The Governor’s Daughter Weds Beneath Ivy and Calla Lilies

The marriage of Miss Lizzie Ferry, elder daughter of Governor Ferry, and Hon. John Leary was solemnized in St. John’s Episcopal Church today by Bishop Paddock, assisted by Rev. George H. Watson of Seattle and Rev. H. H. Buck, rector of St. John’s. The steamer Bailey Gatzert brought about 150 guests from Seattle, who arrived shortly after 11 o’clock. When the church doors were opened at 11:30, nearly 200 people had already assembled outside, and the crowd continued to increase so rapidly that it was difficult to gain entrance.

The floral decorations were beautiful in the extreme, with ivy, smilax, ferns, blossoms, lilies and buds, and palms artistically arranged from the entrance of the edifice to the chancel. The walls were festooned with ivy from window to window and over the line of the chancel arches. The columns were hidden behind banks of moss, which supported stately palms. The windows were covered with delicate smilax and apple blossoms. Suspended from the chancel archway were three bells of moss and vines, with clappers of calla lilies. Strings of daisies were carelessly thrown from bell to bell.

The pulpit supported a cluster of calla lilies, geraniums and potted plants, while the chancel railing was covered with beautiful ferns. The chandeliers were twined with ivy, and from them were suspended baskets of cut flowers.

Promptly at 12 o’clock the choir, consisting of S. M. Percival, Mrs. John F. Gowey, Miss Jennie Young, Mrs. L. O. Dennis, Mrs. M. J. Gordon, Mrs. John Cain, A. B. Cowles and General B. G. O’Brien, rendered the wedding hymn “The Lord Bless Thee and Keep Thee,” and the wedding procession moved up the aisle, the bride leaning on her father’s arm. The ushers, R. B. Albertson and W. E. Bailey of Seattle, and George G. Mills and E. O. McDonald, Governor Ferry’s private secretary, followed. The bride was met at the chancel by the groom, and B. Pelly of Seattle acted as best man.

Miss Ferry was attired in a handsome white silk gown, tulle veil, ornaments of diamonds, and a wreath of orange blossoms. After the ceremony, the recessional music was a wedding march composed especially for the occasion by Prof. W. H. Roberts, St. John’s organist.

The reception at the governor’s house was a scene of gaiety. From the entrance through all the rooms were floral decorations of ivy, smilax, cut flowers and potted plants. Governor and Mrs. Ferry assisted at the reception. The bride and groom stood under an archway of ferns in one corner of the room. It was covered with delicate moss, smilax and ferns, and dotted with daisies and apple blossoms, while beneath it hung a large horseshoe of buds, muffs, chrysanthemums and other flowers. Light refreshments were served, the tables being dotted with pansies, rosebuds and lilies of the valley.

The richest and handsomest assortment of presents ever gathered together in Olympia were received. They consisted of gold and silver ware, cut glass, plaques, handsome books, urns, vases and art work. There were numerous sets of individual butter knives, salts and after-dinner coffees, salad dishes, mirrors, etchings, card receivers, an elegant carved ivory evening fan, bric-a-brac, a volume of Rembrandt’s etchings and other handsome gifts.

The bridal party, accompanied by the Seattle guests, left on the Bailey Gatzert at 3 o’clock for Seattle. A sumptuous repast was served on the boat. Mr. and Mrs. Leary will leave Seattle this evening for San Francisco, where they will tomorrow take the steamer for Japan. They will be gone about three months.