ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XIX, Issue 2052, 6 December 1924, Page 5

ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

MORTON-OULPAN. The marirage was solemnised ou Wednesday evening in St. Mary’s Cathedral, Parnell, of Miss Molly Gartside Culpan, only daughter of Mr W. J. Old pan and Mrs Culpan, of Omaliu Street, Remuera, to Mr John Ramsay Morton, of Te Kuiti. The church had been charmingly decorated for the occasion in pale pink and blue hydrangeas, interspersed with pale pink rambler roses. A of pale prink roses Liang oK-er the chancel, which had an arch covered with arum lilies and finishing at the sides with masses of blue and pi'nk hydrangeas. Ropes of pink covered the edges of the chancel, underlined by pale blue hydrangea, while the pulpit was outlined with pale pink roses and blue hydrangea. making a very artistic and chaste scheme of decoration. The decorations were the work iff Mrs Archdale Tuvinr, and Airs Effingham Howard, aunts of the bride. The bride, who entered the church om the arm of her father, wore a handsome frock of silver lace over ivory stvtin, mado swathed low ait the hips and finished with true, lovers’ knots in pale pink and silver clasped with orange blossom. The veil, which was of rose point and very handsome, was the gift of the bride’s aunt, Mrs Didsbury Ashton, and was worn in mob cap shape, falling gracefully over the wedding gown. The bride carried a sheaf of Easter lilies tied with a tulle bow. She was supported by Miss Joyce Taylcr and Miss Mario Hcald as bridesmaids, .who were in pink georgette, tiered and finished with silver face ; a coronet of pale pink shader! llowors and silver, together with early Victorian posies, completed itlio toilet. Mr Eric Somerville, Te Kuiti, and .Mr Jack Hine, To Kuiti. were best man and groomsman. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride, where the reception room had lion tastefully decorated by Mrs Didsbury Ashton in masses of pale pink sweet pens, maidenhair fern and asparagus fern. The heavy, dark mantelpiece was massed with pale pink roses, and the many alcoves and deep window seats of the charmingly autistic room lent themselves to a fine colour scheme. The long table had a large silver bowl in the centre, an cl candles shaded with pink and silver on each side.

Mrs Culpan wore black liiarocain, with Hungarian embroidery on the side, and jet buckles. The gown was (trained from the side, and she carried a bouquet of pale blue delphinium. With this was worn a small black hat and goosecjV.ull.s and jet ormnament. Mrs A. Herdman was in. blue marocain and gold : Mrs Cramond, grandmother of the bridegroom, wore amethyst crepe dc chine and black hat; Mrs F. Thompson was in black chemUle embossed georgette, with white ostrich feather, buckle and black liat with silver; Mrs ArclnJalo Taylor, pale grey crepe du chine, velvet liat, with leather; Mrs D. Ashton, Oriental georgette and black hat; Mrs G. Heal cl, powder blue georgette and silver embroidery : Mrs Effingham Howard, maize georgette hemmed with loyal blue; Mrs Graham Robertson, black georgette, royal blue and black hut. Amongst those present were Lady Lockhart, "Canon and Mrs James, Mrs Rathbonc, Miss Rathbone, Mr and Mrs Malmn, Mrs T. Culpan, Mrs and Miss Rona Culpan, Mrs and Miss J. Craig, Mrs Monro Wilson, Miss Monro Wilson, Mr and Mrs Vernon (Te Kuiti), Mrs George Devore, Mrs Matthews (Te Kuiti j, Mrs Somerville (Te Kuiti), Miss N. Brett. Misses V. and M. Jackson. Mr and Mrs Wilson Smith. Mrs and Miss Alexander, Mr and Mrs Cockroft, Misses Mahoney, Mrs B. Calder, Mrs H. Corbett, Mrs Roy Culpan, Miss cle Renzy, Miss Blunt, Mrs R. Ashton, and Miss M. Tayler.