Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-30
MARRIED IN COUNTRY
UNDER THE PINES
Large Bridal Party Attends Miss
Mary Blaikie and James W.
Nelson

Miss Mary Kerr Blaikie and James
William Nelson, of New York, were
married this afternoon at o'clock
at Kirkwood. the country place of
William B. McCaleb, superintendent
of the Philadelphia division of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
The ceremony was performed un-
der three great pine trees. by the Rev.
DR.. ]. Ritchie Smith, pastor of the
Market Square Presbyterian church,
with which the brides family has
been connected for over hundred
years.
AS the Updegrove orchestra sounded
the strains of the Lohengrin Bridal
Chorus" the wedding party advanced,
led by the children ribbon bearers;
John ]. Pearson and Catherine Mere
dith, Baird McCaleb and Clare Reyn-
ders, William McCaleb and Louise
johnson. The girls wore dainty lin
gerie frocks and the boys white linen
suits and they made an aisle with
broad satin ribbons.
Following came the bridesmaids,
Miss Katharine Rusk, of Baltimore,
and Miss Jane Gilbert, of this city;
then the matrons of honor, Mrs. Will
| liam Baird McCaleb, of Harrisburg,
and the brides sister, Mrs. Herbert
Lloyd Thomas, of Elmira, n. Y. Their
costumes were alike, of creamy lace
with tunics of lavender, and pointed
Castle hats of lace with lavender
crowns and tiny roses. They carried
straw hat baskets of lavender sweet
peas.
Miss Blaikie, escorted by her broth
er, Cameron Blaikie. of Englewood,
n. J., who gave her in marriage, met
the bridegroom and his best man,
Charles Ewing, of New York City, at
the trysting place.
The bride wore a handsome crea-
ton of white satin with pearl embroi-
deries and Alencon lace draperies on
| the corsage and trained skirt. Her
veil crowned with orange blossoms
was worn by her sisters Mrs. Richard
Vassie Gray, of Mexico City, and Mrs.
Harold Brown, of New York, at their
own weddings. Her shower bouquet
was of white orchids and hlies of
the valley.
The reception following the cere-
mony was attended by about $50
guests. Among those from out of
town were: Mrs. Nelson, Miss Maude
Nelson and James Moore, of Brook
! lyn; Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Clark and
Miss Winifred Clark, of Haverford;
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Lincoln Clark,
Miss Ethel Pugh, of Germantown;
Miss Katharine Rusk, of Baltimore;
John Phillips, of Pittsburgh; Mr..
and Mrs. Cameron Blaikie, of Engle-
wood; Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick NJ.
Fleitz, of Scranton.
The wedding journey will include
the seashore and prominent resorts
along the eastern coast. After Oc-
tober /, Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson will have
apartments in New York, where he,
civil and mechanical engineer, is man.
aser of the Richard Dudgeon Jack
/ company of New York.
/ Mrs. Nelson is a daughter of the
late William and Isabel Briggs Blai-
kie, a granddaughter of the late John
! Harris Briggs, of this city, and a
| great-gre reat-granddaughter of John
Harris, the founder of Harrisburg
She is a graduate of Smith College
and has been a memoer or the Gen.
tral High School faculty of this city
for the past four years. Exquisite
gifts have been layished upon her by
her associates in school and friends
all over the country.
Mrs. CLAYTON Forney, of S5 NORTH
iSeventeenth street. is home a1ter
stay at Mt. Gretna.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel K. Harris havs
gone TO Germantown after a shor
visit with relatives in this vicinity.
William Windsor. Jr.. of 22O Wood
bine street, was given birthday sur
prise party Tuesday evening.
Mrs Russell w. Balsley, or Elk
wood, is spending several weeks witt
. relatives at Baltimore and Washing
lton.