Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-08-04
Elizabeth Goodrich Leaves After
Tiff With SpauIding.
CEREMONY WATCHED BY MANY
Bridegroom DisIikes Story That He
Weds $4,000, 600 Heiress for Her
Money-CoupIe Start on
Honeymoon.

ding ceremony as was ever performed
in the middle West, Miss Catherine
Barker became the bride of Howard
Spaulding, Jr., Of Chicago, at her sum-
mer home here.
Despite the sharp undercurrent of
gossip which swirled through the
fashionable throng about the altar
concerning the nonappearance Of
Miss Elizabeth Goodrich, whom the
bride had chosen as her maid of
honor, the ceremony was smothered
in a pandemonium of gayety and
coloring in which Miss Barker was
the leading spirit.
The withdrawal of Miss Goodrich
was said to have been at the request
of the young bridegroom himself To
unshroud the cold facts, rumor had it
that the maid of honor had circulated
unkind reports on the golf links to
the effect that Spaulding was an aspi-
rant for the wealth rather than the
heart of Miss Barker.
Sister Tells SpauIding.
It was through Miss Rosamond
Goodrich, sister of Elizabeth, and q
bridesmaid at the wedding, that young
Spaulding got wind of these reports,
SO the story goes.
Miss Goodrich forthwith returned to
the bride-to-be her ceremonial gown
and gift. The explanation of rela-
tives who attended the wedding not
withstanding the difficulty, was that
the maid of honor was i'll.
The service was read in the sun
parlor of the Barker cottage, aglow
with flowers from all the countryside
Essentially was this wedding of
youth, and everywhere radiated cheer,
happiness and beauty.
Forgan Gives Bride Away.
James B. Forgan, president of the
First National bank, who has been
father and guardian to her, gave the
bride away. Rev. John Bleckmann.
one-time prison chaplain of Michigan
City, with the bridegroom and his
brother, Leicester, as best man, led
the procession.
Then came wee Mary Barnes, Sec
ond cousin of the bride and daughter
of the Nelson Ludington Barneses,
keeping step primly. Her brown hair
was pink-ribbOn bowed, and she car
ried a bouquet of tiny pink roses.
Then the ushers, two by two, Ed.
son Manierre of Chicago, Mason b.
Starring, New York; Daniel Willard,
Jr., Baltimore; John A. Scudder, st.
Louis; Donald J. McFerren, Hopes
ton, ILL.,, and Walter Baker, Dallas,
Tex.
Followed the matron of honor, Mrs.
Donald McFerren, in pink apricot tulle
and taffeta.
The bridesmaids came in twos They
were the Misses Rosamond Goodrich.
Helen Wiseman of Louisville. Mary
Jones, ST. Louis; Lorraine Estee, Yer
mont; Mary Scott, Memphis. Their
gowns were rather short and bodices
low cut On their green tulle hats were
small flowers.
The bride, looking her loveliest, fol-
lowed them.
AS Mr. Forgan approached her she
smiled, her blue eyes softening amaz-
ingly, and as her old guardian placed
her hand in that of Towards tears
glistened in his eyes. Both bride-to-be
and bridegroom turned and knelt on
the white silk prie-dieu at the floral
banked, tapered altar.
John Barker Nelson and his small
brother, Nelson, Jr., carried the
brides long hand-embroidered court
train, into which, in the lower left
corner, natural lilies of the valley
matching the flowers she carried were
fashioned in lovers knot. The skirt
was extremely short and the V-shaped
bodice low cut. The yards of tulle
veil were wreathed in orange bios
SONS. She wore a strand of pearls
each nearly half an inch in diameter.
The simple one-ring service was
used and the only music was the
wedding occasional and professional
by ladies' stringed orchestra of the
Harbor Point club.
Wedding Gifts DeIuge Pair.
So crowded was Barker cottage that
the overflow stood on the outer
porches and craned their necks to
catch a glimpse of the bride and hear
the service.
Gorgeous wedding day." said Mrs.
Charles Relna, dressed in a handsome
white embroidered linen.
Barker-Spaulding wedding gifts
have poured in in such abundance
that the town carpenter had to build
special room at the Barker cottage
for the display Of the dazzling array.
Couple on Honeymoon.
Chicago, Aug. 2.-Mr. and Mrs.
Howard H. Spaulding, Jr., are speed
ing westward on the Overland Limit
ed of the Northwestern railroad, en-
route to San Francisco on the first
lap of their honeymoon journey to
Honolulu and the Orient.
With half a carload of trunks and
bags, they left Chicago after a day of
leisurely visiting and sightseeing in
! their future home.