Evening star., 1915-01-31
A Louisville Bride
and Her Maids.

and Her Maids. ferson. jr. The
pride wore an exquisite gown of bridal
satin and tulle. trimmed, in rose point
and duchesse lace. The bodice, which
was made of tulle, was cut neck with
long tulle sleeves.
The bertha of duchesse lace was held
by row of seed pearls and the waist
was finished with a broad girdle of
white satin. hand embroidered in seed
pearls. Around the back of the girdle,
extending to the hips, was a spray of
orange blossoms.
The court train was held at the
shoulders with orange blossoms, and
outlining the train at the neck were
seed pearls. The skirt was cut round
length and was made of tulle mounted
over the bridal satin. The lower part
OF the skirt was edged with rose point
Lace and draped on this skirt was a
ruffle of duchesse lace, which came
high on one side and low on the other
and was held by cluster of orange
blossoms. Her long tulle veil was ad-
justed with a cluster of orange bios
of ascension lilies and lilies of the val
ley.
The costume of the maid of honor
was of white satin veiled in white
tuIIe ne cOFSdSe was maze entlFely
of white tulle and was cut V neck
with short sleeves. The waist was fin
ished with broad girdle of white
satin outlined with seed pearls. Across
the back of this girdle was a row of
gardenias. The short white satin skirt
was yelled with an overdreSS of white
tulle, which was cut in points and
bound in narrow white satin folds.
Over this fell four graduated 1ounces
of white tulle, which were held by
white gardenias.
Her flowers were ascension lilies and
white stevia combined with maiden
hair ferns.
Gowns of the bridesmaids were of
white satin and white net. The lower
part of the corsage was of green satin
veiled in white net. the upper part
being of net. These waists were made
V neck with long angel sleeves of
white net, edged with silver. The short
skirts of white net were finished with
three bands of silver and fell over an
underdress of white satin and lace
with wreath of French rosebuds. The
short waists were formed by three
bands of silver and edged with two
| rufiies of net. To give the long waist
effect were wreaths of French sebuds
around the hips. Falling from the
shoulders were green satin sashes em-
bouquets of ascension lilies and white
stevia combined with maidenhair ferns.
The flower girls were attired in girl
ish white lingerie frocks with green
sashes, and they carried canes, at the
bottom and top of which were tied
smilax, and in the center was caught
Il bunch of pink roses and ferns.
There is one problem that confronts
and perplexes every generation of
dancers in turn as
After Your Dance each set of beaux
and bellies appears
40 osSA' upon the scene,
and that is the grave question what
the man is to do with his partner when
the dance is finished and he wishes
to take turn with somebody else.
The unwritten law is that he may not
leave her alone, that it is his duty as
a hero and gentleman stay by her
until some other man comes up to take
his place.
There ought to be a regular method
of procedure which should relieve both
the man and maid from the yoke of
an attendance neither cares for. Ii
or walking alone in a ballroom could
be lifted from the spirit of the average
woman or girl the problem would be
solved then and there.
In Boston they have what they call
"the dump heap"-a group of matrons
and maids where man deposits his
partner as a matter of course.
In other days he could take her to
her chaperon or to the hostess, but
now the chaperons and hostesses dance
up to the younger women to make the
phrase get stuck" an obsolete term
tccording to report, Chicago has the
name among eastern youth of being a