Visitors continue to come and go and while they are here entertainment centres around them. Captain and Mrs. James M. Ranck will be busy for the next week entertaining their guest, Miss Agnes English who arrived here last week-end in the s. President Hoover' for. a fortnight's visit, Mrs. Chandler Howard of Manila, the mother of Mfrs. C. A. Atkinson, is another arrival, having come spend the winter in Shanghai. She has visited here on previous. occa sions.
Mrs. Atkinson's daughter, Mrs. Sergius Klotz, also of Manila, will arrive about ihe end of the month fo spend several weeks with her mother and sister, Miss Virginia Atkinson, Also leaving Shanghai and for good fre Mr, and Mrs. R. E. Selfridge who expect to depart about the end of October for their home in Philadelphia. Mrs. Selfridge has been active in the American Women's Club activities Gnd in musical ciseles.
Traveller Returns Among world travellers who are expected in Shanghai ths month are Sieand Mire Arsold Artour: Angel Friends of Mr. Edwin S, Cunningham, the former United States Consul-General in Shanghai, will be interested to know that he is still enjoying the pleasures of discovering his own country after more than quarter of a century spent in other lands. He was in Washington D.C. a short time ago after "a trip to Quebec and through New. England, According to Mr. Cunningham all signs point to the re-election of President Roosevelt. During his recent motor trip Mr. Cunningham visited Mr. George Sokolsky on. the Jatter's farm in Massachusetts. Dur= ing a short stop in New York Mr. Cunningham visited another ex: Shanghailander, Mr. Henry 'F. Bfisselwitz, who represented the "New York Times" in China several years ago.
Wedding In England A wedding of interest to many here took place In England last month, "The contracting parties were Miss Freda Kathleen May Harris, the Gaughter of Mrs. F. Hill of Shanghat and the late Mr. "Alfred Harris of Cardiff and Shanghai, and Mr. Edward Owen Baker, the only son. Mr. and Mrs. Owen James 'Baker of London. "The. bride's mother made the' trip from China to England especially for the wedding.
'The bride who has numerous friends here wore a white satin Deauté, cut on medieval lines, with head-dress of orange blossom and heather, and veil of, white -nct, She carried' a shower" bouquet of white carnations and. white heather.
re were two bridesmaids and three child attendants, who formed a very picturesque retinue for the bride. The bridesmaids wore Miss Dorothy Baker (sister of the bridegroom) and Miss Connie "Barling (nond of the bride), who wore dresses of turquoise Ince with capes to match, and haloes of turquoise leaves. They carried shower bouquets of pink carnations The little attendants were Miss Elaine Hill, half-sister of the bride, Miss Sylvia Dove and Mise "Marion Hardy. They were in very picturesque dresses of Chinese silk, hand embroidered, and poke bennels of white georgette. They carried Victorian posies of pink carnations and mauve asters.
The bride's mother wore peach satin, with a brown hat, and carried shower bouquet of bronze chry-'Santhemums. The bridegroom's mother was in black and ivory coloured lace with black hat, and her bouquet was of crimson carnations.
Mr. George Foss was the best man.
Afler the ceremony a reception held at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood, where a large company offered their hearty congratulations the happy couple.
The bride and bridegroom left for honeymoon tour in Cornwall, the bride travelling in a two-piece beige dress trimmed with brown squirrel fur, and hat and shoes to match.
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