11:45
Gertrude wore at her throat her lover 's gift , and she never looked prettier or happier . All the morning till 11 o'clock everybody was busy , when the ushers and friends began to arrive . Soon came the American ambassador , his wife and children . At 11:45 a bishop of New York City , Claude Searles of London , and intimate friends of the Harrises and George Ingram followed , till the private parlors were full . The orchestra of twenty pieces of Grand Opera House , stationed in the reception hall , played the `` Largo '' of Handel . In the third parlor from the ceiling were suspended ropes or garlands of smilax and bride 's roses , which formed a dainty canopy . White satin ribbons festooned on two rows of potted marguerites made a bridal pathway direct from the foot of the stairway to the dais beneath the canopy .