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Show WEDDING BELLS. The marriage of Miss Edna Shearman, Shear-man, and Mr. Alma Denbeigh Katz last Monday night was the largest and most beautifully appointed of the many affairs af-fairs which hteve come under the management man-agement of the little blind god during the present season. The ceremony was performed at 9 o'clock at St. Mark's cathedral, and was followed by a large and elaborate reception at the Ladies' Literary club. The church was filled with a most fashionable audience, and the reception which followed was one of the most delightful as well as beautiful beau-tiful ever held in that popular place. Preceding the ceremony, and while the guests were assembling, Mrs. Helen Shearman Gue sang to the organ accompaniment, ac-companiment, "I Arise From Dreams of Thee," by Courtellot; " 'Tis All That 1 Can Say," by Hope Temple, and Vogrich's "The Clover Blossom." As the organ gave forth the strains of the "Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin." the groom,.accompanied by Governor Wells as best man, awaited the approach of the party at the chancel steps. First came the ushers, Mr. Max Hanauer and Mr. Grant Hampton, Dr. Tripp and Judge Diehl, Mr. Will . Lawrence and Dr. J. S. Critchlow. Following these, and walking alone, came the matron of honor, Mrs. Harry David Gue; Miss Ida Hanauer and Mrs. Charles Post came next, and immediately preceding the bride, the maid of honor. Miss Shearman. The bride walked up the aisle leaning on the arm of her brother, Mr. Harry Shearman, and meeting the groom at the steps leading to the chancel, chan-cel, the betrothal ceremony was performed per-formed by Dean Eddie, while the soft strains of Tannhauser's . "Evening Star" filled the sacred edifice. As the bride was presented to the groom by her brother the part' proceeded to the altar, where the wedding ceremony proper was performed. At the conclusion con-clusion the trirnuphant sounds of the Mendelssohn "Wedding March" pealed forth, and the bridal party proceeded to the club house, where the reception was held. Here the party was joined by the mother of the groom, who received re-ceived with them, and assisting in the entertaining of the guests were Mrs. J. H. Young, Mrs. K. C. Woodruff, Mrs. D. B. Hempstead, Mrs. J. R. Folsom, Miss Crawford, Miss Fannie Hanauer and Miss Bertha Hempstead. The punch bowl was in charge of Miss Laura Sherman and Miss Stella Salisbury. Salis-bury. Mrs. McCarthy and Miss Blanche Kimball poured coffee at the table spread on the lower floor, and the dining din-ing room was In charge of Mrs. William Wil-liam Reid, who was assisted by the Misses Eloise Sherman, Maud Thorne, Marie Nason, Katherine Lowe and Ora Harkness. The decorations at the church were most unique, and the two colors, white and green, were admirably carried out by Huddart, in whose hands the floral decorations were placed. Nothing but white flowers were used, roses, carnations, carna-tions, sweet peas, centaureae and gladioli gladi-oli forming a most fragrant and beautiful beau-tiful combination. An immense wedding wed-ding bell was suspended directly over the heads of the wedding party, and the whole of the altar was concealed behind tall palms and ferns. In the front a kneeling stool of plumosa with white carnations was placed. On all sides were seen the cool, summery col- j ors of the white and green in fair, beautiful flowers and feathery fronds of. ferns. At the club house the same colors 1 prevailed, the chandeliers sho.ving twinings of smilax, and palms, ferns and cut flowers making an artlsti-; rnd I effective decoration. Rugs, couches and cosy corners transformed the hall irto a homelike parlor, and beautiful girls in gay summer gowns gave additional color and life to the charming picture. The bride was gowned in a robe of sheer white point d'esprit with trimmings trim-mings of gauze ribbon. A sash of white chiffon and a veil of gold lace, which had been worn by Mrs. Gue, completed her costume. She carried on immense shower bouquet of bride's roses. Miss Shearman, the maid of honor, wore a dress of turquoise 'jlue siik crepe, trimmed with ecru guipure iace, over a dress of blue ta ff eta. The gown worn by the matron of honor was. her own wedding gown, and was of heavy white satin, with trimmings trim-mings of duchesse lace and white chiffon. chif-fon. The other two attendants, Mrs. Charles Post' and' Miss Ida Hanauer, - wore dainty gowns of white silk mulle, trimmed with Vlaneciennes lace. All the attendants carried exquisite bouquets bou-quets of long-stemmed whitd carnations, carna-tions, with asparagus fern. Mr. and Mrs. Katz left at noon for ft trip of a few weeks to the coast, whence they wil sail shot'tlv for Honolulu. -S- A pretty home wedding was that of Miss Elsie Sutton Cohen and Mr. Arthur Ar-thur Pratt, jr., which took .place Monday Mon-day evening at the home of the bride's parents. The ceremony was performed at 7 o'clock by Judge Morse, and was witnessed by only the immediate family. fam-ily. Later in the' evening a large reception recep-tion was held, at which about 200 guests were present. The .bride was attended by Miss Mabel Pratt, a sistef of the groom, and Miss Ida Cohen as bridesmaids, and by little Miriam Cohen as flower girl. Mr. Henry Lennoit was best man, and Mr. R. N. Young acted as groomsman. The home was beautifully decorated by Huddart, the parlors in which the ceremony was performed being done in white, except a double heart of deep red roses on the curtains behind the bride and groom. A kneeling stool, trimmed with asparagus plumosa and white carnations, was placed before the magistrate. Ferns were draped on the curtains, and palms banked the walla of the room. In the dining room pink roses were used, the table presenting a pretty picture, pic-ture, with its wealth of smilax and flowers. Red was the color used in the hall, and palms formed a background for the gay flowers. The bride wore an imported gown of pearl white crepe, with trimmings of lace applique. She carried a large shower bouquet of white bride's roses. Miss Pratt's gown was of pink silk mulle. and Miss Cohen wore a dainty-gown dainty-gown of white -Persian lawn, trimmed with mechlin lace," with a sash of pink tulle. Both the maids carried shower bouquets of pink roses. Little Miriam Cohen was dressed all in white. At the reception Mr. and Mrs. Cohen were assisted in receiving by Mr. and Mrs. Pratt, Miss Dee of Ogden assisted assist-ed by Miss Ida Cohen, served punch in the hall, and serving the refreshments refresh-ments were the Misses Ethel Felt, Nanna Chaplin, Alice Farrell and Annie Adams. A mandolin club, stationed in the upper hall, furnished very beautiful beauti-ful music throughout the evening. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt left last night for Portland, whence they will go by boat to San Francisco for a month. St. Mary's cathedral was the scene of a quiet wedding last Monday, in which Miss G. A. Rassie of New York and Mr. J. R. Focht of this city were united in the bonds of matrimony. The ceremony was performed by Father Curran. The bride and groom will spend a month in Provo canyon, after which they will be at home to their friends at 162 South Eighth East street. They will receive at home after Aug. 1. Another pretty wedding of the week was that of Mr. Pat Friel of Butte and Miss Maggie Sullivan of this city, which took place Thursday afternoon. Rev. Father Kiely performed the mar- rintro pprpinnn - at Rt Alorv'a patho. dral. Mrs. J. J. Grant was matron of honor, and Mr. Con Gallagher acted as groomsman. Mr. and Mrs. Friel have many friends and relatives in Salt Lake and Butte, also in Park City and Eureka, who wish them happiness hap-piness and success in their new ca-: ca-: reer of life. |