The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07

OF the day '"e ies'
The bride wore no Veil over bor faoo
n beautiful veil of lace was caugbt Mn
| - orange blossoms on her hair and
| I'm thefe Eel almost 10 the end Of ber
| an but her face was uncovered and
! So e-ii4i9d az the people along the aisle
| f.,,,,i - nave wondered at so many I'M
fa,l- i races. Within the chancel rail
| rMo large sllded chairs faced the altar
1hese were for the bride and tbe bride
| SlooIn' rows Of chairs at each side being
| ~ tue others in the procession The
Wudl chairs We're hanked by two large.
AN Iat candles, which turned out to be
ny purely ornamental nor yet for relig-
ious purposes alone. 1t seems that these
edila.es take the place of the modest en-
| Nc'ole winch is an important feature of
weddings in America A French woman
explained the affair of the candles
foo see she said. IF the money was
Pu' mo an envelope and given 10 the
pics people might get off with giving
CHlH small amount That would never
CO 10 the priests inaugurated the custom
u p!aclhs candle beside the bride and
one by che bride groom. These candles are
q wax and The fee for the marriage cere-
n-ony Is stuck on them. Everybody can
sSe now much is put on, so the vanity of
tHe families concerned is aroused and they
t,y 10 make as good a showing as posi-
ie' often they secure, even though il is
nara 10 get them, gold pieces of 100 francs
each' sometimes there will be a whole row
q -O-tranc god pieces on each candle and
then people say;
Oh, did you see the candlesr
mere Is never any rivalry of course,
between the family of the bride and that
oI lne bridegroom. The amount to be put
on the candles is decided on beforehand
ana very often the Bridegroom puts the
pieces on the BRIDES candle for her"
Ihere was constant confusion at the
wedding he other day throughout the GER
cmony which lasted over an hour. First,
after some prayers everybody sat down
everybody who could-and the priest read
aIo for one solid half hour out of a little
| TOOK 1t seemed as if he must have read
II through Meanwhile people wandered up
ana down the aisles hunting for any stray
chair which might be vacant There are
no seats in the side aises of the church.
ana here there was a constant shuttle of
| leet as people walked back and forth, talk
ing to friends or hunting for good want
age point from which TO see the group
st the altar. After the half hours reading
there was mass with beautiful music
and toward the close of this we found out
why the bridesmaids carried their lille
blue bags.
They took up a collection Each bride
maid was escorted by a young gentleman
and each of these couples We're preceded
by headle. The little blue silk bags were
so tiny that they did not hold much but
the beadles carried the velvet bags of The
church. and the little blue sacks were
emptied now and then into the larger re
ceptocle. Each bridemaid made the tour
Of the church once so that two opportun-
lues were afforded to the generously in
clined. We were curious to know what the
collection was for
For the church, said the French wo-
man. "Oh, yes, indeed! And the bride
maids are as proud as peacockc II go
around for it. But oh, they are so jealous
of each other, They go out into the sa-
crisiy to count the money and If one has
| less than the other one, she cries They
90 around twice because each one has her
friends who wait for her and give only 10
her, so that if possible she shall have more
than the other one. And the priests
don't like it if they don't get a good col
I lection. If il Is too small-eh bien! the
| brdemaids must go around again"
Before the ceremony was half over the
| aises were so crowded that with the
| boarding school mounted on high before
us, it was impossible to see what was.
| going on at the altar. But apparently
there was no serious hitch in the wedding
for, at ten minutes after l o'clock, the pro-.
cession went to the sacristy 10 sign the
| register and the guests who had been
| scattered through the church fell into line
and began slow pursuit for the pur-
pose of Offering CONGRATULATIONS. Outside
The church a crowd waited for a glimpse
| of the wedding party and its numerous
! assistance" long string of well-ap
pointed carriages stretched along the two
| sides of the street A small crowd exam
! ined carefully the bridal equipage. That is
one of the features of a swell wedding.
Sometimes new carriages are bought for
the entire family party and the spectators
are quite as interested in the equipages as
they are in the gowns.
We enjoyed the wedding of the Duke and
the ss-to-be-eXceedingly but then.
these swell weddings seemed to be
| arranged for the special benefit
Of the rank outsider The in
vited guests apparently do not care to
go long enough in advance to secure good
seats and the consequence is that, at the
rank outsiders 1t is queer way of do
ing but uncommonly propit Gus for
American tourists and British mlidens at
school in Paris.
A Rrooklvn woman says the New York
Times had an experience not long ago
ebo thinks as she tells about 1t that It
was very amusing experience; so per-
hans IT was. but not every one would
have looked at it in that light. There
Iras q Young woman staying in the house
VINO was greatly in need Of skein of en-
broidery silk She did not feel that she
had time to 60 for il, or she did not
wish to. which is much the same thing;
so knowing just which one of the New
York stores would have it, she sent for II.
The silk would cost II cents, and She
could not send that amount very con-
venientlv. so she wrote to nave her goods
delivered c. 0. d. They were, but for
some reason. whether because they came
from Now York, no one knew, but they
arrived very late at night, and every one
in the house had retired. 1t was the wo-
man of the house who heard the bell, Of
course; she is always the one VINO sleeps
lin one ear open, and II was she who
sot nm partially dressed, and went to the
door Then there was The package 10
pay for. and she hurried back, found her
i,uyee and paid the bill. The chief feature