Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-12-31
A BRILLIANT NUrryAL.
At the First Baptist Church. Notable
Event in Wausau.

carpeted and from that hour until
the capacity of the edifice was ex-
hausted, there was continual arrival
of guests, who were escorted to seats
by the following ushers: Messrs.
Walter German, Fay Marshall and H.
]. Hagge of Wausau; j. B. Blake OF
Milwaukee; VIM. Evjue of Madison,
and E. T. Erickson of Chicago.
The entire south side of the church
was banked with palms and ferns,
| and baskets of white roses and bou-
quets of stevia. Covering the walls
above was profusion of smilax.
These decorations effectually screened
the Columbia orchestra which was
seated upon the platform, and which
rendered delightful selections during
the time guests were gathering. 1t
was a beautiful place made ready to
welcome a beautiful bride.
The color scheme was pink and
amber, the combinations being used
in the accessories of the costumes of
the brides maids.
Just previous to the wedding hour
Miss Selma Pagenkopf very beauti-
fully sang from the opera L'Eclair,
''Call Ne Thine own" with orches-
trail accompaniment. Immediately
following the solo the orchestra
sounded the first chords of the wed
ding march from Lohengrin.
The bridesmaids marched in
couples from the classroom at the
rear of the pulpit, going down the
west aisle in the following order to
meet the bride:
Miss Katherine Manson and Miss
Lillian Lawson, the latter of Mena-
sha, Wis.
Miss Katherine Bissell and Miss
Hester Jones, the latter sister of
the bride. zk
Miss Phoebe and Ellen Jones, sis
tiers of the bride. sg
The ushers preceded the brides
maids up the west aisle, followed by
Miss Natalie Edgar of Railway, N. j.,
maid of honor; and bride, leaning
upon the arm of her father. At the
altar they met the groom and his
best man, Mr. Marshall Arnold of
Chicago, and the officiating clergy
man.
The bride was handsomely attired
in gown of silver brocade, with net
of pearl beads and point lace with
veil. She carried bouquet of white
roses and lilies of the valley.
The maid of honor wore gown of
pink brocade with chiffon and beaded
net drapery.
The maids wore charmeuse- satin
draped with shaded brocade chiffon,
three being in amber and three in
pink, each carrying bouquet of pink
Killarney roses.
Rev. d. O. Briggs, pastor of the
First Baptist church of this city, per-
formed the ceremony, using the
double ring service which was very
impressive, and the bride vas given
away by her father.
The exultant strains of Mendels-
sohn proclaimed to the guests that
the service was over and the mem
bers of the bridal party wendell their
way from the church and were
driven to the brides home on
East hill where a reception fol-
lowed. This was given for the young
friends OF the bride and groom and
included few life long friends and
neighbors. Mr.. and Mrs. Collie re-
ceived hosts Of good wishes and earn
est congratulations
They were the recipients of many
beautiful and substantial presents.
The BRIDES present from the groom
was bracelet set with pearls and
sapphires; the maids presents from
the bride were gold friendship circle
pins. The ushers' presents from the
groom, gold scarf pins.
A feature of the wedding was the
fact that the maid Of honor and three
of the brides were in the graduating
class with the bride at Vassar college,
the former being her class and room
mate. Mr.. Arnold and Mr.. Blake
were fraternity brothers of the groom.
A wedding supper followed, the
bridal party, numbering sixteen, occu-
plying seats about a round table in
the dining room. The table decora-
tions were baskets of white roses and
stevia, while ferns, palms and white
roses constituted the decorations
in the other rooms of the home.
The guests remained with the
bride and groom until they departed
on their brief trip to Chicago and
other points. They were accompanied
to the depot by the bridesmaids and
uShers.
Upon their return, Mr.. and Mrs
Collie will go to housekeeping at zoo
Fifth street, and where they will be
formally at home after February 1st.
The bride is the eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville d. Jones. She
has always resided in Wausau, and is
young lady of charming personality,
She was graduated from the Wansau
high school class Of 1906, and from
Vassar college, Poughkeepsie, n. y,
class of 1910
The groom is the son of Mr., and
Mrs. r. j. Collie of this city. His
boyhood was spent in Merrill, in
which city he was graduated from the
high school, and in 1906 he was grad
uated from the University of Wiscon-
sin. He was assistant postmaster in
Merrill and resigned to take posi-
tion in the east. He came t. Wau-