Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-17
Plan Something Occupy Your Chren Time During Holiday
Problem of
A Garden
w edding
Ushers Are Necessary
to Take Care of
All the Guests.
BY EMILY POST.

DEAR Mrs. Post: Because we
usually have such lovely garden
mother and I both feel 1t would be
foolish for me to have my wedding
anywhere else than in the garden.
The time will have to be early evening
because the sun would be too hot
earlier in the day. l am having four
bridesmaids and my flance wanted
to ask four Of his best friends for
ushers. But now comes the question
Of whether ushers are not superfluous
at q garden wedding. What materials
for dresses are most appropriate for
an outdoor wedding? 1 had wanted
to wear satin but wonder If this will
be too hot as we'll as too formal for
the garden And large garden hats
won't do for evening, will they? And
what about the clothes Of the men?
Tails" seem out of place in the out
doors. Do the invitations read lin
the garden instead of the house or
the church? And whatever does one
do if it rains? Our garden is spacious
and will accommodate many people
but our house indoors is not too well
laid out to have pretty wedding. AS
you can yourself see, we need lot Of
strengthening out.
Answer: The first and most serious
problem IN considering garden
Wedding-except on the Pacific Coast
and other nearby States-is the dan
ger OF rain. which would certainly
necessitate changing your lovely back
ground into a house one-and quite
possibly at the last minute. However,
before considering makeshift plans
for the accident Of rain, let us go
ahead with the real plans for perfect
weather.
AS you have written Of the natural
beauty of a garden, I take 1t for
granted that your background has
already been chosen and that cult
waiting, pruning and disbudding is
daily procedure. But you will prob
ably prepare an altar. This can be
made from a few empty boxes nailed
together so that they won't come apart
and then painted leaf green, and
decorated with vines and flowers. In
front of the altar you must have a
low bench to kneel on. A thought
that Is lovely from decorative
standpoint is to cover the bench with
branches and vines and flowers. SO
let me warn you that little twigs are
far from comfortable to kneel on, and
leaves and flowers will almost certainly
stain, If not tear your dress. To form
the aisle from the house to the place
where the altar has been 1mprovised,
two garlands OF flowers would be
lovely, but If not practical, then tie
the usual white ribbons to stakes.
For stakes, tall garden ones will do
perfectly with a small bouquet of
white flowers tied to the tops OF each.
Don't forget to run cross ribbons
near the altar to serve as q barrier to
the guests behind them and to leave
a reserved space in front Of them for
immediate members Of both families
to stand. Unless the spaces ON either
side of the aisle are fenced In, the
guests will crowd not only up to but
beyond the altar. The space on the
left side is for the friends of the bride
and that ON the right Is for the friends
OF the groom. And the ushers usher"
the guests into the spaces.
Clothes, invitations, collation. and
the problem OF rain will be described
In tonorrow's column.
Copyright. 1879