The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-11
: OR an entire week society has been

NJ OR an entire week society has been
engrossed in the West-Semple
wedding, and 50 absorbed COM
,ietely has the interest that almost any
thing else seemed of little consequence.
1t is not often that so many beauti-.
!, full affairs are crowded into one week
as was done in honor of Mrs. Allan
West. -
It is interesting to hear that Mr..
I West is the sixth in family of seven
( to be married, and the Vests have evil
IDENTIFY been having busy time attend.
ing their children 8 weddings. Mrs.
Howard Eltirg of Chicago is a sister
of Mr., West. Mr.. Citing is the we'll
known tennis player, but he could not
I accompany his wife to Minneapolis as
{ he was detained in New York. The
7 Vests belong to a prominent, old Mis-
souri, family and the popular Minneapo-
lis girl will enter one of the most fash
4 ionable sets in St. Louis, one in which
leaders. Mrs. Drummond was formerly
Miss Grace Greenleaf Of Minneapolis,
and it was at her home that the young
people met.
Of course, it goes without saying that
the wedding gifts were magnificent.
From st. Louis alone the presents came
i by the dozens and there were also as
many packages which were not sent
! north, for the bridegroom is very popu:.
I lar in his home city, a fact which all Of
the family friends, who met Mr.. West
here, can easily understand: A. 7.
! Rand gave the bride magnificent set
. of Chippendale furniture for their din
I ing room, and Mrs. Rufus R. Rand dis
/ covered in the east beautiful antique
Sheritan clock, made sometime in the
: seventeenth century, which was a rare
] gift. Among the many presents which
Mrs. West received from her mother,
5 Mrs: A. T. Rand, was a chest Of linen
containing one Of the most complete
/ and beautifully worked assortments of
. damask ever received by bride.
2 Miss Semple s maid of honor, the bride
gave handsome ring, an emerald set
with diamonds, on the evening Of the
bridal dinner, and the bridesmaids re-
ceived bracelets showing moonstones set
with amethysts. Mr.. Vests gifts to
his ushers were gold sleeve links. Mr.
, and Mrs. Thomas West, ST., Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas West, Jr., Mrs. Howard
Elting and Mr.. West and his bridal at
PENDANTS came up in the West g private
ear from ST. Louis Tuesday morning.
on their wedding tour, and the rest of
the party, including Mr.. and Mrs.
James Schoonmaker, Mr.. and Mrs.
. Theodore Cook, and Miss Oliver, re.
! turned home the evening of the we'd
/ ding.
There will be something of an exodus
of Minneapolis people to Boston next
week to attend the De Laittre-Little
wedding, which takes place in Salem,
Mos Of
Charles Z. Heffelfnger, Mrs. James F.
Bell, Mrs. Louis B. Newell, and the
Misses Helen and Marion Partridge ex-
I pect to leave Saturday evening for the
east. Mr.. and Mrs. John De Laittre
and Miss Corinne De Laittre will also
go the latter part of the week. They
will be accompanied by. Mrs. Willis
Walker.
Karl De Laittre will leave for Bos.
4 ton Tuesday evening and will be pres
4 ent at the social functions which will
precede the wedding: Miss Little is to
tendaats s'H Mrs. bo E gs r h nsF
{ ter, will be the matron Of honor, and
i the young women she has chosen fol-
her maids are Miss Dorothy Morgan OF
New Haven, Conn, Miss Adriance OF
Poughkeepsie, N. Y Miss May Brooks
of Morristown, N. j., Miss Gwendolin
Cummings Of Brookline, Mass, Miss Hell
en- Ayers Of Bangor, Me-, and Miss
Jessie Ring Of Saginaw, Mich.
Charles E. Hefelfnger will be thu
best man and the ushers are to be -four
Minneapolis. men, John S. Pillsbury
/ John B. Gilfllan, DR.. T. B. Mercer, Rob
ert A. ,Hastings; Samuel G. Kimberly
of Saginaw, Mich, Talbot Aldrich o:
Boston, Gardner Hall of Boston, Ernes
D: milford of Elizabeth, N. J., ant
Phillip Little, Jr., of Salem. Mr.. D,