Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-04-19
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The Fascinating Writer Chats About
Weddings and HOneymOOnS,

SOMETHING ABOUT BRIDAL Wells
THE MODEST MAIDS OF PER-
SIA-MISS SHABBY GENTEEL' S
EXPERIENCES IN THE DAYS OF
GOOD QUEEN ANNE-WHEN
HEALTH WAS SCOFFED AT
MAN AS THE UNSYMPATHETIC
MINISTER TO WOMAN'S SUFFER-
INGS-MODERN MANN IS"
COMPARED TO ANCIENT ONES
THE AFFECTIONATE CONCERN
OF THE BABY AND THE DOG
THE STORY OF THE ORIENTAL
MAID AND HER CANINE CONFI-
DANT-HOW FRENCH, ENGLISH
AND GERMAN WOMEN LOVE
THE HONEYMOON.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
New York, April 16.-As there are
weddings and brides and suggestions
Of brides and weddings everywhere, one
is forced TO wonder what the new wo-
man will assume in place of the we'd
ding veil Naturally, she won't wish
TO wear that frivolous white tulle thing
fancied now, for it is too feminine. Its
very origin is essentially womanly. 1t
is claimed for ii by the Orientalists
that is a remnant of the Eastern can
opy, but it is also claimed for it that it
had its origin in the behavior of
Penelope, who when she was asked by
her father whether she would leave him
and go with her husband, did not an
swer. but drew her veil over her face to
hide her bushes; this silence was equiv
alent to the Yes which is said by the
modern maiden, only more audibly,
and at the altar. There is no doubt
about it that the most becoming veil is
the soft one of shimmering tulle. that
is cream white in shade, and cloud-like
in effect. A bride wants to seem en-
veloped in it; it must fall behind her
and fall in front of her, like part of the
heavens, surround her until she really
seems a something entirely too good
for every day food, or an ordinary man.
The lace veil inherited from our grand
mother, which is frequently bought
from a smart secondhand shop, is ex-
pensive, but not becoming. 1t makes a
girl look matronly. and it will suggest
the lace lappets worn by her Royal
Highness, Queen Victoria of England.
lady for whom have the utmost re-
spect, but whose appearance is not sug-
geStive of a bride.
Although you and I would think a.
bride looked awful in anything but a
white veil, opinions differ. The happy
Roman bride hid her bushes behind a
veil of deep yellow. The Persian maid
intensified her modesty, as painted on
her cheeks by wearing veil of rose
color; the Greek girl went her one bet
ter, and made her bluches look almost
fierce by wearing veil of bright red.
while the young lady of Turkey put
bushes and eyes and everybody else
under cover, that is, as far as seeing
anything was concerned, py assuming
a veil of brocade, seeded with pearls.
The last named may be magnificent,
but it suggests economy. Think of
A GIRL IN A BROCADE VEIL,
Think OF newly-covered sofa, But
wherever the bride is there should be
some kind of a veil. although. person
ally. should prefer the brocade of the
Turkish lady to the black one worn by
the Spanish girl. 1t may be coquettish.
but it certainly will bring bad luck. l
never could fancy a bride without a
flesh veil. Even down on the Bowery.
the young woman who hires white
satin gown not quite new. orange bios
SONS that have been used before, gets
a new veil by paying little extra.
You and I are inclined TO scoff at the
girl who hires her white satin wedding
frock. There is a good bit more sense
in that, however, than in getting one