Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-21

catering establishments of this city. Never
in my knowledge have we been called upon
to serve at so many really large country
weddings.
Two hundred guests at a country house
wedding used to be considered a very large
number to serve with seated breakfast,
whereas within the last three months we
have had wedding after wedding where the
guests numbered 400 or 500. Among the rich
there is not the slightest disposition-at
least can't see it that way-to cut down
in the number OF house guests at a wedding.
Houses are being increased in size all
the time and 1t Is possible to take care of
more people at one time than 1t once was,
when a back yard space was given over to
the use of servants and stray cats instead
Of being built upon.
Wine at the wedding.
1T is the exception to serve a wedding
breakfast without wine. This fact has
come to be so well understood that in cases
where either the family of the bride or
the bridegroom have scruples against the
promiscuous dealing out Of wine the diff
Guilty is met by not having any breakfast
at all and postponing the wedding to the
afternoon And even an afternoon we'd
ding reception is considered a very tame
a
Of punch at least.
There is one odd custom which clings
to even the smartest weddings--cuttlng the
brides cake. At the present time we make
this cake Of the same ingredients we use
for the cake dealt out in small boxes, and
its size varies. II there are twenty-five
persons. say, at the brides table. the cake
must be larger than II there are only ten
or dozen.
ION the other hand, the particular cake
the bride cuts must not be so large that
there will be a chance OF any one failing
to get souvenir in his or her slice, for
nowadays besides the thimble. ring OF
coin, we put also into the brides cake tiny
! gold ornaments, such as an automobile
a whip, a racehorse or some emblem OF
! sport.
Anything. almost, will answer for the
purpose. and 1t is possible occasionally e
match these souvenirs to the particular
tastes OF the wedding party, As some one
/ put It the other day, the modern bride cake
is sort Of prize package. BY the way
these tiny trihes must be of solid gold. NJ
imitation trumpery goes
Fortunately for US. New York people
have decided that there cannot be too
many flowers at a wedding" Fifth ave
nue. florist said when the question Of fora
decorations was suggested. The question
| OF cost alone keeps most brides from
turning the drawing room foor-most o
the house, indeed--into a ioral bower
In the case of the church It is a trih,
different. There is almost tendency.
think, to simplify decorations at tn,
church, in favor Of increasing them at tn
house,
Church Decorations.
PLANT decoration is more and more re
sorted 70 for the chancel. chiefly becaus
II is more effective than cut flowers, un
less the latter are arranged in masses
Indications are that at few weddings thi
winter one will see arches OF flowers span
ming the aisles or clusters OF flowers Of
every pew the length OF the middle aisle
In two orders have arranged to III
early In November the first ten pews only
which are roped on for relatives ana clos
est friends, Will be trimmed with cut sou