Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-12-21
Silver Wedding Anniversary 81
MIR. and Mrs, Ain " Stern

IOllvCi WCuullaS Aaats1VOs SOsy VI
MIR. and Mrs. Ain " Stern
Yesterday the spacious home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Amor Stern
of Logan was the scene of an
J |event which will long mark an
: epoch in the social calendar of
} Harrison county. The occasion
! was the celebration of the
) twenty-fifth anniversary Of
their marriage. Dame Nature
herself seemed to be in SYM
! pathy with the affair and put
on a smiling face and surround
ed herself with a soft, hazy at
} mosphere, producing a day al
! most an exact counterpart of
, the day twenty-five years ago,
when in Blair, Neb., at the
, home of the bride, Laura Mann
and Almor Stern exchanged
J the vows which made their
lives and interests one.
The always attractive home
! was made doubly so by the
> artistic decorations of fern and
J flowers. The color scheme
I through the entire house was
crimson and white. The bay
} window in the parlor was a
: bank of crimson and white ger
B aniums. Upon the mantels and
) piano epergnes of cut glass
> held great punches of carna-
tions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stern rec lived
their guests in the reception
J hall in such a cordial manner
: that formality at once took
} flight and everyone was ready
! to please and be pleased. Mrs.
. Stern was gowned in an elegant
J peau-de-soi with bodice trim
: mings in harmony with the pre-
) vailing colors, and there were
J many expressions of wonder by
2 old time friends as to how Mrs.
Stern had so successfully
evaded the touches of old Faith
. Ter Time, ane declared that the
N years had only added to her
personal charms. Mr.. Stern
) was arrayed in the suit of
\ clothes he Wore at his wedding
2 twenty-five years ago.
} Among the guests who were
\ in attendance IN the afternoon
, were a great many who had
J been the fast friends of Father
Z Jacob Stern and his wife Mill
B cent and who to do their mem
J Dry honor came to make glad
2 this happy. occasion of their
! sons anniversary.
In the parlor was a large
panel, framed in which were
photos of Mr.. and Mrs. Stern
taken at various stages Of their
life and told the story of Chow
they looked" at eighteen, TWEEN
sty-five, thirty-two, forty and
fifty years of age. In the Ii
br.ary was a register where
every guest inscribed his or
h e,r name, thus leaving a me-
M esato which will doubtless be
Or lied long years after this by
Mr.. and Mrs. Stems three
ma nly sons.
In the evening the guests far
outn numbered those of the after
moon. and as the air laden with
the g, entle odor of flowers
reach &c the senses and the soft
light ire m the many chandeliers
fell upon the ladies so beauti-
FULLY goyvned, with their at
tendants in full dress, it re-
CURED bu, a small stretch o.
imagination to enable the on
Hooker to believe himself trans
Iportcd to a sc enc when knight
Ihood was in flower"
4 The dining. room in which
boufft refreshments were
served, was beautiful with vines
and hanging plants, and the
table in the center OF the room
was an artistic poem, a perfect
study Of coloring A magnif-
icent centerpice over crimson
made a beautiful groundwork
for a high pyramid of delicate
ly colored fruits, from the apex
Iof which ropes of smllax fell to
the corne rs of the table. Glow
ling crimson and fluffy white
carnations added to the pref y
picture. Mis- es Lucy King,
Dollie Minshall, Grace Minshall
Bernice Milliman, Edith Will
Jams, Lucy Hyde, and Edna
Williams, of Grand Island,
served in the dining room.
The hostess was assisted In
entertaining by Mesdames A.
]. Miller, w. H. johnson, s. |
Nv. n "A pn]+ar r. T Mill.