| Show CUPID nOtDs COURT 3 i IN UP = TO = DATE STYLE 1 An Electric Wedding Described by the Bridegroom Who Designed the Most Remarkable Illuminations Ever Seen in a Church I Atlanta March lIf the loc that knits two lives together for better 01 I worse la not strong enough to bring to the surface Uio latent gcnlqs that most men have hidden somewhere In their compositions then Il will remain an iindiscernecl Quantity forever I My wed ding day will certainly be the brightest one in my personal calendar for nothing I noth-ing can eclipse from the memory of anyone any-one present the dazzling scene presented pre-sented when I led to the altar my chosen bride Miss Daisy ClaJrc Nlinnio Religious gloom was bnnlsh dom d-om Trinity church the hatred edifice in which the ceremony was performed I hidden and flowers of Incandescent t lights winked knowingly to UK flash ing letters oC firu that adorned the altar as the profes f410r swept onto the grand notes of the weiWlng march The aisle from the veldt to the altar was St path of light On each Hide above and In front the electric blaze of glory Illumined the way to the hymeneal hy-meneal altar until one Was almost fain to say with eyes close shut to keep out the overpowering glory of the sight Hive me darkness for a moment as u relief from his I wave of electric Illumination Illu-mination I As the procession moved on ripld changes were made In I the Illuminations I t with kaleidoscopic effect Rod lights rinsed their eyes and blue ones opened 3 IfL 1M ltr l t rz 1 li i 4 y i I 1 I 1 4 1I I 1 i 1ij ii iji Iii LAn L-An Allantp Gn couple married recently in Trinity church in that city amid surroundings probably unique at a marriage ceremony Tho a bridegroom is a wellknown electrician in that city and the chancel was one mass of light a boll of incandescent lights being suspended OVOl the couple whilo on cither side were their initials When they vcro pronounced man and wife the initials disappeared and a single 1 letter flashed out on the bell In its phce there blazed up a glory of incandescent Illumination that transforms trans-forms the Interior of the building Into J 1 gleaming palace of light I spent < weeks of careful slody over that Illumination Illu-mination I determined that the recpl lectlon of the wedding scene should be Bitch a brilliant one as to make It Impossible Im-possible for It ever to Iw 1 effaced from q the memory of anyone present and least of all from the memory of my tiweet wife The work wets designed and carried out entirely ytuler my direction and 1 festooned the Inside of the church with Incandescent lights strung several hundred pink white and varlcolorcd illuminations on Invisible wires above tho chancel rail amid twined these ubout with tendrils of evergreen so that the light should shoot out from a crdaut bower of loveliness Directly over 1 the spot where 1 would plight my tiotli with the bride 1 hung an Immense Im-mense bell of chrysanthemums with colored lights cunningly arranged among the flowers su thai the bell of flowers seemed to be made up of living I flowers of lire The clapper watt repro Eentcd by a suspended arc light and I the illumination of which this formed apart i a-part radiated down on the spot where thy bride and I would stand while the minister pronounced us man and 1 eOn e-On cither side of the ulurr In letters of lire flashed out the Initials of my bride and myself A design tu which I t think 1 may point with pardonable pride was an arrangement that Pet m It ted the Instantaneous changing ot those loiters l at the time the ceremony was completed to the one letter that my wife had then taken as her own Initial I BesIdes these set pieces the church hone with Incandescent ray In organ loft aisles and pews The Incandescent Incandes-cent lights were arranged In clusters and ropes l representing flowers and symbolical designs They ran along the roof chased the shadows from behind be-hind th pillars and penetrated the furthermost fur-thermost recesses of the building leaving leav-ing not a lurking place for u somber tf Hlmdow in any corner Never was a Bedding freer from shadows than mliu mliuWhm I had looked upon the work and siin that It was good I waited complacently for the time to arrive when a Klngle turn uf a switch should cause a dazzling blaze of llgljt to llu mlnad Cupids court and astonlah time attendants The people were good Enough to consider the affair one of the nodal events of the city and the ports of my electrical preparations having spread abroad there was a vast rrowd on hand that lllled the phurch to overflowing blocked the sidewalk and swaimed out Into the roadway for a dlniince around When the wedding procession entered en-tered lho building there was an Involuntary Invol-untary C exclamation delight from the con Ir allon for what had been by comparison but a dull and common plarp illumination became at a glvnn nlgnal a radiant glow of light that turned night Into tluy and made ha I IVr tenor of the church one of the most beautiful sighls ivor seen In Atlanta White lights shot bold rays of menu descent illumination at the figure of Ihn bride and Jewels and ornumcnlf iiL on the hal and In the hair of the jc blrdcumaids nn < l congregation playnd a brilliant game ot ing with those Wan iY Iprlng rays ipilotlng them baeU In i1 flashing line of light that fairly tins 4I zlcd the eyes rf l and green and blue e1 llRhls popped a shy welcome to tIP 1 wpfMinr party from the leafy rr > ip tps I of th 1 is In which Jtoy waC lltt1C theirs green lights and white lights whispered lo each other and then disappeared dis-appeared to burn UD again Immediately Immedi-ately In bewildering unexpected places lights came tu life In the twinkling of an eye when It seemed that there could not possibly be gotten a single ray of additional illumination on the scene and HIP audience was kept III a constant con-stant stale of ondcrlng amazement at the brilliancy of the arrangements As the solemn words of the marriage service were being uttered by the minister min-ister the lights were turned full on and the crowning climax of glory was reached by the fhurch being mnd ° one great blae of brilliancy As the procession pro-cession reformed for the rot 1 urn to lhr earrlagpn the lights blinked and gleamed In mystic fashion as though they had taken on UPW life and were showing their joy and showering congratulations con-gratulations on HIP I principals of the wedding by Infusing nil the surprising changes Into theIr movements possible The effect of the electric wedding was the most dazzling ever seen In this city It Is the talk of the town and will continue con-tinue to be until some one In an excess of enthusiasm over the happy prospect of marriage to the girl of his choice outdoes the electric wedding that was my small tribute to my dear wifes virtues I vir-tues I |
