ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 31, 5 February 1903, Page 2

ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

A wedding which attracted mora than usmi attention to cela'cuated at St. i Mary's Church on Wednesday, when ! Mr.W.E.Spencer, M.k , B.S.C.loepec-! tjr of Schools for T-iriiisaki, w s u; it d in marriage with. Miss Connie Jacob,' second daughter of ihu lite Vlr. B Le Graad Jacob and Mrs Jicub of Smthroad, Now Plymouth, The una ch w.iS , densely pieke I with friends of the biide and bridegioom and sptctators, the town schools, which hid a h.lfholiday i i h mour bf the even', b-.ing wall rape: seated, The ceremony was; pei formed by the Yicar, ihi Rev. F. : Q Evans, suitib'e wedding marches! played on the organ as i be bridal I party entered and left the church. T»o bride, who looked very lovely, w»s! dressed in a very h.nlsome whha em- i broide ed muslin silk dress, with \ wraath, tail, and twin. Her pag », I who acted ks tnin beirer, was Mae er j Harri on, of Elthatfl, and he was very prettily dressed in Highland j costume. The bride a ! si carried a beautiful white bnuque I', 1 ', and was given I away by her mother, who wore a vory hands me 'r.ined blick satin dress. Th* brid> smaids were Mss Eva Jicob an 4 Miss Elh Hurs'house, bjth of whom wore very handsome dre-s s of biscuit coloured tussore silk, beautifully! tucked ajd and each beiug ; provided wi'h bouquets of red and ' greon. The bridegroom was attended ; by Mr A. E. A, Clarke as best man, ' Messrs Griffiths and Hume being groo'usmen. Mr L. Jacob, ef Moktu, tha bride's brother, wai also one of the wedding party. Toe steps leading into the church were nicely carpeted, and the wedding party were received with showers of rici and dowers on emerging from the chutcb. During th 3 afternoon Mrs Jacob held a reception at her residence South ' road, which was attended by a large j and fashionable assemblage. Aftr- : noon tei was Bnrved, aiid tua h'aih of > the bride and bridegroom was proposed > by Mr A. E. A. Oktke, and drank in , champagne. The ropulari'y of thi I bride was shown in a very marked i manner by the numerous useful, and ' and exceedingly handsome and valuable | prestnts, In this csnnection the bride)f groom had not bean forgutien, one of ' the nusu conspicuous presents to him bsing a handsome oiglit-d'iy cl.ck, inscribed with a silver plate presented to him by the members and eteff of the j Board of Education. The happy c >uplo { received numerous good wish«s for ! their future happiness an'i prosperity, in which we very heutily join. Mr and Mrs Spencer left by the Ng puhi ' for Auckland, where the hono>mooii I will be spent.