The times., 1899-12-03


that the bride is a greedy little thing we'd
ding the chubby. bald. smiling groom only
for mis- money, stm love a wedding. The
music and the flowers, the froeks and the
marriage service have never lost their sen
timentaI charm for me. / can't help be
lieving the whole world seems Colour de
rose 10 the couple as they come down the
aisle FOR the sudden melodious crescendo
Of the wedding march. the white presence
Of The bride cast glamour that even in
this prosaic day ] find irresistible. ] al
WAYS feel sincerely sorry for the man or
woman who finds a wedding bore, who
can't. al least for the moment, believe the
bride is a fairy princess the groom a no
bic knight who won her after Infinite Ia
bors OF love and heroic deeds, and that
they are destined 10 live happy ever aft
erward TO the music Of uightingales in a
white marble palace set in a rose garden.
Most Of all do / deplore the woman
who can 20 to a wedding and come home
with never q description or suggestion 10
give concerning the wedding garments OF
the guests. for next after the opening opera
night and the horse show the first winter
weddings afford ideal saTJorial scenery.
Very lately I have been to two we'd
dings and potyering about at various
dressmakers. artfully contriyed TO get
pIimpse of three or four more bridal out
fits so ] feel ] am perfect fountain OF
information on the question OF nupuai
splencors. From one dressmaker, deeply
versed IN all the priceless lore OF lovely
raiment ] learned that the fashion has
been set in Paris. and is fourishiDg here,
in favor Of gOwniug brides under twenty
five quite differently from those who have
got on the shady side Of this dividing line
between feminine girihOOd and youthful
maturity
Vow, # I were less than twenty-five, 1
would order nay wedding gown Ot ~hlte
tafIeta. ivory crepe de chine, or that new
goods that looks just like spun glass called
spider tulIe. ] would have il embellisned
with fountains OF chiffon, appliques Of such
light lace as Nechlin, Valenciennes, HoDi-
ton. or decorations in silvered lsse.
On the other hand did ] count more
than twenty-five summers / could claim
the compensating consolation Of an ivory
satin bearing a train OF brocade or robe
Of white silk net beautifully ornamented
with elaborate white satin figures cut out
and braided on 10 the net So far as my
investigations carry me myrtle is more
worn by the young brides and orange
blossoms by the older women, and can't
say but that the distinctions IN the COS
tuning OF the brides is very pretty and
most apDrOpriate. The women moreover
4 caught just a suggestion OF the bridal
toilet Of Miss Whitehouse who Is going
10 marry the handsome English captain.
Her gown is TO be almost wholly wrought
Of white silk muslin on q taffeta founda-
ton and then from her shoulders viii fall
train Of satin. having a narrow cape Of
ermine In her bOnny brown hair viii be
twined q delicate fllet Of myrtle and not q
5ewel viii shine anywhere save on her
fairy fingers.
'The brides seem to prefer TO carry white
Tilk or satin bound prayer books to bou-
ouets ] judge from my own observation,
and when they DO use bouquets the florists
lightly cluster about a dozen bride roses Of
white orchids in a frame Of asparagus fern
and then tie about the stems great sash
Of ruIe. On one bouquet preparing for a
bride, ! saw the tulle not only tied about
the stems, bur loops Of il were brought up
high among the roses forming part OF the
bulk OF the big nOsegay."
What you say about brides and their
fashions is certainly to the point, for those
who want 10 enter its troubled sea in style
and properly accoutred. A good wedding
dress is besides very soothing recOllec-
lion n after years, when the glamour YOU
mention IS worn on, but I do so want 10
know what method I ought TO pursue with
regard 10 my hair" This arose from a
guest by the window who would wear her
new baby lamb jacket under the pTetense
that she felt quite chilly.
DO you mean you want TO know how
70 arrange il during this season." asked
the hostess. nibbling lazily at chocolate
peppermint.
THAT is 3ust il" responded the owner
Of the coat casting back its double breast
&c fronts 10 bring nOnchalantly into view
q lining OF white heavily brocaded six that
met with the silent approval OF four pairs
Of bright eyes. is hair up or down and
what is going 10 become Of the pompa-
dour2
Well. ] always follow my leader, be-
gan the destroyer OF the peppermint
when that leader is a woman whose judg-
meut I have confidence Ia and whose taste
! have never found Etraying after her false
gods Last week ] went 10 see my hair
dresser.
she is the one who gets up those stun
ming coinures for Mrs. Willie Vanderbilt
jr. and for those beautiful blonde Levi
Morton goddesses. Her quick fingers did
up my locks in three styles. ana all OF
them she assured me were bound 10 hold
first place for evening affairs during the
next six or eight months. My hair she
pOmpadoured, SO TO speak an around In a
soft roll above the face. and then elab-
orately pufed the length Of st on the
crown. just a love lock or two she per
mitted to stray out on my forehead, and
then she inveigled me into the purchase Of
three distinct STYLES Of hair ornaments by
the shrewd device OF fastening them II
among the coils and puffs and leaving th'
mirror and my vanity 10 do the rest.
However. they are the smsrtest little
aids to beauty. The first is a butterfly
made OF lisse covered with opalescen
spangles and with a delicate white Osprel
Epringing In place OF anatenuae from hi
epaueled- wrought head. The second is
rose Of black lisse 70 the petals OF Whicl
Epangles in charming imitation Of tiny dla
monds are attached like dew drops. Tbi
rose Is to set right In the centre and from
OF my hair. and from its stem, at Ia
hack of the petals. springs a black Ospre!
rather thickiy threaded with tWinkling lit
tie rhinestones, and anything more sweet
ly becoming TO a woman with blande light
ln her hair you viii not see this season
1Iy third extravaganza was a servant
There uoWi don't gasp with horror, for
is not one Of those Wicked-loOking reptile
made of frivolous metallic co.ored paiettes
but a very up-to-date and lovely ornamen
having the flexible tapering body coVere
wholly with breast plumage from pleas
ant She had q whole family OF them
some covered with biue-black raven feath
ers. These the blondes usurp. and a mum
Der are made with the rich motted plum
age from the breasts Of wild ducks
Whatever ones prejudice may be, III
serpents are already vigorously adopted an
so entirely fascinating did I think mysel
with my new coinures that I've had n
picture taken in every one just as the hair
dresser completed them IN order 10 hay
an authority 20 refer 20 when I begin 10 d
my pompadouring and putting At home"
rs anyone here prepared 10 give eX