The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-07-07
MURPHY -JOHNSON
PROMINENT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
Welded IN WEDLocK.
Mr.. James Edgar Murphy and Miss
Ida Mae johnson Defy the High Cost
OF Living and Tie the Nuptial Knot.
When, according to bible history,

OF Living and Tie the Nuptial Knot.
When, according to bible history,
after God had made Adam in his own
image, He found that it was not good
for man to live alone and so He formed
Eve and gave her to Adam for his
wife.
1t is not recorded how, when or
where the ceremony was performed
mat made them bone of one bone and
nesh OF one flesh, but ever since the
marriage in the Garden of Eden it has
Deen the proper thing for men and
women to marry, with various sorts of
ceremonies and more or less eclat.
Ihere have been number of very
elegant weddings solemnized in ST
Paul, particularly at Pilgrim BAPTIST
Church, but none was more rechercha
than that of Mr.. James Edgar Murnhv
ana Miss Ida Mae Johnson, on June
23d. : Wv
MI. Murphy is'a well and favorably
known citizen of st. Paul, being a
clerk for years in the city postofice
and an active and efficient fraternal
society man.
Miss Johnson is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Johnson Of ga
woodbridge street, very highly re,
spected citizens, who have for many
years been connected with the social.
church and fraternal order circles of
81: Paul, so it is not surprising that
interest ran high when the engage
ment was announced and the keen in
terest continued until the elimination
at Pilgrim Church Saturday evening.
June %. - 80
Long before the hour set for the
wedding the friends of the high con-
tracing parties began to arrive in
thelr autos and when the bridal party
reached the church it was packed to
capacity and scores were unable to
get 1nto the church. The church was
especially decorated for the occasion
and at the head of the center aisle a
pretty bower of green leaves was built
with a large wedding bell of white
peon1es suspended therein.
A white canvas was laid from the
curb1ng of the pavement to the foot
OF the aisle in the church.
When the bridal party arrived white
RIBBONS were stretched from the door
TO the front pews by Messrs. Simon
and Caesar Harris between which with
SLOW and measured tread the partv
proceeded to the altar in the following
order, while Mrs. s. Edward Hall. at
the organ, played the wedding march
from Lohengrin.
First came the ushers, six in num-
DER, Messrs. Samuel L. Ransom and
Clarence Thompson; Adrian Cotton
and DIR. John R. French, nephew of the
groom; Henry Johnson, brother of the
bride, and Orville Turner, cousin of
the bride, attired in regulation full
dress suits.
Following the ushers came the
bridesmaids, Miss Mary Johnson, of
Jellco, Tenn, cousin of the bride. and
Miss Lyle Utley.
Miss Johnson's dress was a combi-
nation of white lace over pink creme
de chine; Miss Utley wore white net
combined with white satin over pink
They both wore large hats of white
net trimmed with pink rose buds and
ribbons and each carried a shower
bouquet of pink sweet peas.
Next came Miss Cornelia Gordon:
maid OF honor, gowned in white creme
de chine and real lace, trimmed with
crystal passmentrie. Her hat was of
white net with white marguerites and
white velvet ribbon. She carried a.
bouquet of marguerites.
And then the matrOn of honor. Mrs
K. H. Arts, cousin of the bride. She
| wore gown of sea green chiffon and
lace and taffeta girdle, a pale green
net cap trimmed with pink roses and
black velvet ribbon. Her bouqeut was
of pink roses.
Next the flower girls, Misses Earring
Walker and Dorothea Harris, driven
by Miss Lucille Shannon with six
white ribbons. They wore dresses of
white organdie and lace with pink
ribbon sashes and carried baskets of
white sweet peas.
Following came the petite bride
leaning upon the arm of her father
beautifully gowned in ivory charmeuse
satin trimmed in sea pearls and real
lace, a gift from Mrs. c. A. Bynoe. of
winnipeg, Can, and was imported
from France. The skirt was cut round
length and the bodice round decollete
and trimmed with tulle, lace and
pearls with long sleeves of tulle and
full court train. The bridal veil was
of tulle caught up by circlet of
orange blossoms worn by her mother
on her wedding day.
While the bridal party was vending
it's way up the aisle the groom and
his best man, Mr.. Earl Walker, en-.
tered the church from the pastors
study, met the bride at the altar and
Rev. D. E. Beasley proceeded to per-
form the wedding ceremony, just after
which, while the newly welded couple