St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-09-13
Beautiful Grounds At LOveIiest
When Miss Dorothy Fairbanks
Is Wed To JOhu EsdOn Nelson
Of POughkeepsie, N. Y.
ESQ GUESTS PRESENT
Bride the Youngest Daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Henry FairbanI1s-Rev.
Chauncey A. Adams of DanviIIe,
BrOther-Iin-Law of the Bride
Omciates.

The beautiful grounds ct Elm
woode, home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fairbanks, were at their loveliest on
Tuesday afternoon for the marriage
OF the youngest daughter OF the house,
Miss Dorothy Fairbanks, and John
Esdon Nelson of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
The ceremony was set for o'clock
and for long time before that the
guests, who numbered $50 or more,
had been arriving and been ushered
to the lovely spot beyond the rustic
bridge where the ceremony was to
take place. The ushers were Charles
E. Gibson, Walter A. Nelson, Philip
A. Nelson, ]. Amos Nelson, Edwin
McKirahan, and Dales McLam of
Ryegate, J. Leslie McLam, Hugh Mac
Kinnon and George Newell of St.
Johnsbury and Paul F. Herrick of
Springfield, Mass
At the appointed hour the groom
and his best man, his brother, James
Nelson of Ryegate. came from the
back of the house and two of the
ushers, Paul Herrick and Dales Nc
Lam, went to meet the bridal party
as it came from the French windows
of the library, and proceeded IL to the
place where the ceremony took place.
After the ushers came the little
flower girl, the brides niece, Char
lotte Fairbanks Adams Of DanVille,
the ten bridesmaids In pairs, Miss
Katherine f. Eaton and Miss Mary
L. Fairbanks Of Cambridge, Mass;
Miss Ruthy Palmer of South Franz
ingham, Mass, and Miss Isabel aGs-
kell; Miss Theodore Willard Of Bos-
ton and Miss Helen Gray: Miss Grace
McLam Of Ryegate and Miss JEANNE
Darling of Newbury; Miss Ruth Rich
ardson Of Littleton and Miss Mary
Ely; the matron-of- honor, Mrs.
Chauncey A. Adams of Danyille, sis
ter Of the bride; and last the bride
on the arm of her father.
On reaching the spot beyond the
bridge the bridesmaids separated to
form with the ushers a half circle
behind the officiating minister Rev.
Chauncey A. Adams OF Danvlle,
hrother-in-law Of the bride. Rev
James Church Alvord of Littleton,
Mass, offered prayer and the bene-
diction was pronounced by the
brides father. The brides gown
was of white georgette crepe
trimmed with family lace. She
wore a veil and carried a shower
bouquet of bride roses. Miss Char
lotte Adams wore white gown and
pink slippers and stockings. Mrs.
Adams wore sheer white over very
pale pink and a hat of pale pink,
maline. She carried bouquet of
pink roses. 1t was a pink wedding
throughout and the color scheme was
wonderfully effective. The brides
maids came in order Of height, the
shortest first, and their gowns ranged
in color from a very pale pink worn
by the shortest girls to a deep rose
for the tallest ones. The gowns were
all Of the same material, chiffon cloth,
with no trimming except the material
itself, which made them exceedingly
girlish and becoming Their hats
were simple white straw draped with
pink maline. Each maid carried a
single American Beauty rose.
The music for the wedding was in
charge of Miss Gratia d. Balch.
While the guests were assembling she
and Miss Helen A. Boynton played
Romanza and Norwegian Dance by
Grieg and Rondino by Beethoven.
For the bridal procession Miss Pris-
ella Brooks, violin, meaged the chorus
from Lohengrin, with violin obligato
by Miss Boynton and Miss Balch at
the piano.
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