The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-18
SOCIETY

One of the most beautiful of home
weddings OF this week was that of
Miss Irene Lakin, formerly of this city.
TO Frank Mason Payne. the marriage
having been sOlemniZed last evening at
) O'Clock at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew j. GOrham. The service, read
by Rev. Elmer !. Goshen, was witnessed
by about fifty of the old friends of
the Lakin family, the only member of
which who was present was the brides
father, j. H. Lakin, who gave her away.
Mr.. add Mrs. Howard Lee. whose mar
riage took place Monday evening in
Denver. attended the bride and groom,
and the music for the wedding, the
LOhengrin and Mendelssohn wedding
marches, was furnished by two close
friends, Miss Esther Allen and Miss
Matte Hall. The brides gown was of
white chiffon covered with an eXquis-
iteiy beautiful applique work in white
silk tulips, while the yoke and sleeve
trimmings were of filmy baby Irish
lace. The entire gown was sent by
the brides older sister. Mrs. Percy
SOmmers-COcks, from Eastnor Hill. the
home of the Sommers family in Eng
land. Rare orange blossoms for her
veil and eOrsage were sent from Cali
fornia by another sister. and these the
bride wore. Her bouquet was shower
of white roses. Mrs. Lee wore her own
wedding gown of white crepe de chine
with princess lace trimmings, and also
carried white roses.
The parlOrs where the ceremony took
place were all decorated in pure white
syringa, the waXy blossoms forming the
background and a canopy for the bri-
dial party. In the dining room pink
roses adorned the table and the recep-
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Following the wedding an informal re-
ception and wedding supper was the
order, only the same close friends who
had witnessed the ceremony being pres
ent Later the two young couples left
for GlenwoOd Springs, Colo, to spend
their joint honeymoon. They will all
live in Denver.
Mrs. W. w. Armstrong was the host
esS yesterday at a beautifully appoint
ed bridge tea The tables, nul-. boring
thirteen, were arranged in the card
room on the top floor of the Bransford,
and later tea was served in Mrs. Arm
Strong's apartments. The rooms were
ali gay with the summer flowers. great
baskets of deep red roses and wall pOck-
cts of white syringa giving summer
air TO every corner The tea table
was especially attractive with a bas
ket of deep red roses for the central
decoration, above which was suspend
ed smaller basket of feathery white
wild parsnip bloom Red and white
CONNECTIONS added to the effect, and the
same idea was carried out in the re-
freshments when small baskets of red
berries were on each plate.
The hostess was assisted by Miss Ber-
tina Hampstead. who poured at the tea;
Miss Marion Rooklidge, Miss LOrene
Leary and Miss Louise Sullivan. The
winners of the prizes We're Mrs. Alex
ander c. Ewing, Mrs. c. r. Pearsal,
Mrs. II. Vance Lane, Mrs. j. T. Rich
ards, Mrs. A. d. Cleveland, Mrs. Will
lard Morse. Mrs. F. E. McGurrin, Mrs.
c. Ira futile. Mrs. A. S. Bowers. Mrs.
H. J. BrOughaH, Mrs. James Finlen.
Mrs. A. J. Hosmer, Miss Ruthrauff
and Miss Leary. number more
friends were invited in to tea follow
ing the game
Mrs. A. V. Caiaghan entertained
nearly a score of her friends yesterday
at a luncheon at the Country club in
compliment to her sister, Miss Van
Wyck of San Francisco. The large
round table was beautifully decorated
with pansies, three great bowls of the
flowers being used. while loose pansies
were scattered over the cloth. Besides
Miss Van Wyck there were present
Mrs. w. Montague Ferry, Mrs. Edward
5. Ferry. Mrs. Heber NJ. Wells, Mrs
Arthur H 5. Bird, Mrs. Ernest Bam-
berger Mrs. Louis b. Mccormick. Miss
Annie Mccormick, Mrs. John Frank
Judge, Mrs. Union WorthingtOn, Miss
Katherine Judge, Miss Katherine Ged-
des, Miss Gertrude McGrath, Mrs. Don
Carlos Roberts, Miss Dorothy Kinney
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Filler and Mrs. George Jay Gibson.
Miss Irene Short and Miss Preale
Clark entertained about forty of their
friends last evening at a class reunion,
the affair being in honor of Otto Pc
ters of Northwestern college and Ralph
Nelden of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy, both of whom have won
hOnOrs in their colleges. The rooms
were decorated throughout with college
pennants, and the members of the high
school class of "a were the guests. In
the hall the familiar old red and black
was hung, while purple and white dec
GRATED the parlor and red and white the
library. In the dining room blue and
white were used. Those assisting were
Mrs w A Wood Of Los Angeles, for
merly Miss Lulu Short; Miss Lyme Of
Kentucky, Miss Nan Short and Miss
Maud clark.
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Mrs. r. c. Hill was the hostess yes
terday at a rose luncheon given for her
friend, Mrs. W. r. Warren of Grand
Junction. Deep red JacqUeminot roses
were used in the decorations of the long
table which was covered with cloth
Of Cluny lace over the red. Cut glass
vases filled with the roses were used
on the ends of the table and great bowls
of them filled the center. The guests,
besides Mrs. Warren, were Mrs. F. l..
Oswald, Mrs. George w. Putnam, Mrs
II. c. Edwards. Mrs Jack Reeves, Mrs
w. T. Benson, Mrs. w. f. Lake, Mrs
Devereaux, Mrs. Andrew Howat, Mrs
Lawrence Green. Mrs. w z. Critzer,
Mrs. Pyper. Miss Torkleson and Miss
Margaret Gibbon.
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Mrs w p. Cooper was the hostess
yesterday at a beautiful yellow lunch
con in compliment to Mrs. John 5.
Bransford The table was all i'm yellow,