St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-10

which can be offered, and he will eX-
pect an additional $25 for lighting
and heating the, church for this spe-
amount to $3.50, for fifteen carriages
at $40 each is not an eXtraVagant
number for transporting the brides
maids, groomSmen and and family
on both sides, to and from the church
and to the train when the reception
is ended and the wedding Journey
begins.
Inc groom is expected to pay for all
of the items which we have discussed
so far and which amount to $3.50 all
told. Added to this sum will be $3.50
for the farewell bachelor dinner at
Delmonico's or the club; $3.50 for the
diamond scarf pins which he has given
his ushers to wear in their white silk
ties, and 5000 for the brides bouquet
of lilies of the valley and orchids, the
Wreaths of roses the bridesmaids car
.ried on their arms, and the gardenia
or carnation boutonniere which each
of the groomsmen wore on his black
Prince Albert coat.
This will foot up to s1,150 without
counting the gift of a diamond tiara,
a glorious corsage decoration, or a
necklace of the beautiful flashing
stones which have come to be the
! regulation wedding stone. This gift
will cost anywhere from 1000 up to
S5OOO0 depending upon the wealth or
the generosity of the groom.
WHAT BRIDES FAMILY PAYS.
Now comes the brides fathers turn
to do the heavy spending. and the
poor old man groans in spirit as he
counts his remaining daughters, cal
culates what it will come to to marry
them all, and wonders where he will
be financially and mentally when all
of the girls are Wooed and married.
The house must be banked with flow
erS, beginning at the staircase, which
is wreathed with feathery green and
American beauty roses. The halls
drawing rooms and diningrooms are
veritable Conservatives. Five hun
| dred dollars is a modest price for the
use of ferns, palms and green plants
and for the cut flowers.
Beautiful music sounds through the
rooms from unseen musicians hidden
behind screens of tall palms; and for
this flow of melody the old gentleman
signs a check for $50 at the lowest
I There must be awnings at the house
/ and at the church, and this means an
additional $25. If 300 guests are hidden
| to the wedding breakfast the caterers
| bill will be $500, 81 for each cover. If
| champagne is used it means $500.
THE BRIDAL LUNCHEON.
The bride always gives a dinner or
! luncheon to the six or eight pretty
girls who are to be her escort on her
wedding day. This dainty feast, with
! the flower laden table, the corsage
/ bouquets of roses and violets, will
cost, all told, $3.50. In each of the rib
| bon tied bouquets the pretty young
maids will find tiny box of white
suede, with the monogram in gold
! letters of the bride and groom.
| Opening the pretty case, they will find
| the jeweled pins which they are to
| wear on their dainty chiffon-trimmed
| corsage on the speedily approaching
| wedding day. Two hundred and fifty
| dollars will pay for these little souve-
Mrs, unless they are very elaborate.
! The Countess de Castellane, our most
| recent notable bride, paid that sum for
a single one of the exquisite pearl and
diamond pins she gave her bridesmaids.
J The initials G. & c. were quantity
joined by an exquisiteIy wrought coro-
net. The bill for the four was 1890.
The bride is expected to give each of
the eight or ten family servants wed
| ding gift, and the sum usually allowed
! for this is 800. The wedding cards and
the stationery and visiting cards. which
all brides provide themselves abund-
antly with at their fathers expense,
comes to 5000.
| Now the old gentleman has faced his
| last expense for that pretty pink and