A Bohemian Wedding

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 615, 18 March 1929, Page 5

A Bohemian Wedding

Millionair s Daughter is Married in Red Velvet DAFFODILS AND LILAC There was a Bohemian touch at the London wedding of Alias Meraud Guinness, the 24-year-old daughter of Mr. Benjamin Guinness, the millionaire. I and Senor Alvaro Guevara, the young I Chilian artist whom she met a few l months ago at a Paris art exhibition. J The bride wore a red velvet costume . with a black lace pierrot collar and cuffs She had bright red shoes and I beige stockings. Her black hat was j trimmed with a red feather and she j wore an ornament of brilliants in her j buttonhole. At the last moment, as the ceremony at the Henrietta Street. Covent Garden, register office was about to start, the bride suddenly exclaimed, “I want some flowers! Oh, do please get me some flowers,” she repeated, turning to the guests. A woman friend at once rLished out to neighbouring florist, and soon returned with a large bouquet of daffodils and white lilac. This she handed to the bride and the registrar was then able to proceed with the ceremony. Miss Guinness was a student at the Slade School, and she has also studied in France. Recently she gave an ex- ! hibition of her work in Paris, and its j Futuristic tendencies caused a great deal of discussion. Miss Guiness. however, is not altogether indifferent to the claims of society life, for one of the most attractive balls of the season was that given for her by her mother at Carlton House Terrace, when 400 guests attended in masks, which were not removed until midnight. CELEBRATING A SILVER WEDDING A silver wedding is an important I anniversary, an occasion for congratulations, presents and family festivities. Married couples of twenty-five years standing often like to mark their celebration by a dinner-party, a dance, or other such entertainment, at which respective relatives, and especially the best man and bridesmaids of twentyfive years ago, are present. It is a charming gesture if as many as possible of those who were present at the wedding ceremony and reception are invited to gather together again a quarter of a century later. But this is often not possible, of course. Old friends drift away; social environment and place of abode may be changed completely in the time. There should be silver decorations on the table when there is a dinner party. Vases of silvered leaves and old silver candelabra on a table runner of silver tissue make a pretty arrangement. If an afternoon or evening reception is being given, a beautiful cake, dressed with silver ornaments, like a wedding cake, holds the place of honour on tea or buffet table, until the bride of twenty-five years cuts the first slice. A toast is drunk to the silver wedding pair, and felicitous speeches are made. The couple celebrating their silver anniversary usually receive some presentation gifts in honour of the event, and interested relatives and special friends send silver presents. The latter are generally more in the nature of charming trifles for the silver cabinet, gadgets for personal use, and amusing novelties, rather than the strictly useful articles which would be ] sent to a bride about to set up houseI keeping.