WEDDINGS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18577, 27 September 1928, Page 13

WEDDINGS.

MORRISON—FARRELL. The .prettily tinted frocks of maid and flower girl formed a becoming background for a bride’s dainty gown in the wedding group which gathered . at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Barbadoes Street, yesterday morning. The marriage of Eileen Mary, eldest daughter of the late Mr and Mrs P. J. Farrell, to Leonard Edward, youngest son of Mr and Mrs W. H. Morrison, of Christchurch, was celebrated by the Rev. Father Macguire, many friends gathering to attend the ceremony and the reception held • later at Dixieland. The bride was given away by hef cousin, Mr Leo M'Mullan. Ivory georgette had been chosen for her frock, which was designed with semifitting bodice finished with long sleeves, and a V-shaped inset panel of silver lace, the full skirt having a scalloped hem of the same lace. Her veil was worn with, ah orange blossom .coronet, and she carried ;a bouquet of pink and white .flowers . ..The only maid, Miss Ha2el Farrell, the. bride’s sister, 'was in taffetas of a becoming rose shade made in sleeve- 1 less tyle, and' trimmed with silver lace. Her hat was of silk straw to tone, and pink flowers composed her bouquet. Claudia Coleman, the bride’s cousin, was a dainty flower-girl in her pastel crepe de chine, with a flower bandeau on her hair.' Mr Glen Watson attended the bridegroom as best man. Following the ceremony, little Joyce Morrison, the bridegroom’s niece, presented the bride- with a lucky shoe.The : guests were received at Dixieland.by the "hostess, Mrs D. M’Mullan, the bride-s aunt who wore a smart ensemble suit of navy blue and fawn, with a hat to match. Her bouquet was of violets and freesias. - Mrs Morrison, the bridegroom’s mother, was in a tailored coat of black cloth worn over a crepe • de- chine frock, her hat -being also .of black.. Scarlet flowers in her. bouquet lent colour, to her toilet. The bride, when leaving on the wedding* trip, wore a pretty frock of. powder blue crepe de chine, with tailored coat,- : and hat of silk, straw. to match. : : PARROTT—GREEN A wedding was . solemnised recently at St Saviour's 1 ' Church, Sydenham, when Violet, eldest daughter of Mir and Mrs E. Green, Sydenham, was married

to John, the youngest son of Mr A. Parrott and the late Mrs Parrott, of St Albans. Canon .Mutter conducted the ceremony. The bride, who was. given away by her father, wore, a dainty frock of white georgette embroidered with sequins and crystal beads. Her veil of embroidered tulle hung softly from a coronet of orange blossom, and she carried a shower bouquet tinted with pink and maidenhair fern. In attendance. as bridesmaids wefe Misses Thelma Green, sister of the bride, and Gladys . Hough, wearing apricot crepe, de chine frocks with coffee lace. Marjorie Cooper, niece of the bridegroom, attendedjas flower girl, wearing a pretty frock-of mauve crepe de chine with- coffee lace. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Mr A. Parrott, as best man. A reception was held in the Hastings Street Hall, when Mrs Green received her guests wearing a navy blue frock trimmed with fawn crepe de chine. She carried , a bouquet of violets and maidenhair fern. When the happy couple left for the south on their wedding tour the bride was wearing a smart navy blue frock, trimmed with red and gold, with hat to match. -