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38 ' WILMETTE LIFE September 14, 1928 September Popular Month. for North Shore Weddings Margaret MacLean . Becomes Bride of Charles E. Nail . In the Wilmette Congregatio~al church, softened by the light of many candles, with palms and ferns and two large baskets of Easter lilies in r.harming arrangement, Miss Margaret Barry MacLean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Aibert MacLean of 924 Greenwood avenue, became the bride of Charles · Edwin Nail ot Mansfield, Ohio Wednesday evening, September 5. The wedding was one of the large affairs of the autumn season. The Rev. Vere V. Loper read the marriage service at 8 :30 o'clock, assisted by the Rev. William E. McCormack. Garden flowers were placed in the rooms of the Kenilworth club where the reception was held at the close of the ceremony. The bride was in a period gown of ivory satin trimmed in D'Alencon lace, with a court train of satin. Her veil of cream tulle was held to her head with a cap of rosepoint lace that had been her ~reat grandmother's and D'Alencon lace: edged her train. She wore a necklace and pin of pearls that bad belonged to her great grandmother, and carried a bouquet of valley lilies, roses, and orchids. Period gowns of chiffon velvet and tulle in three shades of wood rose were ,\>·orn by_ the bridesmaids, Mrs. Robert Frazi~r Lewis of New York City (Helen Bruch), Mrs. Edwin ] . Cole of Highland Pa_rk (Kathryn Gardiner), Miss Claora Hinkley of Buffalo Miss Louise Crawford of Emlent~n, Pa., Mrs. Ephriam Brown of Mansfield, Ohiu, Mrs. Frank Stegeman, ) r. of Fort Thomas, Ky., and Mrs. Ja~es w.· Martin of Chicago, (Virginia .Smitft). They all carried arm bouquets of deep pin~ roses and deep blue delphinium. The matron of honor Mrs. William Palmer Winslow (Virginia 1 Beym,r), wore a frock similar to those of the bridesmaids, but of pale wood rose, at~d carried pale pink ro~cs and pale blue delphinium. The bride's little niece, Pl].oebe MacLean, and Barbara Cole were the flower girls. Lyall Merritt of Summitt, N. J. served as best man, and Harvey Bushnell an<l Ephriam Brown of Mansfield, William Palmer Winslow of Evanston, George A. MacLean, John _A. MacLean,J r., Willard Casterline and Robert Casterline of Wilmette, were ushers. Mr. Nail and his bride have motored to Bretton Woods, N. H., and from there will go on to New York. After an absence of three or four weeks, they will make their home in Mansfield, Ohio. I September Bride l Simplicity and Dignity · Wilson-Humphrys Strike Wedding Keynote Wedding Charming St. Augustine's Simplicity and dignity 's truck the 1-----------------J the keynote -of the wedding ceremony at Glencoe Union church last Sat- Event of Last week Episcopal church, urday evening, when Miss Mazy Lewis Lothrop of Glencoe, arid Samuel Smith Hill, Jr., of Reading, Pa., were married. The church, an ideal one for weddings, was only decorated at the flltar, where palms, ferns, arl.d tall candelabra set off to advantage two large bo!Jquets i>f white hydrangea and white gladioli. The Rev. James A. Richards of the Winnetka Congregational church read ·the service. Photo by Gibson Casebeer Before her marriage on August 24, Mrs. Edward Mavland Challinor was Miss Edith B. Whitehill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Whitehill of 719 Tenth street. The Challinors have returned fro.m their honeymoon and are at holne at 5115 Win-chester ave· nue, Chicago. Autumn Colors Predominate at Booth-Hagen Wedding Autumn hues, bright, harmonious, formed the color keynote for the wedding on Saturday, September 8, of Miss Jessie Booth ann Frederick Ellis Hagen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Hagen of Hubbard Woods. The Rev. Har~ld C. Case of the Glencoe Methodis't church performed the ceremony q.t 8 :30 o'clock in the evening in the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Peele Booth of 521 Sixth .street, before an altar improvised in front of the large fireplace, which was profusely adorned with oak leaves, white berries, and gladioli, with large pots of fernia _ on either side. Tapers in wrought-iron Cathedral candelabra at either side of the altar threw their soft light for the reading of the marriage service in the presence of fifty guests. Marie Lu Owig was harpist. The bride wore a robe de style gown of ivory satin faced with French blue. Her veil of Duchess lace and tulle formed a long train. She carried a bouquet of roses shading from white to golden hue, valley lilies, and three sprays of forget-me-nots. The maid of honor, Miss Alverda Helming of Lake Bluff, was gowned' in topaz transparent "elvet, while the bridesmaid, Miss Amy Hagen, sister Qf the groom, was in transparent velvet of golden brown. Each carried an arm bouquet of tritoma in · shades of gold and brown with sprays of blue Miss Lothrop wore a quaint old wedding dress that had been her grandmother's, and which her own mother had worn at her wedding. The generous tulle veil felt over it in sin"! pie lines and the whole made a charming picture. A note of elegance was found in the dress of the bridesmaids, who wore green georgette, the skirts of whkh were elongated into stateh· They carrjed bouquets oi. trains. peach roses and gladioli, tied with peach bows. Mrs. Lewis Andrew Day. as matron of honor, made a beautiful contrast with her peach georgette frock of the same style as the bridesmaids'. Her bouquet matctled those of the bridesmaids, while the bride carried gardenias apd liliP.& of the valle}'1. ·Miss Christine $auf1lan of Winnetka, Miss Vera McDermid of Glencoe, Miss Esther Everett of Minneapolis, Miss Gwendolyn Mills of Ev· M argery S ~ee 1e an d M tss · anston, M tss Helen Strong, of flartford. Conn., acted as bridesmaids.. Mr. HiJl was attended by Mr. Day as best man: and his ushers were Dr. Chester Carroll of N. Y., James J. Gibson of Wilmette, Prescott Lothrop, II, of Glencoe, Hiester Nuhlenberg of Kansas City, William Sessions of Chicago, Alvin Spats of Reading, Louis Watermulde of Chicago, and Boy<;l Wilson of New York. A reception for the .1mmediate families was given at the Indian Hill club. Following the honeymoon. Jhe Hills will make their home in East Oretnge, N. J. with an artistic arrangement of green and white and the light of many candies was the setting for the wedding of Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the Harry Bertram Wilsons of 611 Laurel avenue, and Ernest Smith Humphrys, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Erqest S. Humphrys . o f LaGrange Thursday evening, September 6. Tall, three-branched c_~ndelabra threw their soft light against sprays of oak leaves at each window along the side aisles of the-:-church, leading to the two huge sheaths of Easter lilies standing against a background of palms at the entrance to the -chancel. Larger Cathedral candles stood at each side of the altar which was graced with white lilies, green leaves and its fivebranched candles. The bride wore a gown of transparent velvet fashioned with long sleeves, its soft girdle looped at the back with long ends forming a short train. A cap of Carrickmacross lace brought from Ireland and an heirloom in the family fitted closely to the bride's head and from this flared a long veil of tulle, fanshaped and high at the back of the head, with rosepoint lace at its sides and edging the train which was caught with orange biossoms. The bridal bouquet was of gardenias, valley lilies, and white sweet peas. · Vtrgmta · · · The bridal attendants, Mtss Bixby of Wilmette, as maid of honor. and Mrs. John Newton Garver, Jr., of. Buffalo, matron of honor, and the bridesmaids, Mrs. Judson Clark M un ger of LaGrange, Miss Elizabeth Date and Miss Janet Seely of Evanston, and Miss Florence 'Branson of Wilmette. were in frocks of peach and of green satin with hip-line girdles caugl)t in loops at the back with ends touching the floor. Those in peach color dresses carried corsage bouquets of lavender delphinium and pink roses, while those in green carried larkspur and yellow roses. Kiki Florian, clad in white, was the little flower girl. Francis Humphrys was his brother's best man, while the U3!hers were the bride's brother, Harry B. Wilson, Eugene Hotchkiss and Charles Hoag of LaGrange, the Rev. Harold Hoag of Racine, and Kenneth Fry of Chicago. At the dose of the ceremony the guests gathered at the Woman's club for the reception. Baskets and vases of garden flowers decorated the club rooms and an orchestra played for dancing. Mr. and Mrs. Humphrys ·shipped their car to Buffalo and are motoring through the Berkshire~ into Canada. then returning for a stay at Lake Placid. They will be ~way about three weeks, and then will make their home in Evanston. r;. Katharyn Wilson Bride of Robert Pollock Ely A wedding effective in its simplicity took place Saturday afternoon, September 8, at St. Luke's church in Evanston, when Miss Katharyn Wilson, ~aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Broomall Wilson of .35(1 Greenleaf avenue, Wilmette, became the bride of Robert Pollock Ely, son of Dr. and Mrs. James Owen Ely of 430 Walnut streetJ Winnetka. Following the 5 o'clock ceremony. a wedding dinner for the members of the bridal party and the two families was served at the Evanston hotel. Heavy white satin was used in the making of the period bridal gown with its high collar of Duchess lace and its fan-shape satin train which fell from the waistline. A cluster of orange blossoms held the tulle veil to the bride's head and valley lilies, gardenias, and white sweet peas formed her bouquet. Mrs. Everett 1 B. Wilson, Jr., the matron of honor and the bridesmaids, :Miss Helen Wilson, the bride's sister, and Miss Helen Dostol, Miss Helen Heggie, and Miss Estell Vermeren, were dressed in period gowns of taffeta ht past_el shades and trimmed in velvet, :vith velvet hats to ~latch. They all earned arm bouquets of pink roses and larkspur . Dr. Elv served as his son's best man, and · the ushers were Joseph Larsen of , Evanston, Morris Grouchy, Weds September 15 The marriage of Miss .Leah Mildred Kinne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry C. Kinne of 132~ Elmwood avenue, to Edwin A. Robson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence T. Robson of Chicago, is taking place Saturday, September lar~spur. 15, at 8 :30 o'clock in the evening, at Jack Hagen served his brother as the Wilmette Methodist church. The · best man and ] ack Booth was usher. Mr. and Mrs. Hagen are on a ten reception will follQw at Westmoreland Country club. day motor trip and after October 1, The attendants are to be Miss Ruth will be at home in Evanston. Verle Kinne, maid of honor; Miss Dorothy Fuller and Miss Beatrice Married September 13 Pence of Wilmette, Mrs. Donald G. Miss Helen Lane, granddaughter of Healey and Mrs. Kenneth Gordon of Mrs. H. C. Cooper of 824 Lake aveChicai_o, and Miss Lydia Sprenger of nue, was married at 8:30 o'clock Kenilworth, bridesmaids ; Kenneth S. Thursday night in the home of her Gordon, who will serv(: as best man ; .sister, Mrs. E. K. Butler of Glencoe. and the ttshers, Donald G. Healey, The bridegroom was Capron · Hunter William Gillespie, Daniel T. Nagle, of Freeport, Ill. The couple will go and Bernard S. Black. to Estes Park on their honeymoon. Have House Party Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Drake of 933 Lake avenue entertained several Wilmette residents at a house party last week-end at the Wausaukee club, Athelstane, Wis. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Skinner, Mr. (!nd Mrs. ·Henry.- Pope, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scheidenhelm, Mr. and Mrs. E,dward L. Scheidenhelm. Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Roberts, and Mr. and Mrs. George Kibby. William Zartmann, and Everett B. Wilson, Jr., of Fre. e port. . Mr. and Mrs. Ely have motored to Land O'Lakes, Wis., c,n their wedding trip and will be at home at 824 South Harlem avenue, Freeport, Ill., after September 20.