The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-30
WEDDINGS.

The wedding of Miss Mamie Poythress
Tabb. daughter of the late John +. Tabb.
former prominent member of the Rich
mond bar, and of his wife, Mamie Boykin
Harrison, granddaughter of Benjamin
Harrison, OF Berkeley. Va, to Mr.. Caspar
Wake of Richmond, son of the late DR..
John Worcester Wake and his wife. Lucy
Robertson, will be celebrated at O'Clock
this afternoon, in the home of the bride,
M. lT25 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, the
Rev. William NJ. Dame officiating
owing TO the recent death of the
grooms mother the wedding will be ceie-
brated very quietly. Tic house Will be
tastefully decorated In flowers and palms
and the bridal party will enter TO the
wedding chorus from Lohensrin.
The bride will enter with her brother,
Mr. j. Harrison Tabb, who will give her
away. She will he gowncd in taifored
costume of plum-colored cloth, with nat
and gloves TO correspond, and carry a
shower bouquet of lilies of the valley. The
ceremony will be witnessed by the inn
mediate relatives of the contracting par
ties. Immediately afterward, Mr. and
Mrs. Wake will leave for a bridal trip.
They will make their home when they
return at No. 1il5 Floyd Avenue.
Webb-Lowndes.
Captain and Mrs Henry de saussure
Elliott, of Columbia. South Carolina,
have announced the engagement of their
daughter. Amarinthia Iowndes, to Mr.
b. Lucas Webb, of that place.
Miss Elliott has visited in Richmond,
and has many friends here.
Mahon-Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs e L. Johnson have is
sued invitations Tor the wedding Of their
daughter Rosa Elizabeth. to Mr.. Clar-
ence Rock Mahon, the marriage to take
place February It'll, in Grace Episcopal
Church.
Carper-Faulkner.
The following account taken from tho
Rand Daily Mail published at Johannes
burg South Africa, on December %.
1905, contains the description of the mar
riage of young Nirginan the son of
Mr., w. r. Carper of Gala. this State.
The groom is graduate of the Virginia
Polytechnic Institute. in the class of
1885. and has been in South Africa for
ten years. He has many friends and rSa-
tives throughout the state who will be
glad to have news of him in the dis
tant country where the duties OF his
profession have located him. The Rand
says
The wedding of Miss Shirley de Berry
Faulkner, second daughter of Mr.. and
II
Street. Dovenfontein TO Mr.. Joseph
thurman carper. NJ. T.. son of Mr.. w.
r. Carper. of Gala Va. U. s. A., was
celebrated Thursday, December 81 1905,
in ST. Augustine Church. johannesburg,
by the Rev. Harrison Thomson.
The service was choral and the hymns
THE Voice That Breathed Ger Eden
and How Welcome Was the Call were
sung. the bridal party entering and
leaving the church to the music of the
wedding chorus from Lohengrin and
Mendelssohn's march. The bride, who
came In with her father and was given
away by him, was gowned In duchesse
sation. trimmed with Irish lace and
chiffon. Her veil was fastened with real
orange blossoms and her bouquet was
of white roses, stephanotis and orange
blossoms. A lovely diamond pendant,
the groom's gift sparkled in the laces
of her corsage.. btfs
Her sister. MISS Gladys Faulkner the
maid of honor, wore violet crepe de
chine, trimmed with lace, a lace and vio-
let hat. and carried q cluster OF yellow
roses and yloftts.. She wore chain
and pendant of gold and pearl natrlx,
presented to her by the groom. Mr..
Lane Garter was best man, A group of
five little naidens completed the bridal
procession. They We're Misses Dorothy
klendger, We're Webb, Doris Bradley,
Madeline Feltham and Margaret Bate
man, the last named wee lady being
escorted by Master Frank Feltham in a
white George /. suit and three cornered
hat. The little girls were daintiness
personiiied, in violet tulle frocks and
Dutch caps Of violet ribbon and Valen-
ciennes lace. They carried bags of rose
petals TO strew in the path of the bridal
pair as they left the church Each OF
the children received gold bangle from
the groom.
The luxuriant garden of the Van Beck
Street mansion. the home of the bride,
was utilized for reception purposes. Mr..
and Mrs. Faulkner greeted their guests
in front of the verandah, that was ,i,aped
with the Union Jack and the Stars and
Stripes. The bride and groom received
congratulations in an arbor of flowers
with a bank of maidenhair ferns as n
background.
After the cutting of the brides cake
and the drinking of liealths, Mr. and
Mrs thurman Casper loft for Pretoria
From that point the bridal tour included
trip via the east coast to Egypt the
sojourn there 10 be followed by a tour
TO England and America.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.