Multnomah County OR Archives Marriages.....Cannon, Edna - Brown, George W September 1904
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Morning Oregonian October 2,1904
A wedding of interest to the members of the Zeta Psi fraternity and to 
Portland society in general was the marriage of Mr. George W.Brown and Miss 
Edna Cannon, celebrated on Wednesdy evening at half past eight at the home of 
the bride's sister,Mrs. Thomas McCusker.Mr. Brown was a prominent member of 
the fraternity at Stanford University, and the best man,Harry S.Sladen, who 
was his classmate, and Dr. Edgar P.Hill, who performed the marriage ceremony, 
are also memebers. The house was decorated for the wedding with pink 
roses,white tulle and maidenhair, these being arranged most effectively 
against a background of huckleberry branches. During the services the bridal 
aprty stood in front of a horizontal window which has a deep sill and lent 
itself admirably to carrying out the idea of an altar, the niche being lighted 
with candles. Candles were placed also in every available place among the 
decorations of the stairs and archways, where Autmn leaves gave a brilliant 
effect. In the dining room there were red wild rose berries on the walls, and 
on the chandelier, where scarlet tulle was added. Mrs. William Knight played 
the Lohengrin and Mendelssohn wedding marches.
The bride was beautiful in her wedding gown, a daintily girlish combination of 
chiffon net and mechlin lace. The bodice was made with a dep bertha, in fichu 
effect, of the lace, and the 1830 skirt was made with deep frills,each edged 
with lace, all the way up to the waist. She wore Mr. Brown's gift, a Zeta Psi 
pin, in diamonds,to fasten her tulle veil, and also an exquisiteamethyst 
necklace and brooch. Miss Fanny Brown, who was maid of honor,attracted nearly 
as much attention as the bride,looking very charming in an elaborately hand 
made gown of white imported China sil.Miss Edna Jeffery,as bridesmaid, wore 
white pina cloth,trimmed with embroidered medallions and forget me nots. The 
bouquets carried by the bride and her attendants were arranged in an 
altogether new way and were very Frenchy.The bride's was a princess shower of 
white roses and duchess lace, Miss Brown's a muff of maidenhair and 
stephanotis. Mrs. Brown's going away gon, which was definitly becoming, was of 
blue cloth, with a stunning little black velevet hat and a big bunch of early 
violets. They have gone to the Puget Sound and British Columbia cities for 
their honeymoon, and upon their return will be at home at the Morton.

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