The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1905-09-06
Wedding Monday Evening
Most Elaborate in History
of The City.
GUESTS NUMBERED 2S INTIM.
ATE FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
Bride and Groom Left on Extend.
ed Tour in AdirOndacks and
on Atlantic Coast.

Monday evening anime o'clock
Mr.. Frank u. McGraw and Miss
Regina Gibbons Crawford we're
united in marriage at the resi-
dence of the father of the bride.
Only a few invitations were issued
the relatives and immediate
friends of tie family filling the
entire list. 1t was one of the
smartest and prettiest weddings
that society in Bemidji has
hitherto known. The decorations
of the drawing room, while ex-
quisitely simple, were exceeding
ly beautiful and appropriate, and
the ceremony in these surround
ings was exquisitely touching
and solemn.
At nine o'clock precisely all
the guests had assembled and the
bridal party slowly made it's en-
trance from the upper hall to the
East drawing room where an
arch Of ferns, in which electric
bulbs were skillfully imbedded,
was erected. Two prize dieux had
been placed beneath this arch
for the convenience of the bride
and groom. AS soon as the ush-
ers, Messrs. b. H. Jerrard and
Edward T. Crawford had stretch
ed the usual white satin ribbons
to their full length, the strains of
the Lohengrin march neralded
the coming Of the bridal party.
The Very Reverend Doctor
Thomas j. Gibbons, uncle of the
bride, the Reverend Philip Muir
ply, late rector of st. Phillips
Church, Bemidji, and the Rever-
end Patrick Shea of Benson,
MIMI, entered, robed in the
vestments of their sacred office,
and took their positions behind
the prize. dieux and under the
arch. AS the music changed it's
tempo the groom, attended by
his best man, Mr.. John r. Lenox
of Minneapolis, followed. And
then slowly down the stairs and
across the hall came Miss Leah
Berman in an ecru gown bearing
very gracefully shower bouquet
of pink carnations and ferns, the
gift of the groom. She was fol-
lowed by Miss Emma Judd, of
Duluth, who wore ecru lace over
pale blue silk, and who also car
ried a very exquisite bouquet.
Miss Judd was pupil with Miss
Crawford, now Mrs. McGraw, at
the Visitation Convent at St,
Paul. She was succeeded by
Miss Maude Crawford, who wore
ecru mousseline de sole, with her
arms filed with NAL maison
carnations.
Again the tempo changed and
little Miss Jean Mclean Morri.
son, bearing a sheaf of roses de.
scended the stairs very grace
fully, followed by the bride on
the arm Of her father. The bride
wore an exquisite grown of silk
mule and Valencienne lace en-
train. Her ornaments were
pearls, the gift of the groom; she
carried a shower bouquet of
brides roses. Contrary to the
custom, but very much in the
recent fashion, her long Tulle
veil was fastened by pearls with
out the usual wreath of myrtle or
orange blossoms. It was gener-
ally concluded that Miss Craw.
ford never seemed more hand
some or stately.
AS soon as the two groomsmen
Messrs. Alphonse L. Crawford
and George 3. Pickett had joined
the best man at the end of the
semi circle in front of the officiat-
ing clergymen, the Etude of
Eberhardt, played for the first
time at a wedding, softly filled
the room and the ceremony be-
gan, The Very Reverend Doctor
Gibbons, in a musical voice, which
at times showed his emotion,
spoke to the bride and groom a
few words.
The ceremony Of the Catholic
Church was then celebrated very
impressively and as the last
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