Morris tribune., 1906-07-14
BRANTON- BROWN.
Miss Alice Brown Married at Min
neapOlis, Wednesday,
Minneapolis Journal,

neapolis, Wednesday.
Minneapolis Journal,
A pretty wedding Of the day was
that OF Miss Alice Brown, and DIR.
Berton Branton, which was solemn
lied at the brides parents, Judge and
Mrs. Z. l.. Brown, 900 Fourth street,
Sc, at 3 O'Clock. The rooms were
transformed with green into bowers
of midsummer beauty. In the re-
ception hall tall palms hid the stairs,
and bank of the palms and ferns
was arranged in one corner of the
parlor, with large cluster of bride
roses on each side. A pillow of deli
cate white sweat peas Offset with
ferns was on the mantle, and bou-
quets of bride roses and sweat peas
cast their fragrance thru the rooms.
The archways were outlined with the
glossy green of oak boughs and smi-
lax, while the chandeliers were wound
with the smilax.
| Before the service Harold B. Handy,
cousin of the bride, sang, s'Thine for
Life" by Mascheroni, and at the con-
clusion, "When Song is Sweat" by
Gertrude San Souci. Mrs. Frank G..
Handy was at the piano. AS the harp
and violin sounded the "Lohengrin"
bridal chorus, Miss Martha Randall of
Hamline and Miss Margaret Brown,
sister of the bride, stretched white
ribbons from the stairway to the i'm
provished alter. Little Isobel Nc
Donald in white frock preceded the
bride, bearing the ring in long stem
med American Beauty rose.
The bride was met at the stairs by
her father, who gave her in marriage.
Her gown was of imported white
French lawn with yoke of baby
Irish lace, and finished with tucked
founces trimmed with insets of lace.
She wore loug veil of tulle caught
with lilies of the valley, and carried
a bouquet Of the same flower. The
service was read by Rev. A. H. Teb-
bets, formerly pastor of the Congre-
gational church at Morris, where
Judge and Mrs. Brown lived. Only
the relatives and intimate friends of
the family were present.
| At the informal reception which
followed Judge and Mrs. Brown and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Branton, parents of
the bridegroom, received with the
bridal couple. Assisting thru the
rooms were Misses Gertrude Darling,
Morris, Mimi; Miss Bessie Wells,
Herman, Mimi; Laura KIopp, Esther
vile, Iowa; and Dean Smutz, St.
Paul.
The ont-of-town guests we're:
Chief Justice and Mrs. Charles M.
Start, Rochester, Mimi; Judge and
Mrs. Charles /. Lewis, St. Paul; Mr..
and Mrs. H. J. Peck, Shakopee, Mimi;
Mrs 0. S. Brown, Shakopee; Assist
ant Attorney General R. A. Stone,
Morris, Mimi: Mr.. and Mrs, A. Palm,
Miss Gertrude Palm and Frank Palm,
Mr.. and Mrs. Q. II. SHERWOOD, Mr..
and Mrs. George W. Tyler and George
Fl. Tyler, Mrs. F. G.. Handy and Har-
old Handy, Willmar, Mimi; Mr.. and
Mrs. E. W. Randall, .Hamline; Mr..
and Mrs. William J. Munro and Miss
Blanche Munro, st. Paul.
DR.. and Mrs. Branton will leave this
evening for AtWater, where they will
be at home after Aug. l. DR.. Branton
was graduated last year from the med
icrl department of the university. He
is member of the Theta Delta Chi
fraternity.
Among the wedding gifts was
large study Of yellow blossoms which
was was painted in Germany by Mrs.
II. L. Hulburd of Morris, Mimi, who
has just returned from two years.
study aboard.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. j. Branton gave
the bridal dinner at Donaldson's tea
rooms last evening entertaining
twenty guests, including the bridal
party and the visiting relatives. In
the center of the large table was
mound Of pink rosebuds fringed with
dainty maiden hair ferns. Pink rose
buds we're at each place and the pink
tapers were in crystal holders on
which bows of green tulle were knot
ted.