Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-12
LOWRYS NOW On
End LIFE SP IAN
Golden Wedding Anniversary
, Celebration AtIanta'S Most
Elaborate Social Affair.

great loving cup of purest gold, a
heavy tablet of the same precious met
al, wonderful masses of exquisite bou-
quets and perhaps a thousand letters in
thousand handwritings filed the CEN
ter table in the apartments of Colonel
and Mrs. Robert J. Lowry today, as
they beganstheir second 90 years of life
together When their next half century
lis completed perhaps they'll have a
radium wedding-but who knows what
the fashion will be then?
The loving cup was the gift of 1877
loyal friends and was presented by
Captain James w. English at the re-
ception at the Capital City club last
might 1t bore an inscription of love
and bit of a poem by Frank Stanton
and was filed to the brim with wine
The tablet, engraven with an express
sion of affection and esteem, came from
the men of the Lowry bank. while the
flowers were gifts of thousand
friends
The golden wedding of the Lowrys
was by far the most beautiful. as it
was the most elaborate, affair which
has taken place at the new club house,
suitable setting for such a gathering
The most beautiful costumes, the most
gorgeous gowns, the most exquisite
flowers ever seen at an Atlanta social
event We're there Perhaps 1000 of the
most prominent men and women of
Georgia society We're the guests. The
reception began at o'clock and con-
tinued until after midnight
Mrs. Lowry Dressed as Bride.
Mrs Lowry was dressed as a bride
again. almost in the same costume as
that she wore so years ago when her
marriage to young Robert Lowry from
Tennessee was an event of go She
carried great gold hearted roses and
yellow orchids fringed with lilies of the
valley, So many were the ornate bou-
quets presented her that she could car
ry one but few moments before
changing to the gift of another friend
Mrs. Lowry's gown was of white bro
cade china crepe embroidered in gold
in design Of plumase. The long train
skirt opened in front, revealing her
slippers of gold. bridal veil of old
point applique lace fell from her shout
ders and on her white hair rested
chaplet of bridal orange blossoms She
wore the pearl necklace, earrings and
pin which We're Colonel Lowry's we'd
ding present to her so years ago. and
| her lace handkerchief was a copy of
that she had carried at the wedding in
'62.
! The reception was neId in the two
cafes on the second floor of the club
and the decorations were in gold and
white. the prevailing color scheme
| Colonel and Mrs. Lowry stood just OPP
posite the entrance and received their
friends. Assisting in the afternoon en-
tertainment were Mrs. Smith Pickett,
Mrs. Percy Darlington, Mrs. Alice May
Lowry Taylor and Mrs. John f. Muir
ply Misses Walker. Freeman, Nicol-
son, Murphy and Cohen served punch
300 Dine in Ball Room.
AT the evening reception the gowns
were even more elaborate and dinner
was served to 300 guests in the big bali
room. At the table with the bride was
one guest who was present at the we'd
NiAiS VI nan a NtlIlulS dSb, hdTCeiIuS
Markham, a brother of Mrs. Lowry
George c. Boldt, of New York and Phil
adelphia, and George II. Russell, of De-
troit, were among the ut-of- town
guests at this table which seated "a
Grouped at other tables close by were
young married folk at whose weddings
the Lowrys had been hOnored guests. |
Clark Howell acted as postmaster for
Colonel Lowry. and Robert F. Maddox, |
president of the club, acted as host for
that organization. Toasts were pro-
posed by General Robert K Evans, |
commander OF the Department Of the |
Gulf; Governor Joseph NJ. Brown, AL |
bert Howell and a number of dstin-
guished guests representing the Ameri- |
can Bankers association, the United |
States treasury department and other |
bodies in the financial world 1t was |
remarked by many of the guests that |
never before had they observed so |
many men of advanced age with such |
impressive and distinguished appear
ance Many of the guests who, like !
Colonel Lowry, had passed three score
and ten, bore their years almost as
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