and carried
Lillian Pong. carnations. The other brides
maids were Mrs Charles 4. Boyden of
Brattleboro. a twin sister of the groom,
and Miss Caroline Clement of this city.
who wore white crystalline over silk. with
green trimmings and carried white car
nations. The brides faVors to the maid
Of honor and maids Of the bridal party
were dainty stick pins with pearls. Her
favors to the other bridesmaids were
gold cuff pins set with turquoises The
best man was Clarence c. Wells of Mid
dlebury. a college chum Of the groom The
ushers were Homer L. Skeels of Ludlow,
William Russell of White River Junction,
Charles \. Boyden Of Brattleboro and
James p. Sawyer OF this city. All wore
pearl scarf pins, faVors from the groom
The ceremony was performed beneath
the arch of green by Rev DR.. George w.
Phillips pastor of the CONGREGATIONAL
church of this city The Episcopal
double ring service was used. the rings
being those with which the brides par
ents had been married. The bride was
given away by her uncle. c. p. Harris.
During the ceremony. Schumann's "Trau-
merei'' was played softly by the orches-
ira. the musicians bursting into joyous
strains of Mendelsshon's wedding march
at its completion.
The wedding was followed by a recep-
tion from $50 to 1880 o'clock, during
which Mr.. and Mrs. Waterman received
the congratulations and best wishes of
hundreds OF friends. The refreshments
We're served by Mrs. F. II. Baldwin of
this city. The wedding cake and fancy
cakes were from Dean of New York, and
the decorating of the house was by F. p.
/ McAtee of this city. The guests were
presented with souvenir bit of wedding
cake in a box tied with white ribbon and
bearing the Mather-Waterman mono
gram.
The bride and groom received a great
many presents of all varieties, including
several beautiful designs in silver and
cut glass. They left on the sleeper for a
brief wedding trip They expect to be
in Washington, D. C. until June l, and to
remain in Brattleboro during the sum
mer.
Miss Mather is the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mather of New York
city She has spent most of her life in
the homes of her grandmother, Mrs. Joel
B. Harris and uncle, Charles p. Harris.
in this city. Mr. Waterman is the son of
Judge and Mrs. f. L. Waterman of Brat
tleboro. He is a graduate of NIddlebury
college, a member of the Vermont bar.
an old national guardsman and Spanish
/ American war veteran. and is at present
clerk of the Senate military committee
at Washington D. C.-[Rutland Herald
OF Thursday.