Evening star., 1927-10-21
SmitIl--SllertZer
Wedding Yesterday.

Wedding Yesterday.
The marriage of Miss Bertha
Frances Shertzer and Mr.. Richard
Ernest Smith took place yesterday
afternoon in the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Shert-
ger, on Thirteenth street. The cere-
mony was performed in the presence
of a small company, the Rev. Robert
L. Barnes officiating.
The bride was in a gown of white
satin and lace and carried a shower
bouquet of orchids and sweetheart
roses. Her sister, Miss Dorothy Eve
lyn Shertzer, was maid of honor and
wore a gown of pale yellow chiffon and
carried tiny yellow rosebuds. Mr..
James Edward White was best man.
An informal reception for those who
witnessed the ceremony followed, when
Mrs: Shertzer. mother of the bride,
and Mrs. Smith, mother of the BRIDE
groom assisted. Mrs. Shertzer was in
white embroidered crepe and Mrs.
Smith wore black velvet.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith left later for
a wedding trip in the South.
A charming Autumn wedding took
place last evening at o'clock in st.
Andrews Church, when Miss Mildred
Sinclair Gates, daughter of Mr.. Robert
NJ. Gates, became the bride of Mr..
Donovan Owens of Montgomery,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Owens
of Atlanta. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. DIR. Dimon, rector
of the church and the Rev. DR..
George Fiske Dudley of st. Stephens
Church, and preceding the ceremony
and while the guests were assembling
a program of sacred music was given
by Mrs. M. A.. Ross, organist of the
church. White chrysanthemums,
palms and ferns formed an effective
setting for the wedding and at the
home of the bride quantities OF
Autumn flowers and ferns We're used.
The bride was escorted by her
father, who gave her in marriage.
Her wedding gown was unusually
lovely. fashioned Of sheer chiffon,
along dainty old-fashioned lines, with
a close-fitting bodice, made with
round neckline at the front and the
back partly cut out in triangular de-
sign. The skirt covered with tiny
ruffies was quite full and bouffant,
barely trailed the floor at the back
and was shorter in the front. She
wore an exquisite veil Of rose point
lace, an heirloom in her family. The
veil, at one, time owned by Italian
ROYALTY, was presented to the Mar
chiouesse Incisa de Camerana of
Turin, Italy, in 1860, was worn as a
wedding veil and used on one occasion
when the Sultan Aziz Zan of Turkey
entertained King Edward, who was
then the Prince of Wales. After the
death of Marchionesse Incisa de
Camerana, this lace was bequeathed
to Countess Eugenia Bertinatti of
Castella Monte, who bequeathed it to
her niece and aunt-in-law of the bride.
The veil was arranged softly about
her face with q wreath of orange
blossoms and she carried a white
prayer book from which fell a shower
of lilies of the valley. 81
Mrs. Robert NJ. Gates was the ma
tron of honor, wearing gown of
beaded pale pink chiffon. made in two
piece effect with a circular skirt, and
The carried an arm bouquet of pink
roses. Little Miss Martha Hall,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buckingham
Hall of Morristown, n. j., and niece of
the bridegroom, was the flower girl,
wearing dainty frock of green geor.
gette crepe over flesh and carrying
an old-fashioned bouquet.
Mrs. Owens, mother Of the bride
groom, was in a blue beaded chiffon
and carrying roses.
Mr.. John S. Owens, jr., Of Mont
gomery, Ala, was the best man and