St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1885-01-31

al extra cnarre, though the estimate
for the collation. occasionally includes
wine. The wedding invitations being
one thousand in number, there will
usually not be over five hundred guests
remaining to the reception. Often, for
good reasons, the reception is limited
to few of the nearest relatives
and intimate friends, who alone
receive cards. But where anything like
a large company is entertained at
the house it is likely to cause disSatis-
faction if all invited to the church do
not also have cards for the house. Six
pieces of music are not too many,
though less number is sometimes got
along with. Some weddings have as
many as ten or twenty pieces. A piano,
violin, cornet, flute, ard base-Viol are
desirable. Floral decorations may be of
any degree of costlincss. For S400 one
can have the church chancel set with
palms and eyergreens and the pariors
and Railways decorated with plasts, the
mantlcs banked with roses, wedding
bell hung over the bride and groom,
and floral devices and smilax to dec
crate doorways, windows, etc. The
bouquets for the bride ard bridesmaids
are usually purchased by the bride
groom and cost from $50 to 800, or
more. according to the price OF roses.
Wedding insvitation cost Sl5 for the
FIRST hundred and S. for every additional
hundred from the engraved plate. They
are generally delivered by special
messengers.
1t is common custom to get a de-
tective from the central Office TO watch
the presents when they are displayed.
Certain officers are alsays detailed for
such work. A policeman to keep order
on the sidewalk is another necessity.
Extra servants to attend to the door,
wash dishes etc., are supplied by the
caterer. But several extra servants are
needed to look after the comfort OF
guests in the dressing-rooms and wait
on the family at church and at the
house. Hair dressers are kept busy on
some DAYS going from house to house
attending to the coiffurcs of brides.
The largest item, of course, is the
brides trousseau. AS many young
ladies are not content with less than 4
dozen dresses, costing from $50 to $500
apiece, it is best to put generous es-
innate on this expense. Indeed there
is no limit to it except the parents
purse, for trousseaus sometimes cost
tens of thousands of dollars. The bride
in some cases gives the bridesmaids
their dresses, though they generally buy
them for themselves. Being usually
composed of surah or nuns yelling or
other comparatively inexpensive
material, they do not usually cost over
$50 to 500 each. The bill for bridal
toilet Of white satin embroidered in
pearls or brocade velvet with point
lace not infrequently reaches $500.
1t is not always the case that the
bridegroom gives dinner to his ushers
and best man, but they usually give
him dinner. If he is man of wealth.
however, the dinner for the young men
is customary, and so are the gifts of
scarf-pins or cuif-buttons for souvenirs.
The sum of 500 is moderate for a short
bridal trip, while, if the fair bride longs
to see the Rhine, the Alps, or the Nile,
the sum must be multiplied many fold.
1t will easily be seen why it is that
some people are well of and yet too
poor to marry, why 50 many young
men remain bachelors, and so many
fathers are only sustained in the trying
hour of weddings by the thought that
the outlay viii not have to be met again.
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