The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-11-29

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If there is one thing more than an.
other that will arouse the interest of a
community especially the female por:
tion-it is prospective marriage be.
tween prominent or well known per.
| sons. It is not surprising, then, that
when the invitations were issued for
the marriage of Rev. Henry p Jones,
the most learned and eloquent pastor
| of st. James A. M. E. church ever had,
and the charming Miss Caroline B.
| Monjoy, that there was much excite
ment in society circles, over. the ap-
preaching nuptials.
Rev. Jones during his pastorate of
more than three years has made many
warm friends and admirers who were
anxious to witness his embarking upon
the matrimonial sea and wish him and
his bonnie bride bon voyage.
The bride, who is the fortunate pos
SCISSOR of numerous personal charms,
is native of Louisville, KY, where
she graduated from the high school
in 1904. She came to St. Paul and
entered St. Joseph hospital as nurse
and was graduated in 1907 and has
the distinction of being the first and
only Afro-American nurse to graduate
in st. Paul. She spent several months
in Europe last year in a professional
capacity.
There were several out of the or
binary features in connection with this
wedding that caused a lot of people
to be vastly more interested in it.,
than they were in the notable wedding
which was about to take place at the
White House, and caused it to pale
into utter insignif1cance. It was the
wedding Of the pastor of the church
to be solemnized in the church, with
the wedding reception in the church
parlors. The Bishop of the district
was to perform the ceremony at the
early hour of 800 o'clock p. m. So
when the appointed hour arrived on
Thursday of last week the church was
filled to overfowing.
The church had been specially
decorated for the occasion by Mr.. C..
H Miller. A strip of carpet was laid
from the curbing to the church door,
and then white canvass ran up the
aisle to the altar, where the decora-
tons consisted of two tall and two
shorter columns of white,
trimmed with smilax and pink and
yellow roses. From the tops Of the
columns green arches were stretched,
pendent from the center of which, was
large white wedding bell. Back of
the columns were banked a profusion
of ferns and palms and blooming
flowers, making most beautiful back
ground for the picture.
Above all the other decorations
there was hung light circular frame
stretching clear across the altar upon
which in large silver letters these
words appeared: Whom God Has
Joined Together, Let No Man Put
Asunder." The entire decorations
were original, unique and beautiful,
and reflected great credit upon their
designer.
Just before the arrival of the bridal
party Nine. Addie Crawford Minor
! sang, 20, Ligth Eternal" and just as
the last notes of the beautiful song
f1oated away upon the ambient air the
groom with his fair young bride lean
ing upon his arm proceeded up the
aisle, as the wedding march from
Lohengrin was played by Mr.. Robert
Strong. When they reached the altar
and had taken their places under the
wedding bell, Bishop B. F. Lee of
Wilberforce, who came to st. Paul ex-
pressly for the occasion, read the
ceremony that made the couple one,
the soft sweet tones of the "Trau-
merei arising from the organ the
meanwhile.
After the ceremony Mendelssohn' s
Wedding march was played as the
newly made man and wife left the
church auditorium for the church par.
lors where the wedding reception be.
gan. e: &:
Messrs. B. w. Crancum, j. w. Kelly,
B. G. Archer and James Lynn were
the ushers, there we're no attendants.
The bride was gowned in white
satin charmeuse entrain with trim
| mings of real imported lace. She
wore wedding bonnet of real lace a
century old, an heirloom in her fam.
lily, which had adorned the heads Of
|six brides. From the dainty bonnet,
caught up by orange blossoms foated
a tulle veil to the hem of her gown.
She carried large shower bouquet
OF white chrysanthemums and made
very beautiful bride.
The groom wore the regulation at
tire for an afternoon wedding.
Congratulations were extended and
the refreshments were served under
the supervision of the officers and
members OF the auxiliaries of the
church. The ice cream and cake was
from Ramaley's and was furnished by
the men who are employed by him. a
special feature was the limitations of
peaches, pears, strawberries, ETC., in
colors in ice cream.
There was an immense crowd but
the service was so perfect that by
eight o'clock the reception was virtu-
ally over $500
At one end Of the assembly room
Were displayed the numerous and
beautiful presents which showed In q
substantial way the esteem I'm which
the high contracting parties are held.
The following Is q list of the pres
ents and their donors
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