The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-17


to talk Of.
The final preparations for the wedding
OF Miss Anna Gould to Count de Cas-
tellalne of France are completed. SAYS the
New York Herald. The alternatives laid
before the happy couple were:
On the one hand a grand wedding at st.
Patrick's cathedral, with all the pomp
and ceremony Of the Church Of Rome: on
the other hand, a quiet home wedding at
the brides home, with the plain, simple
ritual of the Presbytery
The count, like all young enthusiastic
Frenchmen, was set upon the first idea
Miss Anna Gould. more retiring. and less
familiar with the splendors Of the world,
was for the latter.
To Miss Gould's way of thinking was
added the insuperable barrier which the
Roman Catholic church places against
any religious display during Lent 1t
was impossible for the counts mother and
| brother to come from France In time for
a wedding before Ash Wednesday. Feb.
o. The word delay was not in the counts
bright lexicon, SO the wedding was ar
ranged for March 4, and in the Gould resi-
dence in Fifth avenue
The younger Count de Castellane will
act as his brothers best man.
Miss Anna Gould will have only two
bridesmaids. The first win be her elder
sister and special guardian under the
terms of her fathers will. and without
whose consent she could not marry. The
other bridesmaid viii be Miss Kitty Cam
eron, daughter of Sir Roderick Cameron.
close personal friend Miss Cameron
was of the now famous party to Ottawa
for the ice carnival during which the mar
riage was arranged The Rev DR.. John
Paxton, under whose religious auspices
the whole Gould family has been brought
up will perform the marriage ceremony.
and the bride will be given away by her
elder brother, Mr. George ]. Gould II
Is probable that by a special dispensation
of Archbishop Corrigan, a private service
according to the rites of the Catholic
church viii be celebrated during the morn
ing of March 4. Although such a cere-
mony is not required by the laws of this
country, the de Castelanes. like All tbe
other great families of France, are deeplv
imbued with the authority of the mother
church, and are bound TO fulfill all obli-
cations which are her due. II is under
stood that while Count de Castellane made
never the slightest suggestion that q mar
riage settlement should be made upon
him, he has consented to accept 1000 900
on certain conditions, which relate en-
tirely to his prudence and good conduct
AS he is in every way very model young
man, there seems to be no hardship at
tached to his acceptance of 81. 100000. It
is expected that the bride and bridegroom
viii go to Paris by April l. in time to en-
ter into the gayest season Of the gayest
capital in the world. When the Marauise
de Castellane as mother-in-law and the
Princesse de Sagan as near relative
it is probable that the former social hori-
zon of the little American girl will be
greatly extended.
The comment Of Miss Emily Hunting
ton on the question Of training schools
for servants, as reported in the New York
Times in its symposium on the "Domes-
tic Problem" is pertinent and true
Such schools, she thinks, would not solve
the problem; they could be established.
but it would be difficult to secure pupils
for them.
Servants have been accustomed for so
long to learn at the expense of their
employers in more ways than wages that
it is folly to think they could be coaxed
or driven into a school where perhaps
an entrance fee would be needed. GER
tainly no earnings to be had during
the novitiate. Miss Huntington's idea
that the hope of the future in the di-
lemma is the kindergarten and the kitchen
garden is probably the true one The
process of kitchen betterment has got to
be a slow and accretive one; certainly
the race of maids whose shibboleth, on
meeting a prospective employer, is
what wages do you pay?" never, What
are my services worth?" will have to be
outlived or thoroughly leavened before
radical progress in the matter is made.
At a recent wedding, says the New
York Times, the five bridesmaids wore
gowns of cream-colored silk crepon, with
satin pouf sleeves and frilled fichus TO
match. Their Gainsborough hats were of
black velvet, with black tips and mimosa
flowers under The brim. Their bouquets
were Of mimosa and danOdils with long
trials Of asparagus. ferns, and daffodils.
At another wedding the same number
of bridesmaids OBLIGATED, wearing pink
crepon and satin gowns and short wells
Of pink chiffon. in lieu Of hats or bon
nets They carried lilies OF the valley
and pink carnations.
a third very fashionable English we'd
ding was graced by six bridesmaids in
dresses of cream white and pink chine
brocade, with fun bodies, having deep
collars at the back Of chnchilla IN front
rosettes OF pink velvet, long, loose bre-
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