WEDDINGS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCIV, Issue 14393, 7 January 1911, Page 2

WEDDINGS.

PARK—PORTER, A very pretty wedding was celebrated at Chalmers Church on .Wednesday last, when. Mr George Park, of Christchurch and Miss Mabel Porter, daughter of Air and Mrs Ralph Porter, of Portsea Villa, High Street, Timaru, were married b ytho He v. Maeauiay Caldwell. Tho church was daintily decorated with protty white flowers Mid evergreens, and suitable music wast played during the arrival of the wedding party. The bride, who fntarcd the church on tho arm of her father, was; very sweetly attired in a gown of soft ivory satin with a full square cut train, magnificently bordered Villi rich, silk insertion, while the bodice was attractively trimmed with insertion and a transparent yoke." 'She wore the orthodox orange blossom and veil, nnd carried -a white Bible with' \\b:to streamers. Miss Nora Porter fa stcr of the bride) und her cousin Miss Elia Chalmers, the bridesmaids, looked vtry nice in dresses of white silk, da- itny trimmed with lovers-knots of yellcw silk, and carried gold crooks in th'ir hands. They wore pretty sold Kts trimmed with buttercups, and finished with single chiffon streamers. I it'.le Miss Rita Smart nlade ft pretty flower gdrl, daintily attired inadrossof t*h?te silk, and she carried a lpvely !)rs*et of flowers. The bridegroom * |T as attended by his brother Mr Alexander Park (Dunedin). The' bridegroom's present to the bride was a-.-pearl pendant, while the bridesmaids received pretty gifts of amethyst and pearl ger brooches, and tho little flower pirl a gold bangle. The bride's mother, Mrs Ralph Porter, was handsomely attired in a black chiffon taffeta gown, trimmed with black jet and jfes&rt'on, while'she wore a nice feather noa and a white hat with black and wr«:to plumes. Mrs Park senr. looked- extremely nice hi a dress of black k'ae'e silk with a black hat and plumes to match.

After tho ceremony the guests wore, conveyed in carriages to Mr Porters residence and were entertained to breakfast on a lavish scale. A suitable tna-st list was fjone through, the T?ev. «- »c----aulav Caldwell propooing the .h?a»tii of the bride and bridegroom. i toast was received with musical £°nours, Mr ' Paik suitably reply- 1 ?* Among the numerous guests P T^ Jlt were: Mrs "VVillinms, Mrs and Turner, Mr and Mrs King, *Jrmond. Mr and Mrs D. Porter (all Dunedin), Mr and Mrs Porter and Mis? Porter (Gore), Mr and Mrs Parle senr (Glenavy), Mr end Mrs Blair (Morv-m), Mr and Mrs Smart (Temuka), Mrs Mid Miss Chalmers, Mr, Mrs and Miss Bust, Mrs Wallace, Mrs Bagshaw, Mr and Mrs Robt. Porter, Miss -Armstrong (Wellington). Miss Prmgto, Mrs McLeod (Temuka), and Crearar. After the breakfast the happ.v couple left on their honeymoon by tae rfternocn train to Quecnstown. J* 10 bride's travellign costume of navy bltje looked very neat, with a black pioturj hat trimmed with' ospreys to mavli. The guests wero all invited to remain for the evening, when a, very pleasant day's outing was brought to 'prolusion .with cards and music, rjot icr- ■ getting "Auld Lang Syne.' ' COOPER—SMITH. An exceedingly pretty but quiet wedding took place on "Wednesday at the Wesleyan Church,'the contracting jarties being H. B. Cooper, only son or Mr T. Cooper, "Wellington,, and Misb May Smith, fifth daughter of Mr F. Smith, Timaru. The ceremony was performed bv the Rev. "W. BaumDer; The bride wore a very pretty dress or crystalline silk, trimmed with roal insertion interlaced with white satin nbbon. She also wore a beautifully embroidered veil with the usual wreath of orange blossoms, and carried a shower bouquet. She entered the church cn her father's arm, and followed by two sweet children, nieces of the bride, Dora and Kathaleen Dale, dressed in dainty white dresses and blue snocs, and carrying blue shepherds' crooks with a sheaf of pale pink carnations tied to them with ribbon. Miss Beatrice Smith, sißter of the bride, being the maid of honour, wore a smart iroek of pale blue striped voile, braided v ith blue, liat of black crinolene striw, lined with blue, and carried a shower bouquet of pale pink. The bridegroom's gift to the bride lovely pendant, and to the bridesmriSS a 01 4 curb bangle, and to the wee girls gold initial brooches. The bridegroom was attended by Mr Gordon Tapper as best After the ceremony, Mr and Mrs Francis Smith entertained the guests in the "Wesley Hall. Mrs Smith, mother of the bride, wore a lovely suk dress and sequin bonnet; Mrs Harloe Thompson (Christchurch) pretty brown costume with hat to match; Mrs F. Shallard (Riversdaje), black frock and hat; Mrs R- Dale, brown costume, hat trimmed with pale blue : Mrs C. Smith (Napier), a becoming dress of brown floral'voile'and pretty black hat; Mrs W. Harrison, smart frock of black crepe de chene, hat to match j Miss Harrison, cream costume, floral hat; Mrs Howard, becoming dress and picture hat; Mrs Hunt (Wellington), a lovely black silk toilet and toque to correspond; Mrs Ben Low (Wellington) j a pretty cream frock and picture hat; I Mrs Collier, a becoming frock of cream j and brown and very pretty hat; Mrs W. Baumbor, smart heliotrope frock, with hat to match. To show the popularity of the couple, they received nearly 50 telegrams, including a cable from the bride's brothers. They also received a lareo number of presents, a piano (the gift of the bridegroom's father) being one of them. . The happy couple left for the southern lakes, the bride wearing a navy blue braided costume and Saxe blue hat.