The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-08
Fashions and Society,

ing substituted. which. from its hexi-
( bility and brevity. adds much to the
( comfort OF the vesrer.
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The wedding OF Miss Agnes Simp-
} son. daughter OF Consul and Mrs.
( John Simpson. and the Right Rever-
end Sidney Cotton Partridge, Bishop
Of Kyoto. Japan. took place on Wed
nesday. November 9th, az St Luke's
Church. San Francisco. Miss Maud
Simpson, the brides sister, was maid
Of honor, and Miss Bessie Wilson,
Miss Gertrude Palmer. Miss jeanette
Deal and Miss BERTHE Bruce were the
I bridesmaids. Mr. Frederick Green
acted as best man and the groom's
brother. the Rev. Wells Partridge, Ar.
George Kinds and Mr.. Harold Smith
were the ushers. A large reception
followed the church wedding, at the
home OF the brides parents at $500
Vallejo street. Bishop and Mrs. Pat
ridge expect 20 pass through Homo
lulu on their way 10 Japan, and for
the day viii be the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Hedeman at Waikiki.
There is quite little romance at
tached 10 this wedding. The bride
groom was one Of the Bishops at the
recent convention in San Francisco
and Immediately fell in love with the
fair girl who is now his wife
Consul Simpson has been the rep
resentative OF Denmark for some time
and is most popular.
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The much talked-of wedding OF Miss
Mary Lowrie Dunn and Mr. Henry
Richard MacfarIane took place last
Wednesday evening at the spacious
residence Of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mac
farlane. ST., on Punahou street. The
! ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Alexander Macintosh in most i'm
pressive manner. There never was
seen a prettier home wedding in Ho
nolulu. and the large rooms of the
mansion were nobly fitted TO accom-
modate the hundreds OF guests, with
out any discomfort whatever.
Promptly at 9:15 O'Clock the Ha-
waiian band. stationed on the lawn,
began the strains OF the Lohengrin
wedding march, and the bridal process
sion slowly wended their way to the
drawing room First came the maid
of honor. Miss Mae Colburn, looking
particularly sweet in lovely gown of
I real lace and pink point de chine.
carrying a bouquet of pink orchids.
| Following the maid of honor came the
! bridesmaids. the Misses Guardie. Hell
en- and Lady Macfarlane. This trio
/ of beautiful girls were delightfully."-
| gowned in white over blue silk, trim
med in val lace. They carried bou-
/ quets of red carnations, violets and
white carnations.
After this bevy of beauty came the
/ best man. H. A. Wideman, and then
/ followed the groosmen namely.
Robert Atkinson. Southland Hoffman.
! Tarn McGrew and Walter Dillingham;.
Last OF all came the bride, most
/ lovely TO look upon, leaning on the
| arm Of her brother-in-law. Mr.. Dut-
/ ton They were met at the foot of
the chancel OF the temporary chapel
! by the groom. The canopy of, white
! roses and maiden-hair ferns was very
| effective. and the drawing room. beau
! tifully decorated, added greatly TO the
charming effect.
The bride wore an exquisite French
creation OF white silk and beautiful
| point lace applique. Her lovely
shoulders and arms were revealed. vet
| concealed by the art Of the dress
| maker. and the bridal veil OF silk IL
fusion. with dainty orange blossoms.
never covered a sweeter face. a dia-
mond sunbuIst was worn just above
the forehead.
After an informal reception the
/ guests repaired TO the large tent
! erected on the lawn and partook of de-
/ licious refreshments. The bridal table
occupied the center OF the tent. and
/ around il were Mr.. and Mrs. Dutton.
| Miss Mae Colburn. Miss Juliet King.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Brown, Mrs. J.
I r. Watson. Miss May Damon. Mr.. Wal
| ter Dillingham;. Mr. | Dillingham;. Mr..
| Robert Atkinson. Mr. Southland Hoff
man. Mr.. Tarn MscGrew and Mr.. Kim
/ ball. All about were small tables.
Each table was decorated with flow
/ ers and greens. and shaded candles
| OF Washington light shed a soft glow
| over the whole scene. During the sup
/ per the Hawaiian Band played old
! love songs and Mrs. Alapsi and Miss
| keliiaa sang sweet Hawaiian melo-
dies. A pleasing feature was the sing
| ing at the bridal table by the Dill
linghams and Mr.. Kimball. When the
wedding cake was cut Lady Macfar-
| lane found herself in possession OF
| the ring. The scene outside on the
/ lawn was most brilliant and Washing
ton lights and Japanese lanterns We'd
with each other for supremacy. The
wedding gifts were displayed in a
room apart. guarded by the arm Of
the law. They were rich and costly
! The gowns worn by Mrs Henry
| Macfarlane and Mrs Fred Macfarlane
we're extremely handsome One
could not bur regret the absence OF
Mrs. Eliza Macfarlane. the grand
mother OF the groom. who not long
since received an injury to her hip
and is confined 10 her bed.
Many lovely gowns were noted dur
ing the evening, but Mrs. ]. R. Walk
er was especially noticed, for she
looked unusually picturesque in a
much ruffled ping silk and her Golf
fure was particularly distinguished.
the little curl floating over Der
shoulder being quite fetching.
Mrs. E. d. Lemey's beautiful figure
was becomingly dressed, while Mrs.
A. NJ. Brown was simply stunning.
The Misses Widdifeld were sweet
and girlish in dainty white. and Mrs.
Charles Cooper looked very charm
ing