South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-26
Miss Anne Carlisle Bride Of Ensign Lafayette Porter
Ceremony Of Marked Beauty Thursday at Noon
Breakfast at Tippe-
canoe Place Follows
Marriage Service
at St. Paul S.

tl@tiH BQl5NeQ as the most imp or
tant and beautiful social event OF
the Yuletide season. the wedding OF
Miss Anne Carlisle. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Arthur = Carlisle.
Carlisle House. Tippecanoe pI. and
lafayette LeVan Porter, ensign u.
: y. r. F.. son Of Mr. and Mrs.
W. +. Porter Of White Haven. Pa.
and nephew Of Mr. and Mrs. LaFay-
cite. LeVan, 215 W. Marion ST.. this
city, was solemnized at j o'clock
noon today at the St PauTs Metho-
dist Episcopal church.
The officiating clergyman. DR.
James l.. Gardiner. read the service
in front of the altar which was ex-
Quisitely decorated with four huge
clusters OF white Easter lilies. bank
ed with masses Of palms and ferns
with southern smilax. A mound OF
the lilies adorned the font. and each
pew was marked with the lilies and
asparagus fern tied with white tulle.
Preceding the ceremony Edgar
Nelson. Organist from Chicago,
rendered a short program including
Feramors" by Rubenstein; MAR
rage Messe." Dubois: swan,
Saint Saens; Festival Toccata, ."
Fletcher; 'Arabesque". Debussy and
En- Bateau" by the same composer.
Immediately before the reading Of
the service The Star Spangled
Banner" was played by Mr.. Nelson.
The bridal party entered 90 the
strains OF the Mendelssohn wedding
march. with the ushers. Lieut..
Woodson Carlisle, u. S. y. Charles
Arthur Carlisle, jr., Lieut.. Hugh
McVicker. Clement Studebaker III.
William Lantz, all OF South Bend,
Henry b. Cross OF Providence, r. l.,
and Lieut. d. s. Ward Of Queens. y.
y. leading. after whom came the
little flower girls. Miss Barbara
Parker, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
Reed r. Parker. and Miss Mary Ash
saUEhter Of DR.. and Mrs. c. j. Ash,
gowned in dainty frocks Of white
organdy trimmed with tiny pink
rOsebuds. and carrying empire bas-
kets fIled with cecil Drummer roses.
valley lilies. sweet peas and maiden
hair fern. Miss Dorothy Derby OF
Chicago and Miss Esther Stude-
baker. the bridesmaids who came
next were followed by Miss Eleanor
Carlisle, sister of the bride as maid
OF honor. carrying the bridal bou-
1uet.
The bride. coming last on the arm
Of her father who gave her i'm mar
riage. was beautifully charming IN
her mothers wedding gown OF ivory
white satin and duchess lace, with
court train. The bodice of the dress
was fashioned with a Y shaped neck,
and was lace trimmed and the skirt
was Of a draped model with the lace
The full length veil was also con-
ceived of the duchess lace and was
made in a late mode with short face
veil worn over the face during the
professional and thrown back after
the ceremony, Going down the aisle
the bride carried a white prayer
book. and in the occasional her
shower bouquet of orchids and val
ley lilies She was met at the altar
by the groom and his brother
Horace w Porter OF Ann Arbor
Mich. who acted as best man. En-
sign Porter wore the full dress uni
form OF the naval officer and carried
his sword
The bridemaids' gowns were SINH
larly fashioned of electric blue
satin. with brown FUR trimming. and
slightly d-aped skirts The hats
we're brown With satin crowns and
tulle brim- Miss Derby and Miss
StudeEaker carried lovely bouquets
Of Column n roses ana maiden hair
fern.
The costume OF the little maid
of honor was effected i'm white net
with yellow ribbons. and she wore
hat of corresponding material.
After the ceremony an elaborate
breakfast was served 10 400 guests
a. the Col George Studebaker
home. Tippecanoe place 10y John b.
Gaper. caterer from Chicago The
bridal party together with Mr.. and
Mrs Carlisle and Mr. and Mrs Por-
ter received In the library Of the
home preceding the collation.. and
Fishers orchestra from Kalamazoo
furnished music for dancing later.
At the bridal table which was set ia