Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-07

with a courtyard between them, one of
which she will herself occupy, and the
other will be occupied by her son-in-
law and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. j. D.
Cameron Bradley of - Hereford street
The frontage of the Sears stable isl
very large, and will afford a fine site
for~a dwelling house. with its view of
the Charles river. Mrs. Sears has not
yet decided about the disposal of
her house at 10 Arlington street, where
, she has resided for SO many years. The
Sears stable. when it was built was
handsome structure and Splendid1y
equipped. and when it was purchased
by the late s. Reed Anthony a large
price was paid for it. The demand for
fine residential sites in this locality,
which the river view makes de-
SRA BILE. has led other people of promi-
hence to purchase property there.
| among whom are Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
| Forbes Bigelow of 400 Beacon street
| They also haze bought a stable, and
/ viii have it torn down and handsome
| house built in it's place, which they
| will occupy.
| With many elements to give colonial
atmosphere to the wedding ceremony
and the attend
| Colonial Atmosphere ant festivities.
i to Wedding. EIecta catha-
rine Cornish. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis II. Cornish. was married, WASH
! ington's birthday. February -, to Mr..
; Howard Alden Kirk. in her parents
| house, Ye Yello 'Hous. in Stamford.
Conn. The bride is of colonial an :
| cestry, and her father for twelve years
has lectured on colonial topics for the
| board of education in New York.
! At the wedding the bridegroom's at
| PENDANTS wore the buff and blue uni
| forms of the American continentals,
and the bridesmaids wore costumes of
colonial days, with powdered hair ami
| beauty patches The brides mother
wore Il Martha Washington costume
| The bride wore a gown of satin char-
| meuse trimmed with lace, once worn
by her Grandmother Adams.
The brides attendants were misses
| Alice Phoebe Cornish, Margaret Mills.
Merle Briggs, Florence Whelan and
i Marjorie and jeanette CORNISH. Inc
| best man was Mr. George H. Cornish.
! Messrs Clarence Mix. Ralph Merritt,
| Wallace Hawley and Ray and Everett
! Higgins were the ushers.
The ceremony was conducted by the
Rev Louis f Berry, and there was
Scripture reading from hlnle loo year
| old by the Rev. II. A. Johnston.
| The house was decorated with bunt-
| ing, and the refreshments, recalling
revolutionary times, consisted of roast
meats cheese. pumpkin pies, punch ana
other condiments of that period.
|
'~The throwing of rice and confetti
| grew from the custom of pelting the
! newlywedS with
History of Wedding flowers as soon
| as they came out
customs. of church. The
I rin
made In two pieces, which fashion at
one time prevailed in England. The
bride cake and the wedding breakfast
are survivaIs of the day when food
played such an important part in we'd
dings. In England the word bridal Is
derived from brideale, which denoted
the bridal feast. Ancient Britons drank
marriage mead for thirty days to-
gether. The honeymoon is also reno
of other days, when brides were cap
| tured. Then it was hurried trip
| made necessary by the wrath of the
! brides father.
The wedding cake is even a survival
of the Roman nuptials. The ven II
marriage which today is arranged III
various modish ways. originally meant
to conceal the bride from spirits which
might do her harm. EVIL spirits, sc
folklore asserts, fear leather, thus the
idea of throwing shoes or slippers
after the bride. The costuming of the
bridesmaids in similar array comes
from the primitive marriages. wheI
the bride was surrounded by her CIR
friends, all dressed alike, so that the
evil spirits intent upon harm, might
not distinguish one from the other
The wearing of the orange blossom, II
is said, was first popular in the orient
and the custom was brought to Europe
from the east during the time of the
CRUSADERS.
In this day of combined sumptuous
ness and taste it is no easy matter for
! any hostess to
Alabaster strike the eye OF
| her guests with
Table Ornaments. house furnish
ings and decorations or table equip
ment. But a luncheon table at re-
| cent Chicago function evoked spon-
taneous praise from and gave delight
\ to a bevy of well known women who
have had a wide experience i'll the
! elegancies and Injuries of this lus-
| trous age We have had rare porce-
4 lain. glass. silver and gold table
j adornments, but this table had ala
baster as it's main establishment.
At either end was futed alaba Ster
column about two feet high, support