WEDDINGS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18643, 24 December 1928, Page 13

WEDDINGS.

TODD—BUDDO. A quiet but picturesque wedding was celebrated by the Rev Dr Kennedy this morning, when Helen, younger daughter of the lion D. Buddo and Mrs Buddo, Heaton Street, was married t.o Brian James, third son of Mr and Mrs Charles Todd, of Dunedin. The ceremony was performed at the home of the bride, where the house was beautifully decorated wfith masses of pink and mauve flowers. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a beautiful gown of fine hand-made ivory lace, the tight bodice arranged from a yoke, and long sleeves of georgette outlined with pearls The skirt, worn ankle length at the back and sides, was slightly bouffant at the hips and fell to long double points. Her exquisite veil of Carrickmacross lace, kindly lent by Mrs Todd, the bridegroom's mother, formed the train, and was arranged becomingly with a tight cap effect, a posy of orange blossom buds with a long shoulder trail being an attractive finish. She carried a sheaf of Christmas lilies.

The two maids in attendance—Miss Sheila Todd, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Mollie Chapman—were dressed alike in frocks of lavender brocaded taffeta. The skirts, fashioned with tiered graduated frills, fell long at the back, and the corsage of taffeta had sleeves and yoke of georgette outlined with pearls and a beaded motif down the centre front. Their wide-brimmed hats of pink straw, drooping at the sides, were trimmed with a band of deeper pink velvet ribbon, and they carried bouquets of pink shaded sweet peas.

Mr Julian Foster, Wellington, attended the bridegroom as best man, and Mr Charles Todd was groomsman. Subsequently a number of guests were entertained at a reception at the United Service Hotel, where the lunch tables and reception room were artistically decorated with mauve and pink flowers. Mrs Buddo received the guests wearing a gown of grey floral ninon patterned in blue, pink and gold, the swathed bodice and double skirt finely piped with blue, and a smart navy blue hat. She carried a bouquet of delphiniums. Mrs Todd, the bridegroom’s mother, wore a handsome gown of fine black lace, a black crinoline straw hat, and carried a bouquet of roses. When the bride left for her wedding tour, which will be spent in Sydney and Melbourne, she was wearing a jumper suit of deep delphinium blue crepe de chine, the skirt, cut circular of the plain blue, and the jumper bodice of the checked material patterned in lacquer red and white, with a plain yoke band and long ties falling through a slot low at the waist. Her hat of fawn silk baribuntl drooped at the sides and was trimmed with a narrow band of self-shaded corded ribbon.

COOKE—CLEMPSON. On Thursday afternoon, at the Methodist Church, New Brighton, the marriage was celebrated of Maude Sarah, eldest daughter of Mrs E. Clempson, of Howe St, New Brighton, to Thomas, second son of Mr and Mrs F. R. Cooke, of Beresford Street. New Brighton. The church was prettily decorated for the occasion by friends of the bride. The Rev A. S. Pearn officiated, and Miss D. Hull was the organist. The bride, who entered the church to the strains of the Wedding March, was escorted by her uncle, Mr S. Taylor, who subsequently gave her away. Her frock was of blush pink crepe de chine. The veil was of pink net, handembroidered, arranged with a silver coronet and caught with clusters of orange blossom, and she carried a beautiful bouquet of pink hothouse flowers. The bridesmaid in attendance was Miss Myrtle Clempson, sister of the bride, who wore a mauve crepe de chine frock and a hat of .dove grey crinoline straw with velvet trimmings, and she carried a bouquet of dainty pale pink hothouse flowers. The bridegroom was attended by Mr Gordon Nankivell as best man. As the bride left the church she was presented with a silver horseshoe by Miss Mabel Taylor, cousin of the bride. After the ceremony a reception was held at the New Brighton pier, where about fifty guests were received by Mrs Clempson. the bride’s mother, who wore a gown of navy blue crepe de chine relieved with fawn, and a hat to tone, and she carried a posy of roses. Mrs Cooke, the bridegroom’s mother, wore a mauve silk frock and black tailored coat and hat. and she carried a posy of sweet peas. Later in the evening the bride and bridegroom left by the ferry for the north, where they will spend their honevmoon.