Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-17
HUNTINGTON MARRIAGE TAKES
PLACE AT BERKELEY
SELECT COMPANY is PRESENT
Ceremony ls Followed by Elaborate
Supper, After Which the Bride
and Bridegroom Leave for
Extended Tour
Special to The Herald.


BERKELEY, Cal, Aug. 16.-The mar
riage of Miss Leslie Thayer Green
and Howard e. Huntington, the young
railway magnate of Southern Califor-
MIA, was solemnlzed this evening at
$3.50 o'clock at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Adam T. Green
of 1927 Dwight way, Berkeley.
The bridal couple stood under a
beautiful canopy of pink tiger lilies
and ferns, while the Rev. DR.. Hoskins
himself a Congregationalist, performed
the Episcopal service out Of Difference
to the wishes of the bride Miss Green
was attended by her sister, Miss Ruth
Green, who acted as maid of honor,
while Miss Elizabeth Huntington, Miss
Marian Huntington, Miss Elizabeth
Livermore and Miss Ruth Knowles
acted as bridesmaids. Mr.. Huntington
was attended by Hugh Stewart of Los
Angeles, who acted as best man, and
as the ceremony was performed in the
brides home ushers were dispensed
with
Miss Green wore a wedding gown of
soft satin trimmed with delicate old
lace which has been in the Green fam
lily for many years and which had been
used upon her mothers wedding gown.
Besides the conventional bridal veil
Miss Green wore only one ornament. a
small diamond star in her hair, and
instead of the usual brides roses car
ried a bouquet of delicate tinted or
chds. Miss Ruth Green as maid of
honor wore simple gown of white and
pink organdie, while the bridesmaids
wore filmy white gowns and carried
bouquets of tiger lilies.
After the ceremony an elaborate sup
the few society people of San Francisco
and Berkeley fortunate enough to re-
ceive invitations to the wedding One
unique feature was the faca that the
guests were placed at small tables
There was no brides table, but with
each party two vacant places were
left and Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington pro-
gressed with the courses. taking cof-
fee at the table at which Mr.. and Mrs.
Green were seated.
Late in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Huntington left for New York on an
extended tour in Europe, where they
will visit Princess Hatzfeldt, sister of
the groom, who was unable to attend
fho 1a
ney Mrs. Huntington will be the guest
of Mrs. Harry L. Bixby of st. James
Park, Los Angeles, until the compile
tion of her new home.
Magnificent Wedding Presents
On her European trip Mrs. Hunting
ton leaves behind, among her wedding
presents, some of the most magnificent
silver ever received by California
bride. Her fat silver is hand-carved
and hammered and is done in the four
teenth century style. The silver chest
also contains many pieces of rare
workmanship imported from Europe or
manufactured from original Tiffany de-
signs. Among the innumerable collec-
tions of cut glass and objets dart is
a grand piano and some glorious
jewels, which were the gift of the
groom.
Among the Southern California
guests at the wedding were Mrs. Fred
Bixby nee Miss Florence Green, Fred
Bixby, Hugh Stewart and Dewitt
Prentis.
Shortly before the wedding Mr..
Huntington gave small dinner at the
Palace hotel to a few of the friends of
his bachelor days. at which Eugene E.
Hewlett, Brockway Metcalf, Fred
Bixby, Ralph Phelps, Dewitt Prentis
and A. G. Tasheria bade him god
speed.