Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-12
Machotka-chapin

A marriage that is of interest to
friends on two continents and which
was among the most perfectly appointed
of the seasons nuptials took place Fri
day evening at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will e. Chaplin,
at their charming home on Hay ave-
nue., Hollywood, when their youngest
daughter, Miss Edna, apd Lieut., Fred
erick Alexander Machetka of the I'M
perial cavalry reserve of Austria were
united.
Rev. e. P. Ryland officiated, using
the double ring ceremony, which was
witnessed by $50 invited guests.
The marriage took place in the draw
ing room, the young couple standing
under an airy canopy of tulle, maiden
hair fern and white carnations, and be-
fore chancel of the fragrant blossoms
and ferns from which satin ribbon
reached to floral pillars two feet nigh
in the center of the room, thus forming
an aisle for the approach of the bridal
procession. The twelve-foot mantle
was banked solid from floor to sheir
with white carnations and maidenha1r
ferns while ropes of the same swung
from the dark exposed beams at the
corners of the room to the chandelier IN
the center, where they were caught to
a hoop of the carnations and ferns.
Preceding the entrance of the prloal
party Miss Harriet Johnson sang
Grieg's Itch Liebe Dich" and an Eng Eng,
Iish version of "Stille Die Nicht (Cari
Bohn). A special feature was the
VIOLIN cello and harp numbers by MT
Grover, Madam Elsa Won Grofe MO
nasco and Leonard Miglionico.. The
grand march from "Arda" was rem
dered for the professional, and the love
song from 'Madam Butterfly" was
given as a cello solo with hary accom-
paniment during the ceremony
"a Mn-
chotka entered first, followed by the
bridesmaids, the matron of honor, the
maid of honor, the little flower girl ana
ring bearer, and then the bride on her
fathers arm. a..
THE occasion was the date OF the
twenty-fifth anniversary of Mr.. ana
Mrs. Chapin's marriage, and Mrs.
Chapin attended her daughter as
matron of honor, clad in a handsome
white gown of crepe de chine trimmed
with rose point lace.
THE bride wore a dress of regence
satin, made with a full tralne, the
bodice richly embroidered, over Wnlci,
fell the shimmering folds of tulle veil
that reached to the hem of her traine.
The veil was fastened with orange dos
SONS. and her bouquet was shower OF
lilies of the valley. Her only ornament
was necklace with pearl pendant, the
Gift of the bridesmaids.
Miss Bessie CndplnJ WIZ dIlSiluCu hS.
sister as maid of honor wore pink ana
white figured muslin de soir and car
ried pink flowers, while the other young
women attendants, Misses Ileen Bulls,
Mabel Smith, Helen Judson. Helen
Page. Harriet Johnson and Gertrude
Cohen. were attired in white point
d'esprit over pale green and wore green
garlands in their hair. The bouquets
were pink carnations.
Little Miss Martha Harper and Mas
ter Benjamin Harper, daughter and
son of DR.. and Mrs. Ben Harper, as
sisted as flower girl and ring bearer.
Supper was served after the recep-
ton in the library. which had beer
transformed into bower of pink and
green blossoms, and above the mantle
were draped the American and Austrian
national flags.
Assisting in receiving were Mrs. G.
3. Tibbot, the BRIDES eldest sister, ano
Mrs. Will Thilanius.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Machotka left fol
New York, from which port they will
sail for Europe, going directly to the
ancestral home of the groom, q beauti-
full country place called Zlunic in Bo-
hemia, few miles from Prague.