The San Francisco call., 1906-07-29

7 cago since her debut ana she was one
I of the central figures in the last Kir-
mess Among the de5utantes OF her
season she was a favorite and when
her engagement to Vincent Walsh was
announced il was declared 70 be one
of the best matches of the season.
1t was arranged that they should
be married in July-and July in Chi
cagO is not the ideal month for society
weddings. but at beautiful Mackinac.
a few hundred miles nOrthward. July
is the month Of roses rather thar
June; and besides Miss Cudahy had ar
ranged to pass the summer at the beau
tiful Cudahy cottage.
So il was arranged that the wedding
should take place on Mackinac-the
ideal spot for loveTs-and perhSps. at
least so it is hinted-the young couple
had other and tenderer thoughts in
selecting Mackinac as theiF wedding
place. for it is whispered that the
eourtship began there and that il was
on one of the beautiful tree clad bluffs
overlooking the straits that-anyhow.
they selected Mackinae and invited
their friends in Chicago society to at
tend the wedding there
Just who got the ring from the brides
cake only those who were guests at
the wedding breakfast know. but il is
limited that she is one of the younger
debutanteS, and that perhaps another
Wedding Cake Special may be run
through the northern pines at the be-
ginning OF the next summer season
or maybe even before that.
The cakes, still under the charge OF
the faithful patissier. arrived at the
straits without rose leaf broken. with
out sugar heart disturbed and es-
corted by the faithful patissier, assisted
by the chef, the sub-ehef. the corps OF
walters and other dignitaries. they were
hQr led h@ lsrfF ~,
unph upon the brides table.
The trip OF the special was ended
and the car which had been raised to
such high dignity came back to Chi
eago not as the Wedding Cake Spe-
cial,' but labeled "an empty
1T is a certainty at the present mo-
ment that the next Wedding y.ake Spe-
eiai will not be confined in makeup 10
a locomotive bare baggage car OF
mule ends and a sleepy patissier who
yawns in Fench. The possibilities of
such rolling stock are too limited Even
Refrigerator car with s45 icing bill
would be an Improvement over this.
All the history of railroading points
irrevocably to a magnificent cake car.
electric lighted. sided with heavy plate
glass and provided with a central orna-
mental cake pedestal on which the
cake itself shall rest firmly in the open.
save as a polished glass cabinet, silver
Manifestly in such a ear as this no
sleepy French patiSsier, incoming over
his skilled artidce. will suffice. Espe-
cially in the case OF two cakes-oride
and groomfin desi esignatiOn-sociaI ethics
will call for social chaperonage. No
woman chaperon will sit alone in & We'd
ding Cake Special for such a run, and
10 attempt a bachelor companion as a
solution OF the difficulty is alike impos-
sible- A mixed social gathering as a
social gendarmerie patissier. with side
board perquisites and staterOOm accom-
medations according TO distance and
numbers. at once become fitting neces-
sites as well as essentially becoming
and attractive social accessories. II as
guests at the wedding more than the
prescribed gendarmerie patissier are
candidate passengers. another than the
cake ear must become an integral part
OF the Wedding Cake Special until the
cake item in the large wedding" OF the
future may promise TO outdo Lucullus
himself
So far in this contemplation OF the
evolved Wedding Cake Special nothing
has been ventured further than the
rolling stock. the passenger list and the
sugared freight Under pressure OF the
speed mania an almost unlimited dend
opens for time cards With the en-
sembie of equipment and speed posi-
bic in the coming new order OF nuptial
things the report of the up-to-date
marriage in summer resort June or
winter resort December gives promise
of complete overturning in its news
features