The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-04
Miss Tenney
The Bride Of
Robert HIure
Beautiful Ceremony Held
at Church of the
Covenant.

ter OF Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barnard
Tenney was married last evening 10
Robert DOwnie Mure jr., formerly of
Athens. Ca. now of Schenectady. y. Y
The ceremony was performed In the
Church of the Covenant at s O'Clock b,,
the Rev. TeCnis s Hamlin. pastor of
the church, and was followed BY small
PERCEPTION in the Georgetown home Of the
Tenneys for the near relatives init
mate friends and the bridal party. Tie
bride was attended by Mrs. julius WITT
OF stanton, Va. as matrOn of honor:
Miss Mary Frances Collision. maid Of
honor; her four cousins. Miss Gertrude
Fry. OF this city; Miss Ruth Tenney.
OF Piainteld. n J.; Miss Edna c.
Moore. of New York, and Miss Eliza
oeth ". Dulles of Philadelphia. brides
maids Charles BurkhOlder. of Char
lotte, y. c.. was best man and the fol-
lowing were the ushers: Robert B. Ten
ney, jr-. brother of the bride; Hartwell
i sdacCartney. Edward B. KimbaH of
Sat Lake City; Carroll Proctor. of
Schenectady, \. Y, and Walter Hodg-
son. of Athens, Ca, cousin OF the bride
groom.
The bride. who entered the church
With her father, wore gown of rich
satin, made princess and trimmed with
point and duehesse lace. Her veil of
tuile was held with white orange bios
SONS. and she carried a shower of lilies
OF the valley Her only ornament was a
pendant of pearls and diamonds. Tho
mauon Of honor wore a robe Of princess
lace over pale green silk and trimmed
with the lace and touches Of green
panne velvet A wreath OF maiden hair
FERN was worn on her head. The maid
Of honor wore similar gown with 4
short veil Of tulle hanging from the
wreath. The maids' gowns were all
ankes Of pale green messaline. trimmed
with princesse lace and touches of
panne velvet. They all were the brides
maids wells held with wreaths Of maid /
en- hair fern and CARRIED punches Of |
marguerites.
The church vas eXQusiteIy decorated
with palms white orchids. and quanti- /
ties of the gray moss which is so effec-
tive, all of which were sent the bride
by her uncle, Lavvrslc~-C Moore. of i
Florida, who could not get up here for
the wedding The same decorations
were used in the house. with the addi- I
ton Of pink and white carnations.
The bride and bridegroom left last
night for a trip South. where they viii
visit relatives in Charleston, S. c.. and
in Atlanta and Athens. Ga. on their
way to their home in Schenectady they
viii spend a few days with the brides
parents. who are old residents Of George
town.
Mrs. Tenny, mother of the bride. wore
a gown or violet crepe de Chine trimmed
with heliOtrope panne velvet and the
duchesse and point faces which were
used on her own wedding gown. with
this she wore amethysts. Mrs. Frederic
L. Moore. the brides grandmother. wore
a black lace robe over white silk. and
Miss Moore, the brides aunt, wore gray
silk. Mrs. Robert Downie Mure. moth
er Of the bridegroom. wore white silk
moire and diamonds.
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mrs. Robert Dowie. Miss Mure and Mr..
Mure, uncles and aunts of the bride
groom, from Charleston. s. c.; Col. and
Mrs Frederick HodgsOn, Mrs Cover. 4
Mrs Alexander Russell and MIR. and
Mrs. John Welch Dulles. all OF PhiIa-
lelphia, and Miss Amy Blanchard. Mrs.
William Moore and son and Frederic /.
Moore, all of New York city.
The brides gOing-away gown was A 4
stylish costume of gray cloth tailor Il
made and trimmed with Teseda green III
anne NeiNeI ana button, with which she + III
wore black hat with white roses. III
The bride 8 grandfather III
vas Henry lngle. a personal friend of III
IeOrge Washington, who was sent for IL
~ Mrs Washington when the General III
vas dying He was al the bedside when III
he General passed away. She is also Tx
he only granddaughter of Mr. ard Mrs IN
frederic L. Moore. whose family for iii
I've geenra lions have been prominent in
and who have been such HI
actors in the pretty wedding of last
light. Hi
The bridegroom is the son Of the III
Welfth member of his family TO regis- II
er by that name in the Isle Of Man
One or the most valued OF the many Il
uperb wedding gifts was a soup ladle F
mich has been in this family for more
nan century, and this bride and bride HI !
room are the fourth newly welded iii
ouple 10 have their initials imprinted HE
pom the handle. Other interesting gifts I'll :
Iere candlestiCks of brass. which have III
assed the century mark in enc or the III
Their OF these distinguished families