New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-30
All Missouri Invited to
Marriage of Speakers
Daughter To-day.
IN GOTHIC TEMPLE,
UNDER LOCUST TREE
Every Home in Bowling Green
Open to Guests, and Many
Gifts Displayed.

Bowling Green, Mo, June 20. A re-
production OF Gothic temple. hunt
under a locust tree IN he m i3t OF
mass Of hollyhockS Of every color, on
the lawn OF the home Of speaker
Champ Clark, will he the sccne OF
the wedding tomorrow afternoon OF
Miss Gencvicve Clark and James VI.
Thomson. of New Orleans.
Ten thousand persons are expected
TO witness the marriage, as speaker
Clark and his wife have issued gen
eral invitation to all MisSourians.
Three thousand guests already have
arrived, and tomorrow morning the
main throng will come by automobile,
train and wagon
Public and private buildings are
decorated with the Stars and stripes
and every home here ha, been thrown
open 10 the guests. The CLARK i1n''y
is very popular in this section, ana
every one is taking a persona, inter.
est IN the wedding Of the daughter or
the Speaker, for every enc has known
and loved her since her childhood
Hundreds Of presents have been re-
ceived. and these were displayed to-day
at the Clark home, where open house
was held. Speaker Clark, his son Ben
nett, Mr.. Thomson, Governor Major OF
Missouri and other men sat on the
front varanda, greeted the guests and
sent them inside, where Miss Clark, in
a pretty muslin gown, and her mother,
in a white muslin dress with black
polka dots, presided, with several OF
Miss Clark's girl friends and some Of
the matrons Of Bowling Green.
Everything was informal. The women
of Pike County baked scores of we'd
ding cakes and brought them in to-day
and took a look at the presents-the
silver compotes. sent by the Pres dent;
the beau iful silver basket from the
Missouri delegation in Congress; the
diamond necklace, from Congress; the
silver basket sent by Governor Major;
the huge silver service from the Wash
ington newspaper men; the silver SER
vice from the staff of The New Orleans
Item Of which Mr.. Thomson is pub
Usher; the silver PLAGUE, reproduc-
ton Of the front page of The Item,
sent by the New Orleans newsboys, and
hundreds of other presents, most OF
them in silver. crystal and cut glass.
and many other simple little house
hold articles sent by humber friends
Of the bride.
Practically every member OF the
Missouri, Illinois and Iowa Congress
SIGNAL delegations will attend the we'd
ding and many other members Of Con-
Tress will be here.
Huge tables have been erected IN
the Clark home and on the verandahs,
and a simple wedding supper will be
served There will be no intoxicating
liquors, because, as the Speaker an
nounced, Bowling Green is dry"
town.
Two clouds darkened the otherwise
bright day for the bride-elect Mrs.
Eliza Johnson, eighty eight years old.
an old neighbor and friend Of the
family, who had taken a great inter
est in the wedding preparations and
who had hoped 20 be present at the
ceremony, died yesterday and was
buried to-day. Another old friend,
Joe Tapley, also died last night. and
this afternoon the Speaker and his
daughter slipped away from the merry
crowd at the Clark home and visited
each Of the bereaved homes to offer
condolences.