Evening journal., 1910-06-30
MISS SMITH AN
ENSIGN'S BRIDE
Naval Wedding in Grace
Church Last Night a Bril-
liant Social Event
U. S. N. OFFICIALS IN FULL
DRESS AS ATTENDANTS

A Mcdaing D. d,snnciion was ceic,
brated last night in Grace N. 2.
Church when Miss Helen Huntington
Smith, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Frank Roop Smith. was married to
Ensign Albert Miller Penn, u. S. ~,
by the Rev. Hiram w. Kellogg, ID. d.,
pastor of Gace Church, before an audi
ence Of relatives and friends that
filled the church and gallery The
Episcopal ring ceremony was used.
The chancel was banked with palms
and ferns, and the guest-pcws were
marked with lavender ribbons caught
with white carnations. The bride
made a very beautiful picture as she
came up the aisle on her fathers arm.
She wore a princess dress of ivory
satin, with semi-low neck, il was en-
broidered with pearls, and draped with
duchesse lace, an heirloom from her
grandmother Her bridal veil, the
same one worn by her mother, was
fastened with orange blossoms. She
carried a shower bouquet of bride
roses and lilies of the valley.
Preceding the bride we're the maid
Of honor, Miss Elizabeth c. Smith, Of
Binghamton, NJ Y, who wore lavender
satin with lace, and carried orchids
and sweet peas, and the bridesmaids.
The bridesmaids, Miss Louisa DreNel,
Of Washington, ID. c.; Miss Beatrice
M. Bullen, of Lancaster, Pa; Miss
Grace Bouldcn and Miss Adaline
Semple, Of Wilmington, wore white
lingerie dresses, with large hats OF
lavender maline, and carried baskets
of lavender sweet peas, intertwined
with the black, gold-lettered hat-bands
of the Battleship Minnesota, the
groom's ship. The flower-girl, Miss
Florence Helen Smith, a cousin of the
bride, and daughter Of DR.. ]. R. Smith,
of Templevile, Nd, also wore a white
lingerie frock with lavender flowers.
The groom's best man was Ensign
c. NJ. lanes, u. S. NJ, OF Iowa, and
the ushers we're Midshipman W. R
Carer, u. S. NJ, of Maine; Midship-
man /. c. Jennings, u. S. NJ, Of Iowa
Ensien v b. Herbster, u. S. N, OF
Pennsylvania, and Ensign ). X. CygaX
u. S. NJ, of Kentucky.
The full-dress uniforms of the nava
officers gave an unusual and brilliant
| effectiveness TO the wedding. IhC
! UIlIIOIIIln
/ buttons and gold epaulets. The Off
| GERS carried swords, and held theil
| cooked hats. George N. Maris, organ
/ ist Of Grace Church, played the we'd
| ding marches. Six hundred invita-
tions we're issued TO the ceremony.
The bridal party and house guests
we're invited to r buffet dinner at th'
home of the brides parents, No. l3O.
Washington street, following th'
nuptials. The color-scheme OF laycn
der and white was carried out in th'
house decorations, and the table cen
ter-piecc was bride-slippcr hlle'
with flowers. Following an old tradi
tion in the navy, the bride cut th'
wedding-cake with her husbands
sword
Ensign and Mrs. Penn left last nigh
on their wedding trip, which will be o
two weeks duration. Upon returning
they will go direct TO Norfolk, Va,
where the grooms ship is now lying
He will report for duty about the mid
die Of July. Mrs. Penn will continu
to live in this city. The heet vii
sail for Europe in the fall and sh
will follow il by liner, rejolning he
husband abroad. Upon returning
from that cruise the Minnesota
home port will be League Island. En-
sign Penn is a close friend of Ensigi
Frank Roop Smith, Jr., brother of tn
bride, who is now stationed at Ri
Janeiro, Brazil, on the Battleshil
/ Tennessee.
Guests were present from New lor
city, Baltimore, Washington, d. c
Annapolis, Md, Laredo, Texas, Ian
caster, Pa, and Binghamion, N.
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