The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-15
FLORAL DECORATIONS
A Charming Speciality Of
This Years Weddings
and Parties.
BUSY SOCIETY WEEK.
Many Brides, and Many New Buds,
Too - Notes of Social
Events.

Nothing adds so much to the beauty
and brilliancy of a festive occasion as
flowers. Their bright hues, blending
with softer ones, intermingled with
lovely leaves, are always grateful to an
artistic eye. Natures supply, too, seems
unlimited in variety. and individual
tastes can always choose combinations to
vary The general effect. Everywhere
they gladden. the eye with their wei
come beauty, filing the most sombre
rooms with brightness and gay color
In fact flowers have become as necessary
10 social affair as the music for the
merry dance or the welcome midnight
supper. | can recall no reason wnere at
receptions. weddings, luncheons, teas and
dinners. floral decorations have been SO
profuse AMI elaborate as this one. Even
at informal affairs. such as card party
or dance, every nook aud corner OF the
parlorS is filed with pretty flowers and
arranged with so much artistic effect that
one might almost imagine the fair Elora
had blended the lovely shades with her
own gentle baud Almost every kind OF
flower can be obtained at any season. but
the flower blooming i'll its natural sea-
son is always sought after and takes the
lead.
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM REIGNs.
At present The chrysantnemum is hold
ing sway, and one OF the prettiest we'd
diugs of the autumn that | remember
was the Combs-Apgar wedding, appro-
priately called a Chrysanthemun wed,
ding. The entire decorations consisted
of these beautiful flowers In
perfect freshness they adorned
every part of the great house
The mantels were banked with them,
orIu ~ 4 hnr i111
iers in contrasting hues, clusters ana
punches were festooned together with
green leaves Ia everv space large enough
to put them. In "A bow window an a.tdr
was formed by a mass OF chrysanthe-
NUNS, in various tints, the base OF it be-
other large green plants The eject
was exquisite, and the bridal
party standing there seemed to be in d
veritable Fairyand A white satin
kneeler was strewn with the same kind
of flowers. A wedding bell suspended
from the dome of the altar harmonized
with the other decorations. and was a
work OF art. At wedding ike
this, where one kind of flower
is used, under no consideration
whatever must the bride wear 1t: only
the bridesmaids, aud the guests are sup
posed to appear with the favored mowers.
On this occasion the bride carried lilies of
the valley. bride roses and maiden hair
fern. The bridesmaids carried yellow
low chyssnthemum which matched their
gowns. Another pretty chrysantbemum
wedding was the Van WinklesAartin-
The Wedding took place In the church,
but. however, the chrysanthemums were
delightfully."- arranged. and in such II
profuslon that they entirely con-
cealed the altar from view,
and there was not the slightest vision OF
the pulpit. A chrysanthemun weddin z
bell hung in front of the altar, and under
it the ceremony was celebrated. Mrs
Van Winkle Carried lilies of the valley
aud wore orange blossoms.
ROSES AND DAHLIAS.
At the Rusch-Bedle wedding. La
France roses appeared in great
quantities. though there were few other
dowers intermingled, it could easily be
called a La France rose wedding. A
dahlia wedding is equally Ms pretty as a
chrysanthemum, the tints being bril-
liant. aud the flower SOFT AS
velvet. They are lovely to decorate
with. During the dahlia season several
weddings occurred. one | recollect in par
ticular having been gorgeous with these
flowers and buds. They occupied every
part of the house possible to place them,
and for the bride and groom, bower of
the blossoms was formed. Next
month the rose season begins, and about
Christmastide several rose weddings are
In prospect.
what, the lady wears one large
flower, aud II gentleman must APP
pear with one so small in size
as hardly TO escape being taken for bud.
To give a luncheon party the flowers
must be considered first, aud whatever
the color is everything else on the table
tnust exactfy cOrreEDOud with it. ADJ