The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-04
PERSONAL AND SOCIETY
THE CORRECT THING FOR WEDDING
TOURS THIS WARM WEATHER.
A season in n Quiet Country House
Places Where Indianapolis People
VIII spend Their Vacation.

Europe for their wedding journey. The
sentimental period must be spent in some
country place, a wayside inn or in some
quiet old town. A couple who desired to
go TO a country place near by advertised in
q paper that is distributed we'll over the
State for just what they would like in the
way of an ideal resort for their honey
moon Not more than week or ten days
after the advertisement appeared they re-
ceived a dozen or more answers, and they
were from as near home as Fall creek and
as far away as the northern and southern
borders Of the State. Previous to the we'd
ding the husband to-be visited several of
those whose letters read the most inviting
Iy and selected the place he liked the best.
The four weeks they spent there were more
like a story book than reality. The rooms
were large and airy, the table was exqui-
site in its cleanliness and the viands that
were spread before them were deliciously
tempting. A horse and carriage was at
their disposal, the river not more than a
mile away. and scenery and loafng spots
were SO plentiful that a new one could be
found every day.
The smooth-face man is the beau of the
dav The BARRIERS are receiving their orders
from their customers to remove the mus
taches and the result is that half the
young men in town are cut by their best
. friends ON account of the change in their
appearance. it is said that a face without
d mustache makes a man look ten years
younger than one without. OF course this
is not the reason that the young men APP
pear with smooth faces 1t is one of the
passing fashions and it may be that when
winter comes a fun beard will be the cor
rect style. The women cannot change their
3 faces in the same way. but instead they
have a way of putting their hats down so
4 far over their eyes that unless a person is
acquainted with a WOmans chin he may
not recognize the owner. The high collars
. of one season give way to low ones the
. next, and the chOker is superseded by the
low cut collar the same as the common
sense heel makes room for the French heel
. and the lunatic fringe OF a few years ago
is brushed back into d pompadour, or
parted i'm the middle and brought down over
the ears. The good-looxing man looks bet
ter with a smooth face, but the common
. face is better hidden with the accommodate
ing hirsute decoration.
I've known of lots of engagements being
spoiled said a matron the other day, by
people who had no right to interfere in
the affair. The way they do ii is this A
young man escorts a young lady to some
company or place OF amusement and is at
. tentive TO her and perhaps goes with her
a number of times during the season. A
person, it is usually a woman, says to the
young lady in a. manner which she thinks
. is bright and smart, I saw you at the
naming the place-the other night with
i your intended, now don't deny that you
= are engaged to him, for I saw how fond
you were of each other Probably the
young man has never addressed a tender
81 word to her and the remark of the woman
touches her sensitive spot and she treats
i the young man rather cOolIy the next time
8 not that she thinks any the less of him,
but perhaps she has been too friendly, if
y other people thing she is showing affec-
ton for him In puNic, and so far from be-
ing happy with him she becomes uncom-
IortaDie ana the first thing the woman who
4 interrupted the friendship knows she finds
that she has q new story to tell and that
+. Is that the engagement is broken"
I'm addition to our business of letting our
wedding dresses on hire" said a member Of
well-known firm of costumers in the west
central district of London, we often per-
form our little services for the bride
You of course, recognize the fact that
in this great city there are scores of hard
working girls who are miles away from
too busy TO cultivate many friends. Wel:.
when these girls are about to marry young
fellows who are similarly circumstance
the question arises as to who shall give
. away The bride
Il can answer that question for them at
once, for l have connected with my bust
ness an eX-major in the army, a member
or an ancient family, and a man, too of
GnimpeaChable character. He is poor but
dresses wen, has beautiful white hair and
looks the kindly father to perfection. ! in
troduce him to the bride and bridegroom
] ana he, for moderate fee, gives the
former away
Sometimes he takes the whole arrange
ments Of breakfast and so on upon him
self, and he is a fine speaker on occasion.
lie IS always welcome guest with these
. people afterward"
Three thousand in a year is the total of
the dinner invitations sent to the Prince of
Wales by people having the social right to
entertain him. 1t is obvious that but few
of these can be accepted, but
such acceptance is great honor.
When he signifies his royal pleasure TO
attend, the host must forward a list of the
guests to Marlborough House. If for any
reason any Of these are Objectionable TO
his royal Highness, the fact is so stated
the list returned and the name or names
at once eliminated. This system avoids
many unpleasant consequences and is
moreover. an additional honor 10 the guests
who attend. for they may thus know thew
are personally acceptable to the first gem
tleman of Europe. \ lady of this city prac-
tcally has the privilege of the Prince of
Wales. Tor whenever she is invited to a
dinner she has a way of finding out who
is To be there before she viii accept and
when the invitation is delivered Verbally
she insists on knowing the company before
she VIII say whether she may be expected
or not
Queen Victoria, whose especial hobby is
music has educated her daughters to be
useful as well as accomplished women. and
they may all be said TO be efficient and ar
tistic, says the San Francisco Chronicle
They have their fads. however. like the
other queeny celebrities The Queen her
self likes 10 study Hindostanee and to see
her favorite dogs and ponies.
The Empress Elizabeth OF Austria is an
accomplished horsewoman, and the SOW
er2isn of a court whose aristocratic preju-
oices are of the strongest kind She de-
lights i'm her fame as pastry cook, and
her daughter, the Archduchess Valerie. is
PROUD or her accomplishments in the meth
oos OF ancient and modern cuisine.
me Queen of the Belgians is a clever
nurse and q good doctor. having not only
pheQ htI knowledge in emergencies. Ii is
oItHy "I note TO see the interest in nurs-
1tl5 among noble and royal ladies. The
tt~Ctess of Albany and the Duchess OF
1Ilti'iN count themselves among those
m nave matriculated in this profession.
tHe queen of Greece is at the head of an
49, iajlon OF women whose object is the
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