The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-08-03
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y WITH the Esgu1ations Of fashion is
very expensive, even for ordinary folks
whodesiru 70 keep mp appearances. If
you do not believe it, inst do the sum
II arithmetic for yourself, writes New
York correspondent Of the st. Louis
Globe -Democr1t.
There Il the church to begin with.
The fee for opening the sacred edifice
Il one hundred dollars. IF you want
the cheir to sing You must pay ono
hundred dollars in addition. The
clergyman's honorarium is extra.
What Il shall be you are at liberty to
determine, but it is hardly considered
proper to give less than twenty-five
dollars, whereas one hundred dollars is
by no means excessive. At the church,
rs well as at the house, you must have
awnings, and tho price for these will
be forty dollars.
Flowers are very important item.
The altar has to be decorated, and you
cannot make any kind of show for less
than two hundred and fifty dollars.
For fifty dollars you can only get a
few palms. Palms come high because
Of the risk. II the weather turns cold
and they are chilled, they will die, and
it takes fifteen or twenty years to grow
. palm of decent size. Obviously, the
bridesmaids require bouquets, and for
each Of these you can hardly get of
for less than twenty-five dollars The
posiee are more apt to come to fifty
dollars each ut . season when fine roses
cost two and three dollars each.
Then there are the bridesmaids
gowns. It is expected that they shall
be furnished, and they will cost at
least one hundred dollars each. OF
course, they are not made SO much to
please the wearer as to satisfy the re-
quirements OF the occasion and the
taste Of the bride. Itcan hardly be ex-
pected that bridesmaid shall 90 to
such expense for q frock to be worn
perhaps only once, and which is for the
benefit Of somebody else. Thus, as
mere matter of common sense, it has
come to be regarded as the proper
thing that these toilets shall be sup
piled. Necessarily, they are all alike.
II there is q maid Of honor she must
have a dress, too.
a bride may be married in q travel
ing dress, but for q really swell we'd !
ding she raust have a special gown,
which will hardly cost less than two
hundred and fifty dollars Dressmakers
charge extra prices for articles Of cos
hume furnished for weddings, by the |
way. OF incidental expenses there is
no end. In New York there is only |
one woman who knows how to arrange
) brides veil properly. It is her special
~, and she charges accordingly. In
tact. she docs very little else beside go
ing from one house to another and PIN
ming brides wells. It is business that
requires high degree of skill. Unless
tulle is handled bv skillful fingers. it is
very unbecoming. To adjust the
wreath of orange blossoms, always
artificial, because rea! orange blossoms
quickly fade and have too strong an
odor-is an art in itself. 1t must be
put on just so, else it is ugly.
Fashion requires that the bridegroom
shall give to each bridesmaid pin or
bracelet, and to each usher scarf-pin
u some such remembrance. It goes
without saying that the best man and
she maid of honor are not left out.
These must be handsome. and fifty dol
ars each is not too much to pay for
hem. When he was married to Miss
3ould, Count Castellane gave to each
# the ushets and bridesmaids pin tho
ledgn Of which was c and u tied
ogether in true lovers knot. The G
vas in rubiea, the knot was Of dia-
nonds and the G was in sapphires.
rhns were united the national colors
4 Frapce-red, white and blue. In
he above account no mention has been
made Of the cost Of the reception at theI
aouse OF the bride. It is expected that
he drawing-rooms and dining-room
hall be profusely decorated with flow
rs, and in this way five hundred dol
Aps does not 60 very far. Then there
j the spread, which may run up to
lmost any price. Among the Incl
entals are invitations, which are not
heap when one thousand or so Of them
ave to be sent out. On the whole. it
J costly business to get married in
hsee daJs
Curlsus Ousfem IN Holland.
When young Queen Wilhelmina
iaited the other day the marvellous
aults It Naestriche, which are one Of
he sights Of the p1ace, she was re-
uested BY the authorities 10 inscribe
or insane upon : marble slab II the
NJ. which beata The si2naxaE0g Of
aoffV uf1,er 6u1e1oioIna. Dutch and for-