The times., 1898-06-19
THE SOCIAL BULLETIN
A Large Number OF, Weddings Re-
ported Last Week.
Arrival of Count Cassini and His
Pretty Niece a Brilliant Access
sion to the Social World.

count CaSsllll, the RUSSIAN afhDaSsduoI,
and his young niece, Miss Margaret Cas-
sini, who has accompanied him TO this
country. are already sufficiently acquaint-
ed with Washington TO know. that they
are going TO like their new home very
much indeed.
The ambassador is splendidly tall and
straight, with dust of silver over his
hair and mustache and smiling, friendly
brown eyes.
Miss Cassini, who is but sixteen years
of age, or, to be exact, just sixteen and
a half, has not yet entered society. but it
is among the Pleasant possibilities that
she may do so next winter, an event
which she looks forward 10 with true
girlish delight. She is a really lovely
little maid more suggestive of La Belle
France than Russia, with her dark hair,
which she wears in a fluffy pompadour,
sparkling brown eyes, and pretty piquant
gestures.
She is still under, the .care~of her gov
erness. and will continue her studies de-
spite her Importance as the mistress OF
the embassy, which has already, by the
grace of her presence, taken on an at
mosphere OF home.
There Is another member of the am
bassadors household whose importance
exceeds his size. Ii is a tiny white fluffy
poodle that trots about looking like live
wad Of lambs wool. AMI he bears the dis
tinction of being Miss Margarets chief
pet.
When asked last night if her accom-
plishments included wheeling, Miss Cas-
sini looked at her uncle and smiled, and
he smiled back, as she answered mo,
my uncle does not permit me TO ride"
Nothing especial happend in the social
world last week-except weddings. of
course-and except for more weddings,
nothing at all is likely to happen during
the week to come. June is achieving its
annual record for beautiful brides though
the months weddings are lacking the
spectacular briliiancy charac,erizing
those Of past years. The war we'd
dings set the fashion for simplicity earli-
er in the season, and the June brides.
notably Miss Belknap, Miss Tisdell and
Miss James, have carried the idea out.
Flower girls and pages have been con-
spicuously absent this June; there has
been a dearth of rainbow bridesmaids,
no chanting choris,ers and a distinct
falling off in old slippers and rice. They
are all interesting features in their
ways, some because of their ''newness'
and others because OF their traditions;
but that they are not necessities from
either an ecclesiastical or social stand
point has been evidenced by the almost
absoluteuess with which they have been
dispensed with ia this year of grace.
After all. ii is the October weddings
nfT bz In r.zFS
matrimonial Summer brides are lovely
In girlish frocks OF organdie and ma
chine made lace. Their chip hats bloom
with flowers and foam over with chif-
fon. and their bouquets are garden culled
blossoms. generally snowy sweet peas.
A maid or two gowned in Summer light
/ ness. according to her individual taste;
/ the traditional four, and no more, usherS
and q best man, with some sort of white
( flower in their coats, two friends in tho
organ loft, one TO watch for the arriva
Of the bridal party and give the cue fol
Z the other TO strike up the march from
-Lohengrin;'' an imTTomptu reception
maybe-and then goodbye, the bride anG
groom are of.
Arcadian, but cheap. Both desirable
conditions, but nothing to be compared
TO the weddings of the Autumn. II one
4 has an aspiration for fashion and show.
There is simply no end to the money ar
/ October wedding can cost if the bride
! lives up TO the capabilities of her rich
rathers purse strings The dress is :
( fortune of itself Silk, maybe satin mos
I likely; long train and yards and yards
/ Of rare lace. Nearly always the brid:
/ is enveloped in mist of tuile or lace
! flower crowned and jewel pinned, anC
her flowers Of hothouse exotics, orchid:
or creamy roses, at the very least, mad,
/ to cost almost its weight in money by
] being made into a shower bouquet Hel
dozen or more attendants are gowned il
( keeping with her splendor-each receiv.
/ ing a jeweled souvenir from herself ans
! the groom. There is a formal reception
1 at the fiorist-bedecked home of the
! brides parents" with stringed orches
ira. invariably screened from view by
! palms" an elaborate combination of ices
! seas of punch in silver bowls that convey
/ the impression that they had come owe,
/ with William the Conqueror; candelabri
/ capped with pink shades. big sugareC
| wedding cakes. and { centerpiece of
We'll say La France roses on a plat o
maiden hair ferns.
And all this, not counting the trous
seaus and papa's wedding check, is wha
| comes of being married in mellow Octo
| Der instead of rosy June.