The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-31

The marriage of Miss Alice winifred
Hughes and Mr.. Cecil William Mere
dith will be solemnized tonight at Z
O'Clock, at the home of the brides
parents, Col. and Mrs. ]. w. F. Hughes
of Greenwood avenue. DIR. j. p. Wo-
mer, president of .Washburn college,
in ministerial vestments, will read the
marriage service.
The wedding will be one of the at
tractive social affairs of the year. The
service is to be held out of doors, on
the deep lawn that is one of the
pleasantest features of the Hughes
residence, a big, old-fashioned,
honey place, full of memories of
past hospitalities.
The wedding music will be played
by Miss Gladys aw, violinist, and
Miss Mary Sands, harpist. The pro-
cessional for. the bridal party will be
Memberships Spring Song. The serv-
Ice will be held just at sunset. before
the glow in the western sky fades A
bank of flowers and palms will be
arranged for the background of the
scene, and the bridal party will pass
down a long>la of trees. leading
from the steps of the house to the
| improvised altar. yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS and golden glow and lavender
| asters will be massed to form the set
| ting for the ceremony.
The brides niece, Betty Hughes, and
her nephew, James Hughes, children
Ol capt ana MIS-. JdIIeS HUGHES, viii
carry the ribbons to mark the bridal
path. Standing on each side of the
path, at regular intervals. will be the
| girls of the Alpha Phi sorority, and
they will hold the ribbons as the two
children lead the procession.
Miss Florence Bart1ette, of Cam
bridge, Mass, a Wellesley college class
mate of Miss Hughes, will be her
bridesmaid, and the brides siser, Miss
Juliette Hughes, will be maid of hon
or. Mr. Meredith will be attended by
his brother, Mr.. Carson Meredith, of
Sedalia, Mo-. and by Mr.. William Mac
ferran, jr, of Topeka.
Miss Hughes wedding gown is of
white net, yelling white chiffon II
/ is made ankle length with long
apron drapery of filet lace adorns
the skirt The bridal veil is of white
silk tulle, fastened in cap effect with
orange blossoms, and reaching to the
hem of the skirt. The bridal bouquet
will be a shower of lilies of the valley
and Ophelia roses.
Miss Bartlette and Miss Juliette
Hughes will wear lovely, old-fashion-
ed dresses, of the mid-Victorian per-
iod. in lavender and yellow. the colors
chosen for the wedding. Miss
Juliette's> gown is lavender organdie,
made with long. very full skirt, short,
puff sleeves and drop shoulders. The
bodice is short, and is finished with
little pleated aprons, fastened with
yellow rosettes, and tied with long.
hem of the skirt is a row of pin
tucks, and the fullness of the bodice
and skirt is held with rows of narrow,
yellow ribbon. Her hat is a poke
bonnet of lavender tied under the chin
with yellow ribbon. She will carry
a large, round, old-fashioned bouquet
of yellow chrysanthemums and laven-
der asters.
Miss Bartlette's gown is made after
the same fashion, with the colors re-
versed, the gown being of yellow, and
the trimming of lavender.
The children who carry the white
ribbons viii be dressed entirely in
white.
After the ceremony, an informal re-
ception will be held on the lawn, and
Mrs. Hughes will be assisted by the
alumnae Alpha Phi girls and by MEM
bers of a sewing club to which the
bride has belonged for the past few
years.
Guests from out of town are: Mrs.
T. A. Meredith and Mr.. Carson Mere
dith, of Sedalia, Mo-; Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Davis of Kansas City; Captain
Murray Davis, of Fort Riley; Mrs.
Alice NJ. Bartlette and Miss Florence
Bartlette, of Cambridge, Mass; and
worth and the brides brother, James
Hughes, captain of Battery c, at
Pittsburg, and Mrs Hughes.
Mrs. Hughes, the brides mother,
will wear a black and white wolfe
gown; Mrs. Meredith will be gowned
in midnight blue Georgette crepe, and
Mrs. Bartlette will wear embroidered
lavender taffeta.
The brides travelling suit is of black
gaberdine, severely tailored, with
jacket made short wasted and box
pleated. The jacket vest is Of oyster
gray silk, and the hat worn with the
costume is a black velvet poke, with
facing of rose satin.
| Miss Hughes is one of the most at
tractive of Topeka girls. 1t is a scin-
| tillating vivacity as much as her style
| of prettiness that contributes to the