The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-03
GRANDMOTHER OF
BRIDAL COUPLE TO
AID IN RECEIVING
Whitney - Blackman Nuptials
Will Have Interesting
Features.

bride and groom, all of whom are
over IS years of age, in the receiving
line, in addition to both their parents,
the wedding and reception of Miss
Jessie Kathryn Blackman, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith G. Blackman,
Jr., of 545 Maplewood place, and Mr..
Archibald Brewer Whitney, son of
Mr.. and Mrs: Frank A. Whitney, of
474 North Washington avenue, to-
morrow evening at Olivet Congrega-
tonal church, will be distinguished
from all other weddings held here in
many months.
The grandmothers of the young
couple who will help them receive
their guests are Mrs. S. G. Blackman
and Mrs. Joseph Delbridge, on the
brides side. and Mrs. Adeline Hub
bell and Mrs. John D. Whitney on
the side of the groom.
The ceremony will be performed at
$50 o'clock by Rev. George o. Tam
blyn, pastor of the church. Miss
Blackman will be given in marriage
by her father. The brides party will
be composed of Miss Frances SIAM
ford of New York, who will be Miss
Blackman's maid of honor, and Miss
Jessie Touiscsant of Pittsfield, Mass.
Miss Dorothy Bennett. Miss Marcia
Delbridge and Miss Daisy Hyde. J..
Walker Hill will be Mr.. Whitney's
best man. Lieut.. Stuart Hamilton,
who was to have been an usher. has
been called to his post. and Gerald
Lineberg will take his place. The
other ushers will include John Corn
WALL Delbert Blackman and Andrew
Smith.
Miss B1ackman will wear a hand
some wedding gown Of white panne
velvet. The skirt is made in two cas-
cades while the long straight bodice is
fashioned from opalescent material
A court train of the velvet ending 10
fan effect, will fall from the Shout
ders. Bridal rosebuds will be caught
about the dress. The veil, of rose
point lace, will fall from cap of the
lace From two rosettes of lilies Of
the valley a chin strap Of the same
flowers, will complete the headdress.
Miss Blackman's bpuquet will be of
brides roses with ! shower of lilies
of thew alley. She will wear the
grooms gift, a diamond and platinum
bar pin.
and pink. The underdress is of pink
metallic cloth while the overskirt is
Fashioned from silver lace. A silver
hoop, held by pink ribbons holds out
the overskirt. Opalescent material
forms the bodice. She will carry
bouquet of Ophelia roses with show
ey of lilies Of the, valley.
Two of the bridesmaids. will wear
gowns Of lavender over pink, and two
of pink over lavender. The foundas
lions Of the gowns are OF silk with
over drapings of silk net. The bodices
are plain and they have tiny puff
sleeves from which narrow ribbon
streamers ending in ball trimming,
falls. A wide girdle has also the rib
bon streamers. The skirts OF the
gowns, like that Of the maid of honor,
are cut short. They will carry arm
fuls OF pink Killarney roses.
The church will be decorated with
Chri,,tmas green's and palcs. Fffteen
hundred invitations have been issued
to the wedding and $50 to the recep-
ton which will follow it at Z o'clock
in the ball room of the Stratfield.
Pink roses and smilax will decorate
tn. ball room.
Charles G. Harrison, organist Of the
church, will play program OF nup-
tial music before the ceremony using
the accepted wedding marches. Just
as the party is leaving the church,
Loren Delbridge, uncle of the bride
will sing, ct Love You Truly"
Miss Blackman and Mr.. Whitney
are prominent in this city. The bride
fleet is a graduate of the High school.
Mr. Whitney is, an alumnus of the
Montclair Military academy and OF
New York university. He is with the
Union Metallic Cartridge Co. He is
planning to take his bride to Los An
geles, Cal, where they will probably
make their home. After short we'd
ding trip to New York, the newly mar
ried couple plan to start for the Pa
cific coast on Jan. 16. The bride will
travel in a costume Of light grey
broadcloth, trimmed with squirrel
collar, and grey poke bonnet lined
with pink.
At the wedding dinner given last
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. A. Whitney, a color scheme of pink
and white was carried out. The CEN
terpiece was a globe having Bridge
port on one side and LOS Angeles"
on the other. A system of miniature
electric trains circled the table, con-
tinuing their Journey during the entire
dinner The ice cream was frozen
to represent a train, the bride and
groom having the engine ,and the
other members Of the party the var
ious coaches. During the dinner Miss
Blackman presented her attendants
with photographs Of herself in gold
frames. Mr.. Whitney remembered his
best man and ushers with scarf pins. |
Lucius r. Barrow was appointed |
postmaster at San Diego, Cal.