The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-07-02
WEDDING
Of Champ CIark's Daughter
Occurs Today

Bowling Green, Mo, June 30-5NIis-
souri, has responded handsomely to
the general invitation to the nuptials
of Champ Clarks daughter, and thou
sands arrived today for the wedding,
which promises to be an event long to
be remembered in Missouri. On the
great big Clark estate, Honey
Shuck," is a magnificent rose garden,
and it is there that an improyised al
tar has been set up There is room
for all the guests under the honey To-
Gust trees. and an amphitheatre filed
with friends will witness the wedding.
Miss Genevieve Clark, the bride, is
one of the most popular girls in Mis-
souri,, as we'll as in Washington. Like
her statesman-father, she is demo
cratic; and like her mother, a home
loving woman, finds the greatest joy
in the simple, old-fashioned ways of
doing things. And so she would have
her wedding out of doors, among the
roses and trees that she loves and in
the presence of all her friends, poor
and rich, country and city folks.
The happy groom is Mr.. James NJ.
Thompson, publisher of the New Or
leans Item, popular young man in
the city on the gulf, who first met
his bride at the Baltimore convention
of the Democratic party. The
tricks of politics which swept the
nomination away from Champ Clark
failed to figure in loves affairs, and
the big-hearted Speaker of the House
of Representatives is the happiest
man in the United States today.
The guests began to pour into town
early in the morning, and on their ar
rival at the Clark homestead, were
welcomed by the genial Speaker and
Mrs. Clark. Official Washington is
we'll represented, without regard to
political divisions. Prominent men in
Missouri are here in large numbers.
The guests have come from many
distant places, and everything has
been done for their comfort. 1t is a
holiday in this section of Missouri,
for thousands have left their daily af-
| fairs and flocked to the wedding. The
farmers are arriving in automobiles
and carriages, bringing their wives
and children, and the big estate re-
sembles huge picnic or county fair.
Four in the afternoon is the time
set for the ceremony. Rev. Robert
S. Boyd of Louisville will perform the
ceremony and his winsome daughter,
Mary Horndon Boyd, will be the ring
bearer. The bride will be attended
by eight young women, most of whom
are relatives of the bridal pair. The
groom will be attended by Paul
Thompson, his brother. Speaker
Clark will give his daughter away.
| One of the features of the wedding
is that every stitch Of the brides
trousseau is made in the U. S. A." a
, movement to which Miss Clark has
lent her enthusiastic aid since it's in
ception. The wedding gown is the
most gorgeous that has been seen il
Missouri in many day.
The bride is a decided blonde, has
large blue eyes and a beautiful com
plexion. She is type of the Ameri
can girl, unaffecting but winning il
her ways, loving the simple life ant
> yet living it to the full.
The wedding gifts have overwhelm
. ed the Clark family. They are 81
o numerous that it is difficult to sor
!. them all. Principal among them II
the big diamond necklace from thu
=. House of Representatives and the sill
f yer compotes from President Wilson
The people of Louisiana, Mo-, have
:. presented a chest of handsome silver
a and Bowling Green has also brough
# it's offering.