The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-06
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! On Tuesday evening at o'clock, in
st. Johns Episcopal church, occurred
the marriage of Miss Katharine Sage,
daughter of the Reverend and Mrs.
John Charles Sage. to Mr.. Arthur
Pratt Taber. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Graham Taber, Of Red Wing.
Mimi. The church had been very art
istically decorated by the women Of
st. Johns. Back of the altar was a
curtain of asparagus fern and oak
leaves dotted with many yellow and
white chrysanthemums and asters. A
garland of green dotted with yellow
and white flowers ran along the altar
rail and the rail before the choir
stalls. On either side Of the steps
leading to the chancel were banked
ferns. yellow and white chrysanthe-
NUNS, and jardiniers Of marigolds.
The vestrymen of st. Johns served
as ushers. They were Mr.. H. w. Up
ham, Mr.. Collingwood Tucker, Mr..
Joseph J, Ayres, Mr.. John w. Hobbs,
Mr.. w. H. Carter, Mr.. Fred q. Gose-
wisch, Mr. John A. Dunlap, Mr.. e.
Ross Baker, Mr.. Edgar R. Cochrane.
Mr.. Ira w. Wills. Mr.. John Clark, and
DR.. John w. Marsh. Preceding the
wedding service Mr.. John W Norton,
organist Of St. James church, Chicago,
played the following numbers:
Introduction from Act III
Lohengrin ........... Wagner
Prize Song from Meister-
singer .................. Wagner
Humoresque ................ DForak
Meditation from That's -. Massenet
Berceuse .,................ Dickinson
The yellow and white ribbons form
ing the aisle were stretched by Mr..
Joseph J. Ayres and Mr.. Ira W. Willis
and as the opening bars Of the We'd
ding March from Lohengrin were
played, the bridal procession entered
the church; the ushers, Mr.. II. w.
Upham and Mr.. Collingwood Tucker.
wero followed by Miss Marian Ham CT
Waterloo. maid-of-honor. after which
came the bride, who was met at the
steps of the chancel by the groom and
the best man, the Rev. Alfred Lee
Jones.
The service was read by the brides
father. the Rev. John G.. Sage, and the
blessing was pronounced by the
Right Rev. Theodore NJ Morrison,
bishop of the diocese, who almost a
quarter, of century ago had read
the marriage service for the brides
father and mother. The bride was
given in marriage by Mr.. Upham.
During the ceremony Mr.. Norton
played Evening Star, and for TIE
occasional played the Wedding
March by Mendelssohn. The bride
white satin with a court train. Her
lily heirloom She carried a bouquet
of brides roses. The maid of honor
wore a yellow satin dress with a
beautiful lace overdress. She wore a
white tulle picture hat. and carried an
arm bouquet of yellow and white
chrysanthemums.
Following the wedding service a re-
ception was held at the rectory, at
which members Of the bridal party.
the vestrymen of St. Johns and their
wives with the following friends from
out OF town, were guests: Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph G. Taber, Red Wing, Mimi.
Mrs. Edna NJ. Trego, Miss Murphy
and Mr.. John w. Norton, of Chicago
Mrs. c. D. Ham and Master Clifford
Ham OF Waterloo, and Miss Margaret
Murphy of Leavenworth. The bride
received two very handsome and in
teresting wedding cakes. One was the
gift of Mrs. Stowe and was the forty
seventh wedding cake she has made
for her girl friends at their mar
rage 1t was in three tiers and in
the center was a little bouquet Of
bright colored flowers from Mrs.
Stoves own garden. The other cake
was the gift of Mr.. Francis Perry
E.liott and was made by Mrs Wilson
of Nashville, Tenn, who. If we were
English, we would say, is "cake maker
to the president" because she has
for years made the cakes for the
notable events at the white house.