Show 11 Most Elaborate e Affair Ever yea Seen in hi S Salt lt e City ity I Brilliant Scene at the First Congregational Church Where Im lm Impressive Impressive Ceremonies Were Performed Dazzling Reception at the Knutsford Where Gorge Gorgeously Gorgeously Gorgeously I Arrayed Women and I Gallant Escorts Paid Hom Horn Homage Homage Hornage age to the Bride and Groom J all aU the magnificence that lim WITH w itle iti s wealth o yet et I with a taste as exquisite e q as the j t I appearance of the b j bride for far I It was wa planned gorgeous I ness Miss Nellie May ransford and Jay Ja Tarvin Harris HarrIet married I 1 at the First Congregational church hurch last right night Within the secret sacr edifice were gath gathered gathered gathered J ered the fashionables The wit I Ithe the beauty the sturdy manhood the theman man nian of millions all aU were assembled as in I honor of the central figures in i the Im Imposing ImS S posing ceremonies Nor were tae tiie humbler friends forgotten Here and 1 there between the creations that taxed I the genius genlue of the modiste and the gold goldsmith goldsmith smith were gowns of plainer stUff and I simpler ornaments Planned on a scale such as has baR never neer before been attempted in SIt Salt Lake the tre wedding was ws carried through without the slightest hitch to tomar tomar tomar mar its is perfect symmetry It Ws de d elaTed dared the prettiest event of its itkInd kind that has ever occurred here and amron on every hand han were heard the highest o of tributes to Mrs E F Holmes H ie es formerly X Je ie ei f the bride who arranged the details and Dd those rhose generous purse provided the means for all the splendor k DECORATIONS IN TN CHURCH I Eight tight was the time s st t for the performance of the ceremony cremon but out it v Was vas is a full fuJI hour before then when the firt t guests arrived They saw one of the th most bewilderingly beautiful scenes that has ever been presented for such sucha ai 11 a occasion Florists and decorators h ha 1 1 t been told to spare no pains or ex ox exe Ire lre e The result was a lavish us u of the seasons choicest blooms in a man manner ner nr so artistic as to reflect lasting credit on the men and women w men who ar arranged arranged ranged d them themI I In front of the pulpit platform was wasa a great eat arch of o evergreens ns surmounted in its centre by a heart done in red I carnations Flanking the heart were a aI I bv b 1 and several arrows in small yellow I chrysanthemums Suspended from the topmost t curve was a 8 huge wedding IK l eU fashioned in red and white carna carnation I tion tinn inq On the platform floor at either I jIt idt of the arch were placed immense I of chrysanthemums chry mums and ana carna cavna carnations in tasteful harmony The walls l hind the platform were festooned with nth bands of ivy I 1 Immediately Immediate under the wedding bell belP i wa Wal as 5 the cushion on which the bride I and groom were ere to kneel during a por portion I tion tin of the ceremony It was fashioned I n of heavy satin and its richness was apparent from all an parts of the house Palms and cacti and other potted plants were placed about the platform jn jn in a most effective f manner the whole creation cration being almost regal in its gen general genEral general eral tone COSTLY ORIENTAL RUGS BUGS A centre entre aIle al le was made through the fir firt t floor by b removing a of Pews P s This was to enable the bridal b 4 4 JL J 1 b j JI L Lr r m 2 c i w wt wd t d Jp 4 I t 4 t ft 4 j I j i I L I I j L party to havo lav a straight path from the church door to the altar Down I this aisle were spread the costliest of oriental orl tal rugs The floor of the altar J Itself was with them and hd with rare draperies from rom the most cunning weavers of the realm of the sultan sultanA A porte cocher of bright hued canvas was constructed from the north en entrance entrance entrance trance and on the pavement underneath under underneath underneath neath it more costly r rugs were laid for forthe the weddin guests to walk over from I their carriages There was another I entrance from Fouth East Bast street The I corner was blocked with pedestrians and choked with carriages from until after the nuptials had been b n cele celebrated celebrated celebrated The church filled gradually the system tern tem of requiring tickets at the door preventing and crowd crowdIng crowding ing By a quarter of an hour before 8 S the lower floor was filled fled with witha a most brilliant concourse and many i of the society people were invading the gallery The scene from the gallery was one never to be forgotten For weeks w ks dressmakers had been b en busy preparing their patrons for this event The results as seen last night must have been satisfactory to the most capricious and captious observer It was estimated that the cost of these gowns reached a total of at least 25 And the jewels diamonds blazed on many a snowy neck Rubies there were and pearls and turquoises and opals and every other precious stone stolle known to the jewelers art JEWELS WERE DAZZLING It was stated b one in a position to know that the jewels worn by the fair fall women last la t night aggregated a in value the sum of Some of the women were vere fairly dazzling Notably was this i 1 true of Mrs Holmes who wore v ore match LL LL I I I J i I I I i t j I jI LA I k kless O R JT W less diamonds in such numbers that as she threw back her cloak it was al ai almost alost most ost as if her neck were wreathed wrea thed with living flame Before the entrance of the bridal 1 party Professor gave a short on the organ The first number was the Coronation March I from Prophets Prophete Then came ever beautiful March Following this Madame Swenson the th brides music teacher sang ang a L solo The Silent World Is Sleeping Seeping in her best style Now from the Sunday school room at the west came the first soft sweet notes of the bridal chorus from Lo Faithful and Sure We Ve Lead You Forth and as the A words sung by Madame chorus clorus of sixteen Continued on page 2 I HARRIS Continued from page pEge l L voices voice swelled and bubbled over ver the breathless auditorium the wedding wadding weding party part entered Slowly lowlY they tey marched down dow the aisle ale to the te rostrum where the Rev Clarence T Brown Brwn the te groom gom andy and his best bt man ma George Georga Gerge Westervelt we vere waiting a T T THE i ri DIG PARTY PAT First came came the e ushers Causten Edward S Brown Brwn Walter Waiter Water C Shoup ShoUD Edwa Ferry Ferr Frederick Frederck Lyon George L L Nye and and T W Genter Center They were followed by the ring bearer little Harold Harld Lamb Lambas Lamba as a knightly looking a youngster 3 as a ever wore wor knickerbockers He carried the therin ring rin on ona a pillow of satin Then came caine Cae the te bridesmaids First Firt Miss McMillan and aa Miss Park Park The for former former mer wore ore an exquisite gown of pale le legen green gen taffeta veiled vei in green chiffon The bodiceS bodice was low in inthe inthe inthe the neck and finished with white ap apI She he earned carried pink zink roses Miss I Park net over tat taffeta tf fete feta feta The bodice was trimmed with wit an edge of luel lace and was was finished at the waist with a asah sash sah of Dink velvet velvet She carried pink and white carnations Following them tem came Miss Keith and Miss Webber Vebber Miss M Keiths gown was pink taffeta with wih trimmings of mar marguerites marguerites geries and she carried a bouquet of the same flowers fower Miss Webbers Webbers gown was sas wa pale green geen taffeta veiled in green The skirt wa was covered with wih innumerable and the bodice was draped with wit old rose Her flowers were carna carnations cana carnations Then followed Miss Shoup and Miss Ivers Iver Miss Shoup was wa gowned in pink vink organdie over taffeta tet The skirt was wasen wasen en n and ad was wa finished at the bot bottom bottom toRt tom tom with wih a triple ruffle edged with wih Flemish lace lae The bodice was wms wa low in inthe inthe the neck neck and nd was wa made entirely of rows of insertion and ad tucks tuck It was finished at t the neck with wih a soft fold of chiffon and had long sleeves of inser laser insertion tion ton and tucks She carried pink car carnations cr carnatIons nations Miss Mss Ivers Iver gown gow was wa of The green over taffeta skirt geen was wa en traine tine and was covered coverd with wit innumerable The bodice was wa and ad was wa finished d with of pUque Her flowers were e re a bertha b rh ap Herloe r roses t tUTTLE LITTLE L FW GI I little flower girls Next came ce the fower gIrl Dorothy Dorty and and Elsa B be er They Tey both wore wor exquisite gowns of i liberty silk and ad in their hair were fastened lbert sik butterfly buterY bows of white satin They carried crIed large lar baskets of roses and I ferns Following them tem came caine Genevieve McCornick and Bessie Niles Nies They The also I acted as flower girls Irl and both bot wore ore white organdie fower and carried baskets baket of roses und and nd ferns fers Following the flower girls came Miss Iss Grace Grce Emery Emer te who fower served sered as a brides attendant She wore an a imported gown of handmade lace over white taffeta with fichu effect of chiffon ornamented with wih wih tiny tny French Fr rosebuds rosebud and she carried an a armful of carnations honor Mrs of Next Net came ce the matron l Levis Evans Evas She wore wor white silk sUk or organdie gandie gandle over taffeta with gadie wit and nd insertion of valenciennes Her flowers were roses I Then fowers followed the te bride with wih her reached the brother When the party te Harris I I formed Mr altar a group was wa fored i had alt stepped gup forward to meet his alE affi affianced and the two turned in t the center ace minister Inister of the group and faced the Then te while the te simple but solemnly Impressive ceremony of the Congregational Congregational I I church was wa recited Professor Radcliffe tonal played and the lime te entire entre congregation stood sto in reverent attention AN A IMPRESSIVE SCENE was concluded with a The ceremony wa prayer and then the love song which had been pouring te In liquid notes front from the great organ soft as a mothers lul lullaby T laby geat burst burt org suddenly into tine the te crash triumphant paean of Medels wedding march It I was over ove The troth of the lovers had been plight plighted ed and the maid mad of one moment was the matron of the te next net Then while the flower fower girls girs strewed I roses in their pathway the bride and groom followed by b the other members I of at their their party arty walked through the church to their waiting carriages A reception at the Knutsford followed It was the most elaborately brilliant wa event te that has ha ever been given in Salt Lake Lake Hundreds of friends of Mr r and Mrs Harris Haris assembled to do them tem honor and for fo several hours the parlors parlor presented a scene of gayety and magnificence such as a has rarely been witnessed |