The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-08

ion adorned with golden cords and tasels,
on which lay the wedding ring. and dur
ing the ceremony, which took place at the
brides house, he stood beside the officiat-
ing clergyman TO offer the golden circlet
at The all important moment.
At Miss Havemeyer's wedding at New
port the single page in attendance wore 4
handsome white satin Charles 1 suit. and
preceded the bride TO the improvised
drawing room altar. carrying her bouquet.
a giant one, of pure white orchids and
myrtle, for the up-to-date bridal bouquet
is far too large for the bride herself to
convey about. Some of them. from stems
10 topmost flower. measure four feet. and
the cone is the proper shape.
When the ceremony is over the huge
pyramid of snowy blossoms is placed in a
lofty, conspicuous vase for the guests TO
examine and admire its elaborate and ex-
pensive composition. and usually the
brides friends are invited 40 pick one
flower each from The heap aud carry it
away as a souvenir. More Than ever is
attention and money lavished a the au-
tumn weddings on the music and when
great country house is the scene of the
ceremony. as a the marriages of Miss
Margaret Thorn and Miss Julia Grant
unique and interesting musical schemes
are carried out. At Miss Thorn's mar
riage not only were four orchestras en-
gagged to discourse sweet music about the
halls and gardens Cipher fathers magnifi-
cent place in Duchess county. but the
moment the bridal procession formed in
the upper hal of the house the strains of
Swedish wedding march were heard
played by stringed and wood wind instru-
ments, and down the stairs came musicians
two and two. preceding the bride and her
maids
At another wedding chorus of children
walked before the bride, singing old Eng
HI. IL
fall marriages have displayed in common
is the brides toast For many years the
health of the bride only has been drunk.
but as long ago as the marriage of Miss
Fair to William X. Vanderbilt Jr., at the
conclusion of the wedding breakfast the
best man arose and in graceful sentences
toasted the bride. and no girl who now
plights her troth feels the ceremony is
quite legal unless she is roundly toasted.
By general consent the bride-elect APP
points her toastee, and il is not by any
means always the best man. She usually
selects a lifelong masculine friend to do
this, and well in advance he is warned
of the honorable task that has fallen to
his share. According to most fashionable
usage, the gentleman rises at the end of
the breakfast and says his say at the
conclusion of which the guests, all stand
ing, cry Hail to the brder' drink the
toast and snap the stems of their glasses.
Every one does this save the man who
makes the toast and he is allowed to
carry away his glass as a souvenir.
Mems Jewels.
1t is a grievous mistake to suppose that
all the sparkling precious stones of great
beauty, size and price that come to this
country go to the adornment of fortu-
nate femininity. for of late years some of
the most valuable jewels sold in New
York city have found their way into col
lections made by some Of our rich and
fashionable young men who have both the
time and money to indulge in so expens-
i've a hobby. During the past year men
OF smart society have not only advocat-