Orange Blossoms.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 13, 31 March 1909, Page 61

Orange Blossoms.

COLE—SCOTT. WEDDING was celebrated last f | ijeek at the residence of Mr. 4 and Mrs. N. Cole, Napier South, the contracting parties being Miss Grace Lamniand Scott (third daughter of the late John Scott, Aberdeenshire, Scotland) and Mr. G. K. Cole. The bride’s dress was of Liberty velvet and she’wore the customary veil and orange blossoms, and carried a lovely bouquet. The costume of the bridesmaid, Miss E. Bowden, was blue silkette, with white hat trimmed with ostrich plumes. The bride was given away by her brother-in-law, Mr. J. Craigli and Mr. J. Paul (cousin of the bridegroom) acted as groomsman. The ceremony was conducted by the Rev. J. A. Asher. After the service the health of the bride and bridegroom was toasted, and the happy couple left on their journey to Wellington, where the honeymoon is to be spent. ROBERTS—BENN ETT. At St. Mary’s Church, New Plymouth, recently, Miss Edith Maud Roberts, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Roberts, was married to Mr. Samuel Bennett, of Taihape. The Rev. F. G. Evans performed the ceremony. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked extremely well in a very handsome semi-Empire frock of ivory chiffon taffetas, with cream silk embroidered filet net yoke, tucked and finished with satin ball trimming, wearing a wreath and veil, and carrying a bouquet <-f roses, jessamine and maidenhair fern. She was attended by Misses Rnnie Roberts, Lizzie Preston, and Winnie Roberts, as bridesmaids. The two former were charmingly attired in very dainty costumes of heliotrope and white check muslins, semi-Em-pire, with white lace yokes trimmed with striped silk and gold ball trimming, double falling skirts, banded with heliotrope silk, charming white satin hats with heliotrope roses; and they carried very pretty heliotrope bouquets -with ribbon streamers. Miss Winnie Roberts wore a dainty frock of pink-flowered muslin, lace yoke, pink silk Empire sash, cream net hat with pink sweet pea, and carried a bouquet of pink roses and sweet pea. Mr. C. R. A. Kenning (Nelson) acted as best man, and Messrs. Elmes (Napier), and L. L. Cock as groomsmen. The bridegroom’s present to the bride, was a pearl and ruby pendant and chain, bride to bridegroom a topaz and gold pendant for watch-chain. The bridesmaids’ presents were gold bangles, and to Miss W. Roberts a gold pearl pendant. After the ceremony a reception was held in the Brougham-street Hall, and was continued with a dance in the evening. The table on which the handsome three-tier wedding cake stood (the gift of Mr. A. Hart-Fielding), was very prettily decorated with white and heliotrope flowers. The happy couple left by the afternoon train for Wanganui, via Wellington, where their honeymoon is to be spent. Mrs. Roberts was robed in a handsome black striped eolienne, cream lace yoke, folded bodice finished with silk, pretty white hat, trimmed with violets, bouquet of pink cosmos and roses; Mrs. Harris (bride’s grandmother), black silk merveilleux relieved with white lace; Mrs. Bishop, pale blue floral muslin, dark green hat; Mrs. Sampson, pale pink muslin with bib yoke bound with silk of a darker shade, preen bat trimmed with rosettes of pale blue and green silk; Miss Preston, pale pink muslin, pretty white satinhat with pale pink wings; Miss Lucy Preston, white inserted muslin, brown silk Merry Widow hat, swathed with pale blue silk; Miss Duke, heliotrope and white spotted voile, brown hat trimmed with green; Miss Coombes, pale blue floral muslin, cream crinoline straw hat, trimmed with bows of ribbon; Miss Ada Cpombes, white insertioned muslin, hat en suite. TAYLOR—POTTER. At the residence of Mr. Meredith Soule, Kamo, on the 18th inst., the wedding of Mr. H. S. Taylor and Miss S. 0. A. ■Potter was solemnised. Miss J. A. Taylor was bridesmaid, and Mr. H. W. Diuniss best man. The couple spent their honeymoon in Auckland.

GUPPY’—FLETCHER. Last mail brought news of the marriage of Miss Ruby Fletcher, daughter of t he late Mr. J. J. Fletcher, of Christchurch, to Mr. Ernest Guppy, of the Royal Indian Marine. The ceremony took place in the Cathedral, Bombay, and naval officers formed an archway of swords under which the bridal party passed out. The bride, who wore Oriental satin in Directoire style, with wreath and veil, was given away by her brother, Mr. Harry B. Fletcher, who is an engineer in the British India Company. SPE BRING—MeN I VEN. A pretty wedding was solemnised at St. John’s (Presbyterian) Church, ■Hawera, the contracting parties being Mr. W. G. Sperring, only son of Mr. J. H. Sperring, of Wanganui, and Miss Agnes Annie McNiven, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs McNiven, of Hawera. The church was very nicely decorated with white flowers by several friends of the bride. The Rev. Shore conducted the ceremony. The bride wore a dress of ivory chenc silk, with panel front to skirt and court train; the bodice was trimmed with silk lace, true lovers’ knots, and relieved with silver tassels. She also carried a beautiful shower bouquet and wore the usual bridal veil. The bride was given away iby her father, and attended by three bridesmaids. Miss Ivy McNiven was attired in a very pretty dress of white Japanese silk, trimmed with silk insertion, and carried a shower bouquet of heliotrope flowers. The other bridesmaids, Miss Rachel Goodson and Miss Elsie Hannan, looked very becoming in cream silk frocks and cream picture hats. They carried prettily arranged baskets of white flow’ers. The bridegroom was attended by Mr. W. McNiven as best man. The bridegroom’s gift to the bride was a gold watch and chain, and to the bridesmaids gold neck chains and pendants. Miss Young played the “Wedding March” as the newly-married couple left the church. The subsequent breakfast was held at the Foresters’ Hall, where a large assembly were met and complimentary toasts were proposed. The numerous presents were very much admired. The bride’s travelling costume was of dark green, tailor-made, relieved with cream collar and cuffs, with picture hat to match. Mr. and Mrs Sperring left by the afternoon train for Christchurch, where the honeymoon is to be spent. An “evening” was given to celebrate the occasion by the parents of the bride, which was attended by over 150 guests. ALLEN—RUTH ERFORD. A popular marriage was celebrated in Holy Trinity Church, Picton, the vicar (the Rev. T. J. Smith) being the celebrant, when Miss Grace M. Allen, of Picton, was united to Mr. Grenville Rutherford, of Wairere Station, son of Lieut. John Rutherford, Indian Navy, of Fainting, County of Roxburg, Scotland. The bride’s dress was of eream

chiffon taffetas, made with a slight trait in semi Empire style. The bodice was elaborately trimmed with lovely lace, and the sleeves ruffled. A very large tulle veil enveloped her, and a wreath <>f orange blossoms completed her toilet. She carried a sheaf-shaped bouquet of white flowers and maiden hair fern. The bridesmaids were Miss C. M. I Belle) Allen, in a frock of white cambric muslin, prettily made with a Greek-patterned border of lace insertion, a Directoire sash of pink crepe de chine and a pink hat trimmed with rosesand chiffon: and Miss Florence Rutherford, in white muslin, with a pink sash find white hat. Both carried bouquets of pink peas and pelargoniums with maidenhair fern. The groomsman was Mr. Elliot Rutherford; and another brother, Mr. Wyvil Rutherford, acted as best man. Mr. Arthur Clayton, the bride's brother in law. gave her away. The service was choral. Miss la. Fuller presiding at the organ and playing the Wedding March as the happy couple left the vestry. After the ceremony, Mrs Allen received the old residents of the place and a few intimate friends at her residence, “The Wilderness.” Dr. "J. Decimus Tripe, as the oldest friend of the family, proposed the health of the bride, and wished the bridegroom a long life and much happiness, which sentiment was heartily responded to by the bridegroom. Mr. John Conolly proposed the health of the bridesmaids, and the groomsman responded. The cake, which was a four-tiered one. was the work of Mrs Allen and her daughters, who were also -responsible for the dainties, the bouquets, and many other tilings usually left in other people’s hands. The presents poured in from many old school friends of the bride, and from all parts of the Dominion, and also from England, a handsome cheque arriving on the wedding day from a relative. The altar vases had been prettily decor ated with lilies and Japanese anemones, and long sprays of English clematis. The happy couple left the same evening for a tour in the North Island ere returning to their home in the Wairarapa.