The herald., 1895-03-11

sent the officiating clergyman with three
silver dollars, walk away as well married
and sometimes y eat deal happier than
the man and maiden who can afford the
same number of thousands in gold. No
properly minded person would think OF
offering fashionable clergyman less than
$500, and John Jacob Astor's best man,
Lispenard Stewart, gave the officiating
clergyman $500 in shining gold the day
the young millionaire married the beauti-
full Ava willing Of Philadelphia. w. E.
u. Stokes gave a like amount to Arch
hi, hop Corrigan and his reverence &C.
celt ii a similar fee when Anna Gould be-
came the Countess Castellane.
For the organist who plays the wedding
march and the beautiful dreamy music
that becomes soft and low through the
vaulted aisles as the bride and groom
repeat the grand, solemn marriage service
OF the Episcopalian Church, the proper
fee is $50, with an extra hundred for the
twenty hits-surpliced choir boys who
sing The Voice Which Breathed Der
Eden, or Happy the Bride, to the. music
Of Wagner's march from Lohengrin.
For the sexton who opens the Church
and who is to some extent the master OF
ceremonies $25 is the least which can be
offered, and he will expect an additional
s25 for lighting and heating the Church
} hire will amount to $3.50, for fifteen car
Afiages at SO each Is not an extravagant
tnumber Tor transporting the bridesmaids,
groomsmen and family on both sides to
and from the Church when the reception
is ended and the wedding journey begins:
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 pin
which he will give his ushers to wear in
BRIDES bouquet of lilies of the valley and
orchids, the wreath of roses the brides
maids carry on their arms and the
gardenia or carnation boutonniere which
each of the groomsmen must wear on his
black Prince Albert coat.
This will foot up to $1150 without count
ing the gift Of diamond tiara, 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 $1,000 to $50,
000 depending upon the wealth or the
generosity of the groom.
Now comes the brides fathers turn to
do the heavy spending, and the poor old
man groans in spirit as he counts his re-
naming daughters calculates what it will
come to to marry them all, and wonders
whore he will be financially and mentally
when all of the girls are wooed and mar
rie6. The house must be banked with
flowers, beginning with the staircase,
which is wreathed with feathery green
and American Beauty roses. The halls,
drawing rooms and dining rooms are YER
table conservatOries.
Five hundred dollars is a modest price
for the Ause Of ferns, palms and green
plants am for the cut flowers.
Beautiful music sounds through the
rooms from unseen musicians hidden be-
hind screens of tall palms; and for this
check for $50 at the lowest. There must
be awnings at the house and at the church,
and this means an additional SIS. If 800
guests are hidden to the wedding break
last the caterers bill will be 5000, 81 for
each cover. If champagne is served it
The bride always gives 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
or -violets, will cost, all told. $3.50.
In each Of the ribbon-tied bouquets the
pretty young maids will find a tiny box
Of white suede, with the monogram in
gold letters Of the bride and groom. Open
ing the pretty case, they will find the
jeweled pins which they are to wear on
their dainty chiffon trimmed corsages ON
Two hundred and fifty dollars will pay for
shess little souvenirs, 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 dia-
The initials g. and G. were quantity
Joined by An exquisitely wrought coronet.
The bill for the four was $1,000 The bride
n expected to give each Of the eight or