Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-10-11

Tue peSt man is the sole and only support of the
bridegroom. and like his sponsors at baptism.
"he must promise and VOW three things in his
names" First, to stand q little in the rear at his
right hand during the ceremony; second to
hold the groOm's hat in his right hand during
the ceremony, and thirdly, to hand said hat to
MIN TO mold In his hand as he walks down the
aisle with his bride. 1t is also the best mans
DUTY to see that the groom has the ring In his
vest pocket before they leave the yestry room
70 have left it in his other Clothes as we have
Known IL 60 happen. is not only blunder but
under the circumstances crime, and bodies bad
luck to the end ofthe matrimonial chapter
The bridegroom for day wedding must be
In black Prince Albert frock coat and vest,
gray pantaoons, and a colOred silk crayat, and
ne Is generally bare listed, which is not nice of
him. For an evening wedding he must wear a
| full dress suit of black broadcloth, white gloves
white satin necktie, and one fine stud in his shirt
bosom. cats eye set in brilliants, or a pearl
being given the preference.
Invitations, which should be issued fort
night before the wedding day, are engraved.
and the simplest form is most approyed-the
more SNOWY the less polite.
MR. AND MRS. ALEXANDER
Request the honor of your company at the mar
riage of their daughter,
ALICE ALEXANDER,
JOHN MORLEY
st. Pauls Church. Thursday, October first, at
two o'clock,
10 Iho Auoot dppIOfeu lOT1n ana all numerals
must be written out If all the guests are ex-
pected at the house after the ceremony the
words, reception from 6 to g." or whatever
hours are agreed upon may appear on the card,
out II but portion Of the guests are hidden to
the receptOn'a separate card must be sent. II
the party Is small, and the men those who Glove
the music OF their own voices" the guests are
seated at table during the wedding breakfast.
and there are tOasts and speeches. Otherwise.
ana TINS Is the general rule, the ordinary stand
iyafr hay, ,,n& nv
be sent early. Many people send their gifts be-
fore the invitations are out. others on the
morning of the wedding day, which is very bad
form; it looks as If one had forgotten all about
1t or had been saving the interest on the money
the present cost until the last moment The
bride must acknowledge each gift at once In a
note written by her own hand. The floral
decorations at esthetic weddings will be
masses OF flowers of one kind. The room
should be ablaze with gladiOli spikes, or
splendid with great balls of nasturtiums or
masses OF golden rod towering above Limoges
vases.
The English fashion of dressing the brides
maids in colOrs, will, it is said, be introduced
In New York at some of the handsome Octo-
Der weddings. Cardinal red cashmere dresses.
MORE scarfs, and red bonnets are to be one
group. The dress Of another train of maids
Will be pale blue nuns yelling, trimmed with
swans down, broad plush hats and cOralne
skirts, and ruby velvet basques for a third
gowns. superb heavy corded gros d Afrique
with the reps alike ON both sides. and lus-
trous as satin. These fabrics are for the
rich brides, but though the bridal robe
costly lace. it is by no means indispensable.
An authority in these matters very prop
ery says when the brides prospective
future does not include a series of evening en-
tertalnments, such a dress requiring others to
correspond is both extravagant and absurd.
subsequently no NH in
position in life she will thereafter be called upon
TO I'LL would be far more consistent and appro-
pirate. A woman naturally wishes to look her
very best on her wedding day, wherefor no
woman needs to inquire; and the sacred writer
on the question ''Can bride forget her attire?"
presuppeses the answer. But no maiden need
fear to look dOwdy if she discards the some
what useless and certainly costly white satin
and MORE for more serviceable dress that
later on shall be a valuable addition to her ward
robe rather than mere cumberer of the ground
or q bureau drawer.
An lawfully swell" example of simplicity was
set the other day in England. The second wife
OF one OF the richest men in the peerage the
new duchess OF Westminster, nee Hon. Kathe-
rine Caroline Cavendish, daughter of the late
LORD Gresham, was married in white foulard
gown costing seventy-fve cents yard. White
fOulard, nuns yelling, vigOne or satteen are all
very pretty fabrics in fashionable use for rela-
lively inexpensive wedding toilets and with
drapings of creamy lace and garniture Of flow
ers, youthful pretty bride is quite as lovely as
in opaque satin. An instance of what can be
done in the way Of a simple, but beautiful we'd
ding toilet Is thus described: The material is
nuns yelling, made with demi-train; around
the foot of the skirt is ruching of white surah
cut bias, which, after being deeply fringed on both
sides, was formed into double box plaits. so
that the edges of the ruche lying close together
gave 1t the appearance of downy mass of white
feathers. Above this is Grecian tunic of white
nuns yelling, the chaste and artistic arrange
ment OF the soft upright folds, giving most
graceful and statuesque effect to the whole.
The bodice is of white surah, cut square in the
neck and trimmed with cascades of cream
white lace which also finished the half long
sleeves. The veil is of Spanish blonde simply
hemmed, and fastened back by white roses and
orange blossoms, large cluster Of the same
natural flowers to be fastened at the belt,
and carried in the hand the day of the
wedding. A second dress being made for
young lady erich in faith and affection
but aff1uent in no other respect" is as beau
tiful and inexpensive toilet as can be
imagined. The dress ia made of pale golden
fawn colored corded silk. The edge Of the
skirt is battiemented-i. e., cut in square
blocks, and beneath is treble ruche of lace.
chosen with special reference to harmony in re-
gard to the shades of the dress itself The
skirt Grapes the figure closely and elegantly,
and round the hips are painters of the silk
edged with ruffe of the lace. The ends of
this drapery are drawn up in front by runners
to the space of span. The bodice, cut in
long shape, the opening bordered by deli
cate ruche of lace lis pointed back and front and
laced across the bust double row of opal
tinted Roman pearls will be worn around the
throat, fastened with pearl clasp. pair of
long white Swedish kid gloves, white Kid slip |
pers and stockings of pale gold silk complete
the toilet, which, on reflection, is not so aw-
fully inexpensive as we started out to make it,
but it has the merit of being infinitely more SER
viceable than the usual white SATIN