The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-11

resident and Mrs. TafD c
his mark already in legal and political
circles. Those wise in such matters
predict for him a brilliant future. Tc
no position. political or social. TO which
American citizens may properly as
pire would the grace culture and re-
| finement of his bonnie bride be fou ID
inadequate" ;sE
OF the wedding week, in their sun
| day summaries. society editors MAXI
| eloquent comment, especially the fol
lowing:
The past week has been an exceed
| insly gay one and society has beer
kept wide awake and moving. We'd
ding bells have rung out on the sum
mer air-rich with the perfumed flow
ers-and many merry maiden has
made her choice for better or 70,
worse and with music's crash and
diamonds flash have entered into tn,
holy state of matrimony."
In two social funct lions of that week
| Immediately preceding her nuptials
Miss Nellie Heron was conspicuous
| participant. One of these was bril-
| liant dance at the residence OF Mr.. and
Mrs. William Howard Nefi, on Price
Hill, and the other was the wedding
of her friend, Miss Agnes Davis, whom
she accompanied TO the altar OF Christ
| Il
| fore she was TO play the stellar role
in the same time honored drama.
Al her friends wedding Miss Her
ron's bridesmaid gown was of white
embroidered null. with a white moire
sash" and it is also related that she
wore straw hat and carried bou.
! quet of "cornelia Cooks
! This wedding. a t which Miss Heller
Heron was a bridesmaid. was cele
ted ri, 10
and after the knot had been tied the
bridal party and guests hurried from
Christ Church to the Davis residence
there to SIT down to an elaborate we'd
ding breakfast served at damask-
covered, vine-decked table made in
the shape of good luck horseshoe.
What Was Found In Wedding CnIsc.
To Helen Herron's horoscope another
chapter-but false one-was added
during this sumptuous repast. Into q
great cake set down before the bridal
party had been baked a gold ring
whose finder would be the next bride
gold dollar, ausuring riches. and a
gold thlmble. predicting perpetual
spinsterhood. The bride-elect of vii
liam Howard Taft drew the slice OF
cake containing the thimble. and then
rcpudiated the. prophecy upon the fol-
lowing Saturday.
with the future President, Mr.. Heron
selected the Rev. Moses a. Hoge. D. d..
a PRESBYTERIAN divine. of GAINESVILLE, his
cousin by marriage. who had married
him to. the brides mother thirty two
years before, and who. according to
the reporter assigned to the. wedding
so to speak, of the Heron family. huv-
ing spoken the words that made all
the daughters one with their hus-
bands
A OuIcf Iyaddipr
Although receiving first mention in
the social columns, II was quiet wed :
ding, and the same policy of withhold
ing the list Of guests which the couple
were 70 adopt fy- White House hos
pitalitles was observed. No wedding
presents, were Described. not even the
was the public taken into the fam
lys confidence In regard to items Of
menu and trQusseau. AS one chronicler
put 1t, the bride was too the manner
h si;v s as had fnyorits Of the Hayes
rs had the bridegroom. whose father
c.n1,' Is w VEL known-had served l., n
and Attorney-G General. before he had
gone abroad. as our minister to reside
at the courts of the Emperor OF Aus
tria and Car of Russia.
The Heron residence was Every
prettily decorated with plants and
flowers" and a quarter before o'clock
was the hour set for the cereclony
which was witnessed by only members
of the Heron and Taft families and a
few intimate friends.
The Wedding Gown.
The bride was attired in superbly
fashioned satin robe with embroid red
front and veil caught with sprays OF
white lilacs. And Cincfnnatians were
the next morning further told that
"a banquet of white sweetpeas and
lilies of the valley rested lightly In
her gloved hands"
For his best man the future Presi-
dent chose his younger brother, Hor-
ace Dutton Taft. then a young bache-
lor of twenty-four, who had been ad-
mitted 10 the bar only the year before
but who was the next year to become
tutor al Yale and later. founder and
principal of the boys school IN Water
town. Conn, of which he is still the
head
"All In White"
And one of the bridesmaids was tho
youngest of the Taft children. Miss
Fanny Louise. young lady OF twenty
one. who soon afterward waste marry
DR.. william a. Edwards. OF Los An
geles with whom she visited the White
House only few weeks ago. She
and the brides sister. Miss Maria Her
ron. the other bridesmaid who, still
unmarried, now lives with her aged
father In Cincinnati. were "all ir
white, one carrying pink swectpeas
and mernet roses. tho other Mare
| chai Mel roses and daisies"
Good DIR. lHoge, having kissed the
bride end given the young couple his