Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-07-07
JENKINS -BECKWITH.
ELABORATE CEREMONY AT
TERRE HAUTE, IND.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beckwith Making
Tourof Great Lakes on Their
Honeymoon. Nj


Beckwith of this town were married in
Terre Haute Tuesday evening, June 81.
The ceremony was performed in St.
Stephens Episcopal church at : O'Clock
by the rector, Rev. John Sulger. The
decorations of the chaucel, altar and
auditorium of the church were in Green
and white, the wedding colors. The
chancel was massed with giant palm
trees and the altar banked with greens
and white roses. The aisle and steps
were carpeted in white. Mr.. Arthur
Folk presiding at the organ played a
program of selections from Wagner as
the wedding guests assembled and the
wedding march from "Lohengrin" as
the party entered the church The ushers
Mr., Deming Wheeler and MIR. Herbert
Royce, preceded the bridal party. Fol
lowing them came the maid of honor.
Miss Helen Jenkins, only sister of the
bride, who entered alone. Her gown
was pale green silk crepe de chine over
tatfeta, en- train, decollette. She carried
a bouquet of brides roses. The bride
entered on the arm of her father, DR.. w.
O. jenkins, who gave her away. The
bridal robe was of imported French
messaline chiffon over white taffeta
trimmed with duchess lace. A tulle veil
caught with a spray of orange blossoms
fell to the hem of her gown. Her only
Jewel was an exquisite diamond pendant
the gift of the groom. She carried
bouquet of lilies of the valley with ties
Of tulle and plumosa The bride and her
attendant were met at the chancel rail
by Mr. Beckwith and the best man, Mr..
Frank Whittemore of Worcester Mass.
During the ceremony the music was
from "Hearts and Flowers" and go
Promise Me-" The occasional was from
Mendelssohn. The guests at the church
including the relatives and house guests
of Or. and Mrs. Jenkins numbered about
twenty
Immediately following the ceremony
a wedding supper of twenty covers was
served at the home of the brides parents
The bridal table was exquisitely deco
rated with center of sweet peas and
roses extending the entire length of the
table, surrounded by crystal candle
sticks. From the chandelier, studded
with sweet peas, broad white ribbons ran
to the corners. The remainder of the
QUESTS Wara Saatad of Sp,aII tolIae hoo1
somely decorated The place cards were
dainty water color sketches; heart
shapes, wedding bells, and slipper shapes
bearing brides heads. They were the
work of Miss Pauline Wilcox of Los
Angeles, Cal.
From to II o'clock the Jenkins resi-
dence was thrown open for a reception
of 400 guests The entire lower floor
was bower of asparagus, American
Beauty roses and peonies. The entire
house was lighted with hundreds of
candles in crystal and silver candlelabras
In the receiving line with the bridal
party were DR.. and Mrs. w. O. Jenkins.
and Mrs. B. $. Beckwith. Mrs. Jenkins
gown was pale lavender silk crepe over
tatfeta in harmonizing tone trimmed
with handsome lace. Mrs Beckwith's
gown New York creation, with a Iprin-
cess robe of black embroidered lace over
tatfeta. A deep collar of Honiton lace
gave it a striking finish. Her Jewels
were pearls.
Miss Pauline Wilcox of Los Angeles
wore pattern gown of white Brussels
net over taffeta. She carried American
beauty roses.
Mr., Beckwith gave his ushers hand
some stick pins with whole pearl setting.
The best mans gift was a scarf pin
studded with topaz and diamonds. The
maid of honor, for whom the day had a
double significance, since she observed
her eighteenth birthday on that day,
received from the bride heart of pearls
and diamonds.
The wedding gifts, shown in a room
above stairs, We're as elaborate a display
of cut glass, silver art and real lace as
has ever been received by Terre Haute
bride.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beckwith left Terre
Haute the same night for Chicago, going
from there to Duluth by boat, thence
through the great lakes to Buffalo and
Niagara. From there they go down
the st. Lawrence river to Montreal
and Quebec, concluding the tour with
trip on the Saugeaney river. They
expect to reach Middlebury about
July 10.
Mrs. Beckwith has won many friends
during the short visits she has made in
this town and a most cordial welcome is
extended to her. Mr.. Beckwith is one
of MiddleburY's most successful mer-
chants taking the business of his father
at the latter's death in April, 1900, and
gradually extending and enlarging the
same until he now conducts the largest
retail business in Addison County. The