Los Angeles herald., 1905-11-16
BEACH WEDDING
BRILLIANT AFFAIR
MANY GUESTS AT BEAUTIFUL
NUPTIALS
MARRIAGE of Miss Leila Merchant and
Il Or. Harry Gardner Brown Event
! Of the Season at
Long Beach

Or. Harry Gardner Brown and Miss
Leila Merchant were united in marriage
at the first Christian church of Long
Beach last evening by the Rev. j. F. @.
Finley of the M. IL. church south.
This was the leading society event
of the season i'm Long Beach and was
scene of beauty and splendor that will
not soon be forgotten. The bride Is the
talented and accomplished daughter
of Mrs. Laura A. Merchant of 329 East
Seventh street, while the groom is q
practicing dentist in the city He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. stiles Brown
of Los Angeles and was educated in the
University of Southern California and
spent a year at Boston in school also.
Miss Merchant is an exceptionally tall
ented young lady. being an accom-
plished musician and a finished reader.
The wedding party consisted of wee
Miss Virginia Blythe, a brunette maid
en- in white who bore the ring: Little
Miss Eskaleen Blythe, flower girl,
petite blonde in pale blue, both cousins
of the bride; Miss Esther b. Brown.
sister of the groom, maid of honor in
n gown of sheerest white silk over pale
green, four bridesmaids, Miss Maude
Walker who wore white silk crepe and
Miss Gertrude Darby in frock of
white silken fabric. Miss Edna Faust
and Miss Clara Morgan in white silk.
The bride wore an imported gown OF
hand embroidered point de esprit lace
over white silk with an inter dress of
pale blue chiffon. A touch of blue ap-
peared in the embroidery The bride
carried a shower bouquet of lilies of
the valley DR.. Brcwn was attended
by Edwin Clinton and the four young
men who assisted as ushers are Doctors
Goodman, Crandall, Mckenzie and
Hopkins.
The bride entered the church by
door from which a bell which typi-
fled "joy" had been suspended The
bride and groom stood under a floral
parasol typifyng protection" during
the ceremony and the bridal partly left
the church, passing out under horse
shoe of flowers and ferns typifying
good luck"
Wedding Trip to Maine
Mrs. Ed. Wyseman sang softly "Oh
Promise Me-" and other music includ
ed the popular wedding marches. Mrs.
Mitchell presided at the organ. The
church was profusely decorated.
A reception at the house followed the
ceremony. The guests were received in
the drawing room by the entire bridal
party, the bride and groom standing
in the center under a floral Japanese
parasol from whose outer rim depend
ed five bells, with one larger one in the
center. The color scheme in this room
was green and white. The large re-
ception hall was in pink and green.
the dining room in scarlet and green
and the library in yellow and green
The large porch was converted into
a summer garden and cosy corners and
bowers of green were there in abund-
ance The decorative scheme in the
dining room was especially beautiful in
as much as the portieres Of the land
scape windows were made of smilax
and holly berries while mistletoe was
also in evidence. The mantel was one
bank of scarlet geraniums. The pres
ents which have been arriving since
the first of the week were on display
in the library and they represented
wealth and splendor, consisting of
silver, jewels, checks, cut glass; china
and other valuables.
The groom's gift to the bride was a
diamond ring set with two large clear
stones in a chased Tiffany setting. The
brides gift to each of her bridesmaids
was a miniature of herself.
Among the gifts was silver medal
presented to the bride by the Cum
mock School of Expression where she
studied for two years. The bridal
trousseau is rich in beautiful gowns
with accessories complete.
Among the guests from abroad are
Henry Brown of Portland, Me-,
grandfather Of the groom, who held for
twenty-four years the position of gov
ernment inspector there and Mrs. Bal
ley of Santa Ana, an aunt of the BRIDE
groom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown will leave for a
tour of southern California accompa-
MED by Mr.. Brown of Portland, Me-,
and will be at home on their return to
their many friends in a beautiful home
that the groom has prepared for his
bride in Long Beach.