Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-04-24
TWENTY-FIVE ANNIVERSARY.

The Wichita Eagle has the fol-
lowing account of the Silver Ami
versary of Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Rouse, formerly of this city. 1t was
held on Tuesday evening of last
week:
'Mr. and Mrs. w. T. Rouse of
131 South Hydraulic avenue cele-
brated the twenty fifth, or silver,
anniversary of their marriage, Tues
day evening. The spacious rooms
were bower of beauty with the
Easter lilies, pink and white roses,
palms, smilax and ferns. In the
large reception room was frappe
bowl hidden in mass of feathery
green. This was presided over by
Miss Maud Gowan, who had charge
of all the floral decorations in the
house.
"The parlors where the wedding
party stood, was charming pic
ture of artistic effects in flowers and
ferns. A large pier glass with CO.
lonial pillars at either side was
trimmed very beaut fully with
trailing green and palms. Sus-
pended from the ceiling were five
silver bells to represent the five
children born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Rouse. The wedding party was
lead by little Ruth and Thurman
Rouse, the Youngest children. Next
came Beatrice and Saunders then
Mr.. Rouse and his eldest son, H. E.
Rouse. Last came Mrs. Rouse with
the same bridesmaid as at her
marriage, Mrs. !. r. Anderson of
College Hill, formerly Miss Emma
Patten. Mrs. Rouse looked lovely
and very happy in cream silk
simply made with lace trimmings.
Mrs. Anderson wore a.dainty gown
of white null as did also Miss
Beatrice and Ruth. The wedding
party stood underneath the silver
bells and Rev. Allen, of the Chris
tlan church, addressed Mr.. and Mrs.
Rouse with some tender and touch
ing remarks. He said they thought
they knew what happiness was
when they were first married but
the years had shown them only
more and more of JOY and he could
think of nothing more fitting to say
to them than the beautiful little
poem by Henry Van Dyke, "Walk
Mile with Me-" which was re-
peated with fine effect. At the
conclusion of the talk coneratula-
tions were showered upon the host
and hostess and many beautiful
gifts were presented to them. One
of the most unique, as we'll as val
liable presents, was silver spoon
from Jerusalem which was pur-
chased on David street by Rev. AL
len. One particularly fine thing
about the anniversary was the fact
that all the children were able to
be present. Mr.. H. E. Rouse came
up from Little Rock, Ark, and
Mr.. Saunders Rouse from St.Mary's
school, Topeka, Kan, expressly for
the affair.
The dining room was beautiful
In pink roses and green ferns and
palms.
Misses Eloise Murray, Josephine
Murray, Clara Marris, Ethelyn
Hoag, Vivian Saunders of Cheney,
Grace Williams of Medicine Lodge
and Grace Hall served the supper
and all looked very pretty and
sweet in dainty white gowns.
Professor Cahoon's excellent or
chestra furnished excellent music
throughout the evening. A great
many out-of-town guests were in
attendance, and many beautiful
evening gowns were noted"
The Medicine Lodge and former.
ly of Medicine Lodge people who
attended were: Messrs. Thos. Dor
an, R. H. Hall, c. Q. Chandler, NJ.
B. Ingle. Mesdames Jerry Simp-
son, B. ]. Youmans, Vina Macy,
Gertrude Hall; Misses Jessie Ellis,
Grace Williams.