. American etiquette and rules of politeness. delaine, merino or similar heavilyclinging material, with crape collar and cuffs. Mourn-ing dresses should not be trimmed. No ruffles, bows,or flounces are admissible. The bonnet is of blackcrape; a hat should never be worn. The veil is ofcrape or barege with heavy border ; black gloves areworn and black bordered handkerchiefs should beused. Black furs may be worn in winter. Jewelryis forbidden ; jet pins and buckles should be silk and alpaca trimmed with crape may beworn for second mourning with white collars and crape veil is
. American etiquette and rules of politeness. delaine, merino or similar heavilyclinging material, with crape collar and cuffs. Mourn-ing dresses should not be trimmed. No ruffles, bows,or flounces are admissible. The bonnet is of blackcrape; a hat should never be worn. The veil is ofcrape or barege with heavy border ; black gloves areworn and black bordered handkerchiefs should beused. Black furs may be worn in winter. Jewelryis forbidden ; jet pins and buckles should be silk and alpaca trimmed with crape may beworn for second mourning with white collars and crape veil is laid aside for net or tulle, but the jetjewelry is still retained. A less degree of mourning 272 AMERICAN ETIQUETTE. is worn of black and white, purple and gray, or acombination of these colors. Crape is retained inbonnet trimming and crape flowers may be gray, white and black, and light shades of lilacindicate a slight mourning. A black lace bonnet, withwhite or violet flowers, supersedes crape, and jet orgold jewelry is PERIODS OF WEARING MOURNING. The deepest mourning is that worn by a widow forher husband. It is worn two years, sometimes mourning for the first year consists of solidblack woolen goods, collar and cuffs of folded un-trimmed crape, a simple crape bonnet, and a long, DRESS. 273 thick, black crape veil. The second year, silk trimmedwith crape, black lace collar and cuffs, and a shorterveil may be worn, and in the last six months gray,violet and white are permitted. A widow should wearher hair perfectly plain, and should always wear abonnet; never a hat. The mourning for a father or mother is worn for oneyear. The first six months the proper dress is of solidblack woolen goods trimmed with crape, black crapebonnet with black crape facings and black strings,black crape veil, collar and cuffs of black months, black silk with crape trimming, whiteor black lace collar and cuffs, veil of tulle and whitebonnet facings; and
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