The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-03

touch of mediaevalism about it
 Paris, September 24-With us in Amer lea the wedding procession as climax to an exhibition of clothes by a dress maker is not new. It is new over here Therefore the house which took it up was thrilled with the dramatic possi- bilities of it. It did not astonish the buyers as the manager thought 1t would but it gave them new ideas as to wedding gowns and veils, especially veils.
 Buyers who had prospective brides to dress saw in some of the featured de- tails enough novelties to eXpolit, and | that means much to the American. None 1 but the designers know how difficult ! is the order for a bridal outfit; some or | it is easy if it is to be arranged at the beginning of season, for new clothes are everywhere and one need only select | from the assembled fashions; the diff cult part of the proceeding is to ar | range a gown and veil that is not com l monplace.
 Brides will be married in white and they will have tulle or lace head COW l erings Two centuries of frequent usage have reduced the two articles Of ap- parel to an appallingN monotonous level. | One of the strongest reasons against novelty is the fear of the average bride ! to depart from the traditional path. She uhuall feels that to do anything diff 1 ferent might interfere with the validity of the marriage service. NO one mas ibeen strong enough to guide her away from white for instance, though there . is no reason for it's continuance as the one color in the world for marriage | iceremony Sentimental reasons. yes, but lnothing stronger However the world IS quite willing to permit white to continue it's sway, but the designers pray con- stantly for a flicker of a new idea to sail across the horizon and incorporate itself in wedding gowns.
 Because that wish is always dominant, whatever suggests novelty is eagerly seized upon Even brides try out
 schemes, often quite hideous, or in bad taste, to change the ceremony from the
 conventional march up the aisle, the set number of bridesmaids. and the put tonholes in the ushers' coats. All the laqes have been called upon to furnish
 suggestions. and then came the war with it's thousands of hurried marriages, fol' flowed by the uncermOnious marriages IT
 France to form a strong Franco-Am
 can alliance. If one likes curious scenes it would be amusing, by the way, ana giV'
 room for thought, to sit morning ln oui lembassy over here and watch the end Hess line of young French brides wait l. ing to get their passports to go to then , new home their new flat, and their new
 and young American husbands. w have wondered for three years what ou
 women would do for husbands after th' man slaughter here" said French Of ficer. NOW we know how 1t IS 10 p' managed Then thousands of our giri | have already become American citizens l will it work out well?" l wonder ' Well, none of these war brides, Amer ican or French, cared about the style , | in wedding veils or the novelty Tn wed lding gowns, but the brides of Noven , Der in America will care. And to then this new idea put out by Beer on th , Place Vendome, will bring happy re lief from the conventional.
 This wedding gown is of thin sllve . cloth. the drapery of white tulle em 7 broidered in flat and fragile silver roses The train is only two yards long. Tn , bodice is quite decollete. and that Tn ltsei . | is significant for it changes the style 1 tyyinlxl;ne of an eye The high bodic and the day wedding have been fashion able so long that America almost get lfhat once the evening wedding and tn How bodice were considered correct. m
 bodice has it's embroidered tulle carrie into a deep " back and front ana thef
 are no sleeves, not even two-inch apole p
 gies for them. The veil serves that pur
 nose And this veil is really lovely; | is nlain on top the head, which 1t mt like cap and has a slightly wire
 visor in front that does not slant dowf
 but goes straight out over the eyes
 is run with threads of silver. Aroun the head is fragile wreath of silve
 leaves separated by tiny orange buds 2
 soft white silk The veil of tulle
 gathered to this cap so far in front tha
 two full panels fall on each side
 the cheeks, wedging the face Tn petWee
 them in a medaeval manner. The lowe
 edge of the tulle back and front, weighted by the slender silver roses.