On Easter Monday, April 18, Miss Marjorie Parsons, eldest daughter of two of Shanghai's best known residents, Mr. and Mrs, E. Parsons, was married at St, James's Church, Weihaiwei, to Licut.- Commander E, M. Benton, rix, of H.MS. Suffolk, son of Sir Edward and Lady Benton, of Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey. The bride was carried to the church in a Chinese wedding chair, to the great approval of the local population, who lined the roads and filled the little churchyard.
After the ceremony the bride ana bridegroom left the church under an arch of swords and entered a unique vehicle—two rickshaws lashed together, Preceded by a band of the Royal Marines, and pulled by five midshipmen, with five more midshipmen behind and a party of sailors with ropes'acting as brakes, they were taken down the steep path from the church to the United Services Club where the reception was held.
Mr. and Ofrs, CE, Parsons (father and mother of the bride), the bridegroom and bride, Lieut.~ Commander'A. Gunn. rix. (best man), Miss Belty Parsons. (in fron!) The little flower girls, the Missed Jill and Jocelyn Pomfret The bride, wearing the lace vell which her great-grandmother wore as a bride, centering the scarlet and gold wedding chair in which she was carried to the church, the bride and bridegroom in their rickshaw-chariot as they left St. James's Church after the ceremony on their way to the United Services Club for "Der Geheimvertrag"
On Friday the German A.DC. opened its Inst, play of the 1090 season Ske tpeeum Moeatre—s'ber Geveimverizay Bacret Bosumen Gbove for) the Misses Me Moeller, M, Siobler, 1. Berg: (below) Slrtother performance will be given on May 12, Ladies of the east are Miss 1. Borg at rehenrssl—Jurad 'Mr. N. L. Sparke, Shanghai, re~ sident for' over 30 years, Wi rts tun. Sparke lott for Enigland last years, and is a rear, erick "Der Geheimvertrag" being vice-president of the, Shang-player who has made his reputation with 'A.D. C. ig Mr. H. Kaeckmelster, one of the cast of them hal," Cricket Cll and. yachtsman production, a comedy by Louis von Kobl.—Juras, a a 2 A
Centre ague of second row in this group is Dr. Mel Lan-tang, China's foremost actor. he two young Tadies in dark flowered dresses are the welldenown actress sisters Misses King Ssu-wen (2nd frame left) and King Succhin (ud from mont The occasion was a teadparty given by Afr. D. K. Chant (on Dr.
afets left hana).
Directly behind Mfr. Chant is seen Capt. ZY. Chen—Venus Studios (Left) Mr. S, Labrmann is making his frst appearance on the Shang-Mea ge fu tine German A: D.'s performance of "Der Geheimvertrag"
the Lyceum Theatre, (Right) Mr. C. Kallschauer, also appearing, {Sa seasoned member of the German pi
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