The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-24
MISS REID MARRIED
BECOMES WIFE OF HON. JOHN
 HUBART WARD.
This was the Most Fashfonable of Re- cent Weddings In London and Was Attended by the
 Royal Family.


 London, June 2s.--With King Ed ward and Queen Alexandra smiling ap- proval from their private gallery. Jean Reid, daughter of Whitelaw Reid, the American Ambassador to England, was
 married this afternoon in the chapel | royal at the St. James Palace to the Hon. John Hubart Ward, brother Of the Earl of Dudley and Equerry-in- waiting to the King.
 The andient chapel, one of the few
 remains of the old palace of the Tu- dors, In which Queen Victoria and sev. eral of her daughters were married. was prettily decorated with flowers for this, the most fashionable of re- | cent wedding in London. great l crowd assembled in St. James Square to watch the arrival of the bridal party, and the King and Queen and other members of the royal family. who, by their attendance at the chapel and the subsequent reception at Dorchester House. the city residence of Ambassa- dor Reid, paid a compliment to the American Ambassador and his daugh-
 ter seldom accorded even to members of the English nobility. The invita- | tions. which were limited to less than | 100, owing to the smallness of the
 church, set the time of arrival at 2:45 D. m, and by that hour all the guests had found their seats.
 While the guests, were assembling pr. Alcock, the composer and the or- ganist of the Chapel Royal, played fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach, the nuptial by Alebander Guilmant, the En | tre Acte and Bridal March from "The Birds of Arostophanes" by Sir H. H. Parry, an andantino by Guilmant and the prelude to Act 8 of 'Lohengrin. A few minutes before o'clock King | Edward and Queen Alexandra, accom- panied 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 Duchess of Connaught, and
 Princess Parmicia already had arr rived.
 l As is customary in the Church of
 England service the oniciating clergy
 man, accompanied by a surpliced oh oir, | met the bridal procession at the door
 and preceded 1t up the chapel. the choir
 singing, Lead Us, Heavenly Father,
 Lead Us.'
 l The service was the full choral one
 of the Anglican Church. The congre-
 gation remained standing until the conclusion of the ceremony. The King
 and the Queen accompanied the bridal
 party to the armory room in the St.
 James Palace, where the register was I signed, first by the bride and groom
 and then by King Edward and Queen
 Alexandra. the Prince and Princess of | Wales the Duke and Duchess of Con- naught. MT. and Mrs. Reid, D. O.
 Mills. ogden Mills and Ogden Reid. At the conclusion of the services in the chapel, all those who had been | present, including the memebers of l the royal family, attended the reception | at Dorchester House.
 King Edward, who is greatly pleased with the alliance formed by hIs favor
 ite Equery, was profuse in his con- gratulations to the bride and the groom and their families. Of the presents
 received. none Is more prized than those from the children at Wrest Park the Reids country seat. President Roosevelt sent from Washington a rare old book in Dutch on white volume, and profusely illustrated. entitled America .''
 The Rev. Edgar Sheppard, canon of St. Georges Chapel, Windsor where the King and Queen attend services when
 in residence at Windsor Castle. officiat- ed. He was assisted by the Rev. Wil-
 liam Grosvener, rector of the Church
 of the Incarnation New York, church of which Mir. and Mrs Reid have beeh
 members. for many years, and the Rev.
 Hiers Claughton. rector of Hutton
 Brentwood. 8 cousin of the groom. The brides dress was of soft white
 
 given her by her grandmother. The
 fronts of the skirt and waist were practically covered with tiny white rose buds and orange blossoms.
 The court-train was of the same ma terial as the dress and like it was trim med with rose point lace. The veil too had a lace centre and edging and was held by a wreath of orange blossoms. The bride wore but three jeyels and looked charmingly beautiful as she
 walked up the aisle of the historical
 old chapel on the arm of her father.
 Miss Jennie Crooker of San Francisco attended her cousin and on account of the smallness of the chapel which even
 with all the precaution taken were rather overcrowded, was the only bridesmaid. She wore dainty cos tune of white embroidered muslin with blue sash and a large picture hat trimmed with flowers. There were all
 so in attendance five little children, two boys and three girls. all in quaint costumes of blue and white, taken from one of Reynolds famous child pictures. They made as pretty a little
 group as has ever followed a bride to the altar. The children were: Hon. Roderick Ward and Miss Margaret Ward, son and daughter of the Coun-