Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-22

One of the most notable weddings ever
solcmnizcd at Newark will take place
this afternoon ut o'clock when Miss
Edvthe Nottingham, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs Richard 4. Nhttingham of
Linden Hall. becomes the wife of Lieu
tenant Frank Homewood Dean, I :. y.
son of the late Joseph Dean, and member
of an old Delaware family. II will be dis
tinctly a naval wedding and wartime
wedding with all the men of the bridal
party in the white uniform that Is
en- regle for summer wear by 'ncle Sam :
sea fighters. and with just one note of
the armys olive drah The bride ;
brother. Captain Richard Rutherford
Whittingham. L. 5. II Tank Corps,
Camp Colt. Gettysburg, Pa, will be best
man, and he Will be the one army man
In the wedding party. It. Thomas
Church, where the ceremony Is TO he
performed, with many relatives and
friends present. has been decorated with
flowers and two great flags to represent
the State and the Nation. Both BRIDE and
groom arc Dclawarcan>, and tor tins
reason an American flag hangs on the left
of the chanccl, and on the right hangs the
Delaware State flag. Pink and white
peonics decorate the altar, and the chancel
T3il II iltlAltn Will liAAiAAS aiti't ''A'-N
hydrangeas Blue larkspur are arranged
on the organ.
Just before the entrance Of the bridal
partv the first verse Of The Star Spanglcd
Banner Will be played by the organlst.
Norris Morgan. and then the bridal party
will enter to the wedding march from
Lohengrin. The bride will be gwen IN
marriage by her father, and they will be
preceded to the altar by the ushers IN
pairs. the bridesmaids going two by two.
and the maid OF honor.
After the ceremony the ushcrS viii form
an arch with their sabcrs, and the BRIDE
and groom will go through this, while the
organ plays the MendclsSohn wedding
march The best man and maid OF honor
wiz 20 together and the ushcrs and
bridesmaids will 60 out two by two.
The maid of honor Is Miss Bessie
Nottingham. the brides sister and the
bridesmaids are Miss Gertrude Scott Of
Baltimore, Miss Louise Evans Of Chester,
Pa, Miss Louise Jefferson Of Delaware
City, Miss Margaret Davis Of Whining
ton, Miss Mary Mitchell and Miss Alice
Evans of Newark
The ushers are Lieutenant ". @. Lud
low, Lieutenant 4. l.. Pride. Lieutenant
A A. Bigelow, Lieutenant ", NJ. Reifel.
Lieutenant o. H. Hoffman and Lieutenant
F. 2. Powell
Chaplain s. K. Evans came up from the
Naval Academy TO perform the cere-
mony and he was assisted by Rev Mr.
Haupt, rector of the church.
THE BRIDAL GOWN.
The brides gown is Of Chantilly lace
over silver cloth, the skirt made Of two
founces Of the lace. and the bodice having
tulle combined with the lace, and pearl
trimming around the neck and on the
sash The court train Is OF heavy white
satin, and the tulle veil viii be fastened
Rith pearls and orange blossoms Her
slippers are of kid embroidered with pearls
The brides bouquet Is a shower OF Bride
roses, sweet peas and orchids
Tic bridesmaids frocks are OF different
,olorS. with overdresses Of filet lace IL
Rhe..t design exactly alike Miss Whit
tnghalus dress Is of rose metallic cloth,
Miss SCOTS Of gold. Miss NiitchellS
orchid PINK. Miss Jefferson turquoise
blue, Miss Louise Evans Of niie green.
Miss Alice Evans Of lavender, Miss
Davis yellow They we're all made with
double skirts Of the Lace. and wide sashes
Of satin, the s.tme color - the metallic
cloth All viii wear gold stockings and
slippers. and hats OF white Georgette
-repc. with gold crown bands. and small
French flowers of the colors Of the frock
Their bouquets are patriotic ii color red
-oscs. white sweet peas and blue corn
flowers.
Alr~ Nhittingham " NIL wear a very
t.eautifuI frock II Alice iluc c-orgcttc
crepe. embroidered with sequiLs of the
same color and Of rosC and her hat is OF
lack horse hair with tulIo end Jof rim
ming.