Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-03
MISS HARTMAN WEEDS
ROBERT L. GERRY LUCKY MAN
IN GOTHAM.

NEW YORK. March 3.-Miss Cornelia
Hartman. second daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. H. Hartman. was married at
noon today to Robert Livingstone Gerry,
son of Commodore and Mrs. Elbridge T.
Gerry of New York. The ceremony oc-
Cured at Grace Episcopal Church and
was one of the most brilliant of the many
notable weddings which have marked the
New York social season. The beautiful
old church. whose graceful spires and
quaint grassed close make n picturesque
break in the crowded shopping and bust
ness district at Broadway and 10th street
was thronged with members of the social
and financial world of the metropolis and
superbly decorated with greens. almond
and peach blossoms and pink roses.
The bride was given away by her father
and the officiating clergyman was the
Rev. w. r. Huntington, pastor of Grace
Church. assisted by the Rev. J. H. Nc
Guinness of Arden, where Mr.. Hartmann
country place is located, and the benedic-
ton was pronounced by the Ri. Rev.
w. c. Doane. Bishop of Albany. The
maid of honor was Miss Mary Hartman,
the brides sister. and the bridesmaids
were the Misses Carol A. Hartman. Ruth
Averill. Marion A. Clark. Margaret Dix.
brides gown was of white satin trimmed
with pointe del Venice lace and she wore
a Louis XIV veil of point applique.
The color scheme Of the wedding was
pink, the bridesmaids being goWned in
peach-colored chiffon over taffeta silk OF
the same hue, the brown plumes of their
brown hats being tipped with peach. Mrs
Hartman wore a superb costume of pale
mauve chiffon embroidered. with hat of
the same color. The best man was Peter
Goelet Gerry and the ushers were Rob-
ert Goelet Bradish G. Johnson, William
Stackpole. Frederick Kernochan. Munson
Morris. William Averill Hartman. all OF
New York and Aaron Davis and John s.
Ames of Boston.
Breakfast and Reception.
After the ceremony breakfast and re-
ception was held at the Hartman resi-
dence, S74 9Th avenue, and there the
scheme of decoration was yellow. consist
ing largely of delicate forsythia and vel
low roses. while the illumination scheme
was SO arranged as to give the effect OF
softened sunlight.
The union Of these two prominent fam
lilies is given peculiar interest by the fact
that it is essentially an American mar
riage. there having been no foreign inter-
marriages in either family for more than
hundred years. The brides ancestry,
through the Nelson and Blocker line. was
closely identified with the early civil and
military history of the republic. John
Nelson, her MISREPRESENTATION was
colonel In the Continental army, under
Washington. and was elected from New
Jersey to both the Continental Congress
and the constitutional convention, but was
unable to take his seat in those bodies.
Mr.. Gerry. who is Harvard man. is the
great-grandsOn of that provincial patriot
and legislator Elbridge Gerry of Massa-
chusetts. who was the founder of the
Massachusetts admiralty court and whose
assistance and interest in naval affairs
was of great aid to the colonies in the
revolution. He also was member OF
the Continental Congress and signel
of the Declaration of Independence. He
was also one of the trainers of the Con
stitution, but refused to place his sigma
ture to the famous instrument on the
ground that it conceded too great power
to the President. He was sent on a spe-
cial mission to France in 1907 was later
chosen governor of Massachusetts, and in
1872 was elected Vice President of the
United States.
After a brief honeymoon in this country
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerry will go abroad fol