BALLANTYNE—BELL.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIX, Issue VIII, 23 August 1902, Page 492

BALLANTYNE—BELL.

On Tuesday, August 5, a very pretty wedding . was celebrated at the Holy Trinity Church, Devonport, when Miss Bessie Clarinee Bell, third daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Aubrey Bell, was married to Mr. George Cox Ballautyne, son of Mr. George Ballantyne. The ceremony was performed by the Ven. Archdeacon Calder, and .Mi's. Percy Ward presided at the organ. The bride entered the church on the arm of her unele, Mr. James Maingay, who gave her away; she looked winning in a white tucked silk robe trimmed with silk point laee, long tulle veil held in the hair with a coronet of orange blossoms, and carried a beautiful bouquet composed of white hot-house flowers and maiden hair fern, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridesmaids were Miss Erina Edgcumbe (niece) and Miss Roberta O’Neill (cousin) of the bride; both,, little muidis wearing dainty white tucked silk frocks inserted with laee and large white hats. They carried lovely baskets of daffodils and maiden-hair fern, and wore gold-bar initialled brooches, all gifts of the bridegroom. Mr. William Walker officiated as best man. After the ceremony the wedding party, including relatives and a few friends, drove to the residence of Mr. G. V. Edgcumbe (brother-in-law of the bride), where they were entertained at “afternoon tea.” Later in the afternoon the happy couple departed amid showers of rice and good wishes for their honeymoon. The bride travelled in a becoming gown of the new shade of blue eloth strapped with silk and black picture hat swathed with black chiffon and feathers. Mrs. Bell (mother of the bride) wore black silk and a black bonnet with white aigrette; Mrs. Edgcumbe looked remarkably well in a blue cloth dress trimmed with silver and lace, and black hat; Mrs. Ba'llantyne, black silk gown; Mrs. Syers (sister o<f bridegroom), .blue doth costume with pretty silk point lace collar and black hat; Mrs. Calder, black silk relieved with handsome Maltese lace, black bonnet; Miss Bell, graceful white silk dress and black picture hat; Mrs. A. O’Neill, black and white costume; Miss Muriel Dawson, black skirt and blue blouse, white felt hat with blaek and duster of violets; Mrs. (Dr.) Beale, blaek silk gown and black bonnet; Miss Pascoe, blaek silk skirt and black blouse, etc., etc. The wedding gifts, it may be added, were noticeable for- their beauty, usefulness and value.