The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-11-15
THE EATON-DOWNEY WEDDING
IS PRETTILY SOLEMNIZED
Reception Follows-Mrs divers Bridge Mrs Percy
Whitehead Hail Wedding-Ltte Jokers With Mrs. Fer
guson-Auction Partes-Club Meetings-Other
Topics of Social Moment Announcements.
Personal Notes
by MYRTLE MILES

A wedding in which members of Biz
mfnghams social set have been for some
time interested was celebrated at 8 o'clock
last night when Miss Lucy Lykes Dow
ney. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
Downey, was married to Mr.. Joseph
jackson Eaton.
Tho Downey residence Is a very attrac-
tive one and lends itself beautifully to
decorations. With its gorgeous flower
motif last evening it afforded a setting
of great beauty for the wedding. The
Rev. Dr. L. C. Branscomb, pastor Of the
First Methodist church, officlated at the
ceremony. Southern smilax in great
abundance adorned the various rooms. Its
delicate tendrils entwined tle chandeliers
and pink tulle draperies gave an airy
touch of color
The ceremony was pronounced in the
drawing room where an altar of rare
beauty was erected. It was built high
With palms ana ferns, and distributed in
rich beauty we're great specimen bios
SONS of white chrysanthemums. High
among the fronds of the palms We're
cathedral .apers burning in seven
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with white button ehrysanthemums show
ing between, was stretched across that
portion of the room in which the bridal
party assembled
The music for their entrance and for
the reception which followed was played
by Calman's orchestra. Instead of brides
maids. a group of Miss Downeys friends
attended her as ribbon bearers, Miss Nell
Harris and Miss Julia Ware entered first;
the latter slender and of chataigne color
ing was most attractive in her contrast
ing gown of dead white made with
shadow laces in the overdress which was
bordered with fur. Miss Harris very
happily introduced dainty pink sash
beneath the fiimy silk lace OF her drap-
cries which we're laid over white char
meuse
Miss Lucy Truss and Miss Gena Mae
SNOW, of whom a description would be
strikingly similar, for they are both petite
and rather blonde. and very pretty We're
attired in costumes like those worn by
the first two girls. Miss Truss was in
white charmeuse and shadow lace with an
exquisite introduction of pink brocaded
satin, and Miss Snow wore white crepe
meteor with fur to outline the sleeves
and throat; pink French rosebuds made
a demure and becoming garniture. Pink
ostrich tips were worn as coiffure orna-
nents by the four young women. Each
carried long white staff topped with a
white chrysanthemum and tied with the
ribbons.
Mrs. Ralph Law Russell was her sister
matron of honor. She was stunningly
attired in pink charmeuse EN- traine, with
a drapery of pink chiffon, and in her
hair wore a paradise aigrette. Her
flowers were pink chrysanthemums, a
great arm cluster.
Miss Meta Goodson came down from
kentucky to be Miss Downey's maid OF
honor, and she looked very attractive in
her evening costume built Of pink char
meuse with a complete drapery of lace.
A chaplet OF pink rosebuds caught with
a paradise aigrette on the side adorned
her hair. and she carried huge cluster
OF white chrysanthemums.
As Miss Downey entered the drawing
room and the stiffness that falls over the
guests Just after that inarticuate muir
muir which heralds a brides approach
had fallen on the assemblage awaiting
her coming, the bridegroom with his best
man, MIR. John l.. McRae, entered from
a rear apartment and met her at the altar.
MIR Downey gave his daughter in mar
mage, and the ceremony pronounced by
Df Branscomb was one of extreme
beauty The brides gown was very love-
~ and very becoming. Made of luminous
white charmeuse and garntured with
pearls, the real lace fichu and the court
traine made il distinctly a bridal gown.
ana with her fair hair her blue eyes
and the filmy veil which EMBODIED her,
she was the typical old school bride. Her
bouquet was made of white ehrysanthe-