The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-08

piness and bliss lay with the misty
veil and orange blossoms ready to be
donned. Beautiful ices frozen in
hearts and cupids with the wedding
cake had been ordered from afar. The
pretty maid of honor, Miss Mallow.
of Mississippi. was a guest in the
home, ready to perform her important
part as first aid to the bride. The
minister was informed that he was to
officiate. The groom was to arrive
that afternoon.
The old story and all went as happy
as wedding bell'' found a sequence
in the old worn out saying. 1.-The best
laid plans O. mice and men gang aft
aglee," etc. The groom wired he had
missed train connections. the schedule
that had been the same for seven
years. had suddenly been changed and
he was delayed. Upon reaching Chat
tanooga, further miSconnection of
trains utterly dismayed him. and he
called over phone to explain the sit
uation. Nothing definite has been
given out about that interview over
phone, but it is true that the pretty
bridetobe was much put out"
Clearly it was that no ceremony would
take place that night the an
nouncement came from the home that
the wedding had been Indefinitely
postponed.
Varied were the rumors heard. but
those who knew the bride and her
family realized that there could not
have been a mistake in choosing the
groom, and everyone felt very opti-
mistic over f1nalities, and. in which
it seems they were right. for the
bridegroom, undaunted. came to Me-
ridian, ands after full explanation
made, the wedding was arranged to
take place Thursday evening. two
days later than the event first planned.
All the former decorations were
1D hut ,aJY
ers adorned the halls. drawing room
and dining room. Rev. Fendley was
present to officiate, and the ceremony
was to he before only the family and
very dear friends. Just is the we'd
ding march was about to be played
by the brides cousin, it was discov-
cred that no license had been OBJ
tanned. The groom thought that the
brother Of the bride, who was to have
offfciated best man at the first ar
ranged ceremony, had performed his
full duty in securing such requisites.
The brother and best man thought
matters were indefinite, and had not
attended to the securing of the legal
document. But true to his first given
duty, he jumped into an automobile.
and in haste secured the license and
made it possible to remove all OBJ
stacles.
The bride was lovely in her beauti-
full dgown of crepe de chine elabo-
rately trimmed in duchess lace and
pearls Over all, fell the conventional
veil caught with orange blossoms. She
carried brides roses and shower of
valley lilies, and wore as her only
jewel, beautiful cameo lavalliere,
surrounded with pearls. a gift of the
groom. They were unattended. The
ceremony was impressivey performed.
The bride and groom left for Wash
ington and other eastern points and !
Will go to their home, Gate City, Va,
after quite IN itinerary.
The bride wore away a stylish tall
ored model in tango MORE with blouse
of shadow lace and chiffon. Her cha
peau was of panama. trimmed in white
wings. She is very attractive and pop
ular being PROMINENT yidentified with |
F'Crty-fifth Avenue Baptist church.
The groom obtained his early knowl- |
edge of law at the University of Vir-
ginia and Washington-Lee He is a
United States commissioner. and is
noted in hi community as an orator. |
Due to a busy court term. now on, |
he barely gave him& If time to catch |
a train that would bring him to Mis- |
sisirpi for his pretty bride.
Cupid sat steady in the boat, and |
in his usual clever way, put honoyed !
oil on the troubled waters, and came !
out victorious. that is. to judge by
the happy, smiling faces of bride and |
groom as they rode away. |