The San Francisco call., 1910-10-16

HE bride whose means are so
limited that she cannot put her
decorations into the hands of a
professional florist has the
happy knowledge that if the flowers
are arranged and the wedding break
fast prepared by her friends. the touch
Of love is in everything. This knowl-
edge must compensate for the thought
that one cannot give decorator and
caterer carte blanche, and thus roll the
burden of responsibility from ones own
shoulders upon those of the hirelings.
But, II one could do this, one could
not secure the individual touch, the
dainty token here and there that shows
that the work has been a labor of love
For the October wedding the chrys-
aEthemum Is the ideal floral decoration.
If one chooses the yelloW-and-w white
variety. the color-scheme may be car
ried out in all the preparations. A
screen Of palms and other potted plants
may be arranged from greens hired for
the occasion. In front of the screen the
bridal pair viii stand. Above them
from the ceiling should hang a wedding
bell Of white cbrysapthemums. the clap
per consisting OF a huge yellow bios
som. The wire frame for this bell can
be bought, and the wires should be
wound with strips Of dark green muslin
upon which can be stitched or pinned
the white horal covering. About the
room set bowls and vases OF the
golden and white blossoms, The
aisle improvised up the center Of the
room viii be Of lengths of white and
Of yellow satin ribbon, inteFtwined.
Twist the balustrades with smilax,
and in this stick yellow and white
chrysanthemums at intervals of six or
eight inches, The ushers may each
wear a single white chrysanthemum
in his buttonheie, while the brides
maids carry large bouquets of the yell
low Japanese variety tied with white
ribbons. Even at a chrysanthemum
wedding the prettiest flowers for the
bride to carry are white roses or lilies
of-the-valley-if these can be procured
at this time Of year.
II there are TO be present only the
members OF the two families, or about
a dozen people, a. is pleasant 10 seat
all at one table for the wedding
breakfast, This table may be spread
with white damask cloth, on the
center Of which rests a bowl or gold
and white chrysRnthemums. Single
blossoms may be laid here and there
upon the table, Tt Is pretty idea TO
have small boxes containing pieces of
the wedding cake arranged about the
base OF the bowl OF flowers. These
boxes should be white,s with the
initials OF the bride and groom stamp
ed on them in gilt Each box is tied
with yellow ribbon. and these ribbons
are stretched 10 the plates of the
various guests. When the breakfast
Is over each person pulls out the rib
bon that lies at her place and thus
draws out her box Of wedding cake as
a souvenir OF the occasion For the
chrysanthemum wedding a good
breakfast menu would be;
Clam Cocktails
Cream cf Lettuce Soup.
-. Iimbales OF Salmon.
Potatoes.
Grapefruit salad Crackers.
Orange Frappe
GOLD and Silver Cakes.
Coffee.
The clam cocktails should be served
In small glasses buried halfway to their
sGps in crushed fee mounted on plates
t1c-e soup VIII, OF course. be poured into
boDllon cups; the chicken may tie
carved outside and passed by the writ
ress; the salad arranged on the various
plates and set in front OF the guests.
Serve the frappe in long-stemmed
glasses. The cakes should be on the
table during the entire meal and passed
with the frappe. The coffee in small
cups can be taken at the table or in
the drawing room after the repast. as
preferred.
Another pretty scheme for the Oc-
tober wedding Is a decoration con-
sisting entirely of autumn leaves.
These can be had in great numbers
and are most effective At one
home wedding the walls OF the room
in which the ceremony was per-
formed were lined with branches OF
gorgeous foliage Great clumps ot
Eurnac filed Jars and vases One
corner Of the square room was banked
with hemloelg boughs and scarlet
branches. and formed beautiful