The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
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OF ClevelAnd. In this part OF the
country -groomsmen" is an unae-
customed term. but Southern people
distinguish between groomsmen
and ushers- The ushers attend to
the seating OF the guests, while
the pleasant duty of eseorting the
bridesmaids devolyes upon. the
groomsmen-
Girls Follow Ushers.
Following the ushers walked four
girls. Miss Katherine Hayes, Miss
Martha Campbell. Miss Julia Harris
and Miss Lulu Mitchell. all still in
! the schooiroom- They carried white
ribbons. one standing at each end
OF the arbor. The other ends OF
their ribbons were held by the two
other maids, who stood . short DIS
tance down the ball room. this form
ing two enclosures where especially
close friends OF the young couple
-Ss seated. with q few others
standing behind them
Mrs Wilson. with her mother. sat
in the inclosure on the right OF the
wedding party, with them being Miss
Mae Robinson, Of California: Miss
Mary Row Mitchell. the brides
great-aunt; Mrs LaSslle Pickett,
widow of Gen. Pickett; Rt- Rev.
Alfred Harding. Bishop Of wash
ington; and DR.. Trexler, of New
York. a bishop in the Lutheran
church. Others in the groups IN
the Enclosures were Mrs. McAdoo
Mr.. and Mrs. Sayre, Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas woodward. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoyt Evans, cousins of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brown; Mrs Robert Haynes.
Mrs. william Branch Porter, Mr..
and Mrs. McCarth Hanger, Miss Isa-
belle Mitchell. Miss Agnes Gray
Miss Julia Sullivan. Miss Eioise
Brown, Miss Mildred Brown, MIS-
Richard Johnston, Miss Natalie Bo-
cock, Miss Emily Cunan. Miss MAR
/ garet Mitchell and Miss Frazer
Mitchell. These were arranged In
four groups and followed the rib
bon maids in the wedding process
sion
Dresses OF Aidea-
Miss Hayes, one of the ribbon
bearers, wore American Beauty
chiffon shaded. Miss Mitchell an
other aid. wore sapphire blue
chiffon In shaded tone; Miss Camp
bell, who Is a daughter OF the late
DIR. John P. Campbell, of the Uni
versity of Georgia. and Mrs. Camp
bell. had on a gown of apricot col
ored chiffon that shaded into gold
and Miss Harris gore pale gold net
over silk OF the same color.
Following the groups Of guests
who sat within the bbon in
closures came the groomsmen. three
abreast, two standing on the left
side Of the chancel and one Joinine
the best man and the bridegroom
on the right side. The last two en-
tered the ball room from q smau
reception room on the right side
of the front of the ball room while
the clergymen went directly to the
improvised altar from a door on the
side of the small stage.
Carry Gold Baskets.
Following the groomsmen walked
the three small children, carrying
gold baskets with great tall han
dies and filled with pink roses and
white hlacs. The children were
little Miss Celestine Young. Miss
Peggy Young and Master Hoyt
Evans. jr., the last two in white,
the little girl wearing a dainty
frock OF white lace. Miss Celestine
Young was in gold net. They Joined
the maid holding the ribbon in the
middle OF the Ddll rOOm-
Then came the bridesmaids walk
ing in single file, those in the light
colored gowns coming first but
standing farthest from the altar
while those in the dark shades
were grouped close to the bride.
Then came the matron of honor
followed by the maid. The matron
of honor was Mrs. George Mccarthy,
= of Atlanta, and Miss Wilson was
maid OF honor.
The bridesmaids were Miss Esther
Smith. Miss Hazel Nelson, of At
lanta, Ga; Miss Ethelreda Aves. OF
Galveston. Texas, and the Misses
Kathleen and Alma Evans, cousins
of the bride, who used to live in
Georgia but are now residents of
Washington. Miss Smith. who is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alex
ander Smith. formerly lived in
Georgia but is spending the winter
in Washington. The matron of
honor stood on the side OF the altar
near the bridegroom while the maid
stood close to the bride on the left
side.
Maid of Honor's Gown.
The maid OF honor wore a hand
gold brocade, with gold slippers and
gold filet around her hair. The
matron of honor was gowned in
sapphire blue. an elaborate pattern
gown Of iridescent sequins made
with a tulle train. Both carried
American Beauty roses. The dark
colors of their gowns formed a
beautiful contrast to the soft white
ness Of the brides costume Ar
ranged on one side of the bridal
couple were four bridesmaids, with
the other three on the other side.
One one side first came Miss Smith,
who wore pale sapphire blue chif-
fon over satin with short sleeves
Of the chiffon. but one was caught
up a bit with a long chain of large
sapphire and crystal beads, which
extended down to hold up the dra-
perry of the skirt. She wore. silver
slippers When the bride gave her
bouquet to her maid of honor the
maid in turn handed her own bou-
quet to Miss Smith, who stood next
to her. The maids all carried arm
bouquets of lilies. Miss Aves came
next to Miss Smith, wearing a
fiame-colored chiffon gown over
gold, with gold slippers. Miss Nell
son stood next to Miss Aves, and
her gown was OF pale geld chiffon
shading into fame color. A French
ornament of large fame color roses,
with a shower Of smaller. sapphire
blue flowers adorned the waist at
the left side.
Wear Pale Chiffon.
On the other side of the altar