Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-10
Getting Properly Married.

solemniy on dads arm, many mod
ern girl has. declared that going to the
geod old Justice of the peace was her
idea of getting. properly married.
However, that's only one point Of
view, and to most girls-at least the
very youthful ones-getting properly
married depends tremendously on a
hundred little points of correctitude.
The brides family pays for the in
vitations and announcements. for the
conveyances that take the bride and
her attendants to the church, the
bridesmaids flowers and for the we'd
ding breakfast, supper or reception
The bridegroom pays for the ring,
the minister's fee, the license, the
ushers' ties ana gloves, their own and
his conveyance; ahe also customarily
gives the bride a present of jewelry'
sends. her her bouquet, and bestows
on the best man and ushers tie pins
or cuff links. -
Invitations should be dispatched
three weeks ahead; Unless the we'd
ding is very informal, engraved ones
are correct. " Otherwise you send
friendly little notes. .....
Then the bride=to-be: begins to be
bombarded withegifts; each with its
significant bit of white pasteboard
containing the donors name. Don't
let those visitingscaEds escape till you
have noted them for your thank
yous."
Shall the gifts beg on view at the
wedding? Yes, but remove the cards
People do like to look at the presents
and if you don't$like the idea Of dis
play, arrange them upstairs in
room conveniently near the head OF
the staircase.
The hour of, the wedding is for the
bride to choose. Many fashionable
New York weddings have of late been
held at four o'clock in. the afternoon.
For q church wedding that is good
hour; an evening home wedding is not
so smart, but often very charming.
White ribbon marks off the seats OF
honor in the front of the church. on
each side Of the center aisle, and to
those seats the ushers escort the fam
lily and intimate friends of the couple;
those of the bride on the left; the
groom's on the right The brides
mother has the seat of honor. Be-
fore, the wedding march begins and
the ushcrs fall back to the door to join
the procession. they tie in the guests
with white ribbon bands.
The first to come in the bridal train
is somebody's little niece, cousin or
sister sweetly befrocked and carrying
a long-handled basket Of rose petals
or small flowers.
Then, Noah's- -ark-life, follow the
ushers, four. six or eight Of them, next
the pretty bridesmaids armed with
flowers, then the maid or matron OF
honor, or both together. and finally
the bride in shining white on her faith
er's arm.
AS they near the altar the bride
groom steps forward-he and the BEST
man having entered from the side
while all eyes arc bent on the brides
entrance. The clergyman, too, con-
veys the effect Of having miraculously
appeared in his place. The bridesmaids
form at the left of the bride in a SEMI
circle, opposite the ushers at the rieht
of the bridegroom. The maid OF nom
or is at the brides left elbow. ready
to hold her bouquet at the fateful
moment when the ring Is being SIP
ped on sher finger. The best man SOL
icitously stations himself at the right
of the bridegroom and suffers all the
pangs of losing the ring several times.
When the minister asks, who
gives this woman away? dad replies
"I do" and then steps back to the
front seat beside mother, while the
bridegroom carries on.
If there's flower girl, she leads the
procession away from the alter. scat
tering flowers on her way.
Then While the DrlQal CouIic '''iu
the bridesmaids arc slipping into their
limousines the ushers are back on the
job untying the white-ribbon- n-bound
herds of guests and escortins them
up the aisle to the door.
A reception at the brides home or
at a hotel usually follows the church
service and here again 1t is a busy day
for the ushcrs who must escort guests
up to the receiving line, which may
include more than the newly-weds and
their parents.
Next the guests 20 to the dining
room to parake of the wedding
breakfast. .-..-
The wedding cake is usually in
small white boxes monogrammcd and
decorated with white ribbon. Some
one has to bo elected TO stand by and
issue this cake ration.
When the bride appears dressed FOR
the Journey, she carries her bridal
bouquet and tosses it into the throng
waiting at the foot Of the stairs.
Lucky the maid who catches it.
The day after the wedding, in the
midst of sweeping up cake-crumbs and
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