Wedding Bells

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19824, 29 December 1938, Page 12

Wedding Bells

Whyte—Jones Becoming; Frocks Becoming shades of blue and gold were chosen for the bridesmaids’ frocks at the pretty wedding celebrated in Holy Trinity Church on Tuesday afternoon, when Vera Mavis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. George Jones, Ormond, was married to David Charles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Whyte, Wairoa, by the Rev. R . C. Aires. The church lmd been effectively decorated with mixed flowers and greenery by friends of the bride, making a picturesque setting for the attractive dresses worn by the bride and her attendants. Mr. D. G. Dyer presided at the organ. Wearing a graceful frock of ivory embossed satin cut on simple lines, the bride made a charming picture as she entered the church with her father. Her gown had a high neckline, which was opened slightly in front, where it was finished with a spray of orange blossom, and the bodice was gathered above the waistline, the skirt being long with a flared train. The long sleeves were gathered at the shoulders and terminated in a point over each hand. Her Jovely tulle veil was caught to her head with a becoming halo of orange blossom, and hung in soft folds over her gown, forming a second train behind. Ivory satin court shoes and silk hose to tone, and an artistic sheaf of lilies completed, the bride’s picturesque toilette. Blue and Gold Shades The bridesmaids, Miss Iris Jones, chief, sister of the bride, and Miss Audrey Whyte, sister of the bridegroom, wore very pretty frocks of white silk organza celeste striped with satin, over foundation slips of coloured satin, the former’s underdress being in Marlborough blue and the latter’s in gold. Their frocks were modelled alike, each having a V neckline, puff sleeves, a plain bodice pin-tuck-ed just above the waistline, a very full long skirt and a matching sash tied at the back of the waist. A dainty shoulder veil of silk net in blue and gold respectively caught at the lop of the head with flowers to tone, and sandals to match her satin slip, with silk hose to tone, were worn by each bridesmaid, who carried a lovely bouquet of flowers in the same tonings, completing her attractive ensemble. Mr. Percy Lovelock was the best man, and Mr. T. Hall the groomsman. When ithe bride was leaving the church she was presented with a horseshoe of heather by her little cousin, Miss Alma Jeffery. Enjoyable Reception After the service in the church an enjoyable reception was held at Le Grand Cafe, where the customary toasts were honoured during the wedding breakfast. Mr. and Mrs. Jones welcomed their guests, the latter wearing a becoming navy blue frock patterned In red and green arid a navy iace coat, with a hat to match, and holding a pretty bouquet of flowers in reel and other colours to tone. A smart -navy blue and while, ensemble was worn by the bridegroom’s mother, who carried a dainty bouquet of mixed flowers. Mi-s. Fred Whyte chose an attractive ensemble of navy blue spotted sheer. The bride’s grandmother, Mrs. Dixon, wore a becoming frock of Hungarian crepe patterned in pink flowers, a navy blue sheer coat, and a navy hat. Later in the day the bride and bridegroom left on a motor tour of the North Island, Mrs. D. C. Whyte travelling in a smart saxe blue bolero frock figured in white, and a hat to match. The 'bridegroom’s gift to the bride was a wristlet watch, and his presents to the bridesmaids were crystal powder bowls. Many beautiful and useful gifts, including several cheques, were received by Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Whyte. Engagement An engagement is announced between Claude, third son of Mr. and Mrs. A. McCorkindale, Waiatai Valley, Wairoa, and Olga Vivienne (Billie), second daughter of Mrs. Davys and the late Mr. S. J. Davys, 68 Clyde road, Wairoa. Turanga Croquet Club A very enjoyable progressive croquet tournament was held by the Turanga Croquet Club on the municipal croquet grounds, Rutene road, on Tuesday. Morning tea, luncheon, and afternoon tea were served in the pavilion, the table being prettily decorated in mixed flowers in red and blue tonings, carrying out the club colours. In the A section Mrs. Luxton was the winner, and in the B section Mrs. J. Olliver carried off the honours, while Mrs. C. J. Rigg was awarded another prize. The prizes will be presented to the winners at the grounds next Saturday afternoon. The tournament was organised by Mrs. Luxton.

The Turanga club is arranging to hold a similar tournament on New Year’s Day, on the municipal greens, in which members of other croquet clubs are invited to take part.

Those present on Tuesday were Mesdamcs C. J. Rigg, Ansell, Kane. A. R. Wilson, Bayliss, T. G. Lawless, J. S. Wanehop, Luxton, E. 11. Havers, J. Olliver, J K, Nasmith and E A. Moncrieff.

Gisborne Girl’s Visit to Egypt

Miss Mildred Nicol, who recently returned from an extended trip abroad, visited her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Collett, in Egypt on her return trip from England to New Zealand, Mr. Collett being a flying-officer attached to the Royal Air Force near Ismailia. Counting her visit to Egypt as one of the most interesting experiences of her travels, Miss Nicol gives a descriptive account of her impressions as related below.

“We arrived at Port Said about 4 a.m. and I was awakened by the cries of the natives, steamboat whistles and the tooting of horns, the town coming to life immediately a ship comes in. 1 came on deck to see the sunrise on fire canal with De Lesseps’ statue in the foreground, and a boat coaling beside us with the natives running up and down in a continuous procession with their baskets on their heads. Feluccas with shark-fin sails were dotted everywhere, looking very picturesque.

“My sister and her husband arrived about 7.30 a.m., and we were taken ashore by the Air Force embarkation officer in a special launch to Navy House, where Yussuf, one of the chief of polioe, friend of miy brother-in-law, helped me to get through the customs without any difficulty. We then set off for Ismailia, which is situated near Lake Timsala, about 50 miles from Port Said.

Anything but “Sweet Water” “On the drive I had my first introduction to the Sweetwater, a canal which flows for some distance parallel to the Suez, and which the natives, use Cor all purposes—drinking water, bathing, washing cooking utensils, clothes, and animals, donkeys in particular, and also as a dump for refuse. It is actually a part of the Nile and gets its name from the fact that it is not salt, but it would be hard to find anything less like ‘sweet water.’

“Along the banks of the canal, prayer huts are to be seen. These have mud walls about 2ft. high with an entrance, at which Mohammedans, after removing their shoes and washing their feet, and facing the east, are to be seen praying at all hours of the day and night. “Also along the canal are the yards built for camels, similar to sand castles children make at the beach and only about 12in. high, and marked by white stones. The camels stay quite placidly in these yards, which are numerous between Port Said and Ismailia. The police camels are white, while the ordinary bearers of burden are brown.

Primitive Farming Methods “Coming back from Cairo we passed through the cultivation belt, where we saw the fellaheen picking, cotton in the fields. Every where the methods of cultivation are most primitive and 1 felt as if I were transported back to Biblical times. They still use the single blade wooden plough and one sees the water wheels drawn by the blindfold gamoose. “The women are still veiled,- the gold yashmak coming down over their noses, and dress in black. They work in the fields, act as shepherdesses and carry heavy loads on their heads with the greatest of ease. The men dress in white flowing robes with either a .turban or a tarboosh as head-dress, and ride everywhere on the white ass of Biblical times. The Arab houses are never finished and bricks are still made of mud and straw and left in the sun to dry. A Trip to Cairo

“I had a very interesting trip to Cairo with my sister and brother-in-law, enjoying a beautiful drive as; the Nile was in flood and the road lined all the way with date palms. ,At Hclouan we visited the Chinese Gardens, of whose origin little is known. They consist of gardens made to the design of the Willow pattern plate, with numerous Buddhas. In one place a semicircle of 49 surround the Goddess of Mercy, with also a life-size statue of the Laughing Buddha. “We dined at Greppis and the Kursaal, and sat outside the latter and watched the life of Cairo teeming by. The street-vendors were not allowed amongst the tables, but they stood outside and tried to sell us everything under the sun. “We rose early one morning to visit the pyramids and the Sphinx, and the dragoman who escorted us did not come any nearer to the present in his explanations than 3000 3.C.

“We had the traditional ride on a camel and then adjourned to Mena House for breakfast, and later had lunch and afternoon tea at the famous Sporting Club at Gezira, the only place in Egypt, where the golf links are of grass. It is a very beautiful place with a racecourse, polo ground, cricket field, bathing pool and golf course, in fact, every facility for enjoyment. We had tea in the famous ‘snake pit ’ so called on ac- { count of all the scandal talked there. “On the Sunday morning we went through the Muski, a veritable labyrinth of. winding streets and were taken through the food market, the spice bazaar, the perfume bazaar and also in back alleys, where we saw Arabs doing metal and basket work. Swam Across the Canal “Ismailia is one of the headquarters of the Canal Company, which has made many improvements there, including planting trees, all irrigated underground, and made lovely gardens. At Ferry Post, from ■ which a ferry crosses 1o Palestine, and which borders on Lake Timsala, they have made a bathing beach called Le Jardin des Infants, and here they - have very good sheds, showers, diving boards, and shelters—everything to make bathing pleasant. I joined the Bathing Club while I was there and enjoyed it thoroughly. “We often swam aci’oss the canal from Africa to Asia, and actually could talk to people on the boots going through. “After putting me on board the

Strathmore at Port Said at the end of my visit, my sister and brother-in-law drove back to Ferry Post and were standing on the diving board there when I passed by in the ship. The Thrill of Saml-Yacliting; “At Abu Sueir, where my brother-in-law is situated, is the largest sandyachting club in the world, and it was a thrill for me to go whirling over the desert in a sand-yacht. “Abu Seuir is just a small native village adjacent to the Air Force camp. There are two branches of the Air Force there as well as two full regiments of the Army at Moascar, a suburb of Ismailia. “From my sister’s-balcony we looked out over- the-Libyan Desert, seeing here and there an oasis of date palms between us and the horizon. I enjoyed my life there very much, everything, even the picture shows, being in the open air. The’ European; population comprises French, Italian, Greek and English, the French predominating,; I think. There are French, Italian and Greek schools, but no English school, and the most exclusive club, to which all the Army and Air Force officers belong, is the French Club.”

Ellerslie Fashions A blustering wind and occasional showers of rain on Monday, the opening day off the Auckland Racing Club’s summer meeting, were not conducive to the wearing of colourful fragile frocks and picture hats by women racegoers. A few defied 1 the weather, but on the whole,the majority (fell back on-,.their tailored suits and ensembles, their swagger coats, their furs and the most comfortable hats they could find. 'Even fur coats were not' disdained, for as the day grew later there was a distinct nip in the air that made them 1 very comforting to their wearers. Quite as many silver fox furs -must have made their appearance on Monday as at an early spring or. a winter meeting, and light-weight woollen boats were a great stand-by. Fashion interest centred mainly in colours, 'hats and accessories. Grey and yellow, a soft -mist grey worn sometimes with black or occasionally with blue or pansy colours, were rivals to the popular cyclamen shades. Other colourings that rather followed the HOwers in their soft pastel shades were blue, daffodil, green and mauve, while there was a great deal of white worn. Shoes in many cases carried out the dominant colour in the frocking, the “toe-peeper” and cut-away styles in suede and ganbadine being much favoured. Here and there were to be seen the “brain-cooler” hats, but these do not seem to have attained any great popularity as yet. The prevailing modes were hats with high up-curving brim's smothered; in veiling, toques, the Breton sailor, and berets, some-

times carried out in cire or fine straw or else in felt. An occasional “doll's hat,” a diminutive bit of felt or silk or straw, not bigger than the wearer’s head, created in the first place by Schiaparelli, was seen, but on- the whole ‘hats were chosen that .would not treacherously desert the wearer’s head or leave her locks waving wildly in the breeze.

Boxing Day Party On Boxing Day Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Harris entertained some of their friends at a very jolly all-day party at their home at Rere. Tennis was plav-ed during the day. and luncheon and an evening meal were served in buffet fashion in the house. .('SSI

• Music .was.- enjoyed in the evening, when pianoforte solos were rendered by Mr! Alan Boon, Christchurch, and vocal solos were sung by Mr.; Rees Allan,- and community-; singing was indulged in lay all present. The day in the, country was -thoroughly appreciated by the guests from • town, the party being a very happy gathering, : , ;

-Mrs. -Harris v received her guests wearing a tailored tennis frock of white linen. ... , .

Hydrangeas, dahlias and sweet peas were artistically arranged for the decoration of the rooms in which j the guests were entertained. ;. ’4AV.' The host and hostess were assisted by their sons, Mr. Dawson Harris and Master Kenneth Harris, and • little daughter, Anne, in entertaining their friends.

Among the guests were Mr. and Mis,. J. B. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. P. Pettit. Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Case'll Mr. and Mrs. Rees Allan, Mr. andMrs. H. E. Harris, Mrs. W. Irvine; Misses E. Wilson (Wellington)*’ L. Bain. J. Irvine, J. Ryan ten), D. Hansen, J. Wauchop,'l|r.Harris and little Betty Williams; Messrs. A. Boon (Christchurch), B. Irvine, Trevor Caseley. R-. Sinclair, R. Edgecombe (Hawke’s Bay), L. C. Parser,. R. Beadel (Christchurch), and Masters' Terry Caseley and David Pettit.