Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-04
Bryan'S Daughter
Bride of British
Army Officer
Mrs. Ruth Leavitt and Lieutenant
Reginald Owen Marrier at Bryan
Home at Fairview.
From a staff Correspondent


Altham owen, were married at Falrview
at 1913 O'Clock this morning in the pres
nnce OF only a very few relatives and
'timate friends. The happy couple left
2 the afternoon for Jamaica, where the
Z ON has been located for some time.
!. n Espscopal ceremony was performed
= he Rev Frank Huntington Of Crete.
z foupe stood in the reception parlor,
= in from an adjoining room the
"a with Mr.. Huntington and the bride
e.S father. The bride carried large
< 2f Lilies of the Valley, the favo-
a.. OF Mr. Bryan. The Mendelssohn
arch was played by Miss Marie
8 harpst OF Omaha, who during
tn. ceremony played the Angel Serenade,"
and later during the informal reception
favorite selections Of MIR. Bryan. Light re-
freshments were served in the dining room
after the wedding.
The bride wore a white princesse gown
Of lingerie trimmed in lace and the groom
wore a grey business suit
The wedding was a most happy one, en-
tirely informal and I'm the presence of
company of the most congenisl spirits. The
Bryan family; Mr. Berger, the father-in-
law Of w J. Bryan, ir., with Mrs Bryan
and her infant daughter; Mrs. Evart of
Omaha, an intimate school girl friend of
the bride; Mrs. Tanner, the wife of the
president OF the college, attend by Mrs
Bryan, when in Jacksonville, H.. during
the days when she was courted by the
distinguished Nebraskan Mrs. Raymond
of Lincoln and a few others
The groom il lieutenant of engineers of
the British army and for some time has
been stationed at Kingston. Jamaica. He
met the girl of his heart at Colorado
Springs last summer and pressed his suit
with such ardor that the won. Mr.. owen
has been at Fairview since Saturday and
the intimate friends of the Bryan family,
who met him unite in the opinion that
| he is worthy of the woman he has for
| wife.
Mrs. owen. the bride, in the opinion of
| her friends in Lincoln Is a worthy daugh-
ter of her father. TO them she has made
good in her own right She has resided
in Lincoln since early childhood, graduated
from the Lincoln High school and later
attended the Nebraska State university.
In school and in play she has always
been a leader, of the young people with
whom she associated. During the last year,
Mrs. owen has filled many lecture en-
gagements. and while she started out as
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| came recognized on her own account a
| most gifted woman and she was unable to
| fill the lecture engAsements offered her.
In many towns in Nebraska last fall she
| ectured in the interest OF the university
extension and in practically every instance
she was invited to fill return engage
| ment.
Last winter the bride went to Germany
! to continue her studies and returned only
last Sunday
The Rev Mr.. Huntington, who performed
the ceremony, also married William ].
! Bryan jr.. and Miss Berger last summer.
TOLEDO. May S.-Whle Ruth Bryan was
being married at Lincoln today to Lieu
tenant Reginald owen. her former husband,
w. II. Leavitt was here. arranging for a
lecture to be given at the Young Mems
Christian association tonight on value of
Art Training"
Mr.. Lesvitt declared he had given up his
first intention of going to Lincoln to stop
| the wedding in order to gain possession
Of his two children, but that he would i'm
mediately start proceedings toward that
end.