Evening star., 1915-05-23

| Useful for Future taking pictures of
yr1L yryL weddings prom
| ises to become one
of the most popular phases of the bust
| ness
| A simple home wedding, he says. can
| be crowded on 800 or 400 feet of film.
while 500 will give ripping reproduc
| tion of a church affair, the bride. with
train all spread. marching up the aisle
on papa's proud arm, ready to meet
her fate.
On 800 feet can be shown the actual
splicing. the benediction and the re-
| turn march down the aisle. with. per-
haps. a fiickering glimpse of the BRIDE
groom waiting at the chancel with his
! uncomforta ablelooking best man.
1t will show the crowded pews of re-
lations and rubber-neck friends, and
the twisting and craning of those in
the side aisleS trying to see whether
the brides veil is of real lace.
The camera man, if papa be prodiga1
of his shekels and balk not at the idea
of a few hundred feet more. will fol-
low the blissful couple to the brides
them as they receive congratulations,
and into the supper room to get
movie of the brides table, and then
take up his position at the canopy to
r.
leave the house on the first lap of their
wedding journey; or he may even fol-
low them to the station and get them
as they disappear out into the cold.
cruel world. with much waving of
handkerchiefs from the end of the OBJ
Servation car.
The principal satisfaction to be de-
rived from the possession of such
minute reproduction of ones wedding
ceremony will come in after years. The
m
for instance, at each anniversary cele
bration. In after years, if it be treas
ured carefully, children will deeply en-
JOY the opportunity it affords them of
seeing papa and mamma getting mar
ried"
The cost of wedding party movie
may vary anywhere from $3.50 into the
realms of high finance.
Accompanying the pictures will be a
description something like:
Miss Soonto-Be arrives at the
church: Miss Pretty Girl. her maid of
honor, in yellow georgette, with leg
horn hat trimmed with daisies. and
carrying a bouquet of the same: Miss
Society Bud and her companion maids,
gowned in and so on ad infinitum.
The cost is in the neighborhood of 50
cents a foot of film. or 1T may be
slightly more. according to circum-
stances.
The whole event can be pictured from
the wedding march to the farewell
whistle of the honeymoon special-ra-
diant mother. happy father, envious
friends and ALTO be reproduced in the
comfortable. happy years to follow.
even unto the second and third genera
tions. to the soft strains of Here
Comes the Bride or 20 Promise Me
Come and visit u.s." Narberth, Pa,
says, 'in cherry blossom time
And those who ac-
Whole Town cept, the invitation
Initiates Her continues. Will see
Anlltales aei' how one woman's
idea. backed by an energetic civic as
sociation, can transform a main line
| town into a veritable Japanese garden.
For that's what Narberth hopes to be
by next spring.
Mrs. Norman Jeffries is the woman,
and the idea sprang from two three
japanese cherry trees growing in her
garden on Narberth avenue. It's cos
mopolitan sort of garden. with English
hawthorne Dutch tulips, tropical foliage
and the cherry trees from Japan.
During the last few weeks these two
or three cherry trees have been pink
with blossoms. From the street in
front Of the garden they looked as
though some artist had selected the
prettiest pink he could find on his pal
and touched up the landscape They at
tracted the eyes of all Narberth. for
the very good reason that you couldn't
miss seeing them
About the time the trees were In full
bloom the Narberth Civic Association
was asking for IDEAS for beautifying the
town
PLANT the japanese double Towering
cherry tree" Mrs. Jeffries suggested and
the idea caught instantly.
Narberth began planting. Growers had
more orders for japanese double flower
ing cherry trees than they could fill.
Thus far 200 of these trees have been
planted In the borough, and there are
orders for 1000 more next fall. Cherry
blossom time will turn all Narberth pink
next year.
Visitors to Japan will remember that
the tree is regarded with an almost sa
cred reverence in the land of the mi
kado Cherry blossom time there is
one grand holiday.
The blossoms of the tree which Mar
berth is putting on the map of the west
ern hemisphere are as large a silver
dollar white in color, with delicate pink
edges. From a distance the tree in
bloom looks Ike bank OF Dorothy Per-
kins roses. There are several blossoms
hanging from single stem. The tree
is hardy and after transpa ntirS thrives
better than some of the native species
| Much OF the entertaining for tine balance
of this month will be for the brides-elect
and the very latest
Variety Replaces method of enter
| e tanning for them
kltcnen onoWer. is by vanity
F, shower" Showers for the brides to- be are
| being revived steadily and are gaining in
| popularity The vanity shower is rather
| novel, and includes everything for the
bride from the beauty spot to the loveliest
vanity case. Powder cases. perfumes. any
of the toilet requisites. tiny sachets and
any of the dainty little necessities to make
| milady more attractive would be joyously
| welcomed instead of the kitchen and linen
| showers.
| or course. the vanity shower could in
| clude boudoir caps, silk hose, pretty little
| negliges, or bit of ivory or silver for
| the dressing table.
] There have been several interesting
! engagements announced of late. includ-
| ing that of Miss Marie Louise Wana-
| maker, the daughter of Rodman Wana-
| maker by his first wife. and Gurnee
Mum, "A son of Mrs. Charles A. Mum
/ of Washington. p. c. Thursday Mr..
and Mrs George w. Elkins. jr.. of Ell
| kins Park. Pa, gave dinner dance for
/ Miss Wanamaker, the guests including
members of a large house party at the
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