The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-06
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| "A beautiful midsummer wedding, per-
feet in detail and marked by many orig
mai ideas, was that of Miss Margaret
| Agnes Johnston and Mr.. Samuel j. Bran
| deDburg OF Dayton, Ohio, which was
| celebrated last night at Elm wood Place,
the suburban home of the brides par
ents, Chief Justice William A. -ohnston
| of the Kansas supreme court and Mrs
Johnston. The ceremony took place at
| sunset on the west lawn of Elmwood
Place and the reception which followed
was also entirely al fresco. Some serv-
ing was done in the house and the young
people danced there late in the evening
but the lawns, gardens and verandas
afforded plenty of room for the large
company and had been fitted up very
beautifully for the enjoyment of the
guests. The August color, yellow, which
flares from every garden and every
country lane and field at this season.
was chosen by the bride for her wedding
and predominated in the decorations.
from the sunset which formed the back
ground for the ceremony scene to the
gowning of the bridal party. The walks
leading from the street to the house and
to the west lawn where the ceremony
was performed were bordered by tail
palms and jardinieres filled with golden
glow, sunfiowers and other yellow flow
erS. The bridal party stood under
wide spreading tree, the branches and
trunk of which formed the basis of a
crescent shaped arbor built of vines and
flowers. The lawn and pOrches were
lighted with -festoons of oriental Ian
terms A large marquee, the walls hung
with asparagus fern, the floor, covered
with rugs. palms and tall flambeau bou-
quets of garden flowers banking the
Sides and the summer house with
similar decorative treatment were used
for serving. The house inside and out
was lavishly adorned with vines, flow
ers and potted plants. Steinbepg's or
chestra stationed on the veranda play
ed the wedding marches and the bride
on the arm of her father, preceded by
the ribbon girls, Misses Virginia Meade,
Geneva Henderson, Hazel Jones and
Gertrude Reed. her bridesmaids, Miss
Lucy Bowen of Logan, Ohio, and Miss
Anna Fbch and her maid Of honor, Miss
Florence WEIGH, marched from the front
veranda down a flower bOrdered path to
the garden where the ceremony took
place. There they were met by the Rev.
DR.. Stephen S. Estey who performed the
marriage service, the groom his best
man, Mr.. Arleigh Darby of Dayton,
Ohio. and the groomsmen, Mr.. George
Allen and Mr.. Foster Baxter. Preceding
the ceremony Miss Florence Sweet Of
Manhattan sang Schubert's Serenade
with orchestral accompaniment. The
bride is a beautiful girl of an unusually
piquant gypsy-like type and made a
lovely picture in her stately wedding
gown of white messaline satin combined
with net and. princess lace and her long
tulle veil. She carried brides roses and
wore the groom's wedding gift, a breach
of pearls and diamonds. The brides
maids were gowned in yellow and white.
The ribbon girls wore white summer
frocks and carried baskets of yellow
nasturtiums in one hand, in the other
holding the broad white satin ribbons
which marked the professional aisle. |
The bridesmaids were in gowns of yell
low banzai silk trimmed with wide lace |
insertion of the same color. their shoes, !
hose and,-gloVes They car
ried round bouquets of nasturtiums and |
their coiffure wreaths were of the same. |
The maid of honor was in a frock of |
white Egyptian batiste trimmed with |
lace She wore a yellow Dresden gfrd1e |
and carried an arm bouquet of yellow |
roses. N
Mrs. Johnston, mother of the bride, |
was handsomely gowned in pale gray |
silk trimmed with beautiful |
lace. The Chief Justice and Mrs. John |
ston with their daughter and Mr. Bran |
denburg received the congratulations
and good wishes of the guests after the /
ceremony. 3sS