WEDDING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 51, 28 January 1938, Page 11

WEDDING.

FROST—EDWARDS

For her marriage to James Lawrence,

orny son of Mr and Mrs L. Frost, of Ivelburn, Wellington Patricia Anatia, eldest daughter of Mrs Edwards, Church Street, and the late Mr Robert Edwards, chose ivory satin for her bridal gown, her retinue being in frocks of similar shade. The ceremony took lace in St. Patrick’s Church, Broadway, on Tuesday evening, Rev. Father Herlihy officiating- Friends of the bride had beautified the church with gladioli in varying tones of gold. Miss M. Spolman played the wedding music. Escorted by her brother, Mr Robert Edwards, of Palmerston North, the ~’ IC * e locked most picturesque in her slim fitting gown, which was slightly rucked in the front and hack of the bodice and finished with tiny satin buttons, the neck-line and slashed back giving an unusual touch. The long, litting sleeves had side points and self buttons, while the gracelul gown finished m a - train. Her embroidered tulle veil; winch had been lent by Mrs R. Scown, of Taranaki, was held to her head with a circlet of tiny flowers and silver leaves and fell in soft folds to lorm a second train. Following the bridal tradition, her pearl necklet had been lent by her aunt, Mrs H. W. D Ath. Batin shoes in matching shade were worn and she carried an exquisite bouquet of iilium auratum. In attendance as bridesmaids were her sisters, Misses Nancy (chief), Marcella and Eulalia Edwards, who were similarly attired in ivory pin-spot net coats over ivory embossed satin, witii which tney wore gold shoes and floral baiias of blue cornflowers well back on their heads. Bouquets of gold gladioli and cornflowers completed their dainty ensembles.

Little Mollie D’Atli, of Eltham, cousin of the bride, was a dainty liower-girl in a siigntly trained IrocK of ivory satin, tile bodice being trimmed with a row of tiny buttons und finished with a Peter ran collar. Blie wore wliiito sandals, and in her hair a wreath of cornflowers, and carried a posy of cornflowers, gold roses and gladioli.

Mr Maxwell McMenamin, of Napier, supported tile bridegroom as best mail, and Messrs W. Reynolds, of Dannevirke, and P. Kane, of Foxton, were the groomsmen. Mrs Edwards later entertained 130 guests at the reception at the Rosco tearooms, which had been cliarminfjJy decorated with gold gladioli and blue larkspur. Mrs Edwards wore a frock of deep blue lace with a black taffeta coat, and a bowler hat of black straw with eye-veil, her shoulder spray being cardinal roses and asparagus fern, iurs Frost, the bridegroom’s mother, wore a frock of black silk marocain with white gardenia and a black straw liat, and she carried a posy of crimson roses and asparagus tern. Mrs K. Mehrtens, of Stratford, sister of the bride, wore black silk velvet, a smart biack felt hat with satin bow and eye veil to match.

Mr K. Mehrtens (Stratford) made a genial toastmaster, and the toast of the evening was entrusted to Mr G. O. Petersen.

When Mr and Mrs Frost left by car for a tour of the north, tlie bride appeared for travelling in a silk costume of Lido .blue with a dainty cherry smocked blouse, a cherry red sailor hat with lido blue eye veil and cherry red accessories, also a grey squirrel stole, the gilt of the bridegroom. The happy couple will take to their new home in Wellington many handsome tokens of their friends’ esteem, including a silver tea service, the gift L o r , bridegroom from the Public Works Department, Wellington and a clock from his tennis club