Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-19
For the Bride.

1t is a brides privilege to name the
date and hour Of the wedding. She is
expected to decide how many persons
shall compose her escort to the altar. and
who shall act as maid OIL honor. matron
of honor and bridesmaids. She also may
choose some of the men who shall act
uShers.
There is no rule defining exactly the
number of attendants at a wedding, but
as rule there are not more than twelve
bridesmaids at a church wedding; at
house wedding a maid or matrOn of honor
is frequently the only attendant besides
the best man and ushers.
Two or four bridesmaids are sufficient
for a house wedding unless the room in
which the ceremony is performed is an
extremely large one. Four to six brides
maids are the usual numbers that appear
at church wedding. But 1t is all a mat
ter of choice decided upon by the bride.
Before the day Of the wedding the
bridal party and the attendants should
have a rehearsal. If it is to be a church
wedding the rehearsal should be in the
church In this case all who take part
should remember that the church is a
place meant for worship, no matter what
the creed may be, and the behavior OF all
present should be quiet and dignified.
Well in advance of the wedding day
the bride and the mother should see the
Organist and talk over with him what
selections shall be played before the cere-
mony and which of the wedding marches
shall be played as the bridal party ad-
vances up the aisle. and also as they go
down the aisle after the ceremony is
over.
II 1t is to be house wedding, it is well
to have a small orchestra to play the
chosen selections.
Weddings may take place any time dur
ing the year, but even persons who do
not especially keep the I.enten season, as
well as those who do keep it. seldom care
to have q wedding celebrated at that
time.
| In the same way all days of the week
are equally favored by brides except FRI
day. which is considered an unlucky day
Sunday is. of course, not Included in the
list.
A fashionable wedding is usually cele-
brated at noon. or between 3 and q in the
afternoon Weddings that ta"e place be-
fore IL o'clock are, as rule. small af-
fairs where only the families Of the bride
and groom and their intimate friends are
i present.
The brides bouquet. as well as those of
| the maid or matron of honor and the
| bridesmaids, is provided by the groom.
but the selection of the flowers is made
by the bride.
The bride usually sends the bouton-
nieres to the best man and the ushers.
| though in some instances these are sent
| by the groom, and are selected by the
| best man at the same time that he at
tends to the buying of the neckties and
| gloves for the groom, himself and the
| ushers.
| 1t is customary for the bride to give a
luncheon to the maid of honor and brides
| maids about a week before the wedding.
| or she may give a dinner and ask all of
| the bridal party.
| maid Of honor and bridesmaids may tie
| placed beside each cover. If she gives a
| dinner for the entire bridal party the
| gifts for her personal attendants may be
| sent to their homes few days before the
| wedding.
The groom always gives dinner to his
| best man and ushers about week before
| the wedding. at which time he presents
| each man with some suitable memento of
the happy occasion, usually a scarf pin
| or cuff links which can be worn on the
day Of the wedding.
At a church wedding the doors Of the
building should be opened and the ushers
| ready to receive the guests about three
| quarters OF an hour before the ceremony.
| Each usher should have q typewriter
list Of the relatives and intimate friends
| Of the bride and groom, which he must
| study before the day of the wedding. An
| other plan frequently followed is for the
| brideand groom to go carefully over the
| lists and arrange for certain persons to
| be seated in certain pews. The numbers
| Of the pews and names Of those who are
| to occupy them at the ceremony are then
| given to the ushers
At house wedding there should be
| either q small altar with flowers massed
| back Of 1t. or merely masses of ported
1 plants and cut flowers at the end Of the
| room where the bridal party are to stand.
| A prie-dieux, or two cushions, for the
| bridal couple to kneel on, should be
/ placed in front Of the space where the
| clergyman is to stand.
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December II, 1910. averaged g. loo q b.