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, intermiugled with
lovely leaves, are always grateful to an
artistic eye. Natures supply, too, seems
unlimited i'll variety. and individual
tastes can always choose combinations TO
vary the general effect. Everywhere
they gladden. the eye with their wei
come beauty, filling the most somnre
rooms with brightness and gay color.
In fact flowers have become as necessary
to a social affair as the music for the
merry dance or the welcome midnight
supper. I can recall no reason where at
receptions. weddings, luncheons, teas and
dinners, floral decorations have been so
profuse und elaborate rs this one. Even
at informal affairs, such as a card party
or dance, every nook aud corner OF the
parlorS is filled with pretty flowers ana
arranged with SO much artistic effect that
one might almost imagine the fair flora
had blended the lovely shades with her
flower eau be obtained at any season. but
the flower blooming in its natural sea-
son is always sought after and takes tne
lead.
THE CHRYSANTHEMUM REIGNS.
At present The chrysantDemum Is noio-
ing sway, and one OF the prettlest Weo-
dings Of the autumn that l remember
was the Conbs-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,
49,, vla ~ Ia rF thorO nIIno nVQr thu N9n0ei-
iers in contrasting hues, clusters ana
punches were festooned together with
green leaves in averv space large enouSh
to put them. In O bow window an altar
was formed by a mass or chrysantne-
NUNS, in various tints, the base OF 1t be-
other large green plants. The erect
was exquisite, and the brldai
party standing there seemed to be In Il
veriIable Fairyland. A white satin
kneeler was streWn with the same klno
of flowers. A wedding bell suspended
from the dome of the altar h~arnionlzed
with the other decorations. and was a
work of art. At a wedding like
this, where one kind of flower
is used, under no consideration
whatever must the bride wear it; only
the bridesmaids, aud he 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 chrysanthemum
Wedding was the Van WinKle-Martin.
The wedding took place in the church,
but. however, the chrysanthemums were
delightfully."- arranged. and in such n
profusion that they entirely con-
cealed the altar from view.
and there was not the slightest vision OF
the pulpit. A ehrysanthemum wedding
bell hung in front of the altar, and under
it the ceremony was celebrated. Mrs.
Van Wrinkle carried lilies of the valley
and wore orange blossoms.
ROSES AND DAHLIAS.
At the Rusch-Bedle wedding. La
France roses appeared In great
quantities, though there were u few other
flowers intermingled, it could easily be
called a La France rose wedding. A
dahlla wedding is equally as pretty as a
chrysapthenlum, the tints beng bril-
liant. and the flower soft as
velvet. They are lovely to decorate
with. During the dahlia season several
weddings occurred. one | recollect In par
tirular having been gorgeous with these
part of the house possible to place them
and for the bride and groom, a bower of
the blossoms was formed. Next
month the rose season begins, and about
Christmastide several rose weddings are
in prospect.
At every kind of social affair, no matter
what, the lady wears one large
flower, aud a gentleman must APP
pear with one so small in size
To give u luncheon party the flowers
must be- considered first, and whatever
the color is, everything else on the table
must exactly correspond with 1t. ADJ.