The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-21

the account OF her wedding IN
the paper. Written with a d.
minutive h a d, the account
could appear below an ad for
liver pills or above an obituary.
Usually it was woven in be-
tween a picture of the heroine
actress of a travelling road show
and gossip column entitled
Wrightsville BreeZes.
AS for the bride, in 9l2, she
was of little Importance. What
counted was who she was mar
rying, whose daughter she was,
and whether her prospective
husband was respectan e.
One Wedding emphasized the
brides character by saying that
since she had chosen to be mar
Iried in a small chapel on her
family estate, "the decision to
have the ceremony there indi-
Gated in no small manner the
genuineness and simplicity of
I1GI udtOlc
In compiling an argument for
woman's consistency in choos-
ing her wedding garments, we
discovered some dusty accounts
of weddings 49, without pictures
later supplied by Adams Studio
in the files of by-gone news
paper issues.
The lovely ladies whose mar
riages are considered events of
yesteryear, but certainly events
not forgotten, are pictured on
the front page. The portraits
cover the last 20 years of
nuptial highlights in Whining
ton.
MRS. JULIEN X. TAYLOR, JR.
Elizabeth Whitehead, (top
left, Page y now Mrs. Julien
K. Taylor, Jr., was married O.
tober 10, 1896 in a brilliant cere-
mony at First Presbyterian
church. Her matron-of = honor
was Mrs. Allen H. Whitehead,
nee Alice Boatwright, now of
New Orleans, formerly of Will
mington. Bridesmaids were:
Katherine Alexius, now Mrs.
William P. Emerson, Jr.; Miss
Resale Waters, now Mrs.
James Carr; Miss Peter White
head, now Mrs. H. G. Conner
of Wilson; Mrs. Henry Beale of
Washington, D. c., nee Sara
Mccormick of Washington;
Miss Betsy Title, now Mrs.
David Poston of Evanston, ILL.,;
Miss Ida Patter of Concord,
now Mrs. Bill Howard of At
lanta, Ga; Miss Lila Wootten
of this city, now Mrs. Alfred
Miller of New York City.
Mrs. Taylor's gown of white
satin was modelled on Eliza
bethan lines, with a high stiff
collar and large padded sleeves.
Her veil came to a point low
on her forehead, and fell the
length of her court train. She
carried a bouquet of gardenias
and ilies-of-the-valley. With the
exception of the collar, Mrs.
Taylor's gown would be in
vogue today.
MRS. STEPHEN PROVOST
Mrs. Stephen Provost, (pic-
tured left center, page y nee
Frances Caldwell, wore the ira
ditional white satin, but instead
of the now prevailing sweet
heart neckline, her gown was
designed with a plain panel
across the neck rising to a roll
back Elizabethan collar. Her
veil was similar to those worn
today with a tall coronet of il
fusion, and her bouquet was a
cascade of lilies-of-the = valley
and lilac.
Mrs. Provost was married
December %, 1885 in the First
Baptist church, during the
worst sleet and snow storm Will
mington had seen in years. Her
attendants were Miss Ann Slo-
cum, now Mrs. J.. E. Moore,
Miss Rebecca Wright, now Mrs.
Henry Jennings of Oxford, Miss
Martha Davis of Goldsboro,
Mrs. r. c. Copenhaver of Farm
vile, nee Mary Alice Beaman
of Farmville, and Miss Leila
Provost of Columbia.
MRS. JOSEPH C. EAGLES
Looking like a bride of today.
Mrs. Joseph Colin Eagles, Jr.,
of Wilson, nee Betty Ledford
ISparkes, (bottom left, page y
was married June II, 1888 at
|St. James Episcopal church.
Her attendants were Miss
Dorothy Sparkes, maid-of-honor
now Mrs. Hugh Primrose; Mrs.
Turner. B. Bum, Jr., of Wilson;
Miss Resale Waters, now Mrs.
James Carr; Miss Elizabeth
Nets, now Mrs. Michael Cor
bett Brown; Miss Sarah Snipes
Of Raleigh; Miss Ellen Louise
Hasenack of Forest Hills, Lon,
| Island.
MRS. JACK ". SMITH
Mrs. Jack W. Smith (top cel
Ter, page -, nee Mary Whi
eield Pearsal1, vas marie
June 10. 1888 at The Church G.