The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-10-30
so.neshlns About Weddings.

Juub uoWs We Teau WltH d Br6ot zeal OF IN
terest the items Of wedding etiquette
which come to us from abrouti.i In the
matter of bridesmaids tastes differ as we'll
followed by having several bridesmaids
elegantly dressed, with a corresponding
number of groomsmen. The opposite
style, which is quite as elegant, and a
good deal more poetic. has number OF
young girl bridesmaids, with no grooms.
men at all, but only the parents Of the
bride, who perform the ceremony of
giving tho bride away. Bridesmaid'.
dresses are not entirely of white auy
more; even in the case of little girls they
are enlivened by high-colored sashes,
ribbons, etc., as woll rs bright -hued
under-dresses.
The brides dress varies from the rich
est colored silk, trimmed with lace and
pearls, to simplest muslin worn by girl
hood, or tulle made vapory by clouds of
rnffles and frills.
At some Partisan weddings, lately, the
bride has not worn ornament of any
kind whatever, but pearls are supposed
to be the most suitable when any orna.
ments arc worn.
If the bridegroom were not ono OF the
o'''amdtis pe'sonR, wo should not suppose
it of the slightest consequence, whether
he attended the wedding ut all or not
so fur as being tho objective point goes
Bat as he is "hend captain" what he shall
wear appears to vex his matrimonial
soul about as much as it should. When
we arrive Mt this point of fashion leaf
it is good deal like putting out the light
and feeling ones way through nu un-
known region, and tho cnd generally is
that ones descriptions are as "clear as
null"
We arc sure. however, that eternal Wig
lance is the price of style, and before
we give it rs fact, We shall wait until
we know that bridegrooms wear "blue
coats with brass buttons and u needle
wrought shirt bosom, with rose -colored
lining to show through" We should
expect q bridegroom dressed in a style so
resembling General Boums' 20 carry IL
stick to church and behave accordingly
We are willing to believe, however,
that white satin vests cut low will be en-
regle, with II little fold of violet, buff, or
blue silk peeping beyond the opening,
and we think it good taste which permits
lavender or pearl-colored trowscrs, in
| stead of solemn black ones. so strictly
ndhcring to the original measure as to
suggest Mephistophelrs.
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man should not indulge in shoes. for it
is quito possible that somebody els,
wishes to ''stand in his shoes" Bat
wedding etiquette says he must wear
boots. and we leave it to the French and
English to fight it out between them
whether they shall be round or square
toed. Neck-ties are Of white satin, but,
Notwithstanding so much that is new
about Byron has lately turned up, the
! Byronlc collar is still to be turned down.
But, rs we said before. in general prin-
ciplcs. we think tho bridegroom is n very
foolish man if ho puts himself to any
trouble to be in the fashion at his own
wedding; for, unless some of his guest,
wear fora coat of-nrms n goose or press
board, what earthly ditfercucc can it
make
The greatest possible latitude is per-
mittcd just now in the choice cf m en-
tcrtainment to follow the marriage ccre-
mony, butthc stylish breakfast occurring
in the middle of the day nearly, is the
most distinJuc of all. 1t is particularly
English. and to our infinito credit be it
said, that, though Paris supplies lis so
many styles, We like the dignity and
solemnity of the English marriage Gus
toms much better than tho French.
Many wedding dtJeuners tako place at
| fashionable hotels instead of ut the house
of The bride, thus saving great amount
of trouble, not to say destruction of fur
niture and carpets, not pleasantly con-
templated by any housokeeper. We are
glad to hear that the old-time custom of
having the brides cake with q ring in it
is once more allowable, and that the bride
herself cuts the first slice, and that the
girl that gets the ring is just ns inevita
bly, doomed as if she had thought Of
matrimony al her life, whereas she never
dreamed of such II thing. One thing to
be reminded of during this matrimonial
epidemic is tho old superstition that
autumn marriages are happy ones. We
do not know, however. that the woman
who promises to love, honor and obey iu
October is any surer to keep her word
than if she had chosen the first day of
April for her wedding day, nor that the
Irishman that beats his wife would not
have beaten her all the samo if he had
not married her OH "Saint Patrick day
in the morning."