Evening star., 1915-05-30
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l am glad to chronicle a more roseate
state of things
twenty-five Days in the beau monde
f uyll: than was the case
week ago After
/ a period of natural depression. caused
! by the frightful catastrophe of the
early month, society people are once
| more sitting up and taking notice" OF
what is going on about them, In view
of the scores of approaching weddings
and the Incidental merrymakins, not
| to mention the bliss Of the young peo-
pie involved, it is only a pessimistic in
dividual who can resist the prevailing
atmosphere of spring, intermingled
with the near-athand chime of we'd
ding bells and the arrival of the month
of roses.
| 1t seems to me that | never heard of
| so many weddings as those which are
to materialize within the confines of
June's thirty days. Deducting the four
Sundays of the month. the two days
| of racing at the Country Club
and the three days set aside
| for the important episodes of
| Harvard's celebration-the ball game
| the races and class day. plus com
mencement-there are twenty-five days
! remaining for matrimonial events, and
| that space. for there are quite enough
| important weddings on the tapis to fill
/ the void to the satisfaction Of all con-
cerned.
And such wonderfully pretty girls as
are to take on matrimonial dignities
next month. 1t would be difficult to
| decide as to the belle and as to who
will prove the loveliest bride. Mary
Thorndike leads off in the long process
| sion of Boston maids who are to wend
hai ir res i've IN alt
! the glory of white satin, old family
! lace and orange blooms. and following
| will be Hope Norman and Harriet Bay
| ley. who. unfortunately. have decided
| upon the same day for their weddings;
| Christine Converse, Louise Dixon,
| Louise Converse. Ruth CASTOR and Ma
! rion Weld. who will be the most con-
| spicuous brides of the month.
An ingratiating, affable April has been
\ followed by a rather grouchy, unfriend-
| ly May in Chicago. Fur
| Summer Furs boas have been as much
a. in evidence as II 1t were
! IAe Aoplc. January. The white fox
| neck piece is especially a la mode, and
| promises to be a regular part of the
| summer wardrobe, and will be worn
| with muslins and other diaphanous cos
! tunes. But were the power of original
! vocal utterance restored to all these
white fox boas, they would not bark.
/ fear that some would baa-baa, others
meow, while still others might emit the
| ra abbit's timorous cheep-cheep.
| In England summer furs have always
| had a decided vogue. The fur cape and
| cotton gown OF the British dame or
| damsei quarter of a century ago ex-
] cited the amused comment of untrav-
eled Americans who were not familiar
| with the asperities of the English
| climate.
| Lady Algernon Gordon Lennox. who
! visited Chicago the year before the Co
=, lumbar fair, and who was acclaime ed
! the best dressed English woman Of her
! day created much talk during her So
| journ here by sporting sealskln skirt
! and thin muslin waists. The skirt was
cut in the sheathlike shape made fash
! ionable by Mrs. Noah according to the
Soah's ark tribes in modern playroomS)
| but it was considered as the height o1
extravagant luxury by awestruck Chi
cagOanS.
| From now until the end of June wed.
dings will be the chief topic in Cleve.
land society. Abou,
A Bridegroom the middle of the
of This City. corne,,a nrown Fin,
| will become the bride of Rev. G. c. F
Bratenahl. ID. u. This wedding viii
have a deeper significance than many
others, inasmuch as fate has not beer
| overly kind to this daughter of wealth
and position. Stricken with the loss o.
her father. the esteemed Alexander
Brown, on the day of her wedding t
Rev. Francis T. II. Finn, the wedding
invitations were recalled and the cere
mony quietly solemnized some time
later. Devoted to church and socia
| settlement work, Rev. Finn died short
ly after the marriage. Rev. Bratenahl
the bridegroom-to-be be, is well known II
Cleveland's exclusive circles, his family
having lived there years ago. The we'd
ding is to be the elimination of q
steamship romance, the brlde-elect anC
prospective bridegroom having met or
a European voyage last summer. The