The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-01-27
AS TO CARDS.
xheoe Used In Social Life for viatlaG
Weddings and the Like. ~

These Used In Social Life for visitiag,
Weddings and the Like. ~,
Invitation cards are now decorsted
with designs suggestive Of the nature
Of the reception or entertainment, only
rough finish being popular. For mu-
sicales they are inscribed with an eua.
bossed harp, piano, guitar, violin:off
one or group of warbling cherubs,
picturesquely attired in a sheet of
music.
Terpsichore, with q following Of
fairy, airy maidens, bounds the top Of
a dancing card. The summons to
course dinner is attractively prepared
with fantastic, seasors5le sketches, as
indicating the edible productions OF the
different climes,I Dainti)y painted
clusters Of rose buds, with the binding
ribbon yividly depicted .adorn the. front
page OF a debutante's invitations.
Cards for euchre. poker and whist as
semblies may be any two cards in the
deck, prettily bound together with
gilded cords; the aces and court tickets
are most favored; however. These are
not made up from actual playing
, cards, but prepared and sold especially
to sarve as invitations, the first inner
side bearing the date, residence, name,
YEA For the litsrary inclined are cards
with appropriate quotations, and neat
sketches of world-renowned characters,
in, prose and poetry. The entire
.stelier 10 exhibited in detail on the sta
tionery prepared for artistic communi-
cations or invitations, the more rude
and ridiculous the design, proportion
ately SO the satisfaction of host or
hostess. 'yra ari7 ilr1sfi f5.,iffi. al, =,
Invitation cards for silver, gold, tin,
/ wooden, glass, sugar and every other
ANNIVERSARY that may be substantially
recognized, are as near as possible q
sample of the desired token; thus tin
silver and gold foil, finely drawn
glass in geometrical forms and every
conceivable color and mixture, and
wood and sugar preparations to re-
semble as far as possible the c0nven-
tional pasteboard, are inscribed with
the desire of the to-be hostess and sent
either by mail or messenger. 1B al "A
The preparations at silver wedding
recently celebrated were, to say the
least, artistically novel. The white,
glistening metal, or substitute, per-
.vaded the decorations of every room,
odd forms served as the receptacles for
the abundance Of potted plants and
foliage grouped in hall and reception
rooms, and also received the fragrant
cut flowers adjoining mantel and table,
Tin.foil concealed the brass compost
ton of the chandeliers and other metal
ornamentations, even hiding the gilded
picture frames. The hostess wore q
close-clinging princess robe Of silver
I gray velvet, with diamond ornaments,
and was = beiitting climax to the sup.
portable, q bewildering mixture OF
white and. silver, with an occasional
dash Of yellow furnished by the indi.
vidual favors, punches of yellow roses
! tied with white and silver ribbon. Cut.
glass and silver dishes only were used.
Either end Of the long table was
draped with heavy table scarfs Of silver
satin, q mirror under each center.
piece duplicating the same, also the in
Vulnerable lights supplied by the can
delaRras. Each guest, on departing
\ received piece Of bride s-cake silvei
done up in q little tin box, monogram
med and bound with white RIBBON
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