Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-06-03
A BEAUTIFUL
JUNE WEDDING
Miss Helen Gordon Moore Be-
comes The Bride Of Hon.
Samuel King Dennis.

tion of the season took place at eight
O'Clock Thursday evening. when Miss
Helen Gordon Moore became the bride
of Mr.. Samuel King Dennis. The bride
is the second daughter of Senator and
Mrs. John +. Moore. She is one Of
Snow Hills most attractive and popu-
lar young ladies, and is prominent soci-
ally in Worcester County and Baltimore,
where she has frequently visited.
Mr.. Dennis is the son of Mrs. Sally
Crisiield Dennis, of Beverly. Nc is
the private secretary of United States
Senator John Walter Smith. and also
enjoys a large and lucrative law practice
in Baltimore. He is the treasurer of
the Maryland tuberculosis Sanatorium,
and has done yoeman service in its
organization and development. Mr..
Dennis is man of pleasing address. of
affable and courteous manners, and the
claim has frequently been made that he
has wider mountaineering with prom
inent men throughout the State than any
other man in public life today.
The ceremony was solemnized in the
Mackenzie Memorial Presbyterian Church
in the presence of a large and fashion
able assemblage of relatives and friends
of the bride and groom.
The church was beautifully trimmed,
the pulpit being banked with greens,
potted plants, and laurel blossoms,
while myriad candles. upheld in glitter
ing candelabra, shed soft and subdued
light, and heightened the artistic effect.
In the aisle gate. banked with ivy and
white roses, opened to admit the rela-
tives and intimate friends of the bride
and groom.
The bridal party entered the church
to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march, rendered by Miss Nancy Dryden,
of Pocomoke City. During the cere-
mony the sweet strains of Traumeri
floated through the church forming
fitting accompaniment To the i'm
pressive marriage service. Rev. j. b.
North, the brides pastor, ofiiciated,
using the beautiful ring ceremony
As the bridal party left the church, Men
delssohn's wedding march pealed forth
in paean of triumphant JOY.
The bride entered the church on the
arm of her father, and carried large
shower boquet of lily of the valley. She
wore an exquisite gown of white satin
crepe, trimmed with rose point lace.
and embroidered with pearls, and
tulle and rose point veil draped with
orange blossoms. She also wore a
handsome gold bracelet. the gift of the
groom's mother, and an heirloom in the
Dennis family.
Mrs. William X. Bishop, of Baltimore.
the sister of the bride. was matron of
honor. She wore her wedding gown of
white Princess satin, with rose point
lace, and carried pink Killarney roses.
The bridesmaids were: Miss Eleanora
Richardson Hargis and Miss Mary Will
son Hargis, of Snow Hill; Miss Marga-
ret Winans Waters and Miss Florence
Stief, of Baltimore. Miss Hargis and
Miss Waters wore gowns of pink satin
messaline, yelled in white marquisette
and lace. Miss Mary Wilson Hargis and
Miss Stieff wore gowns of blue satin
messaline, yelled in white marquisette
and lace. The bridesmaids gowns were
draped with clusters of white roses
Instead of hats they wore wreaths of
roses in their hair, and carried huge
boquets of white roses
DR.. Alfred Pearce Dennis, of POGO
moke City, brother of the groom. was
the best man. The ushers were: Mr..
John Z. Moore. Jr., of Wilmington, N.
c., the brother of the bride: Mr.. James
u. Dennis. Of Baltimore, a cousin of
the groom and his law partner; Messrs.
Thomas Cadwalader and Daniel Murray
Henry, of Baltimore. The best man
and the ushers wore boutonniers of lily
of the valley.
The bride presented the matron of
honor and her bridesmaids with engrav
cd silver vanity boxes. The groom's
gifts to his best man and ushers were
crescent scarf pins, set with pearls.
Immediately after the ceremony a
reception was held at the home of the
brides parents. which was attended by
more than hundred guests. The re-
ceiving party stood in one end of the
room under canopy of smilaX and white
roses, the color scheme of the recep
tion room being green and white. The
stairway was decorated with ropes of
green, intertwined with laurel blossoms,
while the decorations in the DINING room
were pink. Music was furnished dur
ing the evening by band of stringed
instruments from Wilmington. The
wedding supper was served by caterer
Hughes, of Baltimore.
Amid showers of rice and confetti. and
the congratulations and best wishes of
friends, the bride and groom left at ten
O'Clock for Pocomoke City, leaving
there on the midnight train for the
north. where they will spend their
honeymoon.
The gifts to the bride were magniti
cent and included a beautifully engraved
tea set from her parents and chest of
silver from Senator John Walter Smith.
Mr. +. +. Brooks, superintendent of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, rendered the
use of his private car to Senator Moore
to convey his guests from Baltimore TO
Snow Hill for the wedding. The special,
with two parlor cars. provided with
drawing rooms and sleeping apartments,
arrived here at four o'clock Thursday
afternoon. Accompanying Supt. Brooks
were. United States Senator John Wal