WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 231, 4 November 1909, Page 1

WOMAN'S WORLD.

t THE MAUIUACE OF LADY I DOKO'lnl OXSLOU. k Loudon, September 24. i Clandon is in Surrey, twenty-live L miles from Waterloo, ami ut the I Church of St. Peter mid M. Paul, at t West Claiulon, a wedding oi iincrest I to Xew Zcalanders look jiituu on SepI tcmber 21st, when Lady Dorothy Out slow, younger daughter of me tail oi I (Jnslow, well remembered us a past r (jovernor of New Zealand, was mar- > ried to Hie llun. Edward Frederick > Lindley Wood, only surviving son ot [ Viscount Halifax. i The churcli is ou Lord. Onslow's ; • estate, Clandon l'ark, and is a grey j stone building about a mile from Clan- ; [ don Station. Special carriages were re- j » served on the 0.22 train from Water- f | 100 for London guests, who, on arrival j , at the destination, were met by motors, 1 private omnibuses, carriages, and dog- i ! carts, and conveyed to the churcli for the ceremony, which began at 11. Tlie church is a very small one, and only invited guests were admitted, crowds of villagers and onlookers flocking round both north and south doors. The chancel was decorated with a profusion of white tlowcrs and palms, and the service was fully choral, Holy Communion being administered to the bridal pair at the conclusion of the wedding ceremony, so that the service was much longer than is usual, lastin'g one and a quarter hours. The bride is' a sweet looking girl, of medium height, slender, and with masses of beautiful fair hair, and on her wedding day, with sun shining through the stained glass windows on to Jier, she looked radiantly winning as she left the church on the arm of her giant husband, while joyous bells pealed overhead. The keynote of the whole affair was simplicity, and though there were twelve bridesmaids the scheme of the dressing was remarkable more for the picturesqucness of effect than for any elaboration. The six grown-up maids of honor wore corslet gowns of soft white ninon de soie, with perfectly tight-fitting plain bodies, low-necked, and with white chiffon sleeves, over which, at the top, was a band of silver passementerie trimming—the same • ornamentation outlining the necks ,a:id waists. Instead of hats, tulle veils were worn, and each maid, above her veil, had a wreath of roses, white and crimson alternately. They carried small bouquets of crimson roses. Six little bridesmaids of very diminutive stature were gowned in (irccnaway costumes of white silk veiled in chiffon, wearing on their heads Juliet caps of latticed pcavls. with a crimson rose at. one side and a white rose at the other. All wore silver shoes, and as their only ornaments, pendants of amethysts a-iul diamonds on .■ platinum chains,' the gifts of the bridegroom. Tile bridesmaids were Lady Dorothy Urowne, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Kcmuare; Lady Muriel Herbert, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Pembroke; the Hon. Mary Vesev, daughter of Constance, Countess "de Vesci; the Hon. Blanche Lascelles, daughter of Commander, the Hon. Frederick and Ills. Lascelles, and Maid of Honour to the Queen; Miss Margaret and Miss Mary Sutton, nieces of the bridegroom; the Misses LaneFox, also nieces of the bridegroom; Miss Fullcr-Maitland, Miss Claire Stopford, Miss Mary Gardner, and Miss Aileen Guinness. After the ceremony, again, the same quiet simplicity reigned, for no conveyances of any kind were requisitioned, and the bride and bridegroom, followed by the little bevy of maids of honour and bridesmaids and the guests, walked through the churchyard and over the Trcen lawns to Clandon Park, where the bedding reception was held. Little village children standing in the churchvard with baskets of rose leaves made i path of flowers for the happy pair, and an arch of white flowers, under which even-one passed at the entrance Ui the Park, bore above it, an earl's

crest iU (me side, si vii-ci Hilt's lit tlie other, nad tno letters V. ami H. the old gi-pcliiijf of "Health and ll:t|ipin<^s." Tin' Countess nf Onslow's dress was i very licmitifiil one of sapphire blue •repc-dc-chcne, Irininied with lace, with which she wore a dark blue hat, covered with nslrirh feathers, and n saliic stole: in her bodice a duster <••!' crimson roses and n» ornament of diamonds ;;nd sapphires'.

Viscountess Halifax, wlio accompanied Lady Onslow to the vestry after r the ceremony, wore bright navy moire mtiquo, anil a toque of velvet and a moire to match. Sue also wore sables. li ____________ I