Chungking, Aug. 25.
On Saturday afternoon, August 24, Miss Robina Margaret Bookless was married to Lieutenant Thomas J. G. Marchant, M. now stationed: in Chungking. The ceremony was in the Community Church on the South Bank of the River, and was conducted by the Rev. F. G. Snow. "Miss Harries of Fochow presided at the organ. The only bridesmaid was Miss Janet Bookless, sister of the bride, while a fellow officer on the H, M. S. Pelerel acted best man.
The little church was beautifully decorated in green boughs and tuberoses which covered the windows, fends of the pews and doors. Among the guests present were Captain and Mrs. Antrobus of the U. 8. S. Palos. Simplicty and beauty marked the ceremony. The bride wore white silk lace and a tulle vell, crowned with a wreath of tuberoses. The room was in Navy uniform. The bridesmaid wore green silk and a. white hat, trimmed with roses. The bride's mother wore a mixed georgette, with a black hat, In leaving the church the newly married couple passed under an arch of swords." Mr. Masson acted as chief usher, and the enlisted men of the gunboat directed chairs and let off the firecrackers. The retinue from the church to the home of the bride was the longest line of chairs seen in this city, The reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Book-ess, parents of the brid The reception was a happy affair and the refreshments were attractive and adequate, The wedding cake was especially fine for an inland city such a3 Chungking. 'Toasts were proposed by Mr. Holm the Postal Commissioner and It. Marchant's Captain, 'The bride's bouquet was caught by' Miss Janet Latimer of California.
'The newly married couple left by chair for the second range of hills for "their honeymoon, where the A. P. C, bungalow has been placed at their' disposal. They will leave for England in the early autumn.
'A daily Airmail service between this city and) Chengtu was inaugurated on August 15. The Capitol city has come Into rare prommence since the removal of the Military Headquarters to that city.
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