Evening journal., 1911-04-12
THEIR GOLDEN
WEDDING DAY
Many Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. H. H. Clark Join in
Happy Occasion

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, April IA
This town was alive yesterday with
people coming from all points of the
compass to attend the golden we'd
ding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
William II. II. Clark Relatives who
had perhaps not met for years. Joined
in wishing the venerable bride and
groom of fifty years ago many more
years of happiness.
The married life of Mr.. and Mrs
Clark has been especially happy and
unusually fortunate in the fact that
but little sickness has come to them
and death has not entered their home,
all of their four children having
grown to manhood and womanhood
and all were present at this golden
anniversary.
The children Of the happy couple
are Mrs. Louise Clark Sadler, of
Philadelphia; Harrington Clark. of
Philadelphia; Mrs. BERTHE Clark Lin
coin. of near Boston. Mass. and Mrs.
Alice Clark Jefferson. Of Delaware
City. Mr.. and Mrs. Jefferson live with
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark and, make a
pleasant home for their parents IN
their declining years.
Mr.. Clark has two brothers and one
sister, James Clark, of Delaware
City; Phillip r. Clark, of Wilmington,
and Mrs. George d. Kelley, wife of
the cashier Of the Peoples National
Bank, at Middletown.
On April IL 1861, occurred the mar
riage Of William II. H. Clark and Miss
Emma Alexander. at the home of the
brides father, Jesse Alexander, in
Delaware City. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Mr. Way, then
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of this town.
OF the wedding party. only one be-
sides the bride and groom, is living,
Mrs. Charles Ash, of Delaware City.
Those in the wedding party we're:
Miss Fannie Watkins Oater Mrs Will
liam Taylor of Middletown), Miss
Mary Fields (Mrs. Charles G. Ash Of
Delaware City,, William Alexander,
brother of the Lride and Theodore
Clark. brother of the groom, both Of
Delaware City.
All the ingenuity of Mrs. jefferson
and her young friends was called into
| play to make the Clark home a bower
of beauty for the bride and groom"
yesterday. The rooms were trimmed
! with jonquils, daffOdils and palms.
| The golden" trimmings were very
! effective, under the electric light,
there being dozens of lights, each one
I in the shape of a yellow daffodil. In
II the drawing room, where the table
was laid, were banked ferns and daft
l fodils. The table decorations were
II tp veIlow tu1ie yellow candles and
yellow candies. At one end of the
table was placed a grand old silver
service. which was given to Mr.
II Clark's mother by her husband some
fifty-six years ago. This service was
TO be used at a reception to be given
for the bride and groom" of yester-
day, but just at that time Fort
Sumpter was fired upon, throwing the
country I'm mourning, and Mr.. CLARK
refused to allow any gayety in his
house at that time. The service Is
now the treasured possession Of one
of the granddaughters of John G
Clark.
Mrs. Clark's gown at the reception
was a pale lavender silk poplin, trim
med with silver lace and silver braid
In her hair she wore a pearl CONT
given her by the groom at the time
of her marriage. The original wed
ding gown was of white silk, with q
wreath of orange blossoms in th'
hair
Receiving with Mr. and Mrs. Clara
yesterday were their four children
Mrs. SadleP. Mrs. Jefferson. Mrs. Lin
coin and Harrington Clark