Hansen - Chapin Marriage 1906

HANSEN, CHAPIN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 1/21/2019 at 13:15:24

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer June 12, 1906, FP, C7

Hansen-Chapin Nuptials.
On Tuesday evening, June 7th, at seven o’clock, occurred the marriage of Miss Helen Louise Chapin and Dr. Frank Royle Hansen at the First Congregational Church, Rev. O. H. Holmes, of Algona, Ia., performing the ceremony.
The church was beautifully decorated; the altar was banked with palms, ferns and white carnations. Mrs. C. C. O’Malley sang the nuptial music before the service, and Miss Ella Treat, of Decorah, presided at the organ. To the strains of the Lohengrin wedding march, the bridal party entered; the groom attended by the best man, Mr. Harry Nixon, of Mankato, Minn., entered the west vestibule and proceeded to their proper positions at the altar, and the others of the bridal party entered the east vestibule and proceeded up the center aisle. The ushers were Dr. W. T. Daly, Mr. Wesley Swenson, Mr. Will Nichols, and Mr. T. Albert Jayne, of Decorah; following the ushers came the brides-maids, Mrs. W. T. Daly, Miss Gertrude Marshall, Miss Julia Breckenridge, of Decorah, Miss Kate Clifford, of Cannon Falls, Minn., and Miss Clarice Chapin, as Maid of Honor. The flower girls, Little Misses Aline O’Malley and Mary Milz, scattered white rose leaves before the bride as she entered with Mr. C. D. Nichols who gave away the bride. The bride was beautiful in an imported gown made in Paris—drop skirt of chiffon over white silk. The gown was a combination of rich lace and embroidery trimmed with baby crochet, veil with orange blossoms; the only ornaments were a necklace of pearls and shower boquet of brides’ roses. Miss Clarice Chapin wore a white batiste gown with a blue girdle and blue gloves, with a wreath of roses in her hair, and carrying cream roses. Mrs. Daly wore a white net gown over white silk and carried red roses. Miss Marshall was gowned with white embroidered Swiss over pink silk and carried pink roses. Miss Breckenridge wore white French lawn with fibre lace and pink gloves, carrying pink roses. Miss Clifford wore white embroidered mull over blue taffeta and carried cream roses. The groom wore the conventional black. The ushers were all in evening dress. A reception was given at the home of Mrs. Emma Chapin, mother of the bride, immediately after the service at the church. The home was profusely decorated with flowers and ferns. In front of a bank of ferns and cream roses in the front parlor, the happy couple received the hearty congratulations of two hundred guests and friends. A decoration that was much admired was a frieze of dark red peony blossoms over the bay window in the back parlor—wild grape vines running up either side to meet the peonies. In this cozy nook, Misses Edith Webster and Bernice Laidlaw served frappe. The library was screened off from the parlor with an immense bank of ferns, from behind which the Kakac Orchestra discoursed suitable music during the evening. The dining room was beautiful in pink roses and smylax, and dainty refreshments were served by four dainty ladies, cousins of the bride, the Misses Nichols, Miss Burdick, and Miss Niles. The gifts were valuable and beautiful and showed the esteem in which the contracting parties are held.