Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . e house address is unknown, this card should be sent to thechurch. If this is necessary, most people err woefully, for few non-attendants send the card. For church weddings everything pertains to formality, and theinvitation as well as the ceremony is impressive in all details. Thenames of the parents heading the invitation are now more oftenwritten in full, thus insuring a good-looking line at the top of thenote. The line, request the honor of your pr
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . e house address is unknown, this card should be sent to thechurch. If this is necessary, most people err woefully, for few non-attendants send the card. For church weddings everything pertains to formality, and theinvitation as well as the ceremony is impressive in all details. Thenames of the parents heading the invitation are now more oftenwritten in full, thus insuring a good-looking line at the top of thenote. The line, request the honor of your presence, almost invari-ably appears on a church invitation with honor spelled with a u. The names of bride and groom are separated by the little wordto, although some consider and quite as proper. The omission of the prefix Miss from the daughters name iscustomary on an invitation but should never occur when the bride isa sister, cousin or niece of the people issuing the invitations. If awidow is re-marrying, she uses the prefix Mrs. with her Christiannames and the surname of her deceased husband. If the bride is an THE PRINCESS OF A SOCIETY BELLE —CALL AGAIN. WEDDINGS AND WEDDINGTANNI VERS ARIES. 157 orphan, with no one to issue the invitations for her, the heading reads,The honor of your presence is requested, etc. When the bridehas more names than one it is customary to use all. The address of a well-known church is generally omitted, althoughit is frequently a convenience for out-of-town friends to know of churches ending with s, as Saint Thomas, are writtenwith an apostrophe s—thus, Saint Thomass. Dress for the Occasion. The Brides Dress may be as elegant as desired, or as simple, butit is to be hoped that the custom of using pure white in the composi-tion of the toilet will not be superseded by any passing freak of DameFashions for softly tinted bridal robes. This innovation should bestoutly resisted by all brides-to-be. If the white robe is simple inm
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