The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-10-28
The Wedding Season.

may not be inappropriate in this latitude
for the young people to be advised in re-
gard to the style and tactics employed in
fashionable life on such occasions Hence,
fer the deIectation of expectant brides
and bridesmaids, and the wonder and
amazement of stupid bridegrooms, we
append a racy description from the
New York Telegram:
} Weddings occupy so much of the time
and attention Of the fashionable world
J Just ow, we read with great deal of in
, terest the items of wedding etiquette
, which come to US from abroad In the
matter of bridesmaids tastes differ as well
as family associations. The extremes are
followed by having several bridesmaids
elegantly dressed, with corresponding
number of groomsmcn. The opposite
style, which is quite as elegant and good
deal more poetic, has number OF young
girl bridesmaids, with no groomsmen at
all, but only the parents of the bride VINO
performs the ceremony Of giving the bride
away.
Bridesmaids dresses are not entirely of
; white any more; even in the case of little
girls, they are enivened by high colored
sashes, ribbons, &C., as we'll as bright-hued
under. dresses.
The brides dress varies from the richest
corded silk, trimmed with lace and pearls,
to simplest muslin worn by girltood, or
tulle, made vapory by clouds of rutfies
and frii!s.
At some Partisan weddings, lately, the
bride has not worn an ornament OF any
kind whatever but pearls are supposed to
: be the most suitable when any ornaments
are worn. If the bridegroom were not
one of the dramatis persona, we should
not suppose it of the slightest consequence
whether he attended the wedding at all
or not, so far as being the objective point,
goes But as he is "head captain" what
he shall wear appears to vex his ma.rimo-
tiial soul about as much as it should
: When we arrive at this point of fashion
leaf it is a good deal like putting out the
light and feeling ones way through an un-
known region, and the end generally is
that ones descriptions are as "cl ear as
mud"
We are sure, however, that eternal vigi-
lance is the price Of style, and before we
give it as fact, we shall wait until we
know that bridegrooms wear "bue coats
with brass buttons and reedle-wrought
shirt bosom with rose-colored lining to
show through" We should expect
bridegroom dressed in style so resem-
bling General Boum's, to carry stick to
church and behave accordingly.
We are willing to believe, howsver, that
white satin vests cut low will be en- regle,
with a little fold or violet, buff or blue silk
peeping beyond the opening, and We think
It good taste which permits lavender or
pearl colored trowsers instead OF solemn
black cnes so strictly adhering to the
original measure as to suggest Mephisto
phelcs.
We could never SEQ why the full dress
cd man should not indulge in shoes, tor it
is quite possible that somebody else wishes
to stand in his shoes" But wedding
etiquette says be must weay boots, and we
leave it to the French and English to fight
it out between them whether they Shall
be round or squaretoed. Neckties are Of
white satin, but Notwithstanding so much
that is new about Byron has lately turn
ed up, the Byrouic collar is still to be
turned down:
But MS we said before on general prn-
ciples, we think the Bridegroom is very
foolish man if he puts himself to any
trouble to be in the fashion at his own
wedding, tor unless some of his guests
wear tor coat -of-arms goose or press
board, what earthly difference can it
make?
The greatest possible latitude ls permit
ted Just now in the choice OF an enter
tainment to follow tho marriage ceremo-
nv. but the stylish breakfast occurring in
tho middle of the day nearly is the most
distingue of all. sparticularly English,
and to our infinite credit be it said that,
though Paris supplies us so many styles,
we like the dignity and solemnity OF the
English marriage customs much better
than the French
Many wedding dgeuners take place at
fashionable hotels instead OF at the house
of the bride, thus saving q great amount
of trouble, not to say destruction OF fur
nilure and carpets, not pleasantly contem-
plated by any housekeeper. We are glad
to hear that tho old time custom OF hav'
ing the brides cake with 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 as inevita-
bly doomed US if she had thought of mat
rimony all her life, whereas no doubt she
mover dreamed ofsuch u thing One thing
to be- reminded of during this matrimoni-
al epidemic is the old superstition that
autumn marriages are happy ones. We
do not know, however, that the woman
who promises to love, honor and obey in
October, is any surcr to keep her word
than if she had chosen the first day OF
Arril for her wedding day, nor that the