The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-26
HUGHES-BUCnANAN NUPTIALS' TO BE
 SOCIETY EVENT
Mrs. John K. Foster to Give Niece in Marriage to
 George F. Hughes.

A wedding at which the attractive nes will rival it's prominence will take place on Saturday evening at 7:30 at the residence of Mrs. John E. Foster, 255 Park avenue, when Miss Ethel Buchanan, niece of Mrs. Foster and daughter. of MT. and Mrs. D. w. Bu- chanan of Philadelphia, and George Francis Hughes, son of MT. and Mrs. Frank J. Hughes, of 38 Washington avenue, will be married in the pres ence of 275 of their friends. Rev. John R. Brown, pastor of the First Baptist church, will perform the cere- mony, using the Episcopal marriage service. Miss Buchanan will be given in marriage by her grandfather George Oldham, of Philadelphia.
 Miss Mildred Foster, cousin of the bride, will be maid of honor, and Miss A1ene' Burt of New York city and Miss Laura Kennedy of Saratoga, N. Y., both collegemates of Miss Buchanan at Bryn Mawr, will be the attending brides maids. Kenneth Bronson will be best man and Otis Covell and Charles D. H.. Kellogg will act as ushers.
 The ceremony will be performed in
  dence. Miss Buchanan and MT. Hughes will make their VOWS before an embankment of smilax intermin- gled with white chrysanthemums in a large bay window. They will kneel on large white satin pillow. Smilax and the white chrysanthemums will be used extensively in decorating the rooms where the guests will assemble The bride with her attendants will de- scend the stairway from the second floor to the reception hall, where she will be met by her grandfather The party will proceed through an aisle formed of the white standards Joined with white satin ribbons and tied with clusters of the white chrysanthemums. Hopes of spilax will wind the stairway failing and the standards which form the aisle. The bridal party's way will be marked by two tall baytrees at the entrance to the living room, where the formal aisle will be discontinued. James Horan & Sons, florists have charge of the floral arrangements.
 Miss Buchanan will wear a very beautiful gown of white satin and tulle,I cut with a very short, full skirt. It is fashioned with train over which the tulle will fall and to which it will be caught with a large bow knot of orange blossoms.
 A spray of orange blossoms will be daintily caught to each side of the skirt The tulle xeil,, which will fall from a cap arrangement, will also be caught with small sprays of the bridal flower. Miss Buchanan will carry a bouquet of brides roses having a shower of lilies of the valley
 Miss Foster will wear a gown ox green satin with brocaded silver roses. Miss Burt and Miss Kennedy will wear coral satin with brocaded silver roses. The gown will be similarly fashioned with short full skirts and the young women will wear silver slippers with them. The maid of honor will carry an armful of Ophelia roses tied with a silver scarf and the bridesmaids' bouquets will be of white chrysan- themums also tieo with the silver scarves. An orchestra~will play the usual wedding marches and pro- gram of soft music during the cere- mony.
 A reception will be held immediate Iy after the ceremony. The dining room will be decorated with pink chrysanthemums and the table ap- pointments and favors will be carried out in pink.
 The young couple will leave during the evening on a wedding trip, the destination of which they are Keeping a secret. The bride will travel in a handsome costume of taupe, trimmed with seal skin and having a hat to harmonize. ss
 Shortly after they return they will go to live in the beautiful new home which is being built fer them at III Chalmers avenue.
 Both Miss Buchanan, who has lived with her aunt in this city for several years, and MT. Hughes are exception ally popular in Bridgeport. Miss Bu- chanan was graduated from the Bridgeport High school in 1911 and from Bryn Mawr in 1915.- MT. Hughes is alumnus of the local High school, class of 1909 and of Sheffield Scientific scool, class of 1912. lie is a metallurgist at the Bridgeport Brass Go,