The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-06-12
CUPID VICTOR
 OVER COLLEGE
RICHARD GILPIN WOOD ENDS YALE COURSE TO MARRY MISS HELEN DEVOTION
 CLUCAS
WEDDING IS SOCIAL EVENT
Bride is Daughter of Wealthy New York Publisher and Groom, the Son of Prominent Philadelphia Business Man-Church Beautifully Decorated


 Decorated
 Replete with the romance occasion ed by the fact that for the sake of This own true love" the groom terminates before it's completion an academic col lege course. the marriage of Miss Helen Devotion Clucas to Richard Gill pin Wood. Jr., which was solemnized at four o'clock this afternoon at St. Pauls Episcopal church in Fairfield will long be the theme of discussion in the fashionable coterie of which the bride and groom are members. An in- vitation list comprising over 1,2O0 names had been extended to persons of prominence in all portions of the United States, and the wedding guests represented some of the best known families in America
 The complete ritualistic ceremony of the Episcopal church was employed, | Rev. Allan E. Beeman being the of ficiating clergyman. The bride, who is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles Clucas of New York City, was given single maid of honor. Miss Anna Pol lard. cousin from Boston. The best 1 man. William Howard Smith. and the | uSherS. Edward w. ClucaS and Lowellsl M. Clucas. brothers of the bride, Harry of Pittsburg. Carlos Greeley | and Robert Clement of Rutland. are | all Yale men intimately associated | with the groom during his Junior year | at the university 1
 The wealth and prominence of both l families render the marriage an event ] of signal importance in social circles. | Mir Clucas is the we'll known publisher | or New York City, while the groom's father is associated with the Allen | Wood Steel Company located in subur- | ban Philadelphia. MT Wood is a resi- | dent of Bryn Mawr. Penn. The bride | is a graduate of The Brearly a New York seminary of note. Her winning | personality and manifold accomplish ments have established her popularity | in local society and exclusive metro politan circles During the past ,eigh- teen years. the Clucas family have1 made Fairfield their summer residence. |
 The church setting was a. demonstra- | tion of artistic skill. the floral decora- | lon of George A.. Mills of Fairfield. | Before the altar was suspended a we'd ding bell of American beauty roses be- | heath which the bride and groom stood | during the solemnization of the cere- mony: ferns. palms. arches and grace ful festoons employing peonies, syring- as and other early summer blossoms | to the ensemble. In the matter of color. the selection proved an attractive innovation as a bridal | tribute The prevailing tone was one of warmth. the American beauty hue | being reproduced as far as possible
 LII 16T ROW.1 ana the QOm1nant note | in the harmony of color. the bride | duplicated the taste of her mother. at | the latter's wedding. The brocade<and rare lace which embellished in 1S79 Mrs. Clucas' robe over a quarter of 3 century ago were ,daintily combined | with the white satin of her daughters bridal gown. graceful princeEse en traine, which was set off effectively | by the slender. erect figure of the bride. who wore a delicate tulle veil and carried an arm bouquet of Amer can beauty roses. The maid of honor was attracttvely gowned in a chiffon | creation of cerise tone approximating the American beauty hue.
 Twelve members of the vested choir of St. Johns Episcopal church of this | city preceded the ushers. the maid of | nonor. and the bride and her father to the chancel rail as the party ap- preached the altar to the soft notes of | the entrance march played by William Powell Twaddell who presided at the organ.
 The boys constituting the choir, Harry Anderson. Robert Bishop. John Calhoun. Ward Chapman. Arthur Cliff ford. Robert Douglass. Raymond Hall, Clifford Hurlburt. Jonas Meyer, Milton Nordstrom. Robert Osborne and Ed ward Pease, formed two rows between | which the bride and groom advanced | to the altar for the benediction. The musical program arranged for by extreme beauty of | melody and sentiment. Following the | organ prelude were heard in rotation Festival March. Kinder: Slumber Song, | Nevin: Andantino in D Fiat Lemare; Love Song from Day in Venice Nevin: To "a Wild Rose. Mcdowell; Spring Song. Mendelssohn: Song of | ley: Melodie in A Fat. Batiste: Last Night. Kerjulf: Musette. Solitude, from A New Suite. Lemare.
 Prior to the solemn bridal service. the choir rendered Lohengrin's March for the 1iturgical ceremony by G. Edward Stubbs; between the betrotha1 and the benediction. 70. Per feet Love" was impreSsfvely interpret ed; The strains of the finale. Mendels- sohn's Wedding March. accompanied | the bridal recession. while the choir and the clergy filed into the sacristy.
 At the conclusion of the church cere- mony. MT. and Mrs. Wood held a con- gratulatory reception at the Clucas where 250 guests assembled to express their felicitations. A we'd ding repast was served in the com modiOuS refectory by Davot, a metro politan caterer. The house decorations were in harmony with the prevailing units displayed in the church. The decorations at the home were most elaborate being in charge of Horan, the florist. In the bay window of the front parlor. where the couple received smilax interwOven with white chiffon abounded. The marriage bell in the
  The color scheme through out the rooms and the hall were in cerese and green streamerS entwined among the potted palms. the bay trees. and the English box wood. The dining room was very literally decorated. the table having on it a huge basket of and white snap-dragons the rooms tied with baby American beauty roses pre- Dainty boxes of cerese satin contained the bridal cake which was distributed.
 Numbered among the intimate friends attending the reception were MT. and Mrs. H. E. Gale of Boston. MT. and Mrs. A. W. Pollard of Boston. MT. and Mrs. Harry Darlington, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Darlington. Jr-. MT. and Mrs. J. Roberts Coffin. MT. and Mrs. O. G. Jen- lings. MT. and Mrs. Henry Phibbe. MT. lnd Mrs. Bradley Martin. Jr.. Mr. and Mrs William Curtis Demorest. MT. md Mrs. Norman Mcleod. MT. and Mrs. Wayne McVeigh. MT. and Mrs. ~s-I< AG N