At the Union Church on Wednesday afternoon, before a large gathering of friends, the marriage of Miss Eling Tong to Mr. C. H. Wang was solemnized by the Rev. K. D. Chen. The church was beautifully decorated with bamboo, potted firs, and palms. Miss Alice Fitch presided at the organ.
The bride, who was given away by her brother, Mr. Z. H. Tong, Associate General Secretary of the Shanghai Y.M.C.A., was dressed in pale pink satin, embroidered in white and carried a large shower bouquet of white carnations and roses. She wore a veil of white tulle with a wreath of orange blossoms. Her maid of. honour, Miss Yuen, a Y.W.C.A. secretary in the School of Physical Education, wore. yellow brocade and carried pink carnations. The adorable little flower girls, Pearl and Ruby Lee, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. e, Wore apple-green crepe de chine, with lattice trimming and embroidered with a pink rose.
The groom was attended by. Mr.
P. Ling as best man and the ushers were Messrs, K. L. Kwong, L. T. Chen, and K. K. Wang, al returned students. Mr. Wang, a brother of Dr. C. T. Wang, is a graduate of St, John's University and Tsing Hua College. He then went to America where he took his degree at Yale University and did post-graduate work at Princeton. While in America he was interested in Y.M.C.A. work and during the war served with the British Expeditionary Force for two years. Since his return he has been engaged in business and is at present connected with the Chinese ~Eastern Railway.
The bride is a graduate of Mc-Tyeire School, from which she went to America and graduated from Wellesley College. Since her return in 1919 she has been connected with the Shanghai Y.W.C.A. as secretary. She is a relative of Dr. T. H. Lee, President of. Fuh Tan College.
A reception and banquet were held at the Great Eastern Hotel following the ceremony, result of this prompt move by the police, an arrest will shortly be made.
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