Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-03-04

The many friends OF Miss Anna
Waller VIII be interested in the fol-
lowing description of her wedding,
which took place at Manila, Philip.
pine Islands, on January 16.
Manila, p. T.,
January 16, 1921.
Dear Mother:
Did you think about me yester-
day, and especially hard about noon?
was married then, and | never
dreamed it would be possible to have
such a nice wedding or be so happy
without any of my family here Sew
eral friends of Marks had wanted
to stage our wedding for him, and
through these people we have been
treated in the most beautiful way.
They have just given us everything.
So much has happened, | don't
quite know where to begin, but will
try to give you a detailed account OF
the happenings of the last three
days. We got in Thursday morning
about Q o'clock l was more excited
then than when l was married.
found that the 31st had been moved
into Manila, in December, so my cot
tage at Mckinley is myth and we
have no home. and to all indications
will have a little trouble in finding
one. You remember the Mrs. Odor
who wrote me? Well, she and her
husband are in China on a short
leave but her mother and father,
Foulkes, are visiting them and a
Lieutenant and Mrs Rhoades live in
the same house. They are Mark $
closest friends and asked me to come
there and be married there if I
would. They had engagements for
Friday so my wedding was put over
until Saturday noon. Mrs. Foulkes
is dear clever little lady, gray hair,
neither of her two daughters were
married at home, so she said she
was looking forward to mine and
was truly a mother to me- They
have two house boys, a nurse, cook
and lavandiera, so they didn't have
any physical work to do. Just plan
ming, arranging flowers and manae-
ing it, which was a lot. with 2 peo-
PIE sitting down to dinner after
ward. They didn't let me lift a fin
ger. I hardly knew anything about
il until it happened. AS to the set
ting, their quarters are within the
walled city, funny narrow street.
thought it was back alley; but they
live upstairs, where the walls are
screened with sliding shell PANIED
windows or shutters. Very high spa
cious rooms, studding all showing
ne plaster here. Their living room,
a big long room, has much wicker
furniture, Bilibid make, a beautiful
floor alternating dark and light
boards highly polished. At the end
Of the room were the flags. U. S.
and the 31st infantry, standing in
supports. In front the regimental
chaplain, very nice. rather young
man; across the reception hall to the
right of the living room, in another
room, the i31st infantry orchestra
was playing Lohengrin's wedding
march. Through the reception hall,
down the length of the living room,
came the bride and groom. She, as
you have seen her, with a shower
bouquet of white orchids and car
denia de Amor (chain of love-; he.
very stunning in white uniform:
behind them the best man, Lieuten-
ant RhOades, and the bridesmaid,
Mrs RhOades, an adorable little bru-
nette in pale yellow with bouquet of
pale pink roses and cardenia. The
service was simple, quite like Iras',
only without the obey" part. The
ring, pale gold with 8 design of
orange blossoms around it. Oh, yes.
the bride wore a pin belonging to
Mrs. Foulkes, pale pink and a blue
gray pearl, Japanese pearls After
signing our marriage certificate, all
written in Spanish, which is filed
with the army records, we took some
pictures. time exposures, as the day
was a cloudy one, of the wedding
party and guests. Then we had a
marvellous dinner, which lasted until
nearly o'clock, with the orchestra
playing all the time.