New Britain herald., 1915-12-24

daughter of Mrs. F. B. Atwater of that
 city, and Brayton Porter of New
 Britain were married
 Mrs. Herbert N. Putnam of Cleve-
 land, ohio, and Miss Irene Porter,
 sister of the bridegroom, attended the
 bride. Paul s. Kitchener of Bing-
 hamton, N. r., was best man.
 When MT. and Mrs. Porter return
 from their wedding trip they will
 live on Lake court, New Britain.
 The party for the children of the
 Children's Home will take place next
 Tuesday in the South church chapel
 A pleasing program has been ar
 ranged, consisting of recitations by
 the children, music by Louis Chap
 man and by Miss Anderson, violinist,
 and greetings by the pastor. After
 the program supper will be served and 1 the gifts distributed
 Tuesday evening very pretty home
 wedding took place at "Cherryfield,'
 the home of Mrs. B. K. Field of Ber-
 lin, when Miss Juanita Emily Field
 and Walter Archer Wells of Williams l town, Mass, were married. Rev.
 Samuel A. Fiske, pastor of the Sec
 ond Congregational church of Ber-,
 lin, performed the ceremony, using
 the double ring service. Newton 1 Hawley of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
 uncle of the bride, gave her in mar riage. Only the relatives and close l friends of the couple were present at l the wedding ceremony. which took place in the attractive living-room of 1 the Field home, but a reception i'm mediately followed to which one hum dred and fifty guests were bidden. The home wasi artistically decorated with yellow Ward roses, southern smilax and snap dragons.
 The bride was attended by her sis ter, Mrs. Arthur A. Hadden of Ber- lin, as matron of honor, and by Miss Fannie Vose Hagen of Hanover, N H., as maid of honor, and by little Miss Janet Gray Schauffler of Brooklyn, N. Y, as flower girl. Karl Stephen Wells of Morristown, N. J., brother of the groom, was best man, while Arthur A. Hadden, brother-in-law of the bride, and Douglas Copeland Hawley, cousin of the bride, were ushers.
 The bride wore a gown of white satin, trimmed with silver thread lace: her veil was made with a cap of silver thread lace and orange blossoms. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and forget-me-nots. Mrs. Hadden wore her wedding gown and carried Ward roses and forget me-nots. Miss Schauffler's gown was of pink tulle and Mrs. Fields of black chiffon velvet and black jet. Mrs. F. K. Field of Minneapolis, an aunt of the bride, wore a gown of wistaria crepe meteor trimmed with Spanish lace; Miss Marcia Beebe one of the brides classmates, a gown of white Georgette crepe; Miss Ida Andrus, another classmate, a gown of pink satin with overdress of silver lace, and Mrs. George Wood of Cleveland, Ohio, a gown of pink satin trimmed with silver and tulle.
 The groom's gift to the bride was a pearl necklace and the brides gift to the maid of honor was a bracelet and to the flower girl pearl enameled pin. Ii,
 Mrs. Wells is the daughter of Mrs. B. K. Field. She graduated from the i Horace Mann High school, New York 1 city, and from Smith college in 1910. ] After graduating from Smith she 1 studied in the School of Expression, Boston, receiving the degree of c. c. Then she attended the Sargent School of Dramatics in New York. For the
  visor of the Hathaway Brown school in Cleveland, o. MT. Wells is the son of Jefferson T. Wells of Williams town. He is a graduate of the Will namstown High school and for the past twelve years he has been con- nected with the Landers, Frary and Clark company of New Britain, be- ing associated with the St. Louis of flee of that firm.
 The bride has great number of friends who have entertained for her in various ways. On Friday of last week she was given a luncheon and shower at the home of Miss Flora Humphrey on West Main street, New Britain. The hostesses were Mrs Harry Bates, Mrs. William Rowland and Miss Katherine Wilbor. Other guests were Miss Fanny Vose Hazen, Mrs. A. A. Hadden, Mrs. Stan ley Goss and Miss Lucille Bradley of Hartford. A luncheon shower was rendered to Miss Field at the Bond hotel in Hartford Saturday. Those present were Misses Fanny Hagen, Marcia Beebe, Ida Andruss, Mrs George Wood and Messrs. Walter Wells and Arthur Hadden.
 Sunday night chaf1ng dish supper was served at the home of Colonel and Mrs. Charles M. Jarvis and Monday Mrs. A. A. Hadden gave a buffet luncheon in the brides honor. The wedding supper was given Monday evening at the Berlin Tea Shop, and Miss Elizabeth Wilcox entertained the wedding party at breakfast Tuesday I s
 A number of out of town guests t were present at the wedding recep- $ ion, among them were Jefferson 2 Wells, father of the groom; Miss t Field and the Misses Fitch of New Haven, cousins of the late B. K.