The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
SWELL WEDDING IN PARIS.
A FUNCTION NICELY ARRANGED FOR
1HE OUTSIDERS BENEEJT

Exhibit tho Wedding Fee-The Brides
maids Bngs-The Collection Taken Up.
PARIS Dec IS Anybody who comes TO Paris
dcrently clothed and in the matrimonial season
can see as many fashionable weddings as he wants
10 attend provided he will be content TO 60 without
them Fridays and Sundays which arc not popular
marrying days in society. There is nothing
in America more democratic than the way In which
marrying and burying are attended TO in France
There is no need Ia worry about invitations
or cards Of admission, or even discreet fec to
the sexton. just keep an eye ON the newspapers
and n mnp Vt Paris in your pocket Remember
that a fashionable French wedding IL Always
a, noon. that there arc several hundred women
who would rather go without their meals than
miss the wedding: and finally. that the number Of
middle. aisle seats the only ono from which a
comprehensive view of the gowns can bc had
can w. counted On one hand without wearing out
your glove. In other words, go early.
We went to q grand wedding at ST. Philippe
du Route the other day The daughter ofaCount
married the son Of n Duke. According to French
paper there was numerous assistance, ana
fer once the paper was right Accuracy Is not
the strongest point NJ French journalism, but it's
always safe to announce a numerous assistance
when Dukes and Cuuncsscs attempt mntrmony.
Asa matter of fact there was crush. We arrived
al II 80 and found the church open as usual
The nave ot a Paris church is always incloscd
by rafting. and nj regular services one must pay
for chair inside this inrosur" hut when people
o,. r,,,,i.d cyrn the rich and the great they
either cannot ~ do NOT take advantage uf this ar
Management With the exception Of the space
within the altar rail the whole church isopen to
the first Corners provided their clothes are pre-
sentabc. The other day when we arrived there
wasn't an usher or any body connected with the
wedding 10 bc seen Inc only inulch'loh OF any
thing unusual was the noral decorations. These
- 80, ,,,,,,. h,, ,,, -, al, mn I'm, SCALE which
were very pretty ou' not az ah on ,n' s.e'r W","
characterlhcS sven "cduihk III NC" i"'N'
Palms wcr, banked around the altar and the chan
eel rail was covered win vines and flowers That
'ei ran was 'o'.''" "''' '"' 49,. 80
was all ~ the rear "' 'hr 'hu''h wv" Er'"PS
Of women in ordinary raimcnt-tuu ordinary,
iI.,,,,. g., than, d, y.u,,,,c within the nav, 49,
e'"e""s' ''' '.," W ,"'',t - - .,
hal gathered al the HdeS 81 VI" u's H"'t y" a.. W
BE- on hand when the bridal party should arrive.
The coats adjoining, the centre aisle were already
Tue SeaS "u!''''ns '''' '."'', "''',
occupied tulS thlfd "l III" way !" INC a''n'
We had the pplitcncSS which merely passed
a., ignorance TO ask where We might sit The
little old woman Nh" manipulated lle ""'N WAGER
brush told us with q shrug 81 her shoulders
Il, sit ,,b.r, a.. nlcnsrd So We shrugged our
.,.'t,', ,J s,, ',,,,n i, so,, NOR, ,i.Ic
snuuyts, tUs am Sn' uus !" S"u ii,,, o" ~,
scnts We rran'I enough M hnrrh hn, 9TH
,ass 80 . LOW, W. rrnt ot "' En" h.,J
sIsh'S'lS w. ~ -, ~ -, 81 NV, IL ~,
ing S,l,S, ,u''' n,,I, W,i,;h ,,;,sns Er,nrb
OF ihlIiI Iell angular nt,'iSh maiur ,r, @
M"m,n oy tne Iot'h cam. IN, "S'TSb y, Nn nt,
lcN phsrtS w, "i'E y, w ,'ii -, ~,
tNrptin aisle scatN hrf' thrS s,I,ici in,m
,. me r, ,u 10 ~ Th.y s, nm tbr aisle
M, sis,it0iiy b,,, alas it them, misunderstanding
"a 80, ~ ""' 60. -" al -, .Sr..
nmu WI, o'u,l' "' ,, i,.nt ,,,. ,h, L,,is,
%,,Ss b%a:linE ssho:i and iG%rSs, @Iia; asatp.ts
al ,pJ ,,s,. 'bi,,i n, stan A. tho r,,r 81 The
Church ' "T At the SD, Nj at, usher Vas there.
ishrrs arc nor mari 81 tho mn'rmmnial macEinrry
~. ss H., sp. in Inv \m.,ir, ~ =
Bv few minutes before IL the churrh
was c,Swdsi Tw" gnrg"aus bcsdles' in c"ck I'd
shocs dn,,liny ct~,tur"s covered Tin roII and
silver btaid and catfyins tall wands tipped With
Snd ,h,.w ancn ~" V,.St r%nt,.i G,,ts Il,
b"bcld IN" bridal pfncrss.nn or most Of II, The
b,,S. snd m, h,d,.r,,,r, n.,r n", &C., thr,. b,,,
A, III. head If IN. pSoccssiun as IL stood Was a
cold bra,drJ nthc", ,'c"ttiIt- n wmflsn in = b"1n
1iiui lavender vrlvc, gown. IS The DOCS wrrc
,h,n,n ,,ncn ib. ,,rId h,.iird ,ficr, a A.. ., l..
in the art Of cnmbing hi, hait lie calmly nm
ished tunpinr m" Comb though his i"rSs, re-
turned IL tn lis p1c,ct and eutr,cI
The p,ncession had COM, but a few stops int,
IN. church when II divided the men taxing ono
side and the women the othct Fscinp: oil" an
other thus they formed an aisle Which rHtrndrt!
"nt ,h,au s YIN, me ,rI,ro and bari WAY down The
stems [ D this AID, came th, b.dr "a the arm
form and e~rortins the bid = mu,hc TIC
rest of the INN diair family inlipwrd. all the
women velvet Except tho bride
maids who VEG hack in III m ddIr ~ the prp
Cession They wore nal. ulur silk gowns NOT
alike hats III m, N mo -l,.I,. and carried two
ItIl. hays nf blue silk iriru,d vth lace and All.
fetal f7tgrt.nir. nots The putpysr fnt which
the bags wore carried was apparent latrr
The plrtico and The sidewalks ON both sides
Of the st,r,t wcrc picked With spectators in.
side the church the bcadlr was having u lusS,c
with the women who had s,rrItcd az they sup,
posed good places BY The dor Apparrliiy
thrv drrp, resented the idea thai tic ~, .,,,iiI
should line up IN from, nf them They pushed
10 the front in their turn Then the b-fdI" tool.
a hand Roth hands i'm fact for he sin,piy SPREAD
gu, his two white. gloycd palms and sh wed There
we've ptntrstatons and tinp.qsart Irn,a fl;s from,
both SID and, while tary wr,r st.li a. iushin'
and A .Shoyiu' " the bride a,iycd AT The d a., and
waited The hradlc was hryiu. the linn, 4 his
life and apparently hGL fnfguttrn thai a bid.
was expected But a u.c.l.gsrd man hoped
out Of the crowd on the portirn ,tumprd on hi
clutches IN font Of the bride took the cnragr,l
h.adl, BIZ the arm, showed him The waiting pfr
ceqsion and then took rdvantagc Of his act Ia
,IpinIp a place in the church
'rhc Other mnctiorary was forthwith sum,
raoncd from some battle he was waging ON his
own side in. two ri.t,"ring bauhI.s tL0t is
10 s,., hc,oir, hcsd'I thr n,nrrssinr ,I,, n,,,,r