Chuah Gim Yew and Teoh Cheng Toe, marriage June 1917, Penang

The marriage of Dr. Teoh Cheng Toe and Miss Chuah Gim Yew took place in Penang on Saturday, at No. 15, Love Lane, the residence of the bride, where some 200 people, friends and relations, were present. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Chuah Teng Kee and the late Mr. Chuah Teng Kee, a wealthy and much respected resident of Penang. The bridegroom, who is the son of Mr. Teoh, another well-to-do merchant of Penang, has only recently returned from Hongkong, after taking his English degree in medicine. He was formerly a scholar of the Anglo Chinese School. The costumes worn by both bride and bridegroom were of the Manchu period and extremely picturesque. The bride's robe consisted of an exquisite coat of red brocaded satin with an elaborate design of leaves and flowers embroidered in silver and goldd, worn over a full skirt of the same material. To say the bride was ablaze with diamonds would barely be sufficient to describe the gorgeous display of valuable jewels that decked her. On the front of her costume were star-like gold brooches of graduated sizes, inset with brilliants. In her ears were ear-rings of diamond drops, 2 inches in length. All the jewels were gifts from her mother. Her head dress stood about 18 inches high and consisted of a mitre like  coronet of tiny gold leaves and flowers of the most exquisite workmanship, studded with little brilliants. Suspended from the head dress on either side were red silk tassels and delicate gold chains reaching down to the shoulders, while from the back of the head dress was another long silken tassel to which was attached a large gold coin about twice the size of a dollar. The bridegroom's robe was of blue brocaded satin embossed with white silk and silver threads. His head dress was something similar to the bride's. Dr. and Mrs. Teoh Chen Toe will live in Penang, where the former intends to do business as a private practitioner. (P.G.) [The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 June 1917, Page 10]