Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-07
JUNE WEDDINGS.
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Erom TN rrer's Bazar.
There is something exquistely poetical in the
Idea OF June wedding. 1t is the very month
Tor the softer emotions, and for the wedding
Journey In England it is the favorite month
for weddings. We find in our own dear land
that it Is growing in favor although our sea-
son Is so variable that young couples prefer
generally the more seasOnable weather OF Octo-
Der.
Thou art more gentle and more temperate,r
rs says Shakspeare's sonnet of October.
Still, the month of roses has its very great re-
concentrations. The ceremony is then apt to
De performed in the country at the pretty it'll
Church, which lends its altar rails graceful 10
rose wreaths, and whose Gothic windows omen
upon green lawns and trim gardens The bride
and bridemaid can walk to church over the deli
cate s"ard without soiling their slippers and it
- an opportunity for carrying parasols made en-
trely OF flowers. But if 1t is too far to walk the
bride IL driven to the church i'm her fathers car
rage. with him alone the mother sisters and
bridesmaids having preceded her There is i'm
ENGLAND an etiquette requiring that the bride
ana groom should depart from the church in the
groom's carriage. 1t IL strict etiquette that the
groom furnish this equipage, with which they
return 70 the wedding breakfast and afterward
depart In state, and with many wedding fayOrs
on the horses heads. and huge bouquet of white
flowers on the breasts of cOachman and OF foot
man
1t Is in England also etiquette to drive with
Is to be SPENT but in the present state Of Amer
lean distances the drive is generally only to the
nearest railway station. In almost the single
case OF Lord Vaudeville and Miss YZnaga whose
wedding was managed on English principles,
this form of carrying the bride away was copied
In this country, Mr.. Bennett lending his carriage
TO the groom, who, with his bride. was driven
out through the Park to hotel near Fort WASH
lngtOn Tor the honeymoon. But if this plan is
followed, as we hear that 1t is to be i'm some
June weddings, let it De understood that this Is
the only carriage which the groom furnishes.
And we will also answer In one article many
questions which have been addressed to the
Bazaar by its kind patrons on one or two sub
jects of etiquette, which seem to come in prop
eriy here.
The groom does not provide the wedding
breakfast, pay for the cards, or have anything to
do with the arrangements of the wedding beyond
choosing his best man. and sending a bouquet
20 the bride, and one to each of the bridesmaids.
These he sends individually on the morning of
the wedding. If he is to make presents to the
Drldemalds, they should be all sent the day before
the wedding. And "a to the best man. let us here
give a sketch of his duties. He accompanies the
groom to the church, and stands with him. near
the altar until the bride arrives then he renders
him the trifiing service of holding his hat etc.
He signs the register afterward, and pays the
eiergyman's fee, and any other expenses incident
to the occasion.
We have had many inquiries as to what sum
should be paid to the clergyman. Five dollars
Is the lowest and thousand dollars the highest
Zee that we have heard of in New York. Anv
sum between these is proper, 1t is said The
groom. OF course, provides the wedding ring
and il should be carefully fitted week or two
before the wedding. Some men are so nervous
that they carry two rings to church. lest one
should fail them OF course the groom is priv
fleged to make his bride any amount of gifts in
the way of diamonds or other Jewels.
As for the ushers. the coming June weddings
will see them come in after the bridal party and
take their places up near the altar in two
straight lines. like a file of soldiers on either
side of the latter Their labOrs are first to seat
the guests in church. and then to go back to the
veStry and arrange for the entrance of the bridal
eortege; afterwari to 90 to the house. and to
Introduce the guests to the bridal pair.
The number of bridesmaids is, of course op-
tonai with the bride. but lately the numbers
have steadily decreased. The sisters or nearest
friends Of the bride generally Ofiicate. and four
Is more fashionable number than twelve. It is
more and more the fashion for the trademarks to
wear a color and not to emulate the bridal
wilderness. And the pretty little jaunty hats
and bonnets 80 fashionable now are very much
In vogue for June wedding. Nothing can be
prettier than little poke bonnet or GainsbO-
rough nat for bridemad in June.
In the case of a fine day and June wedding
IN the country, the bridesmaids should form a
line near the door. and. standing near the church
porch. allow the bride TO walk through this pref
ty alley-way to the doorway. Then taking her
fathers right arm. the bride precedes her
bridemaids, walking first to the altar. This is
new
This is the coming fashion for June we'd
dings.
The relatives should have arrived before the
bride The bridegrOOms relatives place them
selves at the right of the altar or communion
rails. thus being on the bridegroom q right hand
and those Of the bride on the left-hand side Of
the altar or communion rails thus being on the
brides Left hand. The bridegroom and best
man arrive shortly before the bride and await
her coming, standing on the right-hand side Of
the altar.
The bride stands at the bridegroom 3 left hand.
Her father or nearest male relative at the bride
left hand, little behind her. Sometimes the
female members Of the brides family prefer to
stand near the bride. They can place themselves
near the altar or communion rails or at the en-
trance of the chaneel according to the church
IN which the service Is celebrated. as In high
churches the service takes place outside
the ehancel- All these things can be ar
ranged by the rector before the service.
commencement Of the services, and gives them
to the bridemaid to hold with her bouquet.
The gentlemen ushers wear button-hole bou-
9uets or wedding favors- The groom wears a
dower-but never wedding favor. If bride
be . widow. she must not wear orange bios
sons or a wreath, or a bridal veil; nor must
her dress be white. She can wear a white
bonnet and pale pink or lavender silk, and
she should be accompanied to the church by her
parents. relatives or friends She can remove
her first wedding ring IL she chooses. OF she
can put the second ring above the first. It Is
better taste to remove the first. however, lest
she remind people Of Theodore Hooks witticsm
concerning lady who had been often married.
that "her finger looked like a curtain rod"
After the ceremony the clergyman bends over
and congratulates the young couple. The bride
takes the groOms left arm and passes down the
center aisle OF the church, followed by her
bridemaids in the same order as they had pre-
yiously passed up the aisle.
The bride and bridegroom in America make a
hast Wiz from, In nxrJ
stop and talk to their friends, smile and nod,
and exchange smiles Which Is the best way we
do not pretend to say. After the bride arrives
at home. the guests are taken up to her by the
ushers, when they make their congratulations.
The wedding breakfast, at which speeches are
made, Is an English fashion. which Is becoming
somewhat popular here. These festivities oil
course. limit the number of guests. The invited
guests provide their own carriages, not depend
ing on the brides family for this occasion The
gentlemen leave their hats In the hall The
ladies retain their bOnnets. The gentlemen
remove their gloves with their hats. The ladies