The marriage this week of the Hon. Daphne Pearson, sister of Lord Cow-dray, to Mr, John Lakin, of Chelsea Old Church (which, by the way, Is one of the most charming buildings in London) was the last big event of the Season. 'The Ust of presents put one in mind of the streets of Jerujem In King Solomon's days; a diamond tiara, a diamond and sapphire necklace, @ gold-fitted dressing-case from the bride's mother; a sapphire bracelet _and a hunter' from" her father-in-law; and among the minor resents a vanity case of gold and sapphires, Jewelled clips, more brace-ets and two silver tea sots, But it Would have surprised the grandmothers of modern Society, with whom it was an unbreakable rule hat no one must be seen in London stter July, that such an alliance should be' celebrated in August, In fact the bridegroom was in America with the English polo team. But lushionable people stay on in London through August much more than they jwxed to. "The country is overcrowded ith humbler folk.
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