The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-22

deliberately braided. They wore
black picture hats with black plumes,
and carried large bouquets of big yell
low chrysanthemums, tied with vel
low tulle, and were as lovely and at
tractive a group of young girls as one
could wish to see.
From the church the bride and
groom and their attendants drove to
the home of the brides parents on
Oklawaha avenue, where the wedding
breakfast, a most delicious repast,
was served in seven courses. At the
bridal table twenty-six were seated.
The table, set with the finest napery.
cut glass, silver and china, invited the
guests to "eat, drink and be merry"
and for two hours the wedding feast
was in very truth a merry one. In the
center of the table was a tall cut
glass candelabra with yellow shades,
and at each end of the table tall cut
glass vases were filed with white
chrysanthemums, and filmy yellow
tulle was draped entirely across the
table. Placed about the table at reg
ular intervals were small cut glass
candlesticks with yellow shades, and
yellow candy balls and compotes fill
ed with bon bons and sailed almonds
completed the decorations,
The oval-shaped place cards, orna-
mented with sprays of double white
viOlets, indicated the seats for the
guests. At each place was a white
MORE box of wedding cake, with the
initials of the bride and groom in
gold. The wedding cake was made
by Mrs. B. T. Perdue. a special friend
of the brides family, and was deli
cious. The wedding breakfast includ-
ed bOuillon, oysters on the half shell,
chicken crOquettes, served with pars-
ley and English peas, creamed aspar-
agus tips on toast, Waldorf salad, yell
low ices and white fruit cake, coffee
and cheese.
A very handsome collection of pres
ents were received from this and 9TH
er places, and they were on display
in the parlor, and were very greatly
admired.
OF two forty-five DR.. McElroy and
his bride left over the Seaboard for
wedding trip to Washington, Balti-
more and New York They will be
absent for several weeks.
Mrs. McElroy travelled in a beauti-
full tailored suit of raisin colored
cloth. With this suit she wore a large
velvet hat of the same shade, trimmed
with green and raisin wings. Her
suede shoes and gloves were of the
same pretty shade, and she wore a
large cOrsage bouquet of double Par
ma violets and valley lilies, tied with
violet ribbon.
Besides the attendants many other |
of the brides friends accompanied |
them to the depot, and they left for
the north amid a perfect shower of
rice, rose leaves and the best good |
wishes Of their friends.
On their return home DR.. and Mrs. /
McElroy will stop in Ocala for several /
days with the brides parents, and .
will then go to Orlando. They will
begin housekeeping at once in love
~ home on Lake Lucerne that DR.. Nc
Elroy has had furnished for his wife
He Will introduce his young wife to
a delightful circle of friends, who will
soon learn to love her for her own as
well as for her husbands sake. 1t is
matter of very great regret that
Miss Dozier's marriage takes her
away from Ocala to reside.
The brides mother wore a black
silk gown with cream lace trimmings
and black hat.
Mrs. Harry Dozier was in white or
candle, and her hat was black and
white. i
Mrs McElroy, the groOm's mother,
was elaborated gowned in gray crepe
de chene, mate princess, ard her
black picture Vat was covered with
black and white plumes.
Other out Of town guests at the
wedding were the groom's father. Mr..
J. y. McElroy, DR.. George Crawford
and Miss Ada Bumby of Orlando.