The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-27
UNIQUE WAYS OF
CELEBRATING WED
DING ANNIVERSARIES

Along with the revival Of old-fash-
toned ideas in dress, the twentieth
century woman is taking up a custom
that has gradually fallen into disuse
these many years ago-the celebration
of wedding anniversaries. She has gone
back to the belief of her grandmother
that it is a good thing for the wife to
make much of the anniversary days
in order to keep the heart young and
to renew the ties which were formed
in the days of courtship.
According to the tradition of ages
there are fourteen anniversaries to be
celebrated. These are:
First year, cotton; second year, pa
per; third year, leather; fifth year,
wooden: seventh year, wooden; tenth
year, tin: twelfth year. silk and fine
linen; fifteenth year, crystal; TWEEN
tieth year, china; twenty-fifth year,
silver; thirtieth year, pearl; fortieth
year, ruby; fiftieth year, golden; seven
ty-fifth year, diamond.
The first ten wedding anniversaries
give scope for the most variety in the
way of entertainment. as many ingen-
ious things can be planned at a small
| expense. After the tenth year it is
| necessary to entertain on a more elab-
| crate scale.
With the revival of this custom comes
an innovation for the first anniversary,
which is sometimes varied by being
called a sugar wedding, and which
gives opportunity for much merriment
in no nf q candy mil and similar
gaiety.
In any event, the form of invitation
is as follows:
1902 1903.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Root
request the pleasure of your COM
pany ON Thursday, October Is, at
o'clock in the evening.
Ala Maple avenue, Detroit.
1t goes without saying that the spe-
cial anniversary must be indicated by
the dates at the top. The invitation
itself may be written or etched on the
material which the anniversary stands
for.
If the sugar wedding is celebrated
instead of the cotton on the first an
| niversary, the invitation may be sent
| on large candy hearts. A novel idea is
to have a Noah's Ark for the center
piece ON the table. This should be
made of candy. Any ingenious woman
can make it herself without the aid of
a caterer, if she will buy mould the
| shape of boat, and make her candy
of light brown sugar to give the cor
rect tint.
For sails she can dismantle an ordi-
nary childs sailboat, or use common
manila paper pasted on flag sticks.
The animals may be made of sugar,
moulded into shape while the candy
is warm, or made in animal moulds.
Raisins, dried currans, cloves and all
spice are excellent accessories for eyes,
ears and noses. In lieu of better ma
terial for tails. wrapping Irvine and
shoestrings will do.
The ark may rest in a mirror to rep
resent the sea. Near by should be a
strip of land-Mt. Ararat-elevated
and rocky, with green things grow
ing. Some of the animals should stand
in the boat, others may be on land;
but each one should have a ribbon
tied about its neck, and be attached
to the place card of the guest to whom
it is to be given as a souvenir. Candy
canes for the men and candy flowers
| for the women will also make good
souvenirs.
Candy refreshments in the guise of
fish, fruit and vegetables should mas
querade for the occasion in dainty
| candy and bon bon boxes.
One of the prettiest of cotton we'd
| dings recently given was colonial af-
| fair. The invitations were etched on
white paper cambria, and issued ac-
| cording to the usual form. In the low
er left corner were the words: please
come in colonial costume
AS result the men came attired in
| cavalier costume and the women in
| colonial dress, fashioned from the va
rious colored paper cambrics, all be-
| comingly slashed and befrilled. Pow
| dered wigs and queues helped to car
ry out the idea, which was a decided
| success, particularly the cotillon in
1.-The wee sma' hours" when candles
| burned low.
For a paper wedding, fancy can run
riot with artistic results, for one can
| purchase crepe papers in exquisite
| shades, and with floral designs that
| rival real flowers themselves.
/ In spring or summer a cherry bios
som fete, la Japanese, could be car
| ried out nicely, and would be most
appropriate. For such an affair the
invitations should be sent out on small
Japanese fans which have cherry bios
SONS painted on them, The guests
may be requested to come in crepe
| paper kimonas and parasols, or the
| host, hostess and their waiting maids
alone may receive in Japanese cos
| tune.
If the weather is pleasant, Japanese
| lanterns may be suspended from the
| trees about the lawn, or the house
may be decorted with lanterns and
paper garlands.
The mantel and corners should bC
banded with cherry blossoms made
out of crepe paper, and in one corner
of the drawing-room a bower may be
made for the bride and groom. Fol
this the background may be of decor.
ated crepe paper in Japanese design
A large clothes tree should be trans.
formed into a trellis and covered with
the cherry blossoms and their leaves
Suspended from the ceiling in this
corner should be an immense bonboT
bag of pink crepe paper shaped like
a balloon. The foundation bag may
be of stout manila paper the outside
decorated with cherry petals pasted
closely together This bag should b.
filled with swapping bonbons.
At a signal from the hostess each
guest is blindfolded and given a small
wand, wound with cherry blossoms
He or she is led in the direction of thu
bag, and is told to whirl around rap
idly, then to strike the bag. AS car
be imagined, there are many misdi
rected blows, but in due time the bai
is broken, and the candy distributed
while their notices are read aIniC
much merriment.
The centerpiece on the table may b,
of branches of cherry blossoms ar
ranged to represent a tree under whicl