Evening star., 1916-06-25
of their grandmothers into the pres
ent and are
Daguerreotype and using all the
Reticules Revived. oassar,as trorn

Daguerreotype and using all the
clever little ac-
Reticules Revived. cessor,es from
reticules to pantalets. There is some
thing appealing in the fashions of our
grandmothers, and every bride this
year is searching old daguerreotypes
and paintings for that little touch
which is entirely distinctive, says the
Seattle acknowledgement.
A quaint. old-fashioned setting was
the distinctive note when Miss Flor
ence Rhodes was married to Aubrey
Wilton. The wedding took place at the
home of the brides parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J.. Rhodes. 1905 Belmont ave
nue. Pink. blue and white were the
colors used in all the attractive deco
rations Old-fashioned bouquets. de-
murely round. were placed effectively
about the rooms. In the living room
the maDtel was banked with palms and
ferns. Tall tapers burned on the man
peonies with blue larkspur. Round
bouquets of the flowers were at the
base. flanked with tall tapers in mass
i've brass candlesticks. Formal bou-
quets of pink and white sweet peas and
blue forget -me-nots were placed at in
tervals about the room. Tall wicker
standards of ferns held white satin
ribbons, through which the bridal
party passed. The bride was a picture
of quaintness in her gown of white
satin. The short skirt was puffed on
the sides and caught with hoops. The
yoke and sleeves were of lovely rose
point lace. On the skirt was applqued
a rose of lace heavily beaded. Dainty
pantalets added to the old fashioned eff
feet. Her veil of tulle was caught in
cap effect at each side with pearl or
naulents, and fell in long train. On
Tia hem of the veil was appliqued
beaded rose. Her flowers, bride roses,
sweet peas and forget were
arranged in formal bouquet
=
Golden weddings and golden jubilees
are not uncommon. but golden gradu-
alton" is an honar en-
A Golden tirely unique, and one
which has fallen to
uraouatlon. the lot of but few ST
Louis women, says the be-Democrat
of that city.
Louis woman who has experienced the
thrills of a golden graduation" upon
which occasion she received a second
diploma, to supplement the one given her
fifty years ago by the same school. Mrs
Smith. who was before her marriage Miss
Carmi Lathrop. attended Central High
School fifty years ago.
She graduated in 1866 while still in her
early teens, and received her diploma
with a class of other girls and boys.
At the graduating exercises Of Central
High School Thursday. fifty years ago
to a day, Mrs. Smith sat upon the plat
form with the graduates of 1916 and re-
ceived her second diploma.
If an added distinction was needed to
complete the happiness of the occasion.
Mrs. Ford Smith experienced this pleas
ure also. as her granddaughter, Miss Irene
Lathrop Wooster. graduated with honors
at Soldsn High School on the same day.
Miss Wooster is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Wooster of Cabanne, and will
enter college next fall
! am told by all my feminine friends
and acquaintance who are not war
nursing or munitions max
unbonnet ing or filling places in
government Offices that the
Ooys' special inducement that
this summer is the fact that we will
all be doing something 'on the land.
haymaking III particular seems to be
the special stunt that will give an ex-
cuse for a good dea! Of amusement
mixed with a certain degree of useful
ness. writes Lady Mary in the Pitts
burgh GaZetteTimes.
1t is toward this summertime end
possibly that one sees impressive ex-
hibits of sunbonnets in all the smart
shops devoted chiefly to hats or
lingerie. Print sunbonnets, almost ex
women two or three generations ago,
English summer fashions in the West
End of London
They are made of gingham or fine
linen or Colored cambric and are in all
sorts OF old world colorings and de-
signs, and they are corded, gauged and
finished with long strings to tie under
the chm Just as in the days when the
milkmaids and shepherdesses We're sup
posed TO be specially ornamental fea-
lures OF bucolic English landscape
II is pointed out. however. that al
though cotton sunbonnets are thus
II is not to be supposed that they will
make their appearance on the heads
Of their owners in Mayfair or Bel
grsvis- Not even The most conscien-
tious Of war economists would, fancy.
wear these strictly utilitarian head
coverings within the towns restricted
area
I.,E &c.