ORANGE BLOSSOMS

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIV, Issue XV, 14 April 1900, Page 710

ORANGE BLOSSOMS

MORRISON—CALDERS. A very pretty wedding was solemnised on Wednesday afternoon, 2Sth March, at the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Nelson, when Miss Helen Blanche (Nellie) (alders, the second daughter of Mr Hugh Calders, chief

postmaster, Nelson, was uni led in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mr John Morrison, of “Blairlodgie,” Wairarapa. The church was very prettily decorated with evergreens and white flowers by friends of the bride, and suspended above the bridal party was a large horse shoe of white flowers. The ceremony was performed by the Bev. J. 11. MacKenzie. Mr East, the organist, played the “Wedding March (Mendelssohn) and other selections, and special hymns were sung by the choir. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked exceedingly well in a plain gown of rich white satin, with court train falling from the shoulders, trimmed with D'Alencon lace and pearl passementerie, with the orthodox veil and orange blossom. She also wore a handsome gold brooch and bangle set. with pearls and amethysts to match, the gift of the bridegroom, and carried a beautiful bouquet of white flowers and ferns. The bride was attended by five bridesmaids. Miss Adeline. Calders (sister of the bride) was chief, and wore a handsome costume of cream silk, the bodice trimmed with lace, cream silk hat to match with scarlet flowers beneath Ihe brim. The other four were little girls, who looked sweetly pretty in Kate Greenaway frocks of soft silk of different shades, with <1 uni nt little caps to match. They were: Miss Rita Calders (sister of the bride) in a pretty shade of nil green; Miss Elsie MacKenzie. bright primrose; .Miss Elsie Hamilton, heliotrope pink: and Miss Audrey Richardson, a. very tiny mite, wore pale blue. All carried crooks decorated with autumn leaves and white flowers, and wore gold brooches, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridegroom was attended by his brother, Air Hugh Morrison, as best man. After the ceremony the wedding party drove out to “Waimarama,*’ li>c beautiful residence of Air and Airs Calders at Stoke, where a large reception was held. The presents, which numbered over a hundred, were most beautiful and costly. The bride’s present to the bridegroom was a silver-mounted dressing and travelling case combined. Mrs Calders (the bride's mother) wore a handsome costume of black silk, with trimmings of lettuce green, smart fichu of ecru lace and becoming bonnet to match; Miss Calders (sister of the bride) wore a stylish gown of heliotrope muslin with soft hire trimmings, hat en suite; Miss Morrison (sisler of the bridegroom) wore white; Mrs MacKenzie, smart costume of electric blue, with revers of white satin, L<‘gliorn hat with

trimmings of white chiffon; Miss MacKenzie. white muslin, large Leghorn hat with chiffon and pink roses; Mrs Andrew, grey and black checked silk, with full vest of pink chiffon, blink hat with pink roses beneath the brim: Mrs Hamilton, black costume; Mrs Richardson, soft white silk, hat to match with scarlet flowers; her sister, Miss Brabant,

looked remarkably well in a smart costume of pink flowered muslin, becoming hat trimmed with a profusion of mauve flowers; Mrs Duff, black silk, cream lace fichu, bonnet with pink flowers; Mrs Roberts, tan cloth costume, smart bonnet of black velvet relieved with pink; Mrs Littlejohn, black silk, toque to match; Mrs Smith, black costume, ruby velvet bonnet; Mrs Smallbone, grey costume with vest of white silk, hat en suite; Miss Bunny, pretty blue muslin, white hat; Misses Selby (2), white muslins, large Leghorn hats trimmed with white chiffon and black velvet; Miss Hubbard, tan cloth coat and skirt, velvet hat to match; Miss Simpson, white shower muslin over yellow, hat to match; Miss Clouston, fawn cloth coat and skirt, small hat en suite; the Misses Hamilton (2), white muslin frocks and sailor hats. Amongst the gentlemen were the Rev. .1. H. MacKenzie, Drs. Hudson, Andrew, Duff, and Roberts, Messrs Calders, jun., Hamilton (3), Holloway, Littlejohn, Smith, Smallbone, Reece, Rogers, ete., etc. Later in the afternoon .Mr and Mrs .1. Morrison left amidst showers of rice and good wishes for Blenheim, and thence on a tour of the South Island before reaching their home in the Wairarapa. The bride's travelling dress was a tailormade coat and skirt of khaki-colour-ed coating, becoming hat to match.

.1 (MJRDA IN—MURRAY. The marriage of Mr W. R. .Jourdain, formerly of the Napier Land Office, and now of Wellington, and Miss Crawford R. Murray, daughter of Mr W. I). B. Murray, of “Talofa,” Napier, took place at the Napier Cathedral on I uesday last. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of rich white silk, trimmed with Brussels lace. She carried an ivory prayer book, the gift of the bridegroom. and wore a tulle veil, caught up with orange blossoms. There were three bridesmaids, the Misses Lilly and Maria .Murray, sisters of the bride, and Miss Dora Jourdain, sister of the bridegroom, and they all wore dresses of white embroidered muslin, with trimming of insertion lace and lucks on the bodice, and white felt bats, trimmed with .Murray tartan. They carried ivory wands, adorned with red and white ribbon, earnations of the same colour, and maiden hair fern, and wore gold and amethyst bangles, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr W. J. Gillies, of Wanganui, acted as best man to the bridegroom. The Dean of Waiapu was the officiating clergyman. A reception was afterwards given by .Mr and Mrs Murray, am! later in the afternoon the newlywedded pair left for Waipnkurau, the bi ide travelling in a khaki doth coat and skirt with Murray tartan trimmings, and hat of brown chip trimmed with tartan to match.