The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-02
LIvlNGSTON-HOPPER
WEDDING

At the residence Of the brides par
| ents, on Keeaumoku street, Chester Gil
! bert Livingston and Katherine Mat
thews Hopper were married by Rev.
A. C. McKeever last night Clifford
/ Thompson was best man, Elizabeth
Hopper, sister of the bride, was maid
of honor, and Margaret Peterson and
| Dorothy Smallwood were bridesmaids.
W. Levers Hopper, father of the bride
! gave her away.
| The Hopper residence was beautiful
| ly decorated for the celebration. Stu
| ated as it is on the rise of the hill
| with spacious lawn empowered with
| trees reaching down from it, the house
| lent itself perfectly to the art of the
| electricians and decorators, who were
| busy many days before the wedding.
| Along the Waikiki side of the resi-
| denee and below the lanai, canvas had
! been stretched, enclosing roomy
| space where the tables for the wedding
supper were spread. The bridal table
was set in the center and was decorat-
ed with a branch of cherry blossom
Greenerv and flowers decorated all the
other tables and the canvas sides of
the tenting, while electric bulbs glowed
behind shades of flowers and ferns.
The ceremony was performed in the
front parlor. Here a screen of ferns
and Easter lilies had been erected.
Mrs. Arthur Wall was the architect
and she was ably assisted by other
members of the "Minutes' club. So
cial organization to which the bride
belongs.
In the diningroom the wedding pres
ents were. displayed and there was
beautiful array of silver and useful
presents. Here, as everywhere on the
lower floor of the horse, there were
the deftest of decorations. Green
ferns and foliage with flowers peeping
out, electric lights that glowed shyly
through their shades of greenery and
the prettiest taste displayed every
where
The guests were all assembled well
before the hour named for the cere-
mony and, when Miss Nora Sturgeon,
with her violin and Mrs Ralph John
son, at the piano, sounded the first bars
of the Wedding March, the bride ad-
vanced on the arm of her father and
liowery altar.
The bride wedding dress was of a
modified directoire style with hand
embroidered panels down the front and
back, short train and vail and with /,
collars and cuffs of real lace She car
ried a shower bouquet of white bride
roses and the sweetness of white veil, |
dress and flowers was a fitting foil for
the clear color of her face.
The maid of honor wore pink liberty
satin, making a charming contrast with
ii bunch of Easter lilies tied with a
pink ribbon The bride IS mother was
dressed in soft white crepe with some
exquisite lace, stately and charming
figure and carrying well the sad delight
of watching her daughter follow in her
own footsteps.
After the ceremony everybody adj !
iourned to the tent where the break
fast was served. There were toasts
ard speeches and then the bride ran
away to change to her travelling eos
tune On the stairs she went through
the graceful and time honored ritual of
throwing her bouquet to the crowd be-
low.
cone maid who can these flowers catch,
and Margaret Peterson was the lucky
one to catch the bouquet.
The newly-wed couple will spend
their honeymoon on the Islands. Their
itinerary was not given out. They will
visit the volcano and Kauai, how ever,
before thew retllrn