Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-11
>spec,sl Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
NEW YORK. June 10. 1908.
Perhaps the most interesting Of the June
wedding gowns was that worn by Miss
Helen White Stevens. Mrs Gilliat
Gheauiere Schroeder. II was made OF Can
ton crepe. exquisltely embroidered, an heir
loom In the family. and was worn by the
brides mother Mrs Berkeley Mostyn. on
the occasion when she Miss Helen
Chanler Stevens. at ner marriage TO her
first husband. the late Alexander Stevens
1t was trimmed with old point lace. The
point lace veil. long and narrow. was an
other heirloom. and the quaint train was
really a double train OF net tucked and
trimmed with ribbon. Instead of the GUS.
tomary bouquet or prayer book she carried
a beautiful antique carved fan. carried by
her great-great grandmother. Judith Stuy-
vesant at her wedding In 1873. The inter-
est of the wedding added to by the
fact that old St. Marks Church. in the
Eouwerie" where the marriage was cele-
DRAFTED. was built on ground given by Peter
Stuyvesant an ancestor of the bride. FOR
that purpose. and that from the time of
it's building down to the present day the
Stuyvesants and Chambers have held pews
therein The church stands on a triangle
OF ground at I'd avenue and 9th and Stuy-
vesant streets. and is a quaint old edfice
with plot of green and some very old
trees about it The brides mother was
married to Alexander Stevens in the same
church more than twenty years ago, and
ono of the clergymen who assisted at the
SChrOeder-StevenS wedding also married
her mother and father.
The only new thing about the bridal robe
was the white tulle used for the sleeves. Il
bit of white velvet ribbon and the orange
blossoms fastened to the bridal veil over
the couture. The neck and upper part OF
the bodice was formed of soft. surpliced
folds Of white net and over the net were
narrow but full puffs of white tulle form
ing sleeves that stood up and out at the
shoulders. and terminated a the elbows
over the long white gloves. Point lace
over net formed the bodice. with a bit of
the embroidered Canton crepe, and the
trailing skirt was OF the heavy crepe beau
tlfulIy embroidered in small floral designs
The crepe was a soft cream or rather
shade of old ivory from age. 1t was
fOuuCed about the bottom. The long train
was round and was formed of two sections,
the upper perhaps twenty or twenty-four
inches shorter than the lower; both just
alike. and both shaped almost like semi
circles and each bordered with deep net
flOuuCe touched and trimmed with ribbon
Straps of velvet ribbon crossed from each
side Of the bodice over the bust line, and
were tied in the center In a long or rather
wide bow as II lay Crosswise on the bodice:
the ribbon was a little over an inch In
width Her pompadour. light brown, was
low one. The point of the veil made fiat
decoration and was caught with orange
blossoms and trailed down the back; II was
a narrow Veil. and more like a scarf than
a shawl IN shape.
The maid Of honor was Miss Alexandra
II. Stevens. younger sister of the bride,
who wore white chiffon tafTeta trimmed
with yellow lace and large white Leghorn
hat with white plumes- The hat OF the
maid OF honor and the fashion of her gown
was exactly like those worn by the brides
maids. the only difference being in coloring.
All the attendants carried large. irregular
and graceful bouquets of yellow daises. and
each attendant wore q link bracelet set
with turquoise, the gift of the bride.
The bridesmaids were Miss Elizabeth
Winthrop Stevens, a cousin Of the BRIDE