Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
COQ|DGfS START
THEIR HONEYMOON
NeWIyWeds Keep Destination
Secret; Staying Somewhere
in New England.

PLAINVILLE, Conn, September "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Coolidge were
presumably somewhere In New England
today, beginning a honeymoon which
they hoped would bring them q fort
night of obscurity.
They we're whisked away from the
home of Gov. and Mrs. John Trulnbull,
the brides parents, at 7:3O' last night
in a Connecticut official car driven by a
State police chauffeur, their destination
unknown even to the embe OF tne:f
W families. John Coolidge has re-
fused to tell where he n his bride
WOULD spend the next two weeks.
Speeding away from Plainville at so
miles an hour, ahead of showers OF con-
fetti thrown by guests at their wedding
reception, they were soon lost 10 the
view of the multitu6es who converted
their simple and quiet wedding" yes
terday into the most momentous event
In the history Of this 2o0-year-old COM
munity.
May Visit Homestead.
Rumor said they would spend their
HONEYMOON touring the New England
country where they were born nj
would visit the Plymouth, VT, nome
stead of the Coolidges. ,,
From a source close to the household
Of the brides parents 1t was learned
that the car which bore them away
was expected to return to Plainville to-
morrow empty.
No n at the Trumbull mansion
would say whether the newlyweds were
expected here again before October z,
when the groom must resume work AZ
his clerical desk in the railroad office at
New Haven.
The reception at the Trumbull estate
which followed the wedding rites was q
scene of eayety until the bridal pair de-
parted in the chill September dusk.
As the new Mrs. Coolidge
the stairs Of the home to dof he long
trained ivory satin wedding gown for
her travelling costume. she tossed her
bridal bouquet of ivory-tinted lilies into
the midst of the guests grouped below.
Catches Bridal Bouquet.
It wa caught by Miss Erma Funk of
Bristol. Conn, from whose father the
bride and groom purchased furniture
for their four-room. S78-a-month apart
ment In New Haven.
Soon afterward the bride appeared IN
her travelling costume, a three-piece en-
semble of hunters green transparent
velvet with a blouse of eggsheh satin.
Her hat was of green velvet to match
her gown and her coat was OF black
cressalla trimmed with a large collar
and cuffs of natural mink.
When the Junior Coolidges had left
with farewells ringing In their wake
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge lost little
time starting the drive nome to North
ampton, Mass.
The Trumbull family spent the
evening quietly at home, receiving sew
eral of their neighbors and most init
mate friends.
The tension of weeks Of preparation
for a wedding, which attracted national
interest, was loosed after the ceremony
at the village Congregational Church
yesterday afternoon.
Crowd Is Rewarded.
The crowds which thronged the VII
aage church yard behind the shoulders
OF half a hundred State troopers were
rewarded for their vigil as the wedding
service ended. The bride emerged
smiling from the church and posed for
a picture, her husband nodded geniaaly
to the crowd, the former President
waved his silk hat, IN acknowiedgemens
chiffon handkerchief as the wedding
party drove away.
The former occupant Of the White
House used to advantage the
shaking technique developed IN his most
recent Official capacity in greeting the
long line of guests that filed past the
receiving line at the weddin recepaion'
He also consented to pose for photo
graphs, but when he detected q lump
in the Oriental rug on which he was
standing, he suspected that IT was
caused by a m~icrophone belonging to
one of the news reel men.
Whats tina thing?" he said. Take
It away"
The microphone wa removed and
the pictures were taken-without
Eddie Weinstein. who played at Am
herst dances during John CoolidgeS
college days, supplied orchestra music
for the reception as his wedding gr1t
to the bridegroom.
Between orchestral numbers an &C
Gordon player roamed about the
en- garden playing popular tuneS. lt
was suspected h a he had been
PROMPTED by some of the guests When
his accordion broke into the strains
of 1.-THE Sidewalks of New York.
Each of the guests left the reception
silvered initials "T" and &c" containing
q piece of the wedding cake:
The simple Congregational wedding
service and a simple ring ceremony
made John Coolidge and Florence
Trumbull husband M wife. The mar
riage took place at 4 pm. Yesterday !
the Congregational Church. ! n the
presence of only 80 guests. limited to
that small number in response to the
wishes of the bride and groom.
Two ministers of1ciated at the nup-
tials. The wedding vows were read by
the Rev. Kenneth Welles Of Albany,
N. Y, former pastor of the Congrega-
tionaa Church at Northampton, where
ex-President Coolidge makes his home
The Rev. j. Roy Wilkerson, pastor OF
the Plainville Congregational Church,
read the preliminary service, consisting
of the vows of the church and the an
nouncement. AS the strains of the
bridal chorus from Lohengri1, played on
the nine organ by Prof. William Cham
mond of Mount Holyoke College,
sounded through the yellow flower
decked church, the bridal party made