Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08

the enlarged and modified lunch; but, GER
tainly, must respect her motives.
She says that it is a common thing to
go careering through the streets of Paris
to be stared at and hurrahed at like a cir
Gus. She says, furthermore, 1t makes bad
impression on the mass of acquaintance
invited to the church to see a select lot pile
into carriages beneath their noses.
She prefers. instead. to make a strongly
fiattering impression of the marriage on the
| greatest number possible. Even the re-
| prisals of church and state in separation
! has not been able to dim the glory OF the
church ceremony, for this simple reason
In vain did the archbishop of Paris declare
| that flowers and music were o longer in
| the province of his clergy. In vain did
| the good priests explain that the festive
carpets were no topger his to lay. Each
| wedding party clamored for an exception;
and nowadays they order flowers and music
charge and make it up to the church and
the poor of the parish in cash.
A Splendid Ceremony.
1t is a splendid ceremony, with carpets
candles. flowers. organ, viols, harps and
flutes and the Swiss vergers in their blue
velvet. white and gold lace, pounding the
church floor with their halberds.
The girls father leads her The groom
has his mother. The father of the groom
accompanies the mother of the bride. And
before them and behind them moves the
great 'cortege' of twenty, thirty, forty,
fifty couples,
Roll. music! The Swiss nearest to the
bridegroom whispers to them what to do,
kneel, rise, take the candle. The groom
pushes the ring we'll below her dainty sec
ond joint; otherwise she will turn out a
diSobedient wife.
Roll, music. Six or eight or ten young
couples of the cortege-the girls in light
| tinted picture hats and gowns. the men in
ev~ ming clothes in broad daylght-are max
ing the collection for the poor.
The way they take up the collection looks
like walking through a slow and solemn
minuet. 1t is impressive, l assure you. The
smart organist produces music as near to
a stately walk-around as possible. Each
finger tips of the left hand-the arms
raised high, affectedly. The girls move with
a mincing grace. Inc young men push
and pull them in and out the aisles The
whole church is divided into sections by
Their With concerted ceremony, all the
couples move in harmony. Roll, music!
They call it the collection minue-!
Roll, music! The bridal couple and their
noble cortege are now lined around the
sacristy wall in long imposing line. All
those invited to the church pass them in a
congratuating throng; and nearly every
face has broad smile, because its owner
knows that he will meet them at the new
style stand-up lunch in half an hour!
AS even the old restaurants with their
not adapted to this new letting down of the
bars, hundred beautifully halls
have sprung up in all parts of Paris, es-
pecially for these promiscuous stand-up
, dancing, buffet wedding lunches.
Now it is one of those snappy Orchestras
that tears off teasing dances. The crowds
and crowds of arriving guests ID caterers
cold delicacies and champagne galore
bought by the basket, even the good brands
are cheap in France! The hall lit with
electric light in daytime the flowers from
the church massed here and there, the
music and the dancing give the crowd a
flattering impression
Dancing Everywhere.
DancingI should say SO, The bride
stands-or even sits-a little pale and tired,
displaying her lace-trimmed gown and her