New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-09
Marriage to Frederick F
Alexandra Took Place
in st. Agnes's.
MONSIGNOR BRANN
PERFORMED SERVICE
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Miss Anna L. Sturgis Now Mrs.
E. N. Wright, 3d-Miss
Bonnell Welded.

Miss Bonnie Saportas, daughter OF
Mrs. George A. Saportas, was married
at 1880 o'clock yesterday morning in
st. Agness Church to Frederick +.
Alexandra, son Of the late J. Harry
Alexandra. The bride, who walked to
the altar with her brother. Martin b.
Saportas, was in gown Of tulle and
satin, the bodice being Of point lace
and the court train of white satin and
lace. Her tulle veil was arranged with
crown Of lace and she carried white
orchids and lilies of-the-valley.
Miss Mathilde Saportas was her sis
ter's maid of honor, and the brides
maids were Miss Virginia and Miss
Mary Alexandra, Miss Sarah Ide and
Miss Elizabeth Thomas. They were
dressed alike, in blue tafeta and corn
colored chiffon. with hats to match.
They carried old-fashioned bouquets.
J. Henry Alexandra was his broth
er's best man, and the ushers were
Amory L. Haskell, R. Taller Townsend,
Octave Blake, Philip B. Knowlton,
Juan NJ. Ceballos, Raymond Chauncey,
Rylsnd Sizer and Frederic A. Willis.
The ceremony was performed by
Mgr. Brann, and reception followed
at the home OF the brides mother, 375
Park Avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Alexandra will spend
/ The summer Of Din1ur Rock
The marriage of Miss Anna l.. Stur-
/ gis, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
/ Sturgis, 10 Edward y. Wright. 3D., son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward y. Wright, jr.,
of Philadelphia, took place at o'clock
yesterday afternoon in st. Stephens
/ Church. Only relatives and a few
| friends were present at the ceremony.
which was performed by the Rev. DR..
Appleton Lawrence, son of Bishop
Lawrence of Massachusetts,, assisted
by the Rev. DR.. Nathan Seagle, the rec
tor Of the church. A reception fol-
lowed at the home of the brides par
ents. 252 West Seventy-fourth Street.
Miss Sturgis, who was given away by
her father, wore a gown Of tulle over
white satin, trimmed with old family
lace. The bodice was OF lace, satin
and tule, and had long sleeves Of tulle.
The court train of white satin was
lined with pleatings of tulle and was
caught up at one end with a cluster
of orange blossoms. Her veil of lace
was arranged with a Dutch cap fast
ened TO the couture with sprays of
orange blossoms and pearls. She car
ried white orchids and lilies-of-the-
valley. Her only ornament was a dia-
mond bar pin.
Miss Elizabeth Sturgis, the brides
sister, was the maid of honor She
wore an old-fashioned frock Of lowered
yellow taffeta, with pleatings of yellow
/ tulle. Her hat was of yellow tulle,
| trimmed with yellow roses and narrow
/ yellow ribbon. She carried yellow
/ roses.
( The bridesmaids were Miss Anne
| Morrison, Miss Gertrude Lovett, Miss
| Nina Brandreth and Miss Helen Bangs
They were dressed alike, in mauve
colored taffeta, with panniers of lace
and Vatican pleats Of taffeta. They
wore Leghorn hats, with crowns of
mauve taffeta, trimmed with yellow
roses and mauve velvet ribbon stream
ers. They carried yellow roses tied
with mauve chiffon.
Harold Wright was his brothers
best man, and the ushers we're Henry
Sprague Sturgis and William Sturgis,
jr., brothers Of the bride; De Coursey
| Fales, J. Dickinson Este, Samuel Hazel
( hurst, Lindley Johnson, Morton l..
| Newhall and Edward w. Clark, 3d.
After their wedding trip Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Wright will live in Germantown, Penn.
Another wedding of yesterday was
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daughter of Mrs. J. Harper Bonnell. to
Waldo Banning, Of Old Lyme, Conn.
Only relatives, about twenty in num-
ber' were present at the ceremony,
which was performed by the Rev Dr..
Percy Stickney Grant at l43 East
Sixty-third Street The bride, who
was given away by her mother, was in
white satin and lace and carried white
orchids and lilies of-the-valley. Her
only attendant was her niece, Miss
Betsey Flagg. z. Hubbard Bancroft
was Mr.. Banning's best man. Mr.. and
Mrs. Banning will live in Old Lyme.
Miss Carolyn Mann, daughter of
Mrs. Francis y. Mann, of Troy, n. Y,
will be married to Evelyn du Pont Irv-
ing, of this city, on Saturday after
noon, June II, in st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Troy.
The bridesmaids will be Miss Eliza
beth Mann, the brides sister, and Miss
Helena Fish, of this city, her cousin.
Miss Beatrice Glow, Of Lake Forest,
H., will be the flower girl Alexander
Duer Irving will be his brothers best
man, and John Cutler, Eliot Cutler and
Fulton Cutting all or Boston; Mere
dith Blagden, Morgan Gilbert, Harold
Rappin, j. p. 5. Harrison, Theodore
Roosevelt, jr., Hamilton Fish, jr., and
Louis du Pont Irving, Of this city, the
ushers.
Miss Mary A. Easily. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank S. Easily, will be
married 10 Clifford w. Estes on
Wednesday next in Glen Ridge, y. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ross Proctor
and Miss Vouletti Proctor will 80 20
Shohola, Penn, tomorrow, where they
will remain until August, when they
20 TO Southampton.
RAIN SPOILS JUNE WEEK
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