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Many Happy June Brides 1891
Lenox, Mass. June 11-The wedding
of Mr. George Evans Turnure and
Miss Elizabeth L. Gardner Lanier
took place today at high noon at
Trinity Church. Nearly 1,000
invitations were issued to leading
society people of New York,
Boston, and other cities, and so
many were accepted that all the
cottages and hotels were taxed to
their utmost capacity for the
accommodation of the wedding
guests. The bride passed up the broad
aisle of the church leaning on her
father's arm. She was attired in a
gown of white satin, en train, cut
with high neck and long sleeves
and trimmed with chiffon. She wore
a lace veil and carried a bouquet
of bride's roses. The bridesmaids
were Misses Gandy, Greenleaf, Mary
Turnure, and Catherine Sands. They
were dressed in white chiffon,
with pink ribbons, and carried
immense bunches of pink roses.
They all wore large leghorn hats
trimmed with pink ostrich tips. A wedding breakfast was served
at Allen Winden, the Laniers'
cottage, to over three hundred
guests. The floral decorations
were on a scale of magnificence
never seen in Lenox before. Over
1,000 varieties of roses were used
and 700 sprays pf Stephanotis. The
bridal couple received the
congratulations of their friends
in the south end of the music room
under a floral veil composed
entirely of orchids. This was the
first orchid bell ever seen here
and so far as known is the first
used in this country. The
fireplaces in the music room,
dining room, and library were
banked with the rarest roses and
exotic plants of every
description. Sprays of stephanolis
reached from the electric
chandeliers to the corners of the
rooms.
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