Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-12

Yesterday afternoon at tneir nome. lVVU
Spruce street. to celebrate the fifticth
anniversary of their wedding. The. re.
..antion was not q very large affair,
suPs'J .ntv members of the fumily and init /.
,naie friends were invited. but ] doubt
u ony one invited missed attending.
10 eager we're oil to wish them Joy and
congratulations.
THE marriage Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
took place at midday on December IL.
SsI2, at zoos Spruce street. Among
the distinguished guests at the wedding
Sss President Grant.
Indeed, the President did the bride
tbe honor Of escorting her to the break :
last room after the ceremony and re-.
,eption had taken place.
Mrs. Lewis was Miss Elizabeth Me-
Kean Borie. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
charles Louis Borie. Her mother. who
died some few years ago at the wonder
ful age Of ninety and more, was Miss
r1ementina Mexican. daughter of
Thomas Mexican, Jr.. and grand.
daughter of Governor Thomas Mexican,
Of Colonial days. Her sister, Miss
Elizabeth Mexican, for whom Mrs.
Lewis was named. married Mr.. Adolpbe
Z Borie. Mrs. Lewis is sister Of Mr..
Benuyeall Borie, whose wife was Miss
PATTY Neill, and Of Mrs. James Mauran
Rhodes, formerly Miss Emily Boric.
and Mrs. George Mason, formerly Miss
Salie Borie.
MR.. LEWIS is son of the late Mr.:
lVl and Mrs. Saunders Lewis, of
Amber, whose winter home was Tor
many years at the corner of Walnut atd
Csmnc streets. His mother was former
. r. Miss Phoebe Morris james. one o. the
most beautiful and dignified of TINT
older generation which has passed away,
some of whom, however. lived long
enough in our day for us to remember
Them, Mrs. Lewis father was the ia :
nous Dr.. James. The Lewis place at
Amber had been used as Washington S
heodounrters, and among the treasures
~ the family is wonderful old CHAIR
IN which George Washing on often sat.
Mr.. Lewis was named for his uncle,
thc late John r. Lewis. He was the
eldest Of his family, bis brothers being
DIR. Morris J. Lewis and Saunders
Lewis, Jr.. and his sister, Mrs. George
Gordon Meade, Jr.
A REMARKABLE feature of the re-
~ ception Yesterday was the presence
Of three other members OF the @ tIrst
bridal party. Two bridesmaids. Mrs.
Meade. Mr.. Lewiss sister, and Mrs.
Mason. Mrs. Lewis sister. and Or.
Lewis, who was first groomsmap at the
wedding. You know in those days there
was no best mau and the bridegroom
walked into the room with his mother
}n.law. The other members OF the
bridal party were the late Miss Rosa
Stedman. Mr.. Willing Lewis and Mr..
Henry Pepper.
The bride Of fifty years and her two
bridesmaids carried the loveliest old"
fashioned bouquets. the brides of whit'
roses with few pink buds. and the
bridesmaids combination of orchid.
rclorcd chrysanthcmums and deep red
roses. All were edged with old
fashioned paper lace. And the BRIDE
groom wore white boutonniere.
As for the flowers which were sent,
no debutnnte has had rs many this
year. They filled the large drawing
room and were on every spare spot in
the library and dining room. On en-
tering the room one had II perfect golden
Impression, every kind of golden flower
was there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis had three chi J..
dren, Charles Borie Lewis. who is in
business in Chicago, but who came Oh
with his wife for the occasion: Mrs.
Ralph Darr. who was Miss Phoebe
Morris Lewis and who received too
during the afternoon. The third child
was Miss Elizabeth Borie Lewis, whose
death occurred at the age of eighteen,
but whose memory is as fresh today in
the hearts of her friends as il she had
been there with them yesterday.
A LII the guests were asked TO sign
IA the certificate, and what do you
,nl, ,t,
which was handwritten on parchment
and which had the signatures of the
guests at the wedding. including Presi :
dent Grants, fifty years ago. On the
back of the long bit of parchment were
the names of those who had attended
the twenty fifth anniversary dinner in
1897 and yesterday all those who were
there signed. Is that not a wonderful
thing for the children and grandchildl cn
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis to have!
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis have lived all
the fifty years of their married life III
the same house at 1000 Spruce street.
where they came one week after their
wedding trip. Their summers were
tpent at the Borie place, The Dell. y
III Torrcsdale, which has since been
bought by DR.. and Mrs. Joseph NJ.
Fox.
This is the third golden wedding
within the last few years in the Boric
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Beauvcau Boric
having celebrated theirs some five or
Fix years ago and Mr.. and Mrs. James
Mauran Rhodes their two years ago at
their home in California.
1t is hard to write about such things.
There is the feeling after attending an
affair like that, where love and COM
panlonship and mutual respect have
lasted long through the years and are
lasting yet, that not many Of the pres
rnt generation are as they. Not many
OF those We sec around Us will live as
'hey have. What u lesson it is and
should bc to us.
Can We not do something to preserve
me beauty, the courtesy, the statelincss
OF the old generation, their kindlincss
OF spirit. their utter good taste?
'NliE Monday Musicale at the Belle.
= vue- Stratford yesterday was inter-
rrSting. Claire Dux sang dc'iGhtfully.
The ballroom was crowded and | saw q
great many people l knew. Mrs. Bar
clay McFadden was there Looking very
well. She wore n small green felt hat
and brown dress. Another recent
bride ! saw (Mrs. McFadden was Miss
Virginia lleckschcr before her marriage
last spring. was Mrs. Muscoe Garnet,
Who was with her cousin. Miss Fannie
Is. WiStcr. Mrs. Garnett, YOU remem-
Der, was Miss Caroline Barclay before
her marriage in October.
=, several dcbutantcS were in the nu-
ddience and among those noticed was
,lair Cuttings. Mrs. John G. Cuttings
daughter. Miss Cuttings looked pretty
N .I,.a gray homespun suit and Il, gray