Evening star., 1914-06-28
Wedding Finery.

At the marriage of Miss Dorothy Wilde
and Mr.. Earl Joseph Moon in New York
last week the bridal dress was OF soft
white satin charmeuse. The corsage was
cut low and square, and was swathed
softly around the body with folds Of
tulle over the shoulders and the long.
close sleeves were Of tule. the bride
wearing no gloves. There was a folded
girdle, and from this a coat tunic, shorter
at the front. fell fourteen to twenty
inches. and was finished with deep
f1ounce of point lace that dropped lower
on one side than the other. There was
square short train of the soft satin
lined with tulle. The voluminous tulle
veil was fluffed into a full soft cap held
by orange blossoms that trailed down
each side Of the dark coiffure and sprays
. of orange blossoms held it to the train
and gown.
The cap was held at the front by
long bar pin, set with many diamonds.
gift Of the Duchess de Talleyrand Miss
Anna Could. She also wore slender
chain, with a pendant of a large diamond
and large pear-shaped pearl. the gift OF
the Princess del Drago. She carried
bouquet Of lilies of the valley.
The first matron of honor was the
brides sister, the Countess Dentice de
Frasso. who wore lavender satin. with
plated tunic of orchid chiffon that came
to within six inches Of the bottom of the
satin skirt. The corsage was of the chif-
fon, save that in the center back the Law
ender satin showed as a wide panel, belt
ed across at the waist line with the fold
ed girdle to match. and went down the
back to the skirts edge. The chiffon
formed elbow sleeves and a Medici collar
at the back. and In the center front white
Her ide-brimmed shepherdess hat was
of orchid tulle with a large tulle bow at
the left side, and both the hat and the
collar were shirred to show outings OF
a deeper hue. The countess also wore
long rope of superb pearls and huge
sapphire set in diamonds on her corsage
and carried bouquet OF purple orcnlos
and lavender sweet peas.
The other two matrons were dressed
in light blue, and the three brides
maids were in pale pink. All wore huge
leghorn hats trimmed with full double
ruches of blue or pink tulle around the
crowns, and each had single PINK
| rose laid anywhere on the brim that
suited the wearer. The gowns had
mousseline bodices cut square at the
neck and having elbow sleeves with
turned back cuffs of tulle. The skirts
were slit at the back over petttcoats of
the tunics were draped in double loops
full on the hips and tapering in below
the knees. Wide folds of soft satin
formed the girdles. and were draped at
the back in huge bows that almost
covered the corsage back.
All of the attendants carried tall di-
rectoire canes. Those of the two young
matrons were topped with clusters Of
pink roses and those Of the three girls
with purple orchids. The canes were
the brides gift to her attendants. and
each had the owners initials engraved
on the gold band encircling it.
The marriage Of Miss Eleanor Rocker
and Mr. Harrison Tweed took place last
week at Greene Farm. the colonial
home of the brides parents at East
Greenwich, r. I. The ceremony was per-
formed out of doors at the end of the
long Poets Walk" which stretches from
the sloping lawn beside the house to a
hall screen of shrubbery at the further
end.
The bride and her attendants came
from the house across the veranda and
down the grassy slope to the music Of
the bridal chorus from "Lohengrin."
The brides attendants were gowned
long tunics and sash bows of taffeta.
chiffon bodices over pink with tiny
pink rose at the belt. Their hats were
quaint affairs of leghorn, with crowns of
deep blue silk, with a cluster of tiny pink
roses in front and strings of black velvet
ribbons They carried pink Killarnty
roses The brides gifts to them were
large oblong white leather pocketbooks.
with gold initials.
The bride was accompanied by her
brother. who gave her away She wore
draped gown Of white satin. with gar
niture of point dAngleterre d lace. which
also formed a Medici collar. Clusters Of
| orange blossoms ornamented the gown