Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-06-17
LElTER-w1LLrAMs WEDDING
 A SIMPLE AFFAIR

| 'iiiN"ioN, June 10. The mar. rage of Miss Juliette Williams. dauob. ter of Colonel and Mrs. John R. vii. ''ams, to NIT. Joseph Letter of Chicago ana Washington took place at noon to. day at the apartment of the brides parents, in the Connecticut.
 Owing to recent deaths in the fami. lies Of both the contracting parties the wedding was celebrated with the great. est simplicity, less than n score of peo. pie witnessing the ceremony, which was performed by an uncle of the bride. The only attendant was the small sister of the bride, Miss Frances Williams. The bride. who was given away by her fatner. wore gown of heavy white satin made in the new directoire mode. Little trimming distinguished the robe, but draped about the brides shoulders were quantities of rare old point lace, once the cherished treasure of her ma. ternal grandmother.
 The wedding ceremony was followed by breakfast at Rauscher's, the guests numbering about l50 and in. cluding many out.oftown friends of both families. Al the brides table were seated twenty of her most inti. mate friends. Colonel and Mrs. Will Hams also had table of twenty covers, to accommodate the relatives and spec. ial guests. The smaller tables accom-. modatcd eight persons each. The floral decorations of the dining room were entirely of bride roses and lillies of the valley.
 This evening the bridal pair left for Manchcstcr. by. .the.Sca, Mrs. l.. 2. Letters country place, making the jour. ney by automobile. In August they will sail for Europe and upon their re. turn in September will take up their home in this city. They will live in the elegant Letter home in Du Pont | Circle. whicn the elder Mrs. Letter has presented to her son and daughter'in' law as a wedding present.
 Mir and Mrs. Letter were the rceip- ients of many other magnificent wed. ding gifts. Colonel Williams gift to his daughter was a cheek for slooo, with which the bride purchased horse shoe brooch of diamonds and sapphircs ,o match the betrotnal ring. Mrs Mrs. George Summerlin. wife of Cap tain Summerlin, q. s. A., under whose kindly eye most of the cour,ing was carried forward, presented the bride with a gorgeous ostrich feather fan mounted on tortoise shell and orna mented with diamonds.
 The wedding of Miss Williams anc Mir. Letter unites two families that have long been prominent in the socia life of the capital. The bride is z years old and is regarded as one of thu beauties of Washington. She was edu ea,ed at convent in Georgetown anC spent several years in Europe with hel parents. returning to Washington las
 winter. She is a blonde, with beauti
 full complexion, and is tall and slender
 She is always well. .gownod and has al air of individuality and distinction Mir. Letter met her during his stay her' |, last winter with his mother Mrs. Lev
 z. Letter.
 Joseph Letter is the only son of tn
 late Levi z. Letter. who died four year
 ago. The elder Letters beginning
 were humble. He was born in 1884 , Leitersyille. Md, town founded b
 his family, whicn came of old Calvar
 ;s,ic Dutch stock. He went west whil 2 still boy and finally located in Chica S 20. He became a partner with Maj ,. shall Field and Potter Palmer and e' n ,,hlisbed the firm of Field, Palmer a Letter. which became one of the iarl |. es, and bcst.known dry goods firms a the world.
 c From the time thht MT ''' }. gan to accumulate money all his sa' fl inps were invested in Chicago real e |. tate. He saw the tremendous future e the city, which was yet prairie wh' r. he first went there. and no man was l. keener judge of values than he. whc 4. he retired from the dry goods busin' n if was to devote his entire attention g his real estate holdings During u r. latter years of his life he divided h ,r time between his homes in Chicago ai ,r this city and ais summer place a' M d Harbor. > r. In 1895 the elder daughter Ma ,e Victoria Letter, was married to U CT Hon. Nathaniel Curzon, at that u" ne British Under Secretary of state Il, V. Foreign Affairs. Three years iater
 was made a Baron and became VIC
 ~..a.nor General Of lnui