Thursday, October 24, 1907.
- THE PROGRESSIVE ; FARMER.
other wise The - gloves are. pale
grey or white. The dress of the
ushers is the same, the only differ
ence being in their ties, they rarely
wear white ties. An evening wed
ding calls for full dress. The groom
wears his dress-suit, white waistcoat
white bow tie, and white gloves.
The ushers are dressed in . the
same manner.
.
The information contained in the
preceding paragraphs I hope will not
prove a stumbling block to any pros
pective bridegroom. If you are very
prosperous and go often from your
county, you'll need all the clothes
'- .. . 1 MM
I've mentionea aDove, dui n - snug
gling and your program for many
years to come includes much home
staying, purchases of a frock coat, a
silk hat, a dress suit, with their
numerous accessories would be a
very useless extravagance, and I
should think no really sensible girl
would want to see you so attired.
For - a young farmer, just- entered
upon his life's work, a black sack
suit, white waistcoat, white tie black
patent leather shoes, grey gloves,
black derby hat, or black fedora,
whichever is more becoming, would
be, a costume in every way appropri
ate for his wedding, and thorough
after, day or evening.
AUNT MARY.
Congratulating the Bride and Groom.
One is often asked what should be
said to the newly-married pair what
form congratulations ? should take,
and so on. Stilted phrases are at all
times to be avoided, and the greeting
o'hnii'lfl ha n o ejiTnTlo' trA - eTrnffrhtfYir-.
ward as possible. It is good form to
wish the bride happiness, while the
groom is congratulated.' Thus one
says to the bride: "I hope: you will
be very happy, and I am sure you
will." And to the groom one may
say: "You do not need to be told
how - much you are to be congratu-
I do want to say that I congratulate
you from my heart."
A pretty custom followed by some
brides is that of turning, when half
way up the stairs, after the reception
or breakfast is over, untying tne rib
bon fastening , the bouquet together,
and scattering the flowers thus re
leased among the men waiting in the
hall below. This disposes of the wed
ding bouquet, which one seldom has
the heart to -throw away, and yet
which one can not keep satisfactorily.
Tf Hffft nrA riisnlnvArl n.t. a'refiention
au carus suuuiu ue icuiucu, me
bride may keep a list of her presents
and the donors, but to display cards
gives an opportunity for. invidious
comparisons. Marion Harland, in
Home Magazine.
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Flowers for the Bride.
In a country that spends nearly
twenty million dollars a year for cut
blooms, it is but natural that a bride
should be fairly hemmed in with
flowers on her -wedding morn. "And
it has been so ever since the Civil
War, when the country settled down
to develop . its vast resources and
take some delight in the finer things
Public taste has been educated,
and mere; quantity is not jmry re
garded with disfavor, but voted posi
tively vulgar. Moreover, flowers in
too great profusion in a church are
soon crushed by the crowd when the
doors are open and the rush begins.
One: condition faithfully carried
out is that the marriage ceremony
itself must not be hidden by even
the most gorgeous of flowers, - but
must be visible from all parts of the
sacred building. '
By the way, the floral artist will
tell you there is a regular scale of
proportion in the matter of size be
tween the bride and- her bouquet;
and the latter cannot be made up
until accurate information is forth
coming as to the bride's stature.
In England no fashionable wed
ding is complete without hundreds
of sprays of real orange blossom spe
cially procured ffom the south of
France. And there, too, it. is the
fashion, when the organ strikes up
the wedding march, to have baskets
of white rose petals " ready, which
two of the youngest bridesmaids
strew in front of the happy couple
all down the aisle. -
Both bride and groom may be
pelted with these petals a much-
welcomed Innovation on the detesta
ble custom of hurling blinding rice,
old shoes, or confetti. W. G. Fitz
Qerald, in Home Magazine.- "-
to herself and shows that she is will
ing he shall go among his fellows,
and that, she will not sulk or pout
when he returns. She will take an
interest In his friends and be pleasant
to them when they visit him. Also.
she will have him know and like her
women friends. , A woman cannot
hold a man's affections by. trying
jealously to be all in all to him, de
tracting from 'other -women and seek
ing to Isolate him for herself.
At the risk, of - being ! "horribly
bored," a woman should enter into
her husband's pursuits and occupa
tions. Never say, "He does what he
pleases; I don't bother," and never
feel that way. Indifference must never
be allowed to come between a mar
ried pair. As a rule, it is. fatal.
Robert, in Uncle Remus's Magazine.
How to Manage a Husband A Man's
Recipe.
First of all (as with the hare) the
husband must be caught, but catch
ing is not the hardest part loving
is the real task. - Never let him sus
pect that he is being managed. No
more pitiful object exists than a sub
servient or hen-pecked husband. -A
woman of strong will may succeed in
having her husband obey her wishes
and whims, but it will be at the ex
pense of his love. When a man sac
rifices his self-respect because of a
woman, he also sacrifices his love for
her. Therefore, allow your husband
to believe that he is lord and master.
He will be a better man and a more
loving husband If he has the assur
ance that one person believes in him
and looks up, to him. - .
Do not destroy a man's Illusions
about you. If during the courtship
he thought you pure and. sweet, as a
flower something far -above him
morally keep him in that belief. Be
careful of your speech and manner
that these are marred by no coarse
ness. But a man can't always be on
the heights.- He is essentially of the
earth,; earthy. And he has masculine
tastes. No matter how dearly he
loves his wife and enjoys her society,
he will after : awhile yearn for the
companionship of men. This is the
time whan the wise wife gives up her
selfish desire to keep her husband all
The Proposal. '
He , (nervously) Er'er, Margaret
er'er there's something has been
trembling on my lips for the last two
months. .. , ;
: She Yes, so I see-r-why don't you
shave it off? The Princeton Tiger.
The Twentieth Century.
"No, George," she said, "I can
never be yours."
"Then I am rejected," he moaned.
"No," not that, but I am a woman
suffragist, and cannot be any man's
You, however, may be mine, if you
will." Holland's Magazine. .
A , Model Husband.
"You have a model husband," said
he lady who was congratulating the
bride.
The next day the bride bethought
her to look up the word "model" In
the dictionary, and this is what she
found: Model: A small imitation of
the real thing. Philistine.
Kept His Word. 1
"Be mine!" he cried, in. a: voice"
surcharged with anguish. "If you
refuse me, I shall die!"'
But the heartless girl refused him.
That was sixty years ago. Yesterday
he died. Holland's Magazine.
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Messrs. Editors: I am enclosing
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send the beloved old "Progressive
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church, R. F. D. No. 3, Apex, N. C.
He used to take it but hasn't in some
time, and we think it Is so much:
better now, and is getting better
each week, that he will want to take
it next -year. We live in town, but
love The Progressive 'Farmer Just the
same.
MRS. A. D. KELLEY.'
I Cumberland Co., N. C. -
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