Homer guardian., 1889-09-20
AS TO CARDS
Nar the Wicked Pictorial, But
those Used in Social Life
for Visiting, Weddings
and the Like.

Invitation cards arc now deco.
lted with designs suggestive Of
ts nature Of the reception or en-.
te,tainment, only rough finish be.
ing popular. For musieales they
are inscribed with an embossed
harp, piano, guitar, violin, or one
f@or a group of warbling cherubs,
picturesquely attlred in sheet of
music.
Terpsichore, with following of
fairy, airy maldens, bounds the
top of q dancing card. The sum-
mons to y course dinner is attrac-
lively prepared with fantastic,
seasonahle sketches, as indicating
the sdlble productions of the diff.
ferent climes. Dantily painted
clusters Of rosebuds, with the
binding ribbon yivldly depicted
adorn the front page Of a debut
ante's invitations. Cards for
euchre, poker aud whist assem-
alies 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 nade up from &C.
tuai playing cards, but prepared
and sold especially to serve as in
vltatlens, the first inner side bear
ing the residence, date, name, etc.
For the literary inclined are
cards with appropriate quotations
or neat sketches of world-renown.
ed. characters, in prose and poet
~. The entire ateller IS exhibit.
ed in detail On the stationery pre-
pared for artistic communications
or invitations, the more rude and
ridiculous the design, proportion |
atcly SO the satisfaction of host or |
Aestess.
Invitation cards for silver, gold,
tin, wooden, glass, sugar, and
every other wedding anniversary
that may be substantially rccog-
nizsd are as near as possible a
sample of The desired token; thus
sin, silver, and gold foil, finely
drawn glass in geometrical forms
and every conceivable color and
mixtsre, and wood and sugar pre-
paratioAs to resemble az far as
'possible the conventional past
board, are enserabed with the de-
sire OF the to-be hostess and sent
either by mail or messenger.
The preparations at q silver
wedding recently celebrated were,
to say the least, ar4istically novel.
The white, glistening medal, or
substitute, pervaded the decera.
lions of every room, odd forms
served as receptacles for the abun-
dance of potted plants ard foliage ,
grouped in bali and reception
rooms, and also received the :
fragrant cut flowers adonaing man
tie and table. Tinfoa concealed
the brass composition Of the chan !
aeliers and other metal ornamen. I
cations, eyen hiding the gilded !
picture frames. The hostess wore a
Q elose-clinglng princess robe of t
sllver-sray velvet, with diamond q
ornaments, and was a BETTING a
climax to the supper table, q be :
MIXTURE of white and i
silver, with an occasional dash OF a
yellow furnished by the individu- = =
ual favors, bunches of yellow s.
roses tied with white and silver 3
ribbon. Cut glass aad silver !, i
dishes only were used. Either b
end ofthe long table was draped u y
WITH heavy table scarfs Of silver
satin, q mirror under each center d
piece duplicating the same, also o .
he inaumerabIe lights supplied 81
oy The candelabras. Each guest, Il
N departing, received a piece Of r.
'rlde's s.cake silver done up in a o
title tin box, monogrammcd and
'eund with white ribbon. Thi.
age Tor attributes to trade and y =
'ersonalities Is not confined to sta. =