New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-10
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WEDDINGS IN PAPER-DOLLDoM.

THE Syracuse Herald" gives the following de-
tailed account OF recent doll wedding In that city
| that will doubtless prove Of absorbing interest TO
all the upper tendon OF the doll family:
| A double wedding in extremely high society
q the newspapers Miss Mabel Blauyelt was mar
Blarvelt married to George TilIinghast. at the
Miss Bessie sc RHSs No. aa Is W low"
There W Was Tas h u S
tering social success, and the invited guests will
remember the function for some time to come
elusive circle Of syracuse paper doll i Society and
their wedding was long looked forward TO by their
for display Of the latest agonies in the way OF
Sp S
whom Miss Helen Dunnells stands sponsor. are
standing. and when, some two weeks ago the
daintiest little invitations imaginable. encased in
containing the tiniest at home card. were re-
He y BY the ite owners Of other paper dolls who
the greatest excitement imaginable.
Most Of The invited doll guests had new dresses
trousseau was well under way when the invitations
They embraced every possible combination Of cos.
tunes and were the admired OF all who beheld
outfit. covering everything from dress suit and its
accompanying Inverness coat and silk hat to a
travelling suit and Derby.
The wedding took place the dining table.
which had been beautifully decorated for the occa-
bridal bower. beneath which the minister clad in
his robes stood The invited doll guests were
grouped around the decorated bower. while their
little owners sat around the table. and the few
grown-ups' that had the privilege 20 be present
stood behind them. The bridal party entered to
the sound Of the "Lohengrin'' wedding march. on
BOARD some two feet long, In which grooves had
been cut, in order to give them an equilibrium
which they did not by nature possess. With the
utmost solemnity the bridal party came down the
length OF the table and took their places before
the clergyman Then the wedding service
twice performed and the two Miss Blauvets had
become the two Mrs TIllinghasts. after which the
bridal party adjourned to miniat tables and par
took OF miniature refreshments. Supper having
been served. ball began, which continued until II
became time for the happy brides and bridegrooms
to depart upon their wedding Journeys. Then they
hustled upstairs, the change from their bridal
to their travelling costumes quickly made. and
they carried downstairs again. while the
doll guests. through the proxy OF their owners
threw handsfu OF rice at the four they van
ished through the back door.
The whole affair carried out with complete
ness that reflects great credit the ingenuity OF
the children whose play developed to such a sur
prisng extent.
There wasn't the slightest detail omitted. One Of
the brides tainted away at proper time. and
one Of the bridegrooms came back to the house
after he had left II.
The presents numerous and remarkable.
They all of the paper doll world. and came
nicely done up In little boxes. There were even
little boxes OF wedding cake for the guests to
home. The brides dresses elaborate to n
degree wedding wells and orange blossoms not being
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