The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-04-19

should be simple, white without glaze and
with no ornamentation at all.
IL IL proper for the bride to have her left
mana bare M she walks to tho altar, as il
saves her the trouble Of taking off u long
glove.
Child bridesmaids are very pretty and
very much in favor. These charming child
rem covered with flowers, looking very
grave and solemn, are the sweetest Of
horalds for n wedding procession.
The signing of the register in the vestry
10 not an American necessity as it il in
England, but it is now the fashion to have
n highly illuminated parchment certificate
signed by the newly-married pair, with two
or three witnesses, the bridesmaid, the best
man, the father and mother, and 80 on be-
ing the attesting parties.
The horseshoe is a ~favorite emblem for
wedding presents, the shape of the table
for a wedding breakfast and for foral en-
blems on that day. June and October are
prominently ~favorite months. May is a
very unluckv month for weddings.
1t is very troublesome to be married in
France, especially If one of the high CON
cate of baptism is required, together with
That OF the marriage of the father and
mother and a written consent of the grand
father and grandmother, if either is alive
and the parents dead. The names of the
parties are then put up on the door of the
Marie or mayors office for eleven days.
In England there are four ways of getting
married. The first is by special license,
which costs ECO. There is then the ordina-
ry license, which can be procured either at
DOCTORS or through a clergyman,
who must also be a surrogate and resident
OF the diocese where the marriage is to take
place. Both the parties must swear that
then are OF age, or, II minors, that they
have the consent of their parents.
But to be married by banns is considered
the most orthodox as we'll as the most
economical way of proceeding. The banns
must be published in the church of the par
ish in which the lady lives for three con-
s~ecutive Sundays prior to the marriage, also
the same law holds good for the gentleman,
and the parties must nave resided fifteen
days in the parish, or h knot may be
tied at a licensed chapel or at the office of
a registrar, notice being given three weeks
previously.
In America one may 60 to the mayors
office or to a church and be married with
none of these formaIities.
And alas, the wedding Knot can be united
as easily as it is tied.
This train waits twenty minutes for
divorces is a joke founded on fact.
What do divorces do with their we'd
ding presents?" has been a favorite conun-
drum of late, especially those sent by the
friends of the husband.
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more lenient than it is in France and Eng
land SO is the liberty allowed to an engaged
pair greater than it is abroad. In England
no young girl is allowed to dine alone with
her tiance. There must be a servant in
attendance. Nor is she allowed to 90 to
the theater alone with him, or travel under
his escort, or stop at the same hotel. or
relax any of those rigid rules which a Span
ish duenna would inforce.
If an evening wedding takes place in a
church those who are asked to the house
afterwards should go without bonnets.
Catholic ladies, however, must always
cover their heads in church, so they throw
a light lace or mantle over the head.
Should there be dancing at Il wedding it
is proper for the bride to open the first
quadrllle with the best man, the groom
dancing with the first bridesmaid.
1t is not often that the bride dances at
her W wedding, but there ia no reason
why she should not,
1t is considered unlucky in Italy to wear
black to a wedding. Even the family in
which there has been a recent death discard
their mourning for that day, and in Eng
land deep red is worn by even a widowed
mother who gives her girl away. Red is
considered ceremonious mourning on these
occasions. M. Z. W. SHERWOOD,
Copyright.