CHIT CHAT.

New Zealand Times, Volume LV, Issue 2043, 28 October 1893, Page 6 (Supplement)

CHIT CHAT.

The wodding of Captain Hunter-Blair and Miss Emily Khodes, which took place at St Mary's Church, Merivale, on Tuesday last week, was a very grand affair. Amongst those present were The Earl and Countess of Glasgow. The ceremony was performed by the Bishop of Christchurch, assisted by the Eev Walter Harper. The service was fully choral. The surpliced choir met the bride at the gate and preceded her into the church, singing ' The voice that breathed o'er Eden.' The bride was accompanied by her brother, Mr Heaton Khodes, who afterwards gave her away. She was attended by six bridesmaids, Miss Hutton, the principal one, the Ladies Augusta, Alice, and Dorothy Boyle, the Misses Gwenda Parker and Janet Boyle as train bearers. The bridegroom was accompanied by Mr Joseph Studholme as best man. The service was a particularly bright one. Mr Clarence Turner presided at the organ, and played several fine marches, including the well known Wedding March. While the register was being signed in the vestry, Mr Maitland sang a solo.

The Christchurch Press gives the following particulars of the dresses : —The bride, who looked very lovely, wore a gown of rich ivory Ondine silk trimmed with chiffon, simply folded and ruffled at the neck and sleeves, and caught with diamond clasps, full court train of ivory satin Duchesse, with heavy gold all round the edges and trimmed with the same material, bridal flowers in her hair, which was covered by a full tulle veil and fastened with diamond star. She wore a diamond necklet and bracelets. ' A lovely bridal bouquet completed this most tasteful and becoming toilette.

The bridesmaids' pretty gowns were of cowslip coloured silk, covered with white muslin and trimmed with ruchings and frills of lace edged muslin ; pretty white hats, with posy bunches of cowslips. They carried lovely bouquets and ostrichfeather fans. The tiny train-bearers looked very pretty in Empire frocks of white mu'slin, with yoke and insertions of Valenciennes lace, full-puffed Victoria elbow sleeves, white silk stockings and shoes, white chip hats, with white lace and ostrich feathers.

The Countess of Glasgow wore a beautiful shot silk of pale green and pink, handsomely" trimmed, with passementerie and lace bonnet to match, with feathers and flowers.

Mrs Rhodes (mother of the bride) wore a rich, grey watered silk, grey velvet bonnet, trimmed with passementerie and pink roses, pink and white ospreys, and lace.

Amongst those present were Mesdames Alister Clarke, E. IX O’Rorke, Mrs R. Rhodes, Arthur Rhodes, George Rhodes and Miss AVauchope. Lord Kelburne, Mr, R. Rhodes of Blue Clift's, Mr A. E. G. Rhodes, M.H.R., Mr George Rhodes of. Meadowbank, Mr Alister Clark, and Mr E. D. O’Rorke were also present among the house party. The long avenue leading to the church, as well as the church grounds and space available inside, was densely packed with onlookers even for more than an hour before the time fixed for the ceremony. All the arrangements for the seating of the guests were admirably carried out. The reception at Elmwood, the residence of the bride’s mother, took the form of a garden party, for which the grounds are admirably suited. A large marquee was erected on the lawn. There was a splendid display of flowers for the decoration of the table, and exquisite bouquets were carried by the bridal party and numbers of the guests. A feature of the floral' decorations was a magnificent display of 1250 blooms of lillies of the valley. During the afternoon Captain and Mrs Hunter-Blair took their departure amid the usual showers of good wishes, rice, and rose leaves. The bride’s travelling dress was a tailor made tweed with pretty hat of brown and green.

The presents .were almost innumerable and included some magnificent jewellery.

Mr D. G. Hutchinson, of the Colonial Bank, Blenheim, has been transferred to Palmerston North. He was much to the fore in Blenheim, both in tennis and rowing circles, and, in connection with St Andrews’Church, and should prove a very desirable , addition to .Palmerston society’ circles.

Mothers should warn their children of the dangers of daphne. I read in a South Island paper that the common daphne grown in llower gardens is one of the most deadly poisons known to the botanist. Three or four of the berries, according to this authority, Will kill a man as quickly as strvehnino, and one has been known to kill a child in half an hour. Beware of daphne, ye Wellington mothers.

A well known Rangitikei lady, Mrs W. McKenzie, of Carnarvon, met with a nasty accident last week, being thrown m6 _ o |-4 t _4 r ap.-.„EDrtuQatel.v__she_esca£ed with a very severe shaking. . < a.,~* Tiipn »in N. 7. Mail.