The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-24
KARP WEDDING UNDER GUARD
BUT NO REJECTED SUITOR MARS
THE PICKLE KINGS PLANS.

IL Was q Grand wedding He Provided for
His Daughter, but Not So Grand ss
Rumor Had 1t, and damned the East
Side Into a%iyin9tOn Street 70 e
|. Rivington street prepared itself for
excitement about 9 o'clock last evening
when the marriage Of Miss Ethel Harp
to Dr.. Isidore Leibowitz was solemnized
in Shaari Shomayim synagogue, at 30
Rivington street. The bride is the daugh-
ter Of Michael Karp. known as the East
Side Pickle King. and has just finished
her junior year at Barnard College.
Up to last February Miss karp was
engaged to q young man who ia a student
in the Columbia Law School. They had
known each other from childhood. The
young man was unfortunate enough
to be arrested in a cane rush. Mr.. Karp
investigated and the engagement a
broken of.
One Of Mr.. Karp's tenants was DR.
Leibowitz. who b a young dentist. he
has an office in Mr.. Karp's home In Riv-
ington and Allen streets and another
at 1T Second avenue. A romance be-
tween Miss Karp and the dentist o
developed and yesterday was set Tor
their marriage. In some way a report
was spread abroad that the rejected
sutton Of the law school might try to
interfere and police protection w:s asked.
1t had been noised about that Mr., karp
had extended $1,000 invitations to the
wedding and that he would give a banquet
in the evening to nearly 5000 persons;
All this served to draw an immense crowd
on the street. About 1000 invitations
really had been sent out. Nearly 800
persons attended the wedding. the syna,
gogue being half filled. 1t was decorated
with bunting and flowers, and the canopy
under which the ceremony was performed
was decorated with imitation doves
and flowers.
The orthodox Jewish ceremony was
used. Rabbis Rabinowitz, Rosen ana
Orenstein offciated. The bride wa az
Miss Anna Mailer. b a classmate OF the
bride at Barnard. The others were Miss
I Paula Kimmel, Miss Alice Cohen and the
Misses Ella, Pauline and Elizabeth Lelbo-
WITT. sisters of the bridegroom, The
best man wal Max NJ. Karp. brother OF
the bride, and the matron Of honor was
Mrs. Max M. Karp.
There were many wedding gifts. among
which were a grand piano. a house on
l23d street. given by the brides father.
The furnishings were given by the brides
mother. Max Karp gave his sister q
check for 5000. The bridegroom's gilt
was a brooch and a bracelet OF diamonds
and pearls.
After the wedding ceremony the party
adjourned 10 the Palm Garden at Fifty
eighth street and Lexington avenue;
where Mr.. Karp gave an elaborate spread
in the ballroom to nearly 500 guests. The
bridal couple will make an extended
honeymoon trip in the United States. In
the fall Mrs. Leibowitz expects to resume
her studies in Barnard and to be gradu-
ated next June. There was a rumor on
the street while the ceremony was being
performed that the disappointed sutton
was in the crowd. but at the brides homo
it was asserted that those especially inter
ested in the wedding had had positive as
surance that the young. mar had gone
to New Haven to spend the day. At any
rate nothing unusual happened and after
an hour or two Rivington street became
as calm as any crowded East Side street
can become on a sweltering evening.