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.Never under any circumstancesshould a wedding reception be given at the house of the groom sfamily.They may give a ball or as many entertainments of whateverdescription they choose for the young couple after they are married,but the wedding breakfast and the trousseau of the bride must befurnished by her own side of the house!25When a poor girl marries, her wedding must be in keeping with themeans of her parents.It is not only inadvisable for them to attemptexpenditure beyond what they can afford, but they would laythemselves open to far greater criticism through inappropriatelavishness, than through meagerness of arrangement which neednot by any means lack charm because inexpensive.26WEDDING OF A CINDERELLASome years ago there was a wedding when a girl who was poormarried a man who was rich and who would gladly have given heranything she chose, the beauty of which will be remembered alwaysby every witness in spite of, or maybe because of, its utter lack ofcostliness.27It was in June in the country.The invitations were by word ofmouth to neighbors and personal notes to the groom s relatives at adistance.The village church was decorated by the bride, her youngersisters, and some neighbors, with dogwood, than which nothing ismore bridelike or beautiful.The shabbiness of her father s littlecottage was smothered with flowers and branches cut in aneighboring wood.Her dress, made by herself, was of tarlatancovered with a layer or two of tulle, and her veil was of tulle fastenedwith a spray, as was her girdle, of natural bridal wreath and laurelleaves.Her bouquet was of trailing bridal wreath and white lilacs.She was very young, and divinely beautiful, and fresh and sweet.Thetulle for her dress and veil and her thin silk stockings and white satinslippers represented the entire outlay of any importance for hercostume.A little sister in smock of pink sateen and a wreath and tightbouquet of pink laurel clusters, toddled after her and held herbouquet after first laying her own on the floor!28The collation was as simple as the dresses of the bride andbridesmaid.A home-made wedding cake, professionally iced andbig enough for every one to take home a thick slice in waxed paperGet any book for free on: www.Abika.com ETIQUETTE IN SOCIETY, IN BUSINESS, IN POLITICS AND AT HOME235big enough for every one to take home a thick slice in waxed paperpiled near for the purpose, and a white wine cup, were the most pretentious offerings.Otherwise there were sandwiches, hotbiscuits, cocoa, tea and coffee, scrambled eggs and bacon, ice creamand cookies, and the music was a victrola, loaned for the occasion.The bride s going away dress was of brown Holland linen and herhat a plain little affair as simple as her dress; again her onlyexpenditure was on shoes, stockings and gloves.Later on, she had allthe clothes that money could buy, but in none of them was she evermore lovely than in her fashionless wedding dress of tarlatan andtulle, and the plain little frock in which she drove away.Nor are anyof the big parties that she gives to-day more enjoyable, thoughperfect in their way, than her wedding on a June day, a number ofyears ago.29THE WEDDING HOURThe fashionable wedding hour in New York is either noon, or elsein the afternoon at three, three-thirty or four o clock, with thereception always a half hour later.High noon, which means that thebreakfast is at one o clock, and four o clock in the afternoon, with thereception at half after, are the conventional hours.30THE EVENING WEDDINGIn San Francisco and generally throughout the West altogethersmart weddings are celebrated at nine o clock in the evening.Thedetails are precisely the same as those of morning or afternoon
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