The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-25
Hints For the jane Bride.
THE WEDDING CAKE BOX.

THE WEDDING CAKE BOX.
Wedding cake boxes are in any de-
sign which the bride is pleased to order,
If she gives the instructions long enough
in advance At present, however. there
is tasteful preference for severe
shapes, with dependence upon the best
materials for distinction. Heavy white
Water-cOlor'' papers are the proper sort
for the covering Of boxes on the tops or
SIDES Of which the monograms. usually
OF both bride and bridegroom, are blend
ed in relief either in white or in gold
and silver. Ribbons for tying the boxes
are Of moire. taffeta OF satin.
The brides cake is exclusively the
brides Whatever the amount of cake
previously stored in boxes for the guests
To carry away as they pass out, there
Is always an especially decorated cake
among the goodies served to the guests
Tt is intended frequently that the bride
herself shall cut the cake in the pres
ence OF the guests, especially her maids,
who expect TO find in it a gold ring or
some other article pOrtending the mar
rying within a year OF the finder, says
the New York Press
A bride lately took high-handed hold
OF tradition, and substituted heart for
the ring OF our foremOthers' supersti-
ton.
Some persons account for the brides
cake by saying that it originally was q
sample Of what she could do in the way
OF fanciful housekeeping; her wedding
cake was her chief d'oeuvre. Whatever
the hazard now. and the dear girl is re-
haVed OF any possible last-minute dis
satisfaction with her accomplishments
w euulng cakes are sent any distance.
One Fifth avenue maker OF cakes whose
pastry has been famous since before
most of us were born shipped an Orna-
mented brides cake with distinguished
success 5000 miles. to LibreVille, Ga
boon. West Africa
Pastry ornaments Of brides cake often
are 0ncol0red- The rage for gold in
h
cake by the occasional use Of a wreath
OF gold fruits and flowers. This is not TO
be eaten It remains intact after the
cake is cut
Value Of Exercise.
ADVICE OF AN ENGLISH NOBLE
WOMAN
me women OF today. IN the opinion of
Susan, countess OF Malmesbury. are not
radically different from those Of past
generations In recent article which
Lne countess contributes to an English
periodical she seeks 20 rid the mind of
the 1aMacy that outdoor exercise is 4
special attribute of the women a. tho
present day. Our mothers and grand
mothers she reminds us, could sit a
horse. WELD a salmon rod and use an
oar We know too that Mary Queen of
Scots could never keep her health mn
less she rode twenty or thirty miles a
day, and that the ladies of her court ar.-
companied her when she went ont
haW king Both the women and the men
Of past days LED, forcedly lives which
were IN the main Quietsr than ours. 10
cemoti0n being 50 much more extensive
fattguing and difficult says the Chi
cago Sunday Chronicle.
Many things which formerly were
done at home by the mistress of the
house and her maid servants are now
best accomplished elsewhere. We no
longer brew, and do not often bake-at
least, fer the entire household. The doc
tcr and the chemist OF today are more
Eehaole than those OF the past; there
19Fss The mother of the family does not
ma 1k necessary or even advisable %
GSea1Ret. medicines for those about her.
Certainly the principles and practice
Eesa5f appear to have created ca race Of
rs Outstanding young women. many Of
NPom leave their homes. where they
hove been loved and delicatelv n1sr-
esred. 90 follow their husbands, endur-