Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-02

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the most beautiful June nights Sat
urday united Ii marriage two Of the
most prominent families n tri-city So
ciefy circles. Miss Dorothea Stephens.
daughter 81 g. Arthur Stephens, presl-
dent Of the Moline PIow company, and
Mrs. Stephens. and Dwight Deere VI
man, second son o. the late MIR and
Mrs. " p, Wimau. and grandson
and one og the heirs OF She late
Charles Deere, millionaire pillow man
ufacturer and head Of Deere Il Go.
The setting was the north lawn OF
Seven Acres" the palBtial home GA
the Moline bluff Of the Stephens fam
tly. With The wide sweep % the
yelvety lawns, Overtopped by immense
stately Gins. daaked on either side by
shallow shrGbbery and with the Mis-
sissippi valley beIoH and beyond, the
whole made d wonderfully picturesque
and ideally beautiful setting. and the
simplicity and dignity Of the great out
OF doors was added 10 the cbarmingly
arranged Conveutlonalities Of he we'd
ding ceremony The wide walk lead
ing across the lawn 10 the north en-
trance TO the estate was used Tor the
bridal party In lis procession 10 the
fmproyised altar. which was Whlt5
treliised screen. guarded by white pill
lars. and placed on the walk just be-
fore It reached the edge of the blum.
Over "a dozen tall white pillars topped
with white bowI-dower baskets filed
with salmon pink geTaBIums. ferns and
trailing vines the columns fsstooned
and connected with heavy garlands oi
emilax. formed 2 stately open colon
made extending on either side Of the
walk TO ard Ranking the flower trim
med altar AT 1880 just at Che be-
ginning OF the summer twilight hour,
the deep notes OF the organ I'm the east
music room foated out through the
open window in tbe LohengrIn Bridal
chorus. heraIdtng the approach 0f the
bridal party Mrs. EFIan Sargent was
at the organ
Led by the ushers, Robert Gilbert
Of Racine Wis Godfrey Hyde of Plain
field, Conn and Charles Quincy of
. Buffalo, Mr. Wjmau's classmates az
! Yale. and Willard Eelie of Moline. his
n cousin. the bridal party came 0uJ from
the main hall between the Hor3c col
umns Of the portfCo. which was mass
OF ferns palms and flowers. They
were followed by the bridesmaids.
Miss Gertrude Metz Of Omaha. Nc6.
Miss Nancy Dow Of Davenport. Miss
Marjorie Nelie of Moline. cousin Of the
groom. and Miss Dorothy Daiu of Mo
line, and by the matron OF honor, Mrs.
Harry Good of Chicago. Each walked
alone, the bride coming last with her
father. G. a. Stephens, who gave her
away Mr. Wiman with his brother.
Charles Deere WIman. as best man.
accompanied bv Rev Richard Sher-
man Haney. pastor of the Second Coz
gregational church, Moline, ap-
preached the altar from the rear,
meeting the bridal party at the steps.
where the white satin kneeIng cush-
ions were placed for the ceremony
Tie marriage service of the Episcopal
church was read by E1r Hauey, VINO
used the single ring ceremony
The bride was in an exquisite Crea-
tion OF jeweled net over white bridal
satin. II was made simply in two pan
eled effect of skirt each embroidered
in pearls and rhiuestones in straight
lines. ending in rich pattern at the
hem and finished at the side with taS-
seized ornaments Of pearls The waist
was heavily beaded with seed pearls
below the square cnrsase. which was
finished with an ornament Of gems and
silver work. Beaded net loose sleeves
fell over the hand The full court
train was Of the white satin lined with
Cloth OF silver and caught to the
shoulder with a silver and pearl orna-t
ment. The wedding veil of tulIe was
arranged simply IN front as a close
fitting cap held with d bandO edged
with pearls. from which hung a short
face veil. The back was rufled and
caught with a pearl comb The only
ornament o. tae bride was a very large
pearl shaped pure white diamond drop
pendent with solitaire diamond head
linked with platinum, the whole pend
ent, from platinum necklace studde
thickly with small diamonds. The
bridal bouquet WAS Of white orchids
The attending matr0n of honor and
bridesmaids were in the pastel shades
Mrs Good wore orchid tuIIe over sill
yer lace, the skirt edged with silver.
the low cut bodice Of silver lace and
chiffon. Streamers eft narrow orchid
ribbon hung from the girdle Of orchid
satin and were caught with a bunch
OF flowers as bracelet bouquet. She
wore hat OF orchid tujle and ear
ried an immense bouquet OF garden
flowers the same shade as her gown (
The bridesmaids were dressed alike
with the exception their gowns were
different pastel shades. Miss Metz
was in lavender Miss Dow in flesh
color Miss Dain in blue and Miss Velle
in green. The dresses were OF tulIe
over satin made with full skirts and
draperv on the side edged with silver
Sleeveless bodices Of tuIle were FIN
fshed with shoulder ichus edged with (
dainty ruff1es. and the high girdle was
of the satin caught al the back with
quaint bows having long sash ends
edged with tuiIe rufffes Each carried I
a large bouquet OF garden flowers i'm
the eolors Of her gown and wore wide
brimmed garden hats Of wired tulle
to match the dress
AS the. ceremony began the music d
the organ changed 70 tue +Madrigal f
of Simmonetf. and the Mendelssohn
wedding march was the occasional.
Mr.. and Mrs. stephens. parents Of
the bride. and Mr.. and Mrs, William
Rutterwortn. the uncle and aunt of the
groom; Louis Wiman of Schnec{ady
N Y, uncle Of the groom, ana Miss
suxanna McShane made up the party
receiving with the bridal couple fol
lowing the ceremony.
Mrs Stephens wore gown of