Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-09-25
LIEUT.. BAER A BENEDICT.
Young Naval Officer Takes Tennessee
Bride-To Reside Here Where
Groom is Ordered to Naval
Academy.

Much local interest centers in the
,,srriape Of Miss Mary Porter Wilson
ami Lieut. Joseph Baer, u. S. NJ,
wbirh was beautifully solemnized last
Saturday evening at 8 O'Clock at the
Fjrt Baptist Church in Nashville,
,r.ru In the presence Of a large COM
nany Of relatives and interested
friends. and to which society was in
vifed. Rev. K. "A. Inflow, pastor Of
the church, performed the ceremony,
using the ring service.
Preceding the ceremony an artis-
tic musical program was given by
Mis- Frank Hollowell at the oragn,
and Mrs. Sam Clark, vocalist. Mrs.
Clark's beautiful voice was heard t 0
advantage in "As Calm as the Night"
and 81 Love You" Miss Hollowell
uiaved MendelssOhn's for the en-
trance Of the bridal party. and Lohen-
grin for the occasional. Tall palms
and ferns were banked at the altar,
forming a graceful background for
the bridal party.
The bridal party, watch entered
from the same aisle, was led by the
usbers, Mr.. William Winter Lyon and
Lieut.. c. c. Krakow, y. S. NJ, en-
tering first, followed by Messrs.
Holins and Buford Wilson, brothers
of the bride. Miss Elizabeth Ander-
son. maid of honor, entered alone,
preceding the bride who entered with
her father, Mr.. r. A. Wilson. Lieu
tenant Baer and his best man, Ensign
J. w. McClaran. met the bride at the
latar.
The BRIDE, a beautiful young wo-
man, wore an exquisite wedding gown
Of Canton crepe elaborately embroid-
cred in cherry blossoms and trimmed
in real lace and seed pearls. Her tulle
veil was caught with orange blossoms
and she carried a chateaine bouquet
Of lilies Of the valley. Her only
ornament was a pearl and opal neck
ace the gift OF Lieutenant Baer.
Miss Anderson wore toilette of
white lingerie deliberately lace trim
med and her bouquet was of pink
roses. Lieutenant Baer and his best
mnn. Ensign J. w. McClaran, wore
he fulldrsss uniform of their naval
rink.
Immediately after the ceremony
Lieutenant and Mrs. Baer left for
New York, where they will spend a
week before coming to Annapolis,
where they will reside for two years.
Mrs. Baer wore for travelling a stylish
dark blue tailored gown with a blue
marquisette blouse, and a black
velvet hat trimmed in white wings.
A large and handsome collection of
wedding gifts were received, consist
ing of checks from members of the
famiIy, a handsome silver bowl from
the Ward Room officers add set of
dcmi tasse in filgiree silver from the
Junior officers of the u. S. S. New
Hampshire, besides flat silver, cut
gIss and handsome painted china. -
The Tennessean and American.
Lieutenant Baer is one of the pop
uiar Younger officers of the United
States Navy. He is a graduate of
the Class 1907, Naval Academy, 1.-THE
sayy class" that was graduated in
three sections. His first sea duty was
on the United States battleship Con-
necticut, the flagship of the Atlantic
necl. when the sixteen battleships
made The worlds cruise. Recently
Lieutenant Baer has been attached
TO duty on the u. S. S. New Hamp-
shire. but was recently ordered to
duty at the Naval Academy for two
years detail at the School of Marine
Engineering.