The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-24


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The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. T. K:
an interesting wedding last evening
when their daughter Grace and A. B.
Choate We're married. The bride is
the eldest daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gray and she belongs to one OF the
pioneer families Of the city while the
bridegroom is we'll known lawyer.
The service was read in the living
room, where the bow window was
tangle Of ferns and palms with a
great cluster of Easter lilies in an urn
at one side. White tapers in tall brass
holders twinkled among the feathery
fronds and were placed in the green
which topped the bookcases and man
tells. In the reception hall pink tulips
were used with the ferns and in the
dining-room great basket of tulips
in the center of the table sounded the
color note while flowers shading from
white to pink nestled in the mass of
T ferns on the sideboard and mantel.
AS the eighty guests gathered to
witness the service the SHIRLEY quartet
played program Of nuptial music
and Mrs. Fillmore Patterson of Chi
cagO sang a group of songs accom-
panied by Luther Whitman Of ST..
Cloud. Mrs. Patterson is a bride of
last fall and Miss Gray was her maid
Of honor. iet
Mr.. Whitman played the "Lohen-
Boardman and Anable White
stretched the satin ribbons to form the
path for the bride. =. They wore white
with clusters of pink sweet peas. The
maid of honor, Miss Marguerite Gray
was in white liberty silk with ruffles of
white tulle on skirt and blouse and she
carried a great bunch of sweet peas tied
with pink tulle. The brides gown was
of white satin fashioned with tulle
and her veil was caught with a spray
of flowers. The bouquet was of lilies
and ferns held with white tulle.
Mr.. Choate and his best man, DR.. G.
| G. Eitel, awaited the coming of the
| bride before the bank of green and
the service was read by Rev. w. B.
Riley: as Mrs. Patterson sang CAR
cady Is Mutual Love, Sweetheart
Nine"
About 200 guests had been hidden
to the reception which followed and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray received with the
bridal couple and Miss Choate and
! Miss Antoiniette 4Choate of Fergus
Falls assisted thru the rooms. Among
the guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Fillmore
Patterson of Chicago; Miss Antoinette
Choate, Fergus Falls; Mr.. and Mrs
William p Allen, William Clinton
Allen, Mr.. and Mrs. James Bryant, Mr.
and Mrs. George Griggs, St. Paul;
| Northfield; Mrs. Clara Kelly, Stillwa-
! ter, and Robert Kelly, Saltwater.
Il Mr.. and Mrs. Choate will be at home
at 1011 Park avenue in May.
Mrs. William C. Tubbs arranged q
pleasant change I'M entertainment fol-
her guests this afternoon and invited
Mrs. Ruth B. Ridges to speak to them
on ideas in Character" There was
also a delightful musical program in
which Mrs. Louise M: Park sang and
Jungun played. Mines. George, Scott
N. L. Larson, Oliver and Frank p
Hopwood assisted Mrs. Tubbs and the
decorations Mere. ina the sunshine col.
ors, white and yellow, carried out ir
4 the spring flowers. There were eighty
guests. .sf r -
Mrs. George L. Scott will entertain
at cards tomorrow afternoon at her
home on Tenth avenue S.
h A flower cotilliona is as pretty 8
|Eparty as one can imagine. and John.
son hall furnished "a charming back:
ground for the dance of the Wednes.
day class last evening. The lights
were shaded with quaint Japanese
lanterns and the favors were arranged
on>the stage to form floral curtain
Mrs. S. C. Noble led the cotillion and
introduced many novel figures. Ir
one the men marched under arches
of rosebuds and green leaves and al
a given signal they halted and danced
with the women who were before
them. A floral ladder of sweet peas
about four feet high, played prom:
inent part in another and the eight
men and eight women who came for.
ward found partners by drawing Out
the floral rounds and those who hac
rounds of the same length danced to.
gether, while the sweet peas were
used as favors. Huge tulips with
cards bearing the names of the
women were given the men, who
danced with the women whose name:
they found. Grecian headdresses witt
pink, white or red peoples, long boa:
of roses and leaves and scarfs Of pinl
and white carleton were other favOr'
for the women and the men haS
daisies, butterflies and four-leavt
clovers. -:-"- -.
The supper table presented a colon
ial appearance with its. crystal candle
sticks holding red tapers and silve
urns and pitchers. Mrs. Richard Pau
and Mrs. A. S. Brooks poured coffee
There were about thirty-five. couple
I present and ALERT and, Perry played
Mrs. Louis K. Hull gave prettil.
| appointed luncheon Of twelve cover
| yesterday afternoon at ;. her home OF
Oak Grove street.
Miss Elizabeth Oswald was tn
guest of honor at a parcel shower las
evening given by the Misses Grace AM
Sara De Laittre at their home o.
Lyndale avenue N, and fourteen youni
women were invited to meet her. Sup
per was served after the shower an
yellow tulips were, in the center o
the table with white flowers at tn
brides place.
Tuesday evening Mrs. o. B. Spragu
was hostess at her home on Fremon
avenue N for a group of Miss Oswald
1 friends, and a cOnundrum supper wa
a pleasant feature Of the evening. TIL
decorations were in red and heart
festooned. the table. A souvenir rib
bon with the brides. photograph wa