ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue XVII, 24 October 1896, Page 529

ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

MR J. R. WILSON TO MISS EMILY HAMERTON. AT Inglewood on Wednesday Miss Emily Hamerton, fifth daughter of Mr Lewis Hamerton, of "Burnlea,’ Inglewood, and Mr J. E. Wilson, of New Plymouth, were married by the Ven. Archdeacon Govett. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very sweet in a simple dress of white cashmere trimmed with white corded silk and trails of orange-blossom. She also wore a very prettily embroidered tulle veil, and carried a bouquet of white azalea and clematis. HER sisters —Miss Constance and Miss Frances Hamer--ton—who were her bridesmaids, were dressed in white crepon trimmed with lace, white tulle hats trimmed with forget-me-nots, and carried bouquets of forget-me-nots and clematis. They also wore pretty gold brooches, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr W. Hamerton, of Patea, acted as best man. The guests, of whom a large number had come from New Plymouth, were entertained at afternoon tea at • Burnlea.’ Mrs Hamerton, the bride’s mother, wore black crepon: Mrs Wilson, black satin; Mrs Devenish, black crepon ; Mrs Fookes, black grenadine: Mrs W. Malone, black crepon ; Mrs Stephenson, green serge trimmed with yellow silk ; Mrs Kelsey, grey tweed ; Miss Hamerton. cornflower-blue cloth; Mies E. Hamerton. corn-flower-blue coat and skirt, white blouse; Miss K. Hamerton, brown trimmed with brown silk; Miss Devenish, brown skirt, brown flowered blouse; Miss Marshall, grey tweed trimmed with shot silk: Mies Wilson, white cashmere trimmed with violet velvet: Miss McKellar. dark fawn trimmed with light fawn silk ; Mias C. Bayly. black crepon skirt, white blouse figured with heliotrope : Miss Rawson, green; Miss E. Brown, grey skirt, and pink blouse: Miss Trimble, navy blue skirt, light blouse; Miss E. Trimble, pale blue nun's veiling. Mr and Mrs J. Wilson, who were the recipients of many handsome and useful presents, left during the afternoon for their home in New Plymouth. The bride’s going-away dress was a navy blue coat and skirt, white blouse, and white sailor hat. MR W. FRYER-RAISHER TO MISS SPRINGALL. There was a very quiet wedding at the pretty church of St. Mary’s, New Plymouth, on Monday, when Miss Ada Marie Springall, eldest daughter of the late Mr J. Springall, of Shrewsbury, and the Great Barrier, Auckland, was married to Mr William Fryer-Raisher, of Midhirst, only son of the late W. Fryer-Raisher, of Arie Court, Gloucester. The ceremony was performed by the Ven. Archdeacon Govett.

MR JONES TO MISS PORTER. A bright and dainty wedding, which excited some interest in Ponsonby circles, was the marriage of Miss Isabel Minnie Porter, eldest daughter of Mrs D. Oxley, to Mr Audley Macfarlane Jones, of the Government Savings Bank, son of Captain Jones. The ceremony took place on Tuesday at the residence of the bride’s mother in Wallace-street. The officiating clergymen were the Rev. T. F. Robertson, assisted by the Rev. W. Gittos. The drawing-room looked very festive for the occasion. It was lavishly decorated with flowers by a number of the bride’s lady friends, and the ceremony took place under an arch composed of arum lilies and palms round the bay window, from which was suspended a beautiful wedding-bell made entirely of white blossoms. The bride, who was given away by the Rev. W. Gittos, looked very lovely in a silver-grey shimmering Japanese silk, with the new rucked sleeves to the shoulder and a full puff over. The pleated re vers which were caught under the full vest were of white silk trimmed with handsome steel passementerie. A ruffle of white chiffon round the collar and a large shower bouquet of choice white flowers and maiden-hair fern completed this dainty attire. There were three bridesmaids—Miss Aileen Oxley, Miss Sadie Stewart, and little Miss Lottie Vickerman. They all looked very charming in reseda green lustres. The frocks of the former two were made with square yokes covered with crystal bead passementerie edged with frills of soft white chiffon, and the younger bridesmaid’s frock was the Empire style with smocked yoke. Each carried a shower bouquet, and wore very pretty gold bar brooches with a large opal in the centre, the gift of the bridegroom.

Mr Bollard accompanied Mr Jones in the capacity of best man.

The guests, who were limited to relatives, were entertained at afternoon tea, when the abounding good wishes for the future happiness of the bride and bridegroom found free expression.

AFTER being showered with congratulations and good wishes, Mr and Mrs Jones departed amid showers of rice and rose petals for Sydney, where they propose spending their honeymoon. The bride’s travelling costume was navy serge, large black velvet hat with pink wild roses.

Mrs Oxlby (mother of the bride) received the guests in a handsome black silk, the full front of the bodice strapped with jet passementerie and finished with black silk Maltese lace; Miss Jones, smart blue and grey costume, cream guipure lace zouave over Gobelin blue silk bodice; Mrs J. Porter, fawn beige trimmed with brown velvet: Mrs J. McLeod, heliotrope figured taffeta silk gown; Mrs A. McLeod, brown boucle cloth shot with purple finished with gimp ; Miss A. Oxley, peacock-green trimmed with sequins; Mrs Gittos, black silk; Mrs Robertson, rich black merveilleux, with cream silk Maltese lace; Miss Gittos looked exceedingly well in a pale heliotrope muslin with touches of heliotrope silk of a brighter shade; Miss Vickerman, steel-grey lustre, cream lace zouave; Mrs G. Oxley, dove grey, with full white silk front on bodice: Mias IS. McLeod, pretty grey fancy twill, sleevesand yoke of grey brocade trimmed with steel passementerie; Miss P. McLeod, fawn beige, fancy heliotrope silk, vandyke yoke ; Miss Cullen, pink merveillieux blouse with soft chiffon puffs, black skirt; Miss Merritt, white Liberty silk, butter-coloured lace square collar; Miss Hand, cream chine silk blouse, black skirt. Both bride and bridegroom have received numerous costly evidences of the esteem aud affection in which they are held. MR ANDREWS TO MISS ATKINSON. On October 14th a very pretty and quiet wedding took place at St. Mary’s,Parnell, Auckland, when Miss Nellie Atkinson, eldest daughter of Mr A. Atkinson, of St. Stephen’s Avenue, was united to Mr W. A. Andrews, of the Telegraph department of that city. The Rev. Canon Mac Murray officiated, and only a few intimate friends were present. The bride, who looked charming, wore a beautiful white lustre and lace fichu, pretty picture hat trimmed with white ostrich feathers. She was attended by three of her sisters in the capacity of bridesmaids. Miss Ethel Atkinson, chief bridesmaid, wore white spotted muslin, white lace fichu and heliotrope trimmings; Misses Louie and Maude, white muslins and yellow trimmings, bouquets to match. The bridesmaids also wore gold jewelled brooches, the gifts of the bridegroom. The groomsmen were Messrs Harold Jourdain, W. Scott, and S. Atkinson. Mr J. A. Beale presided at the organ, and gave a stirring rendering of Mendelssohn’s * Wedding March.* The presents were most costly and numerous, including an elegant silver tea urn and jam dish presented by

the Christchurch Telegraph Office, with which Mr Andrews was associated for some considerable time, also a set of carvers from his late fellow boarders at * Ellesmere.’

MR HADDEN TO MISS HANDCOCK.

On Wednesday afternoon at half-past two o'clock a quiet wedding was celebrated at All Saints’ Church, Nelson, between Mr Samuel Levis Hadden, fifth son of the late Dr. David Hadden, of Shibbereen, County Cork, and Miss Louisa Handcock, youngest daughter of the late Hon. Charles Handcock, of Creaghduff, Athlone, and grand-daughter of the late Lord Castlemaine.

The Rev. F. W. Chatterton, Vicar of All Saints’, was the officiating clergyman.

The bride, who was given away by her brother-in-iaw, Dr. Mackie, wore a smart travelling dress of myrtle green cloth, the bodice of which was made with a full basque, and trimmed with shot red and green silk and emerald-coloured sequins, a small bonnet to match with cream roses. She carried a beautiful shower bouquet of white flowers.

Miss Agatha Bell was the only bridesmaid. She wore a gown of straw-coloured silk with blue spots, blue ribbons, large straw hat trimmed with forget-me-nots and black tips. Her bouquet was of cream roses. Dr. Gibbs acted as best man to Mr Hadden. As the bridal party left the church Mendelssohn’s ‘ Wedding March ’ was played. After the wedding ceremony the guests were entertained by Dr. and Mrs Mackie at their residence, Trafalgar Square. Mrs Mackie, the sister of the bride, wore a stylish costume of grey crepon and silk, small jet bonnet; Mrs Mules, black silk, bonnet to match with lilac flowers; Mrs Bell, black merveilleux, bonnet of black with mauve flowers; Mrs Chatterton, grey velvet with white lace collarette, toque to match ; Mesdames Hunter-Brown Gully (two), Cuthbertson. A. Atkinson, Holloway all wore black; Miss Ruth Atkinson, brown tweed, black picture hat; Miss Mabel Atkinson, grey check tweed trimmed with silk, hat ere suite; Miss Catley. grey crepon, bodice of Trilby velvet, large white straw hat with upstanding bows of grey ribbon; Miss Lita Jones, heliotrope crepon trimmed with black ribbon, je. bonnet; Miss Milhurst, blue muslin blouse, black skirt, large hat to match; Miss Cuthbertson, fawn lustre with Trilby ribbons, sailor hat; Miss Sadd, blue lustre, hat to match; Miss Deck, white muslin blouse, black skirt, black picture hat with white flowers; Miss Holloway, fawn lustre, sailor hat with black quills. The bride and bridegroom left by the 4.30 p.m. train for Foxhill, ere route for the West Coast and Christchurch. MR WATSON TO MISS MENZIES. ST. John’s Church, Wellington, was the scene of a fashionable and pretty wedding on Wednesday last, the 14th October, when Mr John Lachlan McGillivray, eldest son of the late Mr Thomas Watson, of Invercargill, was married to Miss Letitia Frances, second daughter of the late J. A. R. Menzies, M.L.C., of Duualister, Otago.

The bride, who was given away by her mother, looked sweetly charming in a rich spotted Irish poplin, the front of the skirt being veiled in lovely Limerick lace, with a trail of orange-blossoms extending from the waist nearly to the foot of the skirt. The bodice was trimmed with handsome pearl embroidery and drawn net. She wore a white tulle veil with wreath of orange-blossoms, and carried a beautiful bouquet of white heath and roses.

Miss Menzies was attended by four bridesmaids— Miss Winifred Menzies (sister of the bride) and Miss Vernoe Johnston, wearing cream silk zephyr dresses prettily trimmed with lace, cream hats trimmed with pink and white daisies, cream ribbon and pink tulle ; their bouquets, consisting of white waxy heath, native clematis, and roses were very tastefully arranged and tied with loops of pink ribbon. The Misses Katherine and Bessie Fitz Gerald (cousins of the bride) wore dainty frocks of cream alpaca with broad cream ribbon sashes, pretty cream hats trimmed with daisies, and carried bouquets of roses and may-blossom tied with cream ribbon.

MR Russell Dymock attended the bridegroom as best man, while Mr Duncan Menzies (brother of the bride) acted as groomsman.

The bride's mother looked handsome in arlch black corded silk with brocaded sleeves, her bonnet consisted of black jet trimmed with cream lace, violets ami cream aigrette ; she carried a lovely bouquet of violet and white flowers and heath tied with bow s of while ribbon; Mrs Watson (mother of the bridegroom) wore a handsome black satin with white satin panels veiled in Jetted net, cuffs and yoke of the same, black lace bonnet trimmed with jet and white ostrich tips, and carried a bouquet of white roses and heath tied with while ribbon ; Mrs Brunner (aunt of the bride) wore black, while her four little daughters lookeded very sweet in pretty frocks of cream nun's veiling ; Mrs Win. Fitz Gerald (aunt of the bride) looked well in a stylish black skirl ami jacket, cream chiffon vest edged with lace, and cream and black lace bonnet; Mrs C. J. Johnston (aunt of the bride) was handsomely dressed in black, bodice of velvet edged with beaver, cream satin vest under ecru lace, black bonnet trimmed with flowers; Mrs Newman (aunt of the bride) was smartly dressed in grey and white striped silk, the bodice of open embroidered black chiffon over while satin, ruffled chiffon sleeves with butterfly frills of silk on tho shoulders, and black toque prettily trimmed with pink roses; Miss Zoe Johnston (cousin of the bride) wore a green canvas gown richly embroidered cream vest, and large green hat

trimmed with flowers: her sisters the Misses Alice and Doris wore cream dresses and hats. The other relations of the bride Included Dr. Newman. Mr C. J. Johnston. Mr Featherston Johnston, and Mr James Watson (cousin of the bridegroom). Among the numerous guests I noticed Mrs Abbott, in a rich violet alllt gown with velvet bodice, cream chiffon front and gold lace bonnet; Miss Abbott, dark skirt with green and white striped silk blouse; Mrs Brandon wore a handsome black velvet dress trimmed with real lace; Mrs Balcombe Brown, black and heliotrope, with feathered black hat; Miss Bermingham wore violet cloth, black and violet hat: Miss C. Bermingham. yellow shot gown, pretty toque with bows and flowers; Miss E. Bermingham. black alpaca coat and skirt, pink chiffon vest, large picture hat; Miss Brandon, smart cream cloth tailor-made gown with cream hat: Mrs Dean was gowned in fawn with black trimmings ; Miss Daniells, grey alpaca costume with bands of cream insertion, grey and pink toque ; Mrs Grace, handsome green shot costume, with bonnet to match; Miss Grace looked well in cream, vest of yellow chittbn. and cream hat; Mrs Humphrey, black skirt, grey brocaded silk blouse handsomely trimmed with steel gimp, black lace and jet bonnet; Mrs Freeman Jackson (Wanganui), black ottoman corded silk tastefully trimmed with frills of accordion-pleated chiffon; Mrs W. Fitzherbert, rich black brocade ; Miss Fitzherbert, fawn grass cloth embroidered in blue, fawn hat; Miss Izard wore brown; Mrs W. Mantell. biscuit-coloured gown with deep yoke of Trilby silk; Mrs Patterson wore black; Mrs E. J. Riddiford in a pretty gown of blue grey grass cloth, small bonnet with chine pink ribbon bows ; Mrs George Turnbull (Dunedin), black jet-trimmed silk gown, lovely silk cloak with chiffon frills; Mrs Wood, pale blue alpaca ; Mrs Willis, black canvas gown, ruffled chiflbn sleeeves. cream vest trimmed with gold jewelled gimp, cream and black bonnet: Dr. Grace. Hon. H. Butler, Captain Humfrey. Revs. Patterson and Wood, Messrs Riddiford, Miller, Fitzherbert. Turnbull, Brown, Johnston, Dean. Hartmann (three), and Mantell were amongst the gentlemen present. Afthr the ceremony the wedding party drove to the residence of Mrs Menzies, ‘ Musarm House,’ and there enjoyed delicious afternoon tea and cakes, afterwards inspecting the numerous presents, numbering over two hundred, which were on view. The bride’s travelling costume was a smart dark-blue tailor-made coat and skirt, with fawn vest spotted with red, and pretty fawn hat. The bride wore a beautiful Geneva watch, the gift of the bridegroom, and the bridesmaids pretty gold chain bangles and brooches, the gifts also of the bridegroom. The church was prettily decorated in honour of the occasion, and the * Wedding March ’ was magnificently played by Mr Maughan Barnett. The bride and bridegroom left by the afternoon’s train for Featherston amidst showers of rice and good wishes. MR HUTCHINSON TO MISS BUCHANAN. A quiet wedding was celebrated in St. Mark’s Church, Remuera, Auckland, last week, when Mr A. V. M. Hutchinson, third son of Major-General Hutchinson, Bengal Staff Corps, of Teddington House, Stratford-on-Avon, was married to Miss Helen Rose Buchanan, fourth daughter of Mr Hugh Buchanan, of Kinloch, Little River, Canterbury.

The bride, who was given away by her cousin, Mr R. H. Shakespear, of Whangaparoa, was very much admired in her orthodox white, with a lovely bouquet of trailing white blooms.

The bridesmaid was Miss Tylden, who was picturesquely frocked in Louis Quatorze style.

Mr Etnpsom was best man. The service was choral, and Mr J. MacMillan played the ‘ Wedding March.’

After the service in church Mrs Filder entertained the party at her residence, a delicious wedding breakfast being much appreciated.

When a boy begins to wash his neck without being told, it is a sign that he is passing into the ordeal of his first love affair.

It is impossible to find after marriage how the courtship was conducted. She says he threw himself at her feet, and he says she threw herself at his head.