The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-15
WEBB--HAvARD
 NUPTIALS STIR
 FASHIONABLES Wealthy Fairfield Colony Fill St. Thomas Church to Witness Wedding MANY PRIESTS AZ hUPTIAls Mass Is Sung By Rev. David Hillhouse Buel, Noted Con
 vert to Catholicism
MANY PRIESTS AZ NUPTIALS

Fairfield, June 5-sWatneSSed by
 most of the fashionable colony Of Fairfield, and the ceremony performed by her cousin, a noted Jesuit father and convert, Miss Eugenie Prudence, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Valery Hav- ard of Fairfield avenue, became the
 bride this morning of MT. Henry Al
 ling Webb, son of MT. and Mrs, James
 H. Webb, of New Haven. St. Thomas
 R. c. church has never before held Sc
 fashionable a gathering 5as that which
 responded to the numer4us invitations
 sent out from the Havard home. The
 guests included @Fairffeid's wealthiest
 families, as we'll as well-to-do resi- dents of Bridgeport and New Haven.
 The bride entered the little church
 best man, his brother. Mr. Arthur Webb. The groom followed, escort
 ing the bridesmaid, Miss Aline Hav- ard. a. sister of the bride. Slowly the bridal party wended their way up the main aisle to the altar to the strains of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, taking seats within the chancel. Prior Prof. Alfred T. Brisebois, organist of St. Augustine's church in Bridgeport, rendered a, delightful musical pro gram. . M
 Tn young couple were married with a. nuptial mass sung by Rev. David
 Hillhouse Buel. s. J., a cousin of the
 bride. Father. Buel is a convert to the Roman Catholic faith He is a Yale man of the class of 'S3, a mem- Der of ''SkuH and Bones, and famous in Yale athletics. Following his grad uation he joined the Society of Jesus.
 Within the chancel were Foev. Pat rick Duggan, pastor of St. Thomas, ODell; Rev Edward Downs Of St. Marys, Mount Carmel; Rev. Hubert Dahme Of St. Jossph's, Bridgeport; i; and Rev. J. J. Kennedy of St. Angus tines. Bridgeport.
 z The brides gown was a rich crea- tion of white brocAded satin with thread lace and train. Her veil was the gown and train. She. carried a huge bouquet of bradal roses tied with white baby ribbon to which were knotted lilies of the valley. The f1f4Id of honor wore white chiffon and a white straw picture hat. She carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the val ley.
 Massive potted palms and evergreen plants were banked about the altar along with vases of peonies.
 Long before the hour of the cere- mony, Il o'clock, the guests began to arrive being escorted to their seats by the ushers, MT. Paul Webb, a. U 6 Pemberton Sturges and MT. Caring. ton Beeman of Fairfield, Lieut.. Willard Harmon of West Point, and MT. John Davidson and pr. Henry Holcomb Of, New York. @
 Prior to the entrance of the bridal party, Prof Brisebois played the fol-: lowing selections: Festival Prelude. Uiebig); Melody in F, Rubinstein). with violin accompaniment; Swedish Wedding March, (Soedernann); Day Dreams, Gemare), with violin; Pill grims Chorus, (Wagner); Senore Ga votte,. Oaniels); Salut d'Amour, with violin, Elgar); Amaryllis, air de Louis XIII, tGays); Tender Avon, (Ha1us); everie-Traumerei, (Schumann). Dur ing the singing of the nuptial mass the following program was carried out: 70 Promise Me-, OeKoven); Festival tival Mass, (Wiegand); Salve Regina, tival Mass, (Wiegan); Slave Regina, baritone solo. Eayres); Sanctus, (Wie- yand); Benedictus, CWiegand); Agnus Dei, CWiegand) Ave verum, contralto solo with violin obligato, Mozartl. Following the mass and. as the bridal party and the guests were leaving the ,hurch, Mendelssohn's Wedding March vas rendered. The following quartet assisted: Soprano, Miss Elizabeth I. yis; tenor, Prof. Brisebois; and bari one, Wiliiaan Rockwell; violin, Doro- l hy May Wall.
 After the ceremony the guests re- fred to the Havard homestead where he bride and groom held a reception. l The wedding breakfast was in charge If Delmonico's of New York. Later n the afternoon MT. and Mrs. Webb l eft on an extensive wedding trip, l heir destination being unknown to heir friends Upon their return they | will reside in Hamden, where the | ,room is the manager of his fathers | arm of many acres.
 The bride is one of Fairfelds most 1 .harming young ladies, being exten- lively known, highly talented and has | ,een quite active in the social set. Tn groom is a graduate of the aca- lemic department of Yale and of the aw school of the same university.