Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-30
&C ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD

G. ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD
n smell as sweet" but it is extremely
doubtful if the brides who are to be married the
next four weeks. with all the witchery and fra
GRANGE Of the June roses about them, would bear
YOU out in any such unromantic conclusion. But
as there are roses and roses, 50 there are brides
and brides, and what would suit one will not
suit another at all. Nowadays an expectant
bride takes as much and perhaps more time
arranging all the details of her grand entree up
the aisle to the altar and the grouping of her
attendants there she does to the dress she is
to wear. Unless she is an especially strong
minded person her modiste carries the day 80
far as the clothes are oncerned.
''SoT HELPLESS WITH FLORAL DECORATIONS"
She is not as helpless when arranging the
4. color scheme Of the floral decorations at the
church and at her home. Here is an OPP
portunity to display her originality and
taste II she is to have rose Wedding
in the leafy month of June, she can
carry out the most charming visions OF color
and fragrance il minded she has read the
description Of it all twenty times over IN a love
story of English country life. of course she Is
going to introduce dozen novelties or
revive dozen other old-fashioned GUS
toms, so that it will be all as de-
hghtfully quaint reproduction OF
an Old engraving enc OfudlIs hci ~
PENDANTS must carry roses. whether the men
will wear buds or full blown roses. and the ex-
act tint and number of them This and all the
rest Of the details may seem trinlng to other
people, but bride and her bridesmaids spend
many delightful hours arranging just such little
things. which are TO go toward making up
perfect wedding tabeau.
When il is all settled. then she goes to her
florist. There Is nothing the modern florist
cannot do if You can afford TO pay for it. Few
hrf1 hafr .lr1l farh md
mothers but what are willing to prop
erly frame such attractive picture as the
average society wedding makes, and 1t follows
that the history Of Washington weddings of
any prominence the last two decades recall
memories of very beautiful scenes.
Ex-PREsIDEST cLEvEIASDs MARRIAGE
When ex-President Cleveland was married
his was a June rose wedding. The blue parlor
was perfect bower of pink bloom The wall
was nearly covered with roses in front
of where the distinguished couple stood.
There were more roses back OF them, the
mantels were banked with more gorgeous
specimens, and the romance Of the rose as well
as Of the event invests that room with a sort
of halo which will never grow less The deco
rations then in vogue at the White
House were entirely too stiff to please the
artistic florists all over the country, who got
the headache reading the descriptions of them.
We have had other June weddings since that
taste displayed.
Who would not like to be the central figure
In wedding decoration such as this?
PLAN FOR CHURCH EFFECT.
Take. for instance. a church like the Epiph-
any, the Ascension or st. Matthew'S. As taste
full St. Johns Church is. the aises are not
wide enough for a bridal cortege, although hun
dreds Of the prettiest weddings have taken place
in its chancel- An ideal decoration would
I.za her aff ha ffraa CHI
form aisle first of all down the outside steps
by hedge of rose bushes Just inside the
church door. on either side, ought to stand a
stump OF an old tree and from its moss-grown
top will arise a bunch of roses Where
the space Is ribboned off for the families re-
peat the stump and t1ses. extending the ribbon
down TO the hrs. pew. Where the roses
atop the stumps shouli be in greater
number and foliage and hanging vines
will make 1t more striking. The ehancel rail
Will be hidden by = rose hedge and rose bushes
must be placed as palms usually
grouped in the chancel Vases fllsd with roses
viii decorate the altar AL the we'd
ding party will wear roses, so will
the choristers as they meet the bride
at the door, singing the chorus from
the Rose Maiden" and so will all the coach
men, fOotmen and house servants. The
bride will carry roses and there will be a wreath
of them about her wedding cake. II she be
really clever she will have in her wedding
train at least two flower girls or pages. who
will follow after the choristers and bridesmaids
up the aisle. and will strew rose petals over the
path she will tread to reach the altar. This is
the ideal church wedding far as the floral
decoration goes The same general plan car
ried out at home may be made even more
effective.
SIMILAR DESIGNS FOR THE HOUSE.
Fancy being married under rose trellis with
an aisle leading up to it. hedgei with rose
bushes The alcove or bay window, where
the ceremony Is to take place, may be
divided OF by trelhs. On one side
the rose vine Is seemingly planted in bed of
moss The vine which would be selected lust
now Is the Harrison rose, an old-fashioned
climber. named after President Harrison's
grandfather. Its blossoms are bright yellow
and the fragrance is daintily sweet
The whole trellis would be COW
cred with the vine in the natural
waywardness in which 1t grows. and the effect
can well beimagined- The rose hedge mark
ing out the aisle can be of every possible kind
and color of bloom. yellow predominating and
then the bridesmaids must carry yellow roses
and the bride may, too, if she wishes to accent
her bridal toilet with this glimpse of color.
This decoration in the modern white and gold
drawing room is perfect
A wILD-FLowER WEDDING.
wild-Sower wedding is very pretty at this
season. when laurel blossoms are in perfect
bloom and the fields are beginning to be COW
be made very PretentiOus and form a beautiful
symphony in green and white. Hedges clumps
and bouquets Of marguerites will deck the
usual points and the ceremony will take place
under bower Of elematis or wisteria vine. At
ball Mrs. Whitney has given in the white and
gold ball room of her New York house one
doorway was garlanded or rather framed in a
wiste-ia vine, the beautiful blossoms so familiar
10 every one, forming fringe just over every
body's head With all the magnificent hot
house flowers used upon tnis same occasion
this one bit Of nature unadorned war the most
admired of all
pink decoration at this season is con-
slcered more in keeping with the spirit of the
early summer than the white blossoms SO long
tAoeght the necessary accomplishments to a
prldal event Nothing more tasteful can be
imagined than the laurel blossoms plentifully
usea with rnaidenhair fern as a foundation
an the ieathery asparagus plumosa for
SraPery- This scheme could be carried out in
laurel bouquets for the bridesmaids and the
Shiter blossoms for the brides flowers
NOVELTIES IN WEDDING FAyoRs
All sorts Of little novelties are permissible in
wedding favors- The bridesmaids have been
carrying their roses in baskets of every sort
and form They can do SO still il thew like
but the latest lad Is to have the flowers 40 me-
feet that they are to be admired for themseIres
not for any trick of Arrangement A -.
cluster Of roses tied with ribbons Io,- ioo.,s
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