WEDDINGS.
PERCY-KING.
The Methodist Church was the scene of a pretty wedding yesterday, when Mr Herbert William Percy, youngest son of Mrs Percy, senr., of Te Ore Ore, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Annie Elizabeth King, youngest daughter of Mr F. King, of Masterton. The bride, who was given away by her father, was becomingly dressed in a semiEmpire frock of si Ik A'Oline, trimmed with silk lace trimmings. The orthodox veil and orange blossoms were also worn, and the bride carried a lovely shower bouquet of lillies, white dahlias, roses and maiden hair ferns. The bridesmaids were Miss E. Prentice, Olive Spencer and Flossie Wilton, Miss Prentice wore a semi-Empire frock of cream cashmere with silk trimmings and a silk, picture hat, and she carried a mauve shower bouquet. Olive Spsncer and Flossie Wilton, little girls, wore pale blue silk dresses with cream insertion and lace, and each carried a basket of flowers. Mr W. King was best man. After the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. G. E. Porter, a reception was held at "Barnstone Lodge," the residence of the bride's parents. About eighty guests sat down to the wedding breakfast, when the usual toasts were duly honoured. Mr and Mrs Percy left by the afternoon train for Wellington, from whence they will proceed North on their honeymoon tour. The bride's travelling dress consisted of a neat navy tailor-made cos'ume, and a blue and white silk hat with velvet trimmings. The young couple were the recipi ents of many handsome and useful presents, '
WH ITT-LETT
At Knox Church, yesterday, a marriage was solemnised by the Rev. Bain Macdonald. the contracting parties being Mr Herbert Whitt, a well-known resident of Masterton, and Miss Margaret Lett, third daughter of Mrs C. Lett, of South Road, Kuripuni. The bride was given away by her b>other, Mr William Lett, and she was charmingly attired in a Princess robe of cream charmeuse satin with bugle trimmings, with the usual orange blossoms and a lovely embroidtred veil, carrying a shower bouquet of cream roses and asparagus ferns. The bridesmaids, Misses T. O'Dowd and Gladys Lett, were dressed in silk crystalline with cream hats to match, and each carried a shower bouquet of pink roses and asparagas r'erns. The bride was also, accompanied by two little pages, Eunice Lett and Donald Lett, the former wearing a cream silk frock with hat to match, and she
carried a basket of flowers, while the latter wore a cream corduroy velVet suit and carried a crook. Mrs Lett and Mrs Whitt each wore gowns of black silk lustre, with hats to match. Mr W. Mmett was beat man. A reception was subsequently held at the residence of the bride's mother at
Kuripuni. The young couple, who received many useful presents, left by the afternoon train for the South, where the honeymoon is to be spent. The bride's travelling dress was a neat costume of brown face cloth, trimmed with black Moree silk and jet black buttons, and she wore a tricorn hat of rhubarb shade with green wings.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10001, 23 March 1910, Page 5
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515WEDDINGS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10001, 23 March 1910, Page 5
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