WEDDING BELLS

New Zealand Tablet, 4 June 1914, Page 47

WEDDING BELLS

LEVIN—KAY. A very pretty wedding took place at the Sacred Heart Basilica, Wellington, on April 22, when the marriage was solemnised of Miss Ellen Kay, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George, Kay, of Karori, and Mr. Ambrose Levin, second son of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Levin, Tinakori road. Father Goggan officiated. The bride was given away by her father, and looked charming in a gown of ivory white charmcuse satin, the skirt being draped, and having a pointed train finished with a cluster of orange blossoms, the train beiim suspended from the side of the high waist by a°lar<>-e butterfly bow. The corsage was dainty and graceful, with Mechlin lace and goffered crepe de chine, with real pearls at the neck and a spray of orange blossom at the waist. She carried a shower bouquet of hothouse roses and maidenhair fern tied with white satin ribbons. The present from the bridegroom to the bride was a piano. The chief bridesmaid, sister of the bride (Miss Doree Kay), was charmingly dressed in cream charmeusp, with crepe de chine frilling. Miss Theresa Levin, sister . of the bridegroom, was dressed in cream crepe de chine with pink Hillings. She also carried a bouquet of pink and cream flowers, with streamers to match. The best man was Mr. Francis A. Levin, and the groomsman Mr. J. R. McClure. The presents to the bridesmaids were plain bold band bangles. Miss Rona Chapman, a charming little girl, was dressed in a white embroidered muslin, with cream band of ribbon around her hair. She carried a pretty basket of flowers. Her gift from the bridegroom was a small cable bangle. After the ceremony a reception was hold at the Hotel Windsor, where’a great many guests sat down to the wedding breakfast. The tables were beautifully decorated. There were several toasts, all being responded to with musical honors. The honeymoon trip was devoted to a tour in the north. The bride’s travelling dress was a tailor-made gown of navy blue cloth with white crepe de chine collar and frills and a white beaver hat with ostrich feathers. CAIRNS— A wedding of considerable interest (writes a correspondent) took place at the residence of the bride’s parents, Heddon Bush, on April 22, the contracting parties being Mr. Daniel Cairns, second son of Mr. Timothy Cairns, ‘ Wideview,’, Bush, and Miss Mary Ellen Boyle, second daughter of Mr. John Boyle, ‘ Mayfield,’ Heddon Bush. The ceremony was performed by Very Rev. Father Lynch (Wrey’s Bush), who also celebrated a Nuptial Mass. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a dress of cream soie-delaine, trimmed with satin and silk lace, the customary veil and wreath of orange blossoms, and carried an ivory-backed prayer book. She was attended by her cousin (Miss Margaret Kane, of Invercargill), who was attired in pale pink crepe de chine, with black velvet hat, and wore a handsome pearl spray brooch, the gift of the bridegroom. Mr. James Cairns (brother of the bridegroom) acted as best man. After the ceremony the guests, to the number of about eighty, assembled in a marquee on the lawn, where the wedding breakfast was presided over by Very Rev. Father Lynch, who, in a felicitous speech, proposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom. In the afternoon the happy couple left by motor car for Invercargill en route for Christchurch, where the honeymoon was spent. The bride’s travelling dress was a navy blue costume with saxe blue hat and black furs.-