Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-01-05

BRIDES father or mother usually receives
the receipt for the bill at well regulated
weddings. Wedding cards and wedding
stationery should be pure white, without
glaze and with no attempt at ornamental
ton. The form IF the invitation engraved
thereon in simple script is:
Mr.. and Mrs. Robinson Smith-Jones
Request the pleasure of your company
at the marriage of their daughter
Genevieve
Mr.. Vandyke Brown
on Thursday, June 10, at IL O'Clock,
st. Grace's Church.
This invitation, engraved on a folded
sheet, is put in an envelope, together with
a small card to be presented at the church
door and a larger card, which reads:
Reception Tor Breakfast)
at rs State Street at One.
The envelope may contain the "At
Home" cards of the newly welded pair,
but it must Of necessity bear only the date
and residence with no names, as the we'd
ding invitations are sent out before the
bride has any legal right to use her hus-
bands name.
By punctilious people this at home card
is not inclosed with the others, but an
nouncement cards are sent out after the
wedding. In most cases these cards are
ordered with the wedding cards, and the
BRIDES mother pays for them. The bride
groom doesn't count for much in the prep
aration for a wedding. About all he is
allowed to do is to Engage most of the
young wOman's spare time, to ALLEVIATE
her from her friends by not giving her an
opportunity to call on them or them an
opportunity to see her other thar in his
presence. He is allowed to suggest the
names of his friends and relatives to be
invited to the ~ceremony-the brides
mothep invites them. He is also permitted
to pay tor the carriage in which he and
his best man make their way to the
church. He plays an humble part i'll the
wedding ceremony in plain and formal
morning dress, a black frock coat and
trousers Of any pattern he pleases at a
NThornilAg wedding, or is attired precisely
Ill the serving men ut an evening we'd
ding. He, or his best man for him, fees
the minister. lie may also call on the
clergyman to secure his services, see the
0rganist and make such arrangements as
the bride suggests, but all expense, except
ing tbs fee of the clergyman, he is prohib-
tied from paying. He may buy the we'd
ding ring, the bridal gift for his ~consort,
rcmembrances for the ushers and brides
maids. and flowers for them all if he
{, chooses. .
! One pretty new custom, Or, rather, an
old one revived, has been introduced in
the modern wedding, copied from the Eng
lish idea of signing the wedding register,
which is rarely lone in this country. A
beautifully Illuminated and engrossed
marriage certificate is ordered by the con-
tracing parties, which consists of u large
folio of vellum, white or as near white as
it can be prepared. On the outer page is
engrossed the regular form of the mar
riage certificate in delicately painted let
ters, set in scrolls of orange blossoms
and forgetmenots and true lovers knots.
The letters are in silver or gold. G, the
inner page is space for the registry Of the
names of the guests assembled at the we'd
ding. This certificate is bound in vellum
or white velvet, ornamented with -so+id
silver corners and scrolls, or it is rolled
on a solid silver roller, to which it is at
tached, and inclosed in a solid silver case,
richly chased and ornamented. The cheap
est of these engrossed certificates costs a
bridegroom from $25 to $50. The more
elaborate ones often amount to 500, or
even $3.50, while the case will approximate
$50 or SIS. Occasionally the engrossed GER
tificate is framed in a narrow silver frame;
but that is for the sake of preservation
only, for the marriage certificate is not now
considered an appropriate picture for hang
ing on the wall.
Every friend and acquaintance whose
acquaintance is desirable is invited to the
church wedding. It is perfectly proper
to omit their names from the list of recep-
fin r1poc<o n tI,o ns~a1 ~ E~sn 49, L. L. ~,
large, announcement cards may be sent tc
those not invited to the wedding. People
who are invited to a wedding send cards
to the house if they cannot attend, and
either send or leave them within 10 days
after the wedding. These cards should
be sent to the mother of the bride. The
wedding guests should call ON the bride
herself at her first at home day and arr
expected to invite her during the first veal
after the wedding. People who receiv.
neither an invitation to the wedding no
announcement cards after it may consider
that their friendship is no longer desired
and commit a great breach of etiquette tx
make any calls.
The small niceties of etiquette on sucl
occasions are usually founded on wise an(
just sentiments. So many and 80 unex
pected are the cases of the slip between tn,
cup and the lip, not ~infrequently tn,
breach coming just before the wedding
day, that common delicacy forbids the hus
bands sharing in any of the preparation
for the wedding or meeting any of it's pre-
liminary expenses. The girl who hasn'
sufficient means to make a wedding al
herself and go into her husbands hous
free from debt to him puts on a simpl
travelling gown and is welded with n,
fuss and bother. Not ~infrequently tn
quiet weddings antedate the happiest mar
riages.-New York Sur.
Hotel Life.
II caught sight Of a sneak thief unde
my bed in the hotel the other night"
dear me! What did you do? Yam
him out?"
uNo. l sent for the chambermaid an