The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-09-20
Higi1.Priced Brides.

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very expensive thing" said prom.
lnent New York caterer of Fifteenth
street to a journalier.
"0f course" said the reporter, ''ths
brides clothes cost q great deal, and
perhaps che groom has to pay the min
lister large sum, but do tie other ex.
penses amount to muehP"
1.-The brides outfit is something I
don t know anything about. If we'd
ding is coming off, the brides father or
mother or uncle or somebody comes to
me and says: 4 am going to have
wedding and want you to furnish for
it All right l say, how many
guestsP' We'll, about 800 to the recep-
tion.' Then | set to work to calculate
what kind of table they waHt
How much per guest" interrupted
the reporter, ''does it take for very
nice wedding collation."
/ well can set a very pretty table
for $3.50 per head. That will include
ices, bouillon, cake, wine, jellies, bon.
bons. several kinds of sa eds, sandwiches,
lowers, china, walters and all. :"
What else besides the above menu
would people wantP"
20! many things. Champagne,
oysters, spiced fish which costs twenty
dollars-more if he is nice fellow; cole
meats, etc. These are all expensive
things, and of course we have to charge
for them"
do you include the wedding cake il.
che Sl.50 esNmatePn
mot generally. You see it costs u.
about twenty cents for each box full.
The box costs few cents, the white
satin ribbon that ties it about eight
cents, and the cake about ten cents.
Each box costs the person who orders ii
about thirty-five cents, which just multi
piled By 800 cents, comes 10 $105. Yot.
can always tell swell wedding by the
cake that's served to you"
How do you go about serving a we'd
ding collation."
Il send my head man to inspect the
iining-room and kitchen. Then the
dishes and silver are sent, the kitchen
being given entirely into the hands OF
my men. They set the table, mix the
salads, turn out the ices, etc., and just
before the guests come l go over and see
if everything is going smoothly. Some
caterers take everything left over away
with them. 1t is a bad thing to do. The
family like the remains of the feast sc
much and it is really of no use to the
caterer, except for the walters"
AS the reporter left the caterers he
encountered johnson. johnson is 8
young and rather good looking man.
He takes charge of the carriages and
the admittance of the guests at every
fashionable affair He is to be seen
standing under the awning of the man.
sion at which the ball or wedding is
occurring, and calls the numbers of the
carriages, helps the ladies out, keeps
rogues away, and knows everybody.
''Why," said young lady to jour
mailer, ''there is never the least danger
of any one but those who desire getting
into house as long as johnson il
around. You can trust him entirely.
And every one is sure to get their own
carriage too. He is worth his 800 OIL
5000 night, and, beside, he often has
men to assist him."
flowers said florist to the re-
porter, "cost money. But there are
several ways of decorating a house.
can make pretty decorations for S75 OF
300, and I can make decorations fol
$500. From 800 to 5000 is the general
layout, however. That will Include
the church also. You see we place the
palms, ferns and growing plants about
the chancel. but we take them all back
again. But wedding bell, horn OF
plenty. and baskets of flowers, cost the
money"
what are the other expenses of wed
dings besides the flowers and the
support" he asked.
There are the carriages at two
dollars to five dollars apics. The brides
family order about four besides theil
own; and there are the awnings al
the house and church, at fifteen dollars
apiece, and about twenty five dollars tc
the sexton and ten dollars for the use OF
the church, and then there are the
invitations-a big bill in themselves.
People send cards to hundreds they dc
not invite. Take, for instance, Mrs.
Vanderbilt's ball. She invited Loo
people. For invitations, directing and
delivery, it cost her over $500. Now,
let us figure up. For the breakfast
$3.50 a head for 800 people, $3.50.
flowers. 5000; wedding cake, S105:
awning, $50; johnson, 800; carriages,
80; clothes, $500; in all, $1,195.
think I'll just get married and go with.
out the wedding. IN. Y. Nornsns