Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-27
BECOMES BRIDE OF
GEN. WANKOMSKI
MISS DAVIES IS CENTER OF
PRETTY PICTURE
Impressive Ceremony at First Metho-
dist Church Unites Two Well
Known callfornIans-ohoir
Of Sixty Sings

Miss Maude Reese Davies, daughter
of Mrs. J. M. Davies of 2711 Ellendale
place. became the bride of General
Robert WankowsN last evening in the
First Methodist church.
William James Chick opened the inn
presslve service with a solo, When
Song Is Sweet" During the interlude
the organst played and then Miss Bs-
telle Catharine Heartt sang sweet
heart" 40 -.
When the organist started "Lohen-
grin" the choir, some sixty strong IN
white caps and gowns, added their
voices while the bridal party moved
slowly to the altar
Miss Maude Elizabeth Richards and
Mrs. William James Chick, I'm pink ana
carrying pink rosebuds, with knotteu
pink ribbon, came first followed py
John Douglas Walker and william
james Chick. They sang as they went
Mrs. Fred w. Flint, jr., and Mrs. II.
n Johnson. matrons of honor, came
next. They wore beautiful gowns OF
white net over silk and carried immense
shower bouuuets of pink bridesmaid
roses. - -,
The bridegroom and the best man,
Victor Wankowsk, accompanied by tne
ushers, Capt. A. ]. Copp. Col. LOUIS
Spruance and Leo V. LongWorth, ioi-
lowed
Little Elizabeth Perkins of Salt Lake:
who was dressed in dainty gown OIL
mink silk. carried the ring in a basket
of flowers, and behind her the bride,
attended by her brother Frank DAVIES
who gave her away, walked slowly 10
the strains of the wedding march.
Miss Davies gown was a handsome
imported lace robe. made en- tralne'
She carried lilies of the valley and rose
buds and wore a spray of lilies OF the
valley in her hair.
Rev. Robert Mcintyre pronounced
the wedding service.
Mrs. Davies wore an imported black
lace over white silk. The bride chose
for her travelling gown chic suit OF
tan broadcloth with hat and gloves 10
match.
The extensive decorations gave an
added beauty to the scene. Baskets OIL
white sanemones and pink lilies We're
massed on the platform under three
arches of ferns and carnations from
which Yards and yards of pink ribbon
hung in bows.
Back in front of the loft six more
archways stood while masses of bam-
boo and grasses gave an effective back
ground effect. Clusters of pink and
white carnations were scattered in ar
tistic confusion among the potted
palms and ferns and white doves were
suspended from the middle of each
archway.
Festoon after festoon of pink ribbon
was suspended over the greenery The
lamps were pink shaded and pink and
white tulle cut off the aisles. Under the
balconies hanging baskets were caught
with ropeS of ferns.
A wedding supper was served at the
home of the bride and there the same
color scheme of pink. white and green
prevailed. General and Mrs. Wankow-
ski left for a two months trip to Bos-
ton and when they return they will
make their home with Mrs. Davies of
Glendale -'lace until their own home in
Wiltshire boulevard is ready.
Both bride and bridegroom will be
widely missed in Los Angeles circles as
the bride has won scores of friends with
her winning ways and charming per-
sonality. while her beautiful voice has
been heard in nearly every large city
of the United States and England and
she was also soloist for Sousa for sew
eral seasons. whereas the general is a
well known Mason a national guards
man and brigadier general of the first
brigade and vice president of the
Jonathan club, besides being cashier
of the Los Angeles Trust company,