Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-07-06
| Lee-ChapIin.

Lee-Chaplin.
| At the home OF her parents, Mr.. and
| Mrs. Duncan D. Chaplin, Monte Vista
Place, Ridgewood, New Jersey, on Thurs
day afternoon, June 10Th, at half-past
five o'clock, Miss Lucy Mitchell Chaplin
and the Reverend Edmund Jennings Lee
were married in the presence OF their
families and intimate friends The cere-
mony was performed by the Reverend
Harry B. Lee, D. D., of Charlottesville,
Va, an uncle of the groom, and the BEN
ediction was by the Right Reverend Ar
thur SeIden Lloyd, D. D., President Of
the Board OF Missions OF the Protestant
Episcopal Church.
The large bay window at the west end
of the house was banked with palms and
a profusion of white lilies. In front Of
these stood the kneeling bench, deliberately
decorated with white roses and vines,
and from which an aisle was formed OF
white ribbons, under an archway Of white
roses, through which the bridal party
was to come. The decorations OF the
other rooms were very simple. The
piazza was screened from the lawn by a
profusion of palms, tastefully arranged,
and which hid the musicians who &C.
cupied one end of the piazza.
There was no formal wedding process
sion, but just before the ceremony the
six ushers escorted the six attendants Of
the bride, Mrs. Chaplin, Mrs. Lee and
other members of the families to their
places. Then followed the two clergy
men, and the groom accompanied by his
brother, Mr.. Lawrence R. Lee, OF Lees
burg, Va, who acted as his best man.
The opening chords of the Lohengrin
wedding march then announced the APP
proach of the bride, who entered on the
arm of her father, preceded by the little
flower girl. Elinor, daughter of Mr..
Stewart Chaplin, of Syracuse, New York.
The brides gown was of white chiffon
and embroidered satin. Her veil OF point
lace, the bridal veil of her mother, was
arranged with orange blossoms. Her
bouquet was of lilies of the valley and
sweet peas.
After the ceremony, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
and the receiving party took their places
on the lawn in front of screen of palms,
where they received the congratulations
of hundreds of guests. Later in the
evening there was dancing by the young
people.
The young ladies who attended the
bride were: Miss jeanette Myers, of
Hampstead, N. Y, cousin of the bride;
Miss Nancy Lee Janney, of Leesburg,
Va, cousin OF the groom; Miss Jean
Aiken and Miss Henrietta Norton, of
New York City; Miss Edith Hale, of
Rochester, N. Y. and Miss Maria Dowd,
of Orange, NJ. The ushers were Messrs.
Hugh and Maxwell Chaplin, brothers OF
the bride; William F. Rust, OF Leesburg,
Va; George Rust Rogers, of Plainfield,
N. J.; E. Lee Goldsborough, OF Shep-
herdstown, w. Va; and John Carter, OF
Montclair, N. J..
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee will return from
their wedding journey about the middle
OF July and will remain in Ridgewood
until they leave for China on August
10th. They will 60 by way OF Vancouver
and the Pacific, the journey taking about
a month. Mr.. Lee has been engaged in
the evangelistic work of the Protestant
Episcopal Mission at Anking, where he has
been stationed for the last nine years.
The mission also maintains hospital,
and boarding schools for boys and girls.
The work of the out stations covers a
territory Of seventy-five by one hundred
and fifty miles in area.