The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-07-06
A Pretty wedding

Amid clusters " blossoms of The gcl.
don shower and masses of marguoritep.
Miss gertrude Louise Norris. 90 Curn-
lirg. Iowa. and the Nov. Edward Bates
ITuruer ~ the faculty ~ Mills ln-ti-
tuto. were united On marriage ycster-
Iduy afternoon. Tho ceremony took
place NJ the residence u Mr. Frank pa
mon. Chni ain lane. the Rev. !. Elmer
/ Russell ~ the Institute officiating
The bride was attended 10y the Misses
I Ruth ana Laura Turner, sisters or the
groom. while the Bcv. John Pinnoy
Erdman Of this city aud former class
mate at Princeton University. acted as
b,st man. The bride was given away
by her brother. Mr.. Edwin NJ. Norris.
who came from Philadelphia to attend
the wedding. Mr.. John Waterhouse and
Mr. Hugh II. Sturtevant were the ush-
crs.
The wedding took place In the large
rooms and lanais OF the second floor Of
Mr. D7mun'a residence. which was
tastefuuy and appropriately decorated
with lags OF many nations. the lonais
being entirely closed in by bunting
The floral display I'm the main parlor
was attractive and showed an originali-
~ OF design the color scheme being In
yellow and white. The arched doorway
was covered with mai and margue-
rites, from which was suspended n bas-
kct composed of ferns, white buds and
lilies. At each siuc was screen Of
greenery dotted with marguerites. Bios
SONS Of the golden shower were scatter
ed in every room, adding a rich yellow
gov to the general ensemble of color.
AS the bridal party entered the par
Tors the Lohengrin wedding march was
sung by the Mills Institute Glee Club,
accompanied by Mr.. Frank Damon on
the piano and assisted by Mrs. Cornelia
Damon and the Misses Ethel and Julia
Damon.
After the service of the Episcopal
church was finished, uniting the bride
and groom. the Rev. William NJ. Kin
caid of Central Union church pronounce
ed the benediction. After rsceivir & con-
CALCULATIONS the bride and groom left
for the depot to spend their honeymoon
at Waialua, at Haleiwa Hotel Showers
of rice. flowers and laughter followed
their flight from the residence. The
bride was becomingly gowned in white
organdie trimmed with 'vaenciennes
lace. ana she carried a beautiful bou-
quet of crepe gardenias and maidenhair.
She was as charming summer bride
as Honolulu has seen. The bridesmaids
were likewise attired in white organdies
and carried bouquets of yellow marquee
rites.
The bride arrived here on the steamer
China accompanied by her brother Mr..
E. NJ Norris. of Philadelphia. In the
party were also three generations of
Mr.. Turner's family. who came to be
present at the marriage. They were
Mrs. X. A. Crippen of Los Angeles.
grandmother of the groom. and Mr.. and
Mrs. A. 3. Turner. the Misses Ruth and
Laura Turner and Master Ransom Tur-
ner of corning, Iowa.
A novelty In the ceremony was that
of Rev. Mr.. Russell performing the
ceremony. He and the groom were
roommates and classmates at the Union
Theological Seminary of New York.
while Rev. j. p. Erdman and Rev. Mr..
Turner graduated in the class of 80
from Princeton University.
Rev. and Mrs. Turner will be at home
about the middle of this month at their
home on Chaplain lane.