WEDDING.

Otaki Mail, 25 August 1922, Page 2

WEDDING.

BITRGESS—BROWN. Much interest centred round St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral in Wellington last evening, when Pauline Frederiea, only daughter of Mr and Mrs Byron Brown, The Terrace, Wellington, was married to Frederick Charles, only sou of Mr and Mrs Fred Burgess, of Napier. The ; Rev. George Calvert Blathwayt, M.A.. ' conducted the ceremony, and Mr Ro-1 bert Parker officiated at the organ. The church was crowded, the bride be- j ing very popular both as a member of the "Cheer-oV girls and as a clever i elocutionist. Mr Byron Brown gave his daughter away, and Mr S. Smith ; carried out the duties of best man. ; The bride looked very charming in a : frock of ivory satin charmeuse with overskirf and sleeves of georgette. < . beautifully embroidered in silver and ( delicate pink, waterfall side-panels re- j vealing falls of cameo pink uiuon dam- I j tily tucked. A narrow train, embroidi ered with a horse shoe design at the j . foot, fell from the high waist at the ' back. The tulle veil was handsomely j ; trimmed with silk stitchery, and was ! j bound to the head with tiny shell pink j ! rosebuds, and sprigs of orange blossoms '! at the sides. A delightful note was I struck in the uncommon bouquet, which J ' j took the form of an armful of delicate 1 I fruit blossom and snow-flakes, veiled in ■ i.ale pink tulle which fell in long ends. ' A cousin oi the bride. Miss Gladys Mathews, of Kelburn, made .. picturesj que little bridesmaid, clad in a dainty petallcd frock of ciel bine georgette. with open sleeves, and veston of SOquijincd lace. A loose girdle of gold leaves defined the waist, and the veil of soft blue tulle had a coronet of small golden vine leaves and grapes en- , circling it. An Early Victorian posy , of palest pink camelias, surrounded ' with violets, had a fringe of snow- .. flakes that fell softly over the shoulder of pale blue tulle, a few being also caught in the tulle ends. The reception was held at Dust in's 1 reception rooms in Cuba Street, where ' Mrs Andrew Wylie, aunt of the bride.: ; (in the absence, through illness, of Mrs : Byron Brown), and Mr Byron Brown] i received the guests. Mr- Wylie wore - a handsome gown of black silk romain. j ' smartly trimmed, an emiine wrap. ehic little admiral's hat of black and; o-old embossed tissue edged with block; , fur and trimmed -with egret.-. The room looked very bright and; pretty, the electric lights being dim- j me d with pink petal shades., each elee- ' tiolier being garlanded with the grace- \ ful lyeopodium. On the bridal fable the la ice wedding cake was surmounted by a silver vase of snow-flakes. while overhead hung one of the new shaped wedding bells, lately conic into vogue in England. Suspended from n earlaud of lyeopodium it was delicately ' outlined with the same ferny-green and pink camelias. small silver bells adorn • ing the lower edge. The rabies were decked with numerous bowls of large ; violets and rallcT vases of suowflnkes, j while the truest-' place-cards had sprigs | . of white heather afllxed. all the ladies , . present having silver favours attached. ■ ] The usual toast* were honoured, and L number of telegram- received from . various parts of New Zealand were .'read during the -upper, and after'■.raid-, at the insistent rcqueM of the I guests, the bride and her father gave a Shakespearian scene with very fine j effect, which evoked loud applause. During th« toasts that followed the Re-.-. Blathwayt spoke eulogistieally of the l,ride who he had known for many 1 years, and complimented her on her choice of a life-partner. Mr Wintcm Brown toasted "The Bridesmaid" in happv style, and Mr Byron Brown, in replying to the toast of the parents, spoke with regret of Mrs Brown's -inavoidable absence, through illness, and ! revealed the interesting fact that the ' bride wa' one of the fourth generation { of New Zealand-born people on her mo- ■ j ther's -ice. and one of the third gen- ! cration of New Zeaianders on her father's side, and introduced the bride •rroon. to th* guests a- one who had served as n lieutenant in the navy durj ing til- war. The bridegroom and besr ! zi.nc also made happy speeches. Later the happy couple left for the j weddina 'rip. which will be -pent in Suva; the bride wearing a very beI coming little panelled toat frock of pussy willow grey tvith cable as trimming; a becoming hat of soft C rey veiled in shell pink ninon and i rrinuned with flower moan*, and a , handsomn sea] coat with col- ! lar. i