NO MUSIC FOR WEDDING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 3 (Supplement)

NO MUSIC FOR WEDDING.

UNUSUAL ABBEY CEREMONY.

CHOIR OF MALE VOICES.

Tho quietest wedding Westminster Abboy lias ever seen was that of Lady Katharine Hamilton, tho Queen's youngest Lady-in-Waiting, who was married in the Henry VTI. Chapel there last month to Lieutenant-Colonel Reginald Seymour, Equerry to the King. Lady Katharine is 30 years of age. So anxious was the bride to avoid tho crowds who usually gather at important weddings that she even kept secret the time of tho ceremony. As eleven o'clock was striking from Big Ben a large car drove through the gates beforo tho entranco to tho Poets' Corner and drew up so close to tho door that Lady Katharine had only one step to take into tho Abbey. With her father, the Duko of Abercorn, she walked to the altar of tho banner-hung chapel, decorated for tho occasion with tall sheavos of flame gladioli.

No bridesmaids or attendants followed the brido, who woro an ankle-length gown of ivory satin with a square bodico, a full skirt, long sleeves and a mediumlength train. Her veil was of Brussels laco edged with orange blossom and sho carried lilies tied with a blue bow.

Some 150 guests were present by invitation, and four clergyinon, headed by the Primato of All Ireland (Most Rev. Dr. D'Arcy), officiated. Tho service was brief and simple. There was no organ music, but an augmented choir of male voices sang the 160 th hymn, " Holy, Holy," and psalm Ixvii. There was no formal reception after the wedding, the brido and bridegroom returning to the bride's home for luncheon. Later, they motored off for a honeymoon tour of tho country.