Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-11-04
WEDDING OF MISS BAGLEY
and MR.. P. c. MCDUFFIE
Brilliant Social Event in At
IaDta Thursday
(Atlanta Constitution

Bagley, on Piedmont avenue. Rev d..
lNcDufic, the father of the groom, Of
New Jersey, performed the ceremony
assisted by Dr. Daniel, of the First
BAPTIST church.
The only attendants were Mrs.
Marion Benson, the brides sister, who
was matron of honor, and DR.. Nc
Dufie, the grooms brother, who was
best man.
The orchestra in the hallway played
the Lohengrin march when the bridal
Iparty came down the stairway into the
drawing room, where the ceremony
was pv formed.
Mrs. Benson preceded the bride, es-
corted by her father, Mrs. Wise, Of
Columbus, and Miss Cults, of Sayan-
nah, cousins of the bride, were ribbon
carers and held the white ribbons
forming an aisle from the base Of the
stairway to the ectraEce of the draw
ing room. The groom, accompanied by
his best man. met the bride in front
of a bank Of palms and fern plants,
where the ceremony was performed.
Following there was an informal re-
ception and an elegant supper served.
The guests We're served in the apart
ments on the first floor, and the bridal
party were at an exquisitely decorated
table in the library.
! The table was circular, and covered
with a lace adorned damask cloth. In
| the center was a plateau of circular
shape in pink roses and valley lilies.
From the center of this there arose u
tall empire vase in Florentine filed
with white chryasthemums, which
formed a kind Of canopy over the table.
Silver candlesticks were about the
centerpiece, their shades of pink under
silver, and encircling the table near
the place plates was a band of roses
and valley lilies The tiny cakes filling
silver baskets We're embossed in roses,
and the bonbons were in a design of
IToses.
At the ladies' places were pink MORE
silk boxes, rose embroidered and filled
with the brides cake, while at the
places of the gentlemen We're the same
pink boxes filled with cigarettes. PinF
silk slippers held the rice, and pinl
baskets, the handles adorned will
flowers, held the almonds.
At the table beside the bride ant
groom were DR.. McDuffie, Mr. and Mrs
Frank Adair, Mrs. Wise, Miss Cults
Mr. Brown, DR. and Mrs Benson, Mis-.
Louise Hawkins and Mr.. Solomon.
The bride was lovely in her wedding
gown which accentuated her blond
coloring. The gown was of whit.
charmeuse satin, eXquisitely embroid
cred in white orchids. The corsage wa
of white chiffon cloth, embroidered
: combined with pointe applique lace 0
delicate pattern
The sleeves were of the lace ant
finish was given in court train o
white brOcade satin. Her tulle vel
was edged with point lace and confined
to the hair with chaplet of orang
blossoms. She carried valley lille
and pink orchids.
Mrs. Benson wore her wedding gown
of white satin and rose point lace. TIL,
brides cousin, Mrs. Lamar, also wor
her wedding gown of white satin ant
lace, and Miss Cults wore white SAITH
yelled in chiffon.
Mrs Bagley, the brides grandmoth
er, was handsomely gowned in blacl
crepe satin and the grooms mothe
wore silver gray satin and lace.
Mrs O'Hagan, another cousin of tn
bride, wore pink chiffon over satin.
Mrs. Frank Adair wore an elegan
toilet which combined white marqui
settle and black satin and lace.
Mrs. William Witham wore a whit,
satin gown with empire corsage of sill
= yer and rhine stones. Mrs r. F. Dor
isey wore white satin gown will
tunic of white net embroidered in crys
tails and edged with chenille fringe.
Mrs. Hugh Willett was handsome il
a white satin gown combined Will
white chiffon brocaded in a design 0
, silver.
The decorations throughout tn,
? house made admirable setting for tn,
picture the asscmblage of attractive
women presented. There was guam
tity of American smilax used, ant
there were palms and the wonderful
foliage Of South American fern.
Dozens of chrysanthemums in tn,
r shades Of pink and in white were the
flowers on all sides.
A tall pedestal held a vase of these
their blooms showing through the banl