The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-16
WAlDO-DONALDSON WEDDING BRILLIANT
 FAIRFIELD EVENT
Hundreds of Well Wishers Witness Ceremony in
 Congregational Church

A wedding of wide interest in Bridgeport and Fairfield was solemn ized at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Fairfield Congregational church, when Miss Ethel Louise Donaldson, daughter of pr. and Mrs. William H. Donaldson of Fairfield and MT. Geo. Curtis Waldo. Jr., managing editor of the Bridgeport Telegram, were married in the presence of hundreds of friends from this city, Fairfield, New Haven and other cities.
 Rev. w. S. Stropher Jones of New York and Rev. Frank S. Child, D. D., pastor of the church, performed the l ceremony.
 Miss Donaldson was attended by her sister, Miss Marion Donaldson as maid of honor and by four intimate friends Mrs. John c. Iawley and Miss Helen wilson of this city and Mrs. Fred Dawless and Miss Helen Fowler of New Haven The little l Misses Katharine Bu1lard and Retha l Flint were flower girls.
 Fred Dawless of New Haven, was MT. Waldo's groonsrnan, and his ush- CTS were Edwin. .Gaynor, John Donald son, John c. Haw1ey and Daniel Me 1 Namara. f--= Miss Donaldson was given away by Lillian Sherwood NeukirR of Norwalk sang three solos: Memorial" If Only in My Dreams" by Lines, and 1T Long For You" by Hawley.
 George Murphy. organist of the church. played a recital preceding jmiunl." Wood; Meditation from Thais,Y. Silver; "Oh1cio,'' LeMarge; "Berceuse," Kinder, and ''The Bridal | Song" Warren. The usual process. i fUnal and recessiona1 wedding marches | were used.
 The wedding was carried out in 1 shades of lavender and white. The maid of honor was gowned in royal l purple, Miss Wilson and Miss Fowler 1 who followed her, in a lighter shade 1 of purple, while Mrs. Dawless and 1 Mrs. Hawley wore lavender The I gowns were made of tul1e over char l mouse and ornamented with Rose du 1 Barry trimmings. The large hats, and slippers were of the royal purple. The five attendan carried armfuls 1 of lavender pink chrysanth hemums ] tied with gauge chiffon ribbon
 The two flower girls who strewed l vioIets before the bride wore Kate l Greenway frocks of white with bows 1 and sashes of pale lavender ribbon. The bridal gown was of white charmeuse cut short and having 1 court train hung from the shoulders 1 Opal ornaments and chiffon formed 1 the trimming and the veil was of tul1e edged with Chantiily lace and caught 1 with orange blossoms.
 | Her bouquet was of lilies of the valley and white roses. The lilies of I lthe valley fell in a shower from the I center of the bouquet and the roses formed the outer part It was tied with white chiffon scarf.
 The church was decorated with bay trees, box wood and autumn leaves in stately effect. The bay trees were used at a height of several feet, and Il below them the globe and pyramid shaped box wood were placed with quantities of bright colored autumn leaves filling in the spaces between. Large punches of white chrysanthe- 1aurns tied with white ribbons, were placed at the entrance of the peWs for several rows from the front.
 l At the house the pyramid and Il globe boxwood were placed about the
 entrance hall and at the stair land tings. The autumn leaves were en- I tNined through the stairway railing. The musicians were situated by the stairway behind a screen of palms and Boston ferns.
 The receiving party stood before a
 bank of palms in the reception room and in the line were MT. and Mrs.
 Waldo, Mrs. Waldo, ST., pr. and Hrs.
 Donaldson and the maid of honor and
 bridesmaids. The dining room table
 was ornamented with a, huge cut flow CT basket with new style handle, ! l I111SQ W1In FN111IS .6A111STAlSy 1OSSO oAANl
 tied with lavender chiffon ribbon.
 James Horan & Son, florists of this
 city had charge of all the floral ar arrangements.
 Following the reception, MT. and | Mrs. Waldo left on a wedding trip in
 their automobile without revealing their destination. Mrs. Waldo travelled in suit of dark blue with fox furs
 and a hat of black velvet trimmed
 with fur. Upon their return from the
 wedding trip they will reside on
 Elliot street. Fairfield.
 In memory of the occasion the bride l presented the groom w1ct a handsome travelling bag and his gift was a beau 1 tifuI wrist watch Her attendants
 were remembered with little pins set 1 with bril1iants and MT. Waldo gave
 his best man and ushers silver handled
 knives.
 Both MT. and Mrs. Waldo are wide
 1y and prominently known. The f bride attended the local high school l and Dean Academy in Franklin, Mass.
 She later became interested in kinder
 garten work and studied the Montes-
 sor1 method at the Misses Lun1' s
 school in New Haven. A year ago she
 opened the first Montessori school in
 this section at her fathers home in
 Fairfield. MT Waldo, who is the son 1 of MT. and Mrs. George c. Waldo of
 this city, also attended the local high l school. Since leaving school he has l held positions with various newspaper
 and Nis at present one of the best
 known newspaper men of the state.