Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-11-22
JOIN IN WEDL0CK
Miss Lillian Streckfus Becomes
Wife of Fowler Manning,
of New Orleans
AT Home OF THE Bril- E
Ceremony Brilliant One in All Appoint
Enthusiastically
Nuptials.

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ried last evening at O'Clock at he
home, 725 Twenty-third street. to Fow
Ter Manning of New Orleans. Tht
ceremony was performed in the pres
ence of about 125 guests by Rev. j. F
Lockney of Sacred Heart church. Thl
home was beautifully and elabofately
| decorated in the wedding colors, vel
| low and white. The ceremony was
performed i'll the blue room. which had
| been converted into a Veritable bower
| Of southern smiiaX. ferns, palms, and
| yellow and white chrysanthemums, the
| smilaX being held to the ceiling and
walls with large bows of white rib
| bon The same scheme of decoration
was carried out in the hall and second
parlOr. Miss Florence Freistat, VIC
| linist. accompanied by Miss Olga
Junge. played a musical program be-
| fore the arrival of the bridal party.
which was announced by the strains
of Mendelssohn's wedding march,
played by Miss Junge. The sisters of
the bride. the Misses Anna and May
Streckfus, led the way and were fol
| lowed by the ribbon bearers. John and
Verne Streckfus. brothers of the bride,
who stretched white ribbons from the
steps to the imprOvised altar Little
Miss Nina Streckfus. bearing the ring
in a beautiful Gala lily. was followed
| by the bride with her father. The
bride was met at the altar by the
groom. who came in from the second
parlOr with his brother. w. w. Mar
ming as best man. and the grOomsmen
Henry Hubers. Fred Kahlke, and Cap
| tain ID. w. Wisherd During the beau
Jiful and impressive marriage service
Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words
was played.
Justified Admiration.
The bride is noted for her beauty,
and her appearance fully justified the
murmurs of admiration that arose. She
| was dressed in white radium over
white taffeta, made princess, with
panels of real lace on the skirt, which
was made entrain. \ bertha of the
same lace fell from the tulle yoke. She
carried an arm bouquet of lilies of the
valley and her long tulle veil was
| edged with Irish point lace and held
with wreath of lilies of the valley.
| The bridesmaids wore white pima cloth
over blue taffeta, made princess and
trimmed in real lace. and they carried
white chrysanthemums. The ring
bearer wore a beautiful dress of white
batiste. lace trimmed with white rib
bon bows. The ribbon bearers wore
white. After the ceremony a reception
was held and dinner served at small
tables trimmed in yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS and lighted with yellow shaded
candles The brides going away gown
was of green and black check chiffon
broad cloth with hat to match. NJ
and Mrs. Manning skillfully eluded the
company waiting with confetti. by es
Gaping through a window. They went
10 Kansas City from where they will
tour Old Mexico and Cuba and will be
at home after Feb. / at New Orleans.
The bride was born and reared in this
city where she attended the grammar
schools. later graduating from a con-
vent at Quincy, and she has pursued
her musical studies at the Villa de
Chantal. She has a host of friends
with whom her charm of manner has
made her a great favorite. The groom
is manager of the TichenOr Anti-Septic
company of New Orleans. The array
of gifts was unusually large and very
beautiful, including quantities of cut
glass. silver, and china. From out of
town the guests were: w. w. Man
ming, Houston. Tex; Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Hayes. Des Moines; w. H. Lahman,
Des Moines: Mrs. NJ Streckfus. Kan
sas City; Mr.. and Mrs. John Barte-
meyer. Muscatine; Captain and Mrs.
John Lancaster, lie Claire; DR.. and
Mrs Freek, Cordova; Mr.. and Mrs.
John Dauber. Peoria; Mrs. Charles
! Miller. Sioux City; and James O'Con-
no.. Denver.
ParkS-EngstrOm.
The marriage of Miss Edith Eng
strom, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. p.
Engstrom, to Jacob Wilbur Parks of
Fremont Neb., took place last evening
at s o'clock at the brides home, COS
Tenth street. Rev. o. W. Lawrence
of the Memorial Christian church per-
| formed the ceremony, using the ring
service. The bride was attended by
Miss Eta Murrin, and G. Lindgren was
the best man. At the strains of Lohen-
grin's wedding march, played by the
| brides sister. Miss Marie Engstrom,
the bridal party descended the stairs
and took its place under wedding
lbell made of smilaX and white chrysan-
Ithemums. During the ceremony Hearts
and Flowers was softly played. The
house was very beautifully decorated
with banks of ferns and palms and
chrysanthemums, the wedding colors,
pink and white, being carried out in
the decorations. The ceremony, which
was witnessed by the relatives and
most intimate friends, was followed by
a wedding repast. The bride wore a
handsome gown of white silk trimmed
with real lace and the long tulle veil
was trimmed with orange blossoms.