Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-31
JUDGE AND MRS, HENRY CLAY
CALDWELL OBSERVE RUBY
WEDDING AT LITTLE ROCK.
WERE KEOSAUQUANS
Were Pioneers Of Iowa and Groom
Raised Corn on Site Of Ottumwa
Before the Advent Of the
Whi.e Man.

county who sat on the federal bench
longer than any other judge and was
appointed by Lincoln. was with Mrs.
Caldwell honored at the home of theil
daughter, Mrs. Guy Culver Smith of
Little Rock, Ark, Wednesday, March
rs. The occasion was the ruby wed.
ding Of the estimable couple.
Among the ladies assisting Mrs.
Smith were two former Ottumwans,
Mrs. Frederick Hanger and Mrs. j,
Rudy Smith, the former being sister
of A. G. Harrow and the latter, his
daughter.
The following social notice is given
the event in Little Rock paper:
'"Mr. and Mrs. Guy Culver Smith en-
tertained yesterday afternoon from
until 6 o'clock with brilliant recep-
ton given in honor of the siEtieth wed.
ding anniversary of their parents.
Judge and Mrs. Henry Clay Caldwell,
of Los Angeles. Cal. formerly of this
city. During the calling hours the
house was thronged with a distin-
guished company of guests. many rep
resenting the bar and the bench, who
assembled to do honor to the occasion.
The family receiving line included
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Culver Smith. Judge
and Mrs. Caldwell, Mr.. and Mrs
George Martin. Denver. Colo; Mrs
Frederick Hanger. Mr.. and Mrs
and Mrs. Kenneth H, Hanger, Fort
Worth, Tex. =, The beautiful home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith, 1868 Battery
street, was banked with exquisite
spring flowers, tributes Of loving
friends to the honor guests. Early in
the receiving hours poem of rare
merit and sentiment, entitled The
Ruby Wedding" which was written lor
the occasion by Fay Hampstead, was
read by the author. Afterward each
guest was presented with a souvenir
copy of the poem. Mrs. Smith re
ceiver her guests in beautiful gown
of white crepe. Mrs. Caldwell was
gowned in black crepe meteor. with
handsome accessories of rare lace and
jet. She wore a corsage bouquet Of
lavender orchids Mrs. Martin wore
black satin gown. with a jet trim
ming. In the dining room Easter lilies
made the floral keynote. The table
had graceful basket filed with
Easter lilies and maidenhair fern for
a ,centerpiece. Radiating streamers
Of bridal tulle extended from the chan.
delieri to the ends of the table. Mes.
DANES C.. A. Pratt, T. H: Bunch, Durand
Whipple and B. c. McGehee poured.
Another pretty feature was an inn
mepse old-fashioned wedding cake.
which was cut by Mrs, Caldwell, the
bride Of long ago, and distributed
among the guests. Among those who
assisted Mrs. Smith in caring for hel
guests were Mesdames c. NJ. Taylor,
w. S. Mitchell, P. w. Crawford, Jr,,
Linn Hemingway, J. Rudy Smith, De
Jay Rogers, NJ F. Riley. Pittsburgh,
Pa; e. England. IT., F. R. Van Etten
and Misses Nell Gotham, Cassie New
ton and Sue Lewis Mrs. Caldwell's
maiden name was Harriet Jane Benton.
representing a family distinguished in
affairs of state. Her father was re-
lative of Thomas H. Benton. Mrs.
Caldwell was a niece of Judge Wright,
Of, Iowa. United States senator from
Iowa, who also served as president OF
the American Bar association; also a
niece of Joseph Wright. governor Of
Indiana and United States minister, to
Germany Mrs. Caldwell represented
Arkansas on the Women's Board at
the. Centennial exposition. She was
president of the Aesthetic club Of this
city in 1891 and was heaped with so
cial and club honors while a resident
OF Arkansas. Judge Caldwell was ad-
mitted to the bar at the age of 10 and
was United States district judge OF
Arkansas from 1864 to 1891 and was
United States circuit judge from 1891
until his retirement ten years ago. He
is man of international reputation
and has declined many honors. The
children of Judge and Mrs. Caldwell
are: Van Caldwell, Missouri: Mrs.
George Martin. Denver, and Mrs. Guy
Culver Smith of Little Rock
" Honored BY Mason's Poet.
A poem written in honor of the oc
casion is from the pen of Fay Hemp
stead, the poe; laureate of Free Ma
sonry, an international character.
There has been but two others aside
from the Little Rock poet who has
held this position and they were Rob
ert Burns. the famous Scotch poet md
Robert Morris of the United States.
Fay Hampstead resides in Little Rock
and is a nephew of Gov. Hemps, cad,
one of lowa's early governors who
served from 1859 to 1854. The poem
printed as a souvenir of the occasion
follows:
Harriet Jane Benton.
~ 49, Henry Clay Caldwell.
Keosauqua. Iowa. March %. 1884,
Little Rock, Arkansas. March %, 1914
THE RUBY WEDDING.
Of; Judge and Mrs. Henry c. Caldwell.
Fair be the time, o friends. | ween,
Though sixty years have grown be-
tween
That far-off date of JOY profound.
When thy two lives were linked and
bound
Fair be the time. when memory strays
Across the waste of faded days,
When one by one the seasons fast
Flew into the eternal past;
Leaving as they sped away.
The record of each passing day.
In Joys aud sorrows: hopes and fears;
The fruitage of the feeting years.
And as now We greet thee, when