New-York tribune., 1916-06-02
LIEUT.. DOWNER WEDS
MISS BLOODGOOD
Miss Anne Eastman Becomes
Mrs. r. f. Wigham in Church
of the Messiah.

Miss Eloise L. Bloodgood, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fanshawe
| Bioodgood, became the bride of Lieu
tenant Delevan B. Downer, u. S. NJ
at o'clock yesterday afternoon in the
Church of the TRANSPORTATION. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
DR.. William II. Vibbert. assisted by the
Rev. DR.. George c. Houghton. A re-
ception was held at the home of the
brides parents, 67 East Fifty-sixth
Street.
The bride, who was given away by
her father, was in a gown of soft white
| satin, trimmed with old duchess lace
which has been in the family for many
| generations The skirt was cut short
and full with panniers, and the pointed
bodice was trimmed with a wide collar
of duchess lace. She wore a tulle veil
arranged with a coronet of orange bios
SONS and duchess lace, and carried
white roses and orange blossoms. Her
/ ornaments consisted Of a diamond pin,
the gift of her parents, and a diamond
watch, from the bridegroom.
Mrs. Horace Green, who was Miss
Eleanor Rodman Townsend, was the
matron of honor. She was in blue
tafFeta, with a pink underskirt of the
same material, with which she wore a
hat of brown straw. trimmed with a
wreath of pink and blue flowers.
Streamers of pink and blue velvet fell
! from the back of the hat. She carried
pink sweetpeas and larkspur.
The bridesmaids were Miss Rosalie
| Coo, Miss Emily Sherman and Miss
Frances Gordon Wendell. They were
all dressed alike in pink taffeta, with
blue underskirts, and they wore hats
similar TO that Of the matron of honor.
John Van S. Bloodgood. brother of
the bride, was the best man, and the
ushers were Lieutenant Archibald
Stirling, Lieutenant Fritz Rieskohl and
Ensign Donald f. Washburn. U. S. n;
John II. Montgomery, John Kerr and
Elmendorf l.. Carr.
The marriage Of Miss Anne X. East
man, daughter Of Joseph Eastman, 10
/ Reginald i. Wigham, son of Mrs.
/ Thomas VI. Wigham, of 124 East
Eighty-frst Street, took place yester-
day afternoon at o'clock in the
Church of the Messiah. The church
was decorated with dogwood, daisies,
spring flowers and palms. The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev. Dr..
John Haynes Holmes, assisted by the
Rev. DR.. Karl Reiland, Of ST. Georges
Church, Stuyvesant Square.
The brides gown was of ivory satin,
trimmed with old point lace, with a
court train of ivory satin lined with
/ chiffon and embroidered with pearls.
She wore a tulle veil arranged with a
cap of tulle and single spray Of
orange blossoms. She carried white
orchids and lilies-of the-valley and
wore a pearl necklace, the gift Of her
father, and a diamond brooch, given TO
her by the BRIDEGROOM
Mrs. William II. Maloney was the
matron of honor and the bridesmaids
were Miss Constance Mccall and Miss
Virginia Duane. Mrs. Maloney was in
cream colored lace over peach colored
taifota, with a girdle of mauve velvet.
She wore a Leghorn hat trimmed with
mauve flowers and carried lavender
sweetpeas. The bridesmaids were in
dresses similar TO that worn by the
matron Of honor, but their girdles were
Of blue velvet instead of mauve They
wore Leghorn hats with fiat bows OF
old blue satin. They carried spring
blossoms.
DR.. George Gray Ward, jr., was best
man, and the ushers were J. Harvey
Williams. Samuel McCullagh, Carl f.
Victor, Dwight f. Robinson, Prentice
Strong ". Schuyler Smith and Thomas
c. and Norman +. Eastman, brothers
Of the bride.
Still another wedding Of yesterday
was that of Miss Helen Marie Stuart.
daughter Of Mrs. William Couch
Stuart, to Ernest Stephen, of London,
England, in St Bartholomew's Church.
The ceremony was followed by q re-
ception at the homo of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Mclean. East Seventy-ffth
Street. Miss Edith Stuart was her sis
ter's maid of honor and only attendant
Joseph Sampson Stevens was best man
and the ushers were Willoughby II.
Stuart. A. Wentworth Erickson, a cou-
sin of the bridegroom; John s. Ellis
worth, Henry c. Drayton, Alvin Dew
ereux and Henry L. Hunt.
Miss Beatrice Rossre, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Benjamin Rossire,
was married TO George Prentss Butler.
jr., yesterday afternoon in the chantry
Of St. Thomas's Church. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Charles r.
Erdmann, of the Princeton Theological
Seminary. A reception followed at 100
East SiXty-seventh Street. The bride
wore gown of white silk and tulle
and carried an old-fashioned bouquet
of violets. Miss Harriet Allen Butler
was the maid of honor and the brides
only attendant. She was in pink chif-
fon trimmed with silver cloth, wore a
pink hat Of tulle and carried violets.
John Crosby Butler was his broth
er's best man. and the ushers were
two other brothers, Allen Macy Butler
and Andrew K. Butler; Robert Derrick,
Phelps Barnum and Donald Bellows.
After November | Mr.. and Mrs. But
Ter will live at 1oS East Eghty-second
Street. Mr.. Butler Is a son Of George
Prentiss Butler, of New York and
Yonkers.
Miss Helen Paddock, daughter OF
Mrs. Eugene Hiram Paddock. Of 149
West Seventy-second Street, was mar
ried to Harold Edwin Vehslage. only
son Of DR.. and Mrs Samuel Harold
Vehslage, of this city, last evening in
the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, the
Rev. DR.. Cornelius Woelfkin officiating
The brides sister. Miss Anna Mar
guerite Paddock, was maid Of honor,
and the bridesmaids were the Misses
Ethel Louise Paddock, a cousin of the
bride; Virginia Fox Crawford, Sarah
Lewis De Lamater. Of this city, and
Miss Janet Wins, of Brooklyn.
Mr.. Nchsiages Oest man was George
Brokaw Compton. Arthur kittredge
Paddock. a brother Of the bride; DR..
Royce Paddock, a cousin OF the bride;
Edward eastman Bailly. August Otto
Elmer. Harold Harper and ). Cameron
lJelkins were ushers. A small recep-
tion at the home Of the bride followed
the ceremony
Mr. Nehslagc was graduated from
Columbia in the class OF 'Ol and from
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