The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-07-13
Simple Ceremony at Home of MT. and Mrs. c. D. Da- wis in Brooklawn Park Leave on Motor Trip Be- fore Going to Texas Groom in Aviation Branch of Service.

Simplicity marked all the arrange ments for one of the prettiest we'd dings of the year that was solemnized this afternoon at o'clock at the at tractive home of MT. and Mrs. Chas. | D. Davis in Brooklawn Park, when their only daughter, Miss Esther K. Davis, became the bride of Lieuten- ant Andrew Smith son of pr. and Mrs. Edwards M. Smith of Park ave- hue. The military note was strongly
 emphasized as the groom and two of his attendants were in their uniforms, and in the reception which followed there was a goodly number of men in
 khaki. Rev. w. H. Day of the Unit
 ed church, was the officiating clergy man.
 The Davis home which is situated in the loveliest part of one of the
 finest residential sections of the city
 was most artistically decorated with garden flowers and white roses. The color scheme of green and white was
 carried out throughout all the rooms.
 In the music room where the cere- mony was performed there was a great profusion of blooms, banked
 in greenery that made a lovely back ground for the wedding party.
 Previous to the, entrance of the , bridal party Wittstein's String Quin- , tet of New Haven played a selected program consisting of the Ballet
 Music from Samson and Delilah, airs from La Tosca and La Boheme, and .Thais; Wedding Music" Jensen; the
 'Intermezzo" from The Jewels of the Madonna; "The Waterlily," Grieg;
 and The Swan" Sain-Saens. Dur
 ing the receiving hours all of the new patriotic selections were played for dancing. The bridal party entered : the music room to the strains of the : Lohengrin Wedding music.
 Miss Davis, who is one of the most beautiful of the members of the younger social set, made a lovely pie ture as she entered the room on the arm of her father; who gave her in marriage. Her wedding gown was
 of white satin and Georgette and
 trimmed with Rose point lace. Her
 veil of tulle was caught on her head
 in the shape of a coronet, with orange blossoms, and it lay in soft, simmer ing folds along the court train. Mrs. John c. Hawley attended Miss Davis as her matron of honor and the other attendants were Mrs. E. w. Carpenter sister of the groom and I Miss N. H. Hand1ey of Long Island. They wore stunning afternoon gowns
 of pink organdie of simple design ? with hats of pink hair braid. Theo- dosia Hawley, daughter of MT. and
 
 flower girl and she wore pale blue = organdie. Billy Hawley, her broth . CT, was the ring bearer.
 Lieutenant Smith was attended by
 Edward w. Carpenter as his best man
 and the ushers were John c. Hawley, !, R. s. Smith, Lieutenant Bronson H. a Davis, brother of the bride, who is
 home on a short furlough from the < Brooklyn Navy Yard where he is sta r toned; and Lieutenant H. P. Hale.
 Only the members of the two famil- Il ies and a few close friends had been d bidden to witness the ceremony, i'm V mediately after which a reception was
 held. A wedding breakfast was serv- q ed and then Lieutenant and Mrs. h Smith left on a short motor trip. He a has a short furlough before he has to r rejoin his command at Kelly Field, - San Antonio, Texas. Lieutenant $ Smith is with the aviation branch of I, the service, and after their wedding
 trip will take his bride to Texas for a l. while.
 l. Miss Davis has been much enter @ tained since the announcement of her n engagement and last evening Mir and e Mrs. John c. Hawley and MT. and e Mrs. E. W. Carpenter gave a dinner l. in compliment to the bridal party
 The guests included Miss Dorothy Baxter of Mansfield, Ohio; Miss Nada Q HandIey of New York; Miss Esther
 Hungerford of New Milford; Miss
 Catherine Curtis of New Haven ;Eben- = ezer Griff1ng and Frederick Stanton of New Haven; Robert Smith of u Poughkeepsie, and Franklin Christ D. man of Washington D. c.
 Lieutenant Smith is a graduate of $ Williams College, and was engaged IS in the manufacturing business with 'n his brother-in-law, E. w. Carpenter a previous to his enlistment Miss Il Davis attended Abbott Academy al
 Andover, Mass, and has been prom u inently identified with the work ot ts the Littsc Sisters
 D Under the auspices of the City Home Economies Committee of which '- Mrs. S. c. Shaw is chairman, and the ,u Fairfield County Farm Bureau a very ie energetic canning campaign is being IS carried on in this city with headquar- e. ters at the Sanford house on Wash s, ington avenue Brdigeport's quota for es canned articles is 100000 jars and that n- makes about 60 jars to each woman in De the city.
 Id Cards have been prepared similar 1s to that which is printed at the bot
 tom of this page and the coming week
 these are to be distributed to all the ,d housewives of the city for them tc r. sign. In this way record will be i'll compiled for the government of the -' amount of canned goods that is or - hand.
 There has been great response
 from the women of this city since the
 announcements of the canning cam