The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-06-26
AMBASSADOR REIpS
DAUGHTER IS Wed
Miss Jean Reid Is United to
Hon. John H. Ward,
Kings Equerry.

London, June 25.-With King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra smiling APP
prevail from their private gallery, Miss
Jean Reid, daughter Of Whitelaw Reid,
American ambassador to England, was
married this afternoon in the chapel OF
Royal ST. James palace to Hon. John
Hubert Ward, brother OF the Earl of
Dudley and equerry in waiting to the
king.
A great crowd assembled in ST.
James square to watch the arrival Of
the bride party and the king and
queen and other members of the royal
family who. by their attendance at the
chapel and subsequent reception at
Dorchester House, the city residence
of Ambassador Reid, paid a compile
ment to the American ambassador and
his daughter seldom accorded even to
members of the English nobility.
The invitations. which were limited
to less than 100 on account of the
smallness of the church, set the time
of the arrival at 2:45. by that time
all the guests a found their seats. A
few minutes before, the king and
queen, accompanied by their suites.
drove up from Buckingham palace and
proceeded at once to the royal gallery,
where the Prince and Princess Of
Wales, the Duke and Duches of Con-
naught and Princess Patricia already
had arrived.
The Rev. Edgar Sheppard, n of
St. Georges chapel. Windsor. where the
king and queen attend services when in
residence at Windsor castle, oficiated-
He was assisted by the Rev. William
Incarnation. New York, Il church of
which MI. and Mrs. Reid have been
members for many Years, and the Rev.
HERS Claughton, rector of Hutton
Brentwood, Il cousin of the groom.
The brides dress was of soft white
satin trimmed with old rose point lace
given her by her grandmother. The
fronts of the skirt and waist We're prac-,
tically covered with this beautiful lace
which was caught up with tiny white
rose buds and orange blossoms. The
court train was of the same material as
the dress and like it was trimmed with
rose point lace. The veil. too, had a.
lace center and edgjng and vas held by,
Il wreath of orange blossoms.
The bride wore but three pieces of
iewelry. These all We're old fashioned
clasp bracelets, wedding presents of
King Edward, Queen Alexandra and.
Mr.. Ward. She looked charmingly
beautiful as she walked up the aisle Of
the historical old chapel on the arm of
her father. Miss Jennie Croker. of San
to go TO a hospital iii Cleveland, Ohio;
that DIR. Finney, of Baltimore, Who att
francisco. attended her cousin, and on
OF the smallness of the chapel.
which even with all the precautions
X were rather overcrowded, was
the only bridesmaid. She wore a dainty
costume of white embroidered muslin
trimmed with flowers.
There We're also in attendance five lit
Tie children, two boys and three girls,
all in quaint costumes Of Ill and
white, taken from one of Reynolds faS
nous child pictures. They made as
pretty a little group as has ever fol-
lowed a bride to the altar. The children
were: Hon. Roderick Ward and Miss
Margaret Ward. son and daughter Of
the Countess and Earl of Dudley; the
Hanorabl es Nigel and Marion Glyns
n Miss James, h daughter Of Mr..
n Mrs. William James.
Among those invited to the
in the chapel royal were: All the am.
~bassadors of foreign countries accred-
tied to he court of st. James: Mr.. j..
e.. De Billie. Danish minister and dean
of the minister's; the Rt. Hon. H. Fl.
qui prime minister, and Mrs. AS
quith; Sir Edward Grey. secretary of
state for foreign affairs: Sir Charles
Lewis Harcourt, Mr.. A. j. Balfour.
ex-premier; Lord and Lady L~ansdowne
the duke n duchess of Buccleuch,
Lord and Lady Londonderry, thu
Misses Helen and Kate Bryce and Miss
sibyl Douglas of New York, Lord and
Lady Gosford, Lady Theo. Acheson.
Miss Helen Post, Mr.. Henry White,
American ambassador to rance: Mrs.
and Miss White. Captain and Mrs. clio
man, Commander and Mrs. Gibbons.
Mr.. J. Ridgeley Carter. Mrs. and Miss
Carter, Mr.. d. o. Mills, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ogden Mills n Miss Mills, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cavendish Bentfnck, the ear and
countess OF Dudley, the Dowager Lady
Dudley and Lord and Lady Wolverton.
Seldom has a bride been the recipient
wedding presents. There were MANY
handsome and costly pieces Of jewelry.
brio a brac and hundreds OF other ar
ticlcs. besides the presents of the i'm
mediate relatives of the couple, the ma
ture of which remain their secret hut
the hobby of both Mr.. and Mrs. Ward
or collecting old silver must have been
known to their friends, for the presents
or silver form a very fine collection.
The Prince and Princess of Wales
couples love of old silver. Their royal
nighesses' present consisted of a splen-
did set OF old silver sauce dishes re-
Gently secured at a sale of an historical
collection. The Earl and Countess Of
Dowager Lady Dudley. a set of silver
flower bowls, while Mr.. Wards broth
ers and his only sister, Lady Wolver-.
ton. added other handsome pieces. air
OF the period of George III.
/ Notable amongst a great collection
were: A necklace of carved emeralds
ana sapphires, a copy of an ancient
oriental necklace. from Mr.. j. P. Nor
gan; diamond comb, Mrs. w. ID. Sloane,
Of New York; diamond hair ornament,
Mrs. Twombley, New York; silver tray,
Mrs. Hay. Washington; diamond and
emerald corsage piece. Mr.. and Mrs.
ogden Mills; diamond drop. Mrs. Rus
sell Sage; amethyst and diamond
brooch. Lord Rosebery: gold tea cad
dies OF the period of George l.. Lord
and Lady Noun Stephen; silver
breakfast set. hrs. Charles b. Alexan-
der; silver tea n coffee set, Mrs.
Boardman, Of Washington; diamond
and pearl pin. Mr.. and Mrs. w. ".
Aston; sapphire and diamond pin, Mrs.
J. ]. Aston; gold cups, Lady Barry
more; Heley China cups Secretary Of
state and Mrs. Root; pearl and dia-
mond ring. Miss Jennie Croker; fitted
travelling bag. MIR. %Templeton Croker;
s!lver gilt tea set, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Grant: fitted travelling bag, Sir John
and Lady Lister Kaye; gold purse.
studded with %sapphires, Mrs. Cornelius
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