Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-25
WtDDiNG Ar FORT ETHAN ALLEN
Miss Dorothy Dickman the
Bride of Lieut.. c w. Foster.
Ceremony Performed by Chaplain
Fleming in the beautifully Dec
Grated ball Room of the Adj
mInistratiOn Building.

the history of Fort Ethan Allen occurred
Monday night when Miss d. Manning
Dickman. second daughter of Colonel j.
II. Dickman, commanding officer of tho
md cavalry stationed at the post and
Mrs Dickman, was married to Second
1 Lieutenant Charles w. Foster Of Troop A,
son of Mrs. Kate w. Foster. The ceremony
was performed by Chaplain David l..
! Fleming In the ball room of the admins
tration building before the officers of the
post and their ladies, out of town guests,
guests from Burlington and the non-com-
missioned officers of the regiment who
attended to man.
At 1880 O'Clock the regimentai orchestra.
which played pleasing selections while
the guests assembled. struck into the strains
Of the wedding march from Lohengrin.
The ushers, Lieut.. w. G. Meade of the
End cavalry and Lieut.. II. r. Bull of the
| Goth infantry. led the way up the carpeted
aisle from the main door of the ball room
to the altar, which had been constructed
! IN one corner of the room dagonaly OPP
postc, the ushers roping off the aisle
, with white ribbon They were. followed
by the maid Of honor. Miss Mary Devol,
! daughter of Gen. G. A. Devol Of Wash
ington, D. C. She was followed by the
bride on the arm of her father. The
chaplain made his entrance from the
north door down an aisle roped off with
running cedar. followed by the groom
/ with his best man. Major Wallace De-
Witt. surgeon of the End cavalry The
single ring service of the Episcopal Church
was used Colonel Dickman giving his
daughter in marriage.
! Just outside of the main door Of the ball
room stood the color sergeants with the
regimental and national flags. One of the
two men has seen q and the other q
years of service in the army.
The bride wore a gown OF white satin
cut with court train and trimmed with
chantlly lace. She wore a tulle veil
caught with orange blossoms and carried
a shower bouquet of orchids and lilies-o Of
the-valley. Her maid Of honor wore pink
brocaded satin and carried an arm bou-
| quet of Russell roses caught with tulle
of the same shade. Mrs. Dickman, the
brides mother, wore blue satin trimmed
with silver lace The groom's mother
wore purple satin gown with over
drape of lace and Mrs. X. r. Thibaut
an aunt of the bride, wore lavender satin
trimmed with gray tule
| The ball room supper room and upper
! halls of the administration building
were re-decorated for the occasion. the
wood work and dadO of the side walls
being white with the upper side walls
tinted gray. With this combination
greens and white tulle were used with
! daintiest effect. the plans for the decora
tons being in the hands of Capt A. b.
Coke adjutant of the Second cavalry,
! and Mrs. Coke. The altar had for
background heavy bank of palms
| The basis OF the canopy covering was
OF creeping cedar, into which was woven
smilaX, asparagus fern and white or
! chlds, with tiny frosted lights. Tall
vases Of chrysanthemums were used on
the altar steps.
! Inc side walls of the room were hung
with streamers Of white tulle, caught UP
, with bows and sprigs of evergreen In
each window was hung with rope Of
| cedar baskets Of ivy. The side lamps
were decorated with cedar as were the
chandeliers. and each bulb was covered
| with pink shade. making a subdued
| light and b. inging ont with effect the
| gowns of the ladies and the gold braid
| or the officers. In the supper room
| white tulle was used at the windows,
with eversreens and palms placed about
| the room in profusion. The table on
which rested the brides cake, which
was cut according to the custom Of the
military wedding, by the bride with her
! husbands sabre. was decorated with an
| immense centerpiece of pink roses with
ten candle-sticks with pink shades, sm-
| lax and ferns. Above the table hung
n wedding bell made of evergreen and
| smllax with a pink rose clapper. The
stairs and halls were draped with gar
lands of evergreens.
Following the ceremony Lieutenan Mt
and Mrs. Foster received congratula
! tons at tho foot of the altar steps, after
| which they led the way to the supper
ROOM where supper was served The
brides bouquet thrown from the second
floor to the floor below. was caught by
Miss Smith.
| The groom was graduated with the
class Of 1914 from the United States Mill
tary Academy at West Point. He Was
assigned to the Second cavalry and Joined
the regiment at Plattsburgh barracks on
September H. 1914, lie is the son OF
Lieutenant-Colo Fred W. Foste: OF
the firth cavalry. who died at Honolulu
Hawaii. in June, 1911. His bride was
educated at Notre Dame in Baltimore
Md.
Among the guests from away were Mis-,
Taylor of Fort Bliss. Texas. Miss Paller
of New York, Miss Devol of Washington
D. c., and Miss King OF Montreal The
guests from Burlington included Dr. and
Mrs. f. Z. Clark, Mr.. and Mrs F. q
kimball. DIR. +. j, Arnold, Colonel and
Mrs. j, II, Mimms. General and Mrs
It. S. Peck and daughter. Miss Theodore
The many beautiful gifts that were
shown at the home of the bride attestcd
} to the regard in which she IL held by
tho members OF the regiment and other
friends. They included solid silver
service, the gift Of the Second cavalry
regiment a silver water pitcher from
the men Of Lieutenant Fosters troop
Il silver class bowl from Lieutena n,
Fosters class at West Point a fiat silver
service of the same design as the silver
service given by the regiment, from Mira
*. r. Thibaut, the brides aunt, and n
beautiful set of solid silver candlestlcks
from General and Mrs Peck and thei,
daughter. The gifts also included MANY
other beautiful pieces of solid silver
Lieutenant and Mrs. Foster left on n
late train for New York and will be Al
home to their friends at Fort Ethan
Allen after December ..