El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-26
rIss VIOLET AITKEN. daugbtel

- AlLheH' anu LanBIOrd John
Locke, were married Wednesday night
! by Rev. Charles L. Overstreet in
! the First Presbyterian church. The
/ church was decorated with quantities
of ferns and palms and these were
3 banked about the choir rostrom in a
solid mass. Preceding the entrance of
, the hr:d4y garry, airs. a. . v wilkinson
! sang Because" with Edwin c. Knick-
/ never Olaving her accOmpanime0t Mr.
| marches The bridal party entered the
/ church to the strains of tho wedding
march from MendelssOhn's Midsummer
| Nights Dream.P The bridesmaids en-
/ tered with the grOOmSmen, approach
! ing the chanccl from both aisles, Miss
Kate Krause, with Frank Tibbetts,
! leading the way down the right aisle,
while Miss Marbry Henning, with J. T.
Rice. walked down the left aisle. Fol-
| lowing these were Miss Harriet BRYAN
| with Phil Warren; Miss Elsinor Shell
! ton and Milton Shedd; Miss Constance
Pateulan and Howard Gilman, and Miss
| Gertrude leighton and Sterling Black
shear. The bridesmaids wore costumes
! of rose shades, each deepening from
the first couple in pale blush pink,
| through the various tones to a very
deem pink, worn by the maid of honor
| The gowns were similarly made, in
I tunic effect over tiers of skirts tho
central tier being a pleated chiffon.
with a drapery Of chiffon Of The same
shade The bodice was made Of en-
broidered chiffon extending in Ions
| tunic effect half way the length OF the
Gown the edge being finished in white
| fur. The fur formed the edge for the
chiffon drop sleeves. About the neck
| the tunfc was Or1aTIan-ed with an az
plique of satin cord and rows of small
pearls. The pearls also ocnamenteG
! the arm holes of the tunic. A sash Of
fastened the hocIr NJ
| hanging in a long ornamental bow
and streamers in front completed the
costume. Each bridesmaid carried a
very large arm boquet Of pink 5rides-
maid roses, tied with pink chiffon
streamers. Upon their heads they wore
/ Princess Louise" caps Of silk shadow
| lace, with trimmings Of tiny pink chif-
ron rOsebuds. Narrow bands of pink
velvet ribbon fastened the caps under
their chins tying with big bow al
one side, the streamers extending to
the edge Of the girls gowns. The maid
Of honor was dressed in the same style
as the bridesmaids, only her costume
was Of a deeper rose tone. Miss Mabel
O'Connor, the maid of honor, preceded
the bride, who entered the church On
the arm Of her father. George II. Ait
ken. Miss Athens bridal gown was
of ivory white satin, made with 4 long
/ pointed train. The bodice was formed
of handsome Chantilly lace. the lace
drapery extending over the draped
skirt, and was caught with small clUs-
tiers of orange blossoms. The long
sleeves were of tulle. Pearl trim
mings and bands edged the lace drapery
at the armhOles and neck, and pearl
tassels were attached to the lace dra-
peries about the shoulders. She wore
a necklace of pearls. The long tulle
veil was fastened about her hair in
princess Louise cap effect the little
tabs TeIug MADE Of old point lace The
veil was held in place by bands Of or
ange blossoms and small clusters OF
these caught the veil in graceful dra-
perry. She carried brides roses, ar
ranged in a shower, with lilies OF the
valley and tulle and satin streamers.
! The bOquet was tied with long stream
ers Of embroidered tulle. The groom
/ and his best man, Henry B. Whitaker,
met the bride and her maids in front
Of the pulpit, where the marriage was
performed. The bridal party left the
church 10 the music Ct the bridal che
rus from 'LOhengrin." An informal re-
ceptiOn was held a the home of the
5riCe's parents on East Nevada streeT.
Southern SmilaX was twined about the
chandeliers and over the mantels and
the rooms were decorated with guam
titles Of palms, pOtted ferns and pink
chrysanthemums and pink carnations.
over the electric lights were rose coll
ored shades. Rose cOIored punch was
served by little Misses Margaret OiCOn-
nor and Gladys Leamaster, from an
attractive corner Of the dining room,
which was made bower with the smt-
lax vines. Both girls wore white lin
gerie froelxs, with pink hair ribbons
and sashes- Ice cream and cake were
served. The brides cake and the
grOOm's cake, both deliberately frosted,
were placed upon a prettily decorated
table with a Centerpiece of Killarney
roses in a pink basket. tied with pink
ribbons. In cutting the brides cake,
the ring was found by Miss Gertrude
Leighton. The dime was in the piece
cut by Milton Shedd. Miss Marbry
Henning found the thimble in her slice
and the button went to Miss Grace
Flick. Miss Gertrude Leighton caught
the brides bOquet The grOomsmen
cut the grOom's cake. The guests at
the wedding reception were only the
members Of the bridal rarity and of the
Zeta Tau Alpha sorority, of which the
rbTide is a member. There were pres
eflt in addition to the bridal party, Rev.
and Mrs Charles L Overstreet, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank FeUi1e, Mrs. Paul Atkin-
Y son, Mrs. Z. M. Leamaster, Mrs. Percy
McGhee. jr.. Mrs. A. d. Wilkinson,
Misses Louise Lawrence, Isabelle Kelly,
Ruth Randle, Grace Fleck and Milda
Connolly and Edwin c. Rnickmeyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Locke will make their
. home in the Nagley apartments. The
bride is a native of FL Paso and has
lived here most of her life She at
tended the grammar and high schools
here and graduated from the University
of Texas in the class Of 1914. The
groom is a graduate Of the Auburn
college, of Alabama.
Miss Viola Margaret Mosley and
Theodore E. Brice of Mogollon, N NJ,
viii be married Thanksgiving night at
the home Of the brides sister, Mrs. N.
V. Nixon, 2705 East Missouri street.
The bride was reared in FL PasO, which
has been her home for the past 16
years She is a trained nurse and
graduated from the training school at
Hotel Dieu in the class of 1913 Mr..
Brice and his bride Will leave shortly
after the ceremony for MogollOn, n. NJ,
which viii be their home.
x K
Mrs. Mabel Parnell and W. s. DObie
were married Wednesday night at the
First Presbyterian church by Rev. C
/. Overstreet. The bride wore a gown
Of blue charmeuse and carried an arm
boquet of long stemmed American
Beauty roses She was attended by
Mrs. Olive Cook and Mrs. Florence
Glenn. The groom's attendants were
Cark Marker and c. B. Freeman. Fol-
lowing the ceremony the bridal party