| Show FOR EASTER WEDDINGS Bore of the Latest Ideas for Bridal Robe toy Redfern NEW YORK March 19 1S91 Special correspondence of THE HERALDJ Helpless alone I stand Give mo your hand hand Lead me across Lifes turmoil and despair Lies turmoland Take me away to Loves sweet blossom land Out of the darkness Into the light and air Giv j moyour heart that I may set it round With pearls of urayer and rosaries recite Of deep thanksgiving Let me feel Ive found A way to peace out ot Lies dark night Give me your heart Do you know vhat they are saying herein here-in New York these fashionable maids and matrons now that Lent is at an end and it is allowable to indulge ones self again in the pomps and vanities 1 I is only a line from an old English songCome haste to the wedding 11 l but its refrain i heard everywhere for tomorrow will ring out the wedding bells for a dozen of fair brides who have chosen to follow the birds example and mate in the spring so that each day of the honeymoon may be longer brighter sunnier than its predecessor In which respect these Easter brides have de ci cidedly the advantage of those who wed in t he fall I is their privilege too to inaugurate inau-gurate the short season of spring gayeties and to be the first t appear in new fabrics fabrcs Of this seasons brides quite a number will bo costumed by Redfern who has during the last few months been making rather a specialty of evening bridal gowns Our first sketch shows one of the latter I RL4 A i i it7 sfr1d r 11r 4priX r The material i Indian cashmere white of course braided with slIver and white and trimmed with honiton lace The tulle veil hangs to the end of the train and bears the brides initial worked in one corner This is one of Redferns exclusive ideas I Tt M In the companion sketch Redfern has ap pareled the bridesmaid in u petticoat of stripped apricot a pinkish brown silk and a bodico of the same draped with cream Spanish lace garlanded with flowers The hat is of cream straw trimmed with orchids or-chids and bows of apricot ribbon |
