Wedding Bells!

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 183, 6 February 1896, Page 2

Wedding Bells !

A fashionable and pretty wedding was celebrated in St. John's Anglican Church, Feilding, yesterday afternoon, the contracting parties being Mr Walter Baxendale, fourth son of Mr Edward Giesen, of Feilding, to Miss Emma Constance, second daughter of Mr H. H. Knowles, of Makino. The church — which ■was prettily decorated with ferns and evergreens, an arch interspersed with the beautiful clematis being erected over the steps of the chancel — was well filled with relatives and friends of tho families, who are both well known and much respected in this district. v The bride was led to tho altar by her father, and was attended by Miss Knowles, Miss Giesen, Miss Ethel Knowles, Miss Nina Knowles, Miss M. Liockett, and Miss Macarthur as bridesmaids, while Mr P. Giesen, brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. The impressive marriage ceremony of the Church of England tvas conducted by the Rev A. Innes Jones and at its conclusion the bride and bridegroom were preceded out of the Church by Master Leonard Leary (who attended as page) and Miss Ida Carey, two little children, who strewed flowers along the carpeted path from the Church to the gate. A number of well wishers of the happy couple also threw flowers in their pathway as they left the Church. The wedding party then proceeded to Birnam, near Mount Stewart, the future home of Mr and Mrs W. B. Giesen, where Mr and Mrs Knowles and Mr and Mrs E. Giesen entertained their guests numbering about one hundred and fifty ladies and gentleman, at an " at home." The bride looked charming in a very handsome dress of sura silk, with orange blossom and veil, carrying a shower boquet of myrtle and roses. The bridesmaids wore dresses of French crepon trimmed with gold colored silk and carried shower bouquets of Marguerite daisies. The pape, Master Leonard Leary, was dressed in old English court dress of black velvet, while Miss Ida Carey wore a blue crepon representing " little maid in blue," and each of these childran carried a basket of flowersjwhicb, as before stated, were strewed in the biide's pathway as she left the Church. The bridesmaids all wore gold brooches the gift of the bridegroom. During the afternoon the visitors spent an enjoyable time in wandering through the pretty grounds of Birnam, and, before dispersing in the evening, the health of the bride and bridegroom was proposed by Mr C. L. McLean, in an appropriate speech and duly honored, threo cheers being given for the happy couple. Mr W. B. Giesen, on behalf of himself and wife, thanked those present for their kind wishes and attendance there that day. The whole of the bridal party was photo graphed in one group before dispersing. Shortly after 5 o'clock, Mr and Mrs W. B. Giesen left for Palmerston amidst v shower of rice, flowers, and hearty good wishes for their future happiness and prosperity. Mrs Giesen wore a travelling dress of fawn colored summer serge trimmed with shot silk, and hat to match. The presents to the bride were very valuable and numerous, including a silver-mounted set of carvers, in a case, from the members of the Feilding Polo Club, one of whose prominent members Mr Giesen is.