Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-06-14
A BEAUTIFUL AFFAIR,

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son who, with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George r. Nelson, has resided in
Annapolis since their departure from
Fargo and during the course of her
brother, a midshipman at the Navel
academy, class 1914, was married Fri.
day afternoon, June 5, at 6 o'clock to
Emery Cox, of Washington.
Both bride and bridegroom are po-
minent socially, and the wedding was
of more or less national Importance,
as 1t brought owe from Washington,
several United States senator's and
congressman, friends of the families
of the bride and bridegroom. The
ceremony took place in beautiful, his
toric old St. Anne's church, the chan.
eel of which was ablaze with lighted
candles, and handsomely decorated
with white %peonies.
A selected program of music was
played by the organist and choirmas-
ter, Prof. Charles Wilkinson, previous
to the ceremony, and as a procession
al Lohengrin's Bridal chorus was play
ed, with Mendelssohn's wedding
march as a occasional. A feature OF
the musical program Of the wedding
was the singing of the Norwegian pri-
ma donna, Olivia Dahl, who sang in
exquisite voice the bridal song Sol
vejgs Lied. in Morse, between the be-
trOthal and the marriage ceremonies.
Miss Dahl is a friend of the Nelson
family, who are also of Norwegian ex-
traction. She came to this country
recently to sing at the opening of the
great concert hall in Minneapolis, and
is now returning to Norway. Other
music at the marriage ceremony OF
Miss Nelson and Mr.. Cox was by Nor.
wegian composers, chiefly Grieg.
The Rev. Dr.. Joseph P. McComas
was the officiating clergyman, and pre-
coded the bridegroom and his best
man. Ensign H J.. Nelson, U. S. n,
brother of the bride, all entering the
church from the vestry and
meeting the bride and her father,
George Richard Nelson, of Fargo. and
the bridal party at the foot of the
chancel, where the betrothal service
was performed. The ushers were
classmates of the brides brother, who
received commissions as ensigns the
morning of the wedding. They were
Ensigns r. y. Davis, B. L.. Dombrow-
ski and B. S. nillmaster, and Thea.
dore Cox, Of Washington, brother of
the bridegroom.
Miss Inga %Stejneger, a cousin of the
bride. the handsome little daughter of
DR.. l.. Stejneger, Of the Smithsonian
institute, Washington, was flower girl
and strewed roses in the brides path.
way. Miss Hazel Cox, sister Of the
bridegroom, was maid of honor, and
the bridesmaids were Miss Helen Nc.
Cumber, daughter of the senator from
North Dakota, and Mrs. Porter j.. Nc
Cumber, Miss Catherine Birney, of
Washington, Mis- Ruth Hardy, OF
Minneapolis.
The wedding was a very brilliant
social affair. The color scheme was
green and white. which was carried
out in the floral decorations and the
gowns. The brides gown was of
handsome white brocade satin, trim
med with rare old duchess and prin.
cess lace. 1t was cut en- train, her
tulle veil extending in billowy folds
to the end of the train, and held in
the hair with a handsome Dutch cap
of exquisite lace. She arried a show
er bouquet of lilies of the valley and
bride roses a..
The maid of honor wore an exquis-
lite green taffeta with lace pannieres,
and carried white sweet peas, and
each of the bridesmaids wore. lace
gowns with green taffeta pannieres
and girdles and carried armfuls of
white sweet peas, roses and maiden
hair fern. The wedding was follow
ed by a dinner at No. S Maryland ave-
nue.. TOasts were drunk to the bride
by Senator McCumber in a happy
speech, by DR.. Stejneger and Pres. r.
o. Davis, of class 1914, of which the
brother of the bride was q graduate.
Guests present from away: Sen.
and Mrs. McCumber, Sen and Mrs.
James A. O'Gorman. DIR. and Mrs. J.
A. Emory, of Chevy Chase, the Hon.
George White and Mrs. White, DR.. and
Mrs. l.. %Stejneger, of Washington, the
Hon. H. B. f. Mcfarland, Governor
Goldsborough and Mrs. Goldsborough,
Cayt. William F. ullam, superintend.
ent of the Naval academy, and Mrs.
Fullam, Capt. George w. Logan, com.
mandant of midshipmen, and Mrs. Lo-
gan, and other prominent members of