FASHIONABLE WEDDING. (Leigh Observer, 8 November 1895)
BOUTH—KEELING.
The marriage took place on Wednesday, at Christ Church, Cheltenham, of Miss Ida Mary Agnes, fourth daughter of Mr. G.W. Keeling, J.P., Cheltenham, to the Rev. Reginald Hampson Myddleton Bouth, M.A., rector of Elkstone, second son of F.W.D. Bouth, J.P., of Leigh, Lancashire, and the proceedings went off with considerable eclat. The church was decorated with palms and other plants from the nurseries of Mr. James Cypher, which made a pleasing environment to the wedding party, and the house of the bride's father had undergone tasteful decorative treatment at the hands of Mr. James, from Messrs. Shirer and Haddon's. The officiating clergymen were the Rev. Dr. C.V. Childe, assisted by the Rev. E.L.C. Clapton, vicar of St. Michael's, Wandsworth, brother-in-law of the bride and the Rev. E.L. Holmes, and the service was choral. The bride, who was given away by her father, looked very pretty in her dress of ivory white satin, trimmed with embroidered chiffon and orange blossom, and wearing a wreath and veil. She carried a choice shower bouquet, the gift of the bridegroom, and was attended by her five sisters—Misses Rose, Charlotte, Sabrina, Lily, and Ella—and Miss Bowle Evans as bridesmaids, who wore dresses of white silk crepon, trimmed white satin and silver, finished at the neck with rose pink collarettes, fastened with a gold pearl brooch presented by the bridegroom. Their hats were of white felt, trimmed with white satin, and white tips and pink. Mrs. Keeling, the mother of the bride, was attired in a dress of black satin, with white satin and jet trimming, and Mrs. Churchill Clapton, sister of the bride, wore a blue-grey dress, with ivory satin and silver. The bride's going-away dress was of cornflower blue, trimmed with blue velvet and jet, and she wore a black hat with ostrich tips and blue velvet. The best man was Mr. Eustace F.D. Bouth, brother of the bridegroom. Mr. H. Rogers was at the organ, and the musical programme was as follows:—Allegretto (Handel); Angel's Serenade (Braga); March in D (Silas); anthem, "Love Divine" (Stainer): hymns, "The voice that breathed" and "O perfect love." After the ceremony a reception was held at 10, Lansdown-terrace, at which about 200 guests were entertained, and Mr. Hatton's string band was in attendance. The magnificent bride cake, supplied by Mr. J.A. Fisher, of Gloucester, was a splendid specimen of the confectioner's art, and stood over five feet high from the silver stand to the top of the shower bouquet. It was in three tiers, the centre and top cakes being supported on columns; the side ornaments were satin slippers filled with tiny bouquets of bridal flowers, Cupids, doves, and orange blossoms. From the top cake five wedding bells were suspended, with orange buds for clappers. Surmounting the whole was an elegant white vase, which held a shower bouquet of real flowers, and a wreath of hot-house flowers encircled the base. The newly-wedded couple took their departure during the afternoon for Bournemouth, amidst the good wishes of the assembled guests.
[Ed. - The extensive list of presents has intentionally been omitted.]
