The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-22
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i Our lady readers will perhaps be
Interested to know how @ grand mar.
. ftsge Is arranged III Paris. The prc-
lunina,ies a'v generally ermnged be-
tween the two fumilies with the hclu
OF the Eotaries; less often the marriage
is more romantic and springs purely
from love, in which case the tradition
al steps of rOurtship aud marriage arc
much modified. Supposinm, however,
that marriage has been reronniZcd
as advisable between two families, tile
first thing to do is to arrange an Inter
view between tic Young folks. For
tnis purpose some neutral ground is
gchcraly chosen, reception ut Il
iflcnds mouse, conccTt, q ball, aud
the theatres. The opera is preferred
ny the world OF fashion: tie opera
comlqne is popular with the bour-
gcoise and the provinciuls. The
Young man sits in the orchestra, and
the young girl, dressed in her best, is
placed in front Oft box. Between thc
aclS the young man pays a visit to The
box and is presented. The next day
he pays II visit to The father and makes
formal demand of the young lady's
hand. If he is accepted he begins 10
pay court to the young girl. Every
gay, at this Stage of the proceedings,
| the young man is admitted to tho
house This future as if he were one
OF The family. He is called bv his
Christian name. The day after the
'.accordialles," or his acccptation by
the family, he presents his future with
a ring, n ways the samc-onc pearl, or
| two pearls mounted with diamonds.
You may see these rings by the score
in the jewellers shops. Every dav,
too, he sends 4 bouquet of flowers.
Nowadays the bouquets are splendid,
, and cost q small fortune. for it is tho
custom to cnvclop them with lace,
which IS sometimes replaced by wa.
, tcrcu ribbon, on which the name of
the young girl is embroidered. IN
aris'ocratic families thc GrN person
To whom tic marriage is announced is
The pope, " no sends his Dcncdittion
0y telegraph, on the day Of Tie ccrc:.
mony ut the church. The mother, ac-
companied by her daNghtcr, visits her
!rlcnds III order to inform them Of the
hAppy news. III Madame dc Scyingc's
days a.young girls wedding trousScau
contained only three drcssca. IN the
year OF grace 1880 wedding trous-
scau in high life is Il very grand affair,
and comprises twelve dresses, ali
| made up, with stockings, shoes, sun
shnueS and hats to nlatch. This trous-
seau together with the linen, is worth
from 10000 to 80 900 francs. In the
trousscau Of the Princess Isabella dc
Gray. the wife Of the Archdukc Fred
crick OF Austria, all tho linen is count
cd 10y the gross. There arc twelve
dozen OF everything. The wcdtlin~
presents, the "corbcillr." are now
sent in basket covered with bows
and ribbons. The modern "c3rbci,lc'
is piece Of furniture, chinonicr, IL
work-ta6lc. or what-not. \ lcN pres
cnts only are placed in it. and the rest
are sent. a purse full Of gold is nj
ways hidden in one Of the drawers;
It Is the share Of the poor, the CLARITY
purse. II is no longer the custom Of
the bridegroom TO prcscnt the tradi-
tomal cashmere shawl. TIia; has gone
out OF fashion. The "corbcillc" Of
high life now contains two lace dress
es, one white and one black, two vel
vet dresses not made up, two or three
satin dresses, end two fancy dresses.
mnn,les and sortics dc bal Fans OF
all degrees 0fsplcndur, scent bottles a
ncccssairc, and card case arc indis-
pcnsab!c. "Bibclots." too, are repre-
scnicd iii the "corhe)le' BY groups in
SAKE, Louis Nv. ulatclaincs. lans
painted rs Vatican, or any agreeable
and precious kilickinack which the
fancy of the bridegroom can suggest,
and the curiosi;! shops furnish. On
everything the Young laly's crest;
motto, and monogram figure, and on
her church service her Hmoriul bear
ing with all their quartcv.ngS viii Lc
displayed a grand coiuplct In the
matter or lcwelrv; we may add that
!he pearls are esteemed higher than
diamonds; n neck lace OF pearls Of
llVc rows is worth five hundred thou
sand FRANCS. or one hundred thousand
dollars. 1t is no longer the custom
to exhibit on the day Of the signing Of
the contract the presents to the bride
ny her friends and relatives. In Eng
land they publish The list Of the pres
cn's and their donors in the C0uif
oOHrhM and tli" local newspapers;
Here the bride thanks each of those
who have thought Of her, and adds
their tributes. OF friendship TO the 9TH
ers. On the day Of her marriage the
bride wears only jewels that have been
given to her by mother and husband.
n PEsSIMIST IN pARIs.--I.ct me note
one incident which fell under my ewes
.:e s:rinmgly illustrative ofthc state of
things here. Iii the street just before
me were a mother and n son, both
working people. AS the coflin was put
Oh the hcarsc everybody took off hat
everybody save this boy. "Takc off
your cap" she said. He stood Sullcn-
ly and refused to obey. She repeated
! her order. lie took no notice of ii.
She seized the cap and threw it Oh the
ground: it rolled into the flushed ken
mel. 'Pick up that cap" lie rcfus-
Ell to bulge. When l left them the
cap still lay in the flushed kennel. II
is with this spirit Of INSTRUMENTATION,
this disrcspcct of everything, and cs-
pccially of everything which touches
religion, the youth OF both sexes here
are brought up. Depend upon it; a
day of fearful, reckoning is coming ;
blood Viii again flow like water, and
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