The Washington times., 1937-02-19

"Is it proper to have married
sister of the bride act as matrOn OF
| honor, when the groom has only
one attendant, the best man?
! "Is it proper to have the first
name and initial of both the bride
and groom appear on the wedding
announcement instead of having
the second name?
How should the brides calling
cards read?
How should the bride sign her
name when she writes the thank
you notes for the wedding pres
ents?
"If the best man comes from
another town, who pays his travel
ling expenses, and his expenses
while in town? Wouldn't it be
more convenient for him and his
wife to stay at a hotel rather than
try and stay at the home of the
bride or her relatives?
"READET." :"
Yes, even if there are to be no
ushers, it is correct for the bride to
have two attendants, if she
wishes, her married sister as ma
tron of honor, and her best friend
as maid of honor.
They may be dressed alike, and
walk together. Or they may be
dressed alike and walk separately,
the matron of honor just before
the bride and her father.
Formal items such as wedding
invitations and announcements
and visiting cards should not have
any abbreviations that are not
strictly necessary. The ones that
are usually the only ones neces-
sary are Mr.. and Mrs.
Other abbreviations, unnecessary
ones, inevitably give a second
rate impression to such an i'm
portant item as a wedding an
nouncement. If I had to choose
between using an initial and omit
ting a name altogether, I would
choose the latter.
The brides visiting cards should
carry her new formal name:
Mrs. Richard Jameson yelling
ton. She may have her new ad-
dress engraved in the lower right
corner, in letters smaller than
those used in the name. (Shaded
Antique Roman is the most popu-
lar type of engraving at the mo-
ment, for wedding invitations and
announcements, and for visiting
cards.)
If the bride writes her thank
you notes when she should-before
the wedding-she signs her first
name to the notes written to close
friends, and her first and last
and her middle name if she wishes,
to the notes written to people who
don't know her well enough to
identify her first name, such as
notes written to relatives and
friends of the groom whom she
may never have met.
If she writes these notes as a
bride and not as a bride-to-be, she
still, of course signs her notes to
close friends with her first name
only, and to those who need fur
ther identification of her, she
signs,
Yours very sincerely,
Mary Smith Jones.
Any arrangement for the accom-
mediation of, or expenses for the
best man are the responsibility Of
the groom. If the brides family
have a large house and it is con-
venient for them to invite the best
man and his wife to stay with
them, well and good.
But, if it isn't, then the best
man and his wife would stop at
a hotel, paying their own ex-
penses, or, if the groom wishes,
he may pay for these accommo-
dationS.
But whether or not the groom
pays for the hotel accommoda-
tions, he should reserve the accom-
modations, and should inform the
best man definitely Of the arrange
ments.
BRIDEGROOM'S OBLIGATIONS
Dear Mrs. Beeckman:
"Will you please give me the OBJ
legations of the groom? My
brother is to be married soon and