Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-07-18

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down with lovely flowers-every bios
som that grows has lifted its head
this year and turned all its proud or
winsome beauty to the admiring gaze
of the world that cannot pass by
without a wondering glance at the
marvel and beauty of it all. And
samples of every flower that blooms
in perfection were culled for that
wedding. Never has there been mar
rage ceremony against more flow
cry background. Roses-the wOnd
rous yellow cloth of gold variety
and American Beauties; glad .olas,
gelly stock, Shasta daisies, Japanese
lilies. lovely Bougainvilleas, and a
dozen other blossoming handT aidenS
of June were brought into the house
and shown their place by the clever
decorators who coordinated the beau
ty of the flowers to a general decor
alive scheme and gave to each room
the flower that followed the scheme
of decoration and the plan Of the
house. Such quantities and varieties
Of flowers were used that under I'M
skillful hands the seen" might have
looked Ike a floral rampage, instead
of the vista of beauty that 1t was.
"The bride and her attendants made
a lovely picture, and one that crowds
similar groups for first place. Ger
tainly never has there been a lovelier
ensemble The wedding gown was
made with a very long train, the ap-
proved court train for presentation to
Queen WiIhelmina, for fthe wedding
journey Will lead to the shining. scrub
bed, tulip lined shores of Holland,
where the groom's family watch the
ancestral windmills go round when
they have nothing more important to
do. The van Ecks belong to the
Dutch nobility, and enjoy an intimacy
at court that many other families OF
similar position cannot claim, so the
visit there will be filled with more
formal functions than most American
girls enjoy, and the trousseau has
been planned for these events. Mrs.
Duval Moore. the matron of honor
wore her wedding robes. and the maid
of honor, Miss Marian Zeile, was like
wise gowned in pure white, these
raking a lovely ethereal foreground
for the bridesmaids, who came float
ing after in their pale pink and blue
frCcks that were snatched from rain.
bows of pink and blue tulle, and made
it impossible to describe the process
sion to the improvised altar as a
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"The van Ecks leave in few days
for Europe, and the wedding party, in.
Guiding the matron of honor. the maid
of honor, the bridesmaids, Miss Ger.
trude Tower of Boston. the MisSe1
Ernestine McNear, Elva de Pue. Janet
Coleman. Beatrice Nickel, Gertrude
and the ushers. Fred Tillman.
Jr., Duval Moore. Herbert Gallagher,
Oscar Heuter. George Lyman, John
Young, Robert Henderson and Henry
van Coenen Torchiana, are planning
to give them d final send-Off when
they return from their brief trip for
a few days hereabouts, the exact des-
tination of which is a secret"
Baron and Baroness Jan c. Pan
theleon van Eek are en- route to New
York. to sail July II on the Olympic
san FRANCISCO EAdIHluel.
Mrs. Strong Starts North.
The following news Of Mrs. lsobel
Strong. the author of The Girl From
Home" one of the most popular
books ever introduced here. is sure
to be of interest to her many friends
in Honolulu:
Mrs. Isobel Strong, who has just
from a visit to Los Angeles,
eft Sunday night for the north. She
will visit Mrs. Russell H. Cool at Los
Iatos and from there will go to Med
'ord, Ore, for a visit with Mr.. and |
Mrs. Frank Preston. Mrs. Preston
vas formerly Mrs Frank Norris, wife
If the brilliant novelist. and she and
Mrs Strong are old time friends. A
little son was recently born to Mr..
md Mrs. Preston and is the magnet
hat is drawing Mrs. Strong north.
She stands godmother to this inter
esting addition to her friends house
lold-San Francisco Examiner
Mr. and Mrs A. ~ Otremba are
making a leisure.y tour of the states
IN their way to Germany where they
will visit relatives. They will also
spend several months visiting many
points of interest in Europe. return
ng to the islands the latter part o;
December or the first of January.