Show Carefully Rehearsed Wedding Assures Be No Hero Here comes the bride 1 She She's tho the center of all eyes So It In Is Important that everything e runs runa smoothly In this second article on Wedding nights Marian Marlan Young oun tells teU how to tomake make preparations prepa prep rations so 80 the service may be concluded without embarrassing misadventures ii By Dy Mii MARIAN YOUNG Tho The more guests that have been invited Invited the more important it is that hat a wedding be carefully re rehearsed re re- a day or two b beforehand so o every participant will know exactly ex- ex what to do and and when Certainly Certainly if It there are to be more than 10 0 guests a rehearsal is imperative Its It's supposed to be bad luck for tor forthe the he the bride to participate in the rehearsal re- re so she sits on the sidelines sidelines side- side lines and directs Her mother or orone orone orone one of the bridesmaids plays playa her part All others other including musi- musi clans lans and brides bride's father do exactly exact- exact ly y what they are supposed to do doat doat doat at the wedding Itself Even the clergyman Is asked to attend re rehearsaL rehearsaL rehearsal re- re However the tho marriage service is not read On the wedding day ushers should hould arrive arrivo at least 45 it minutes before eforo the appointed hour White carnations or gardenias are provided provided provided pro pro- vided for them by the groom They decide which are are areto to conduct guests to the pews at the left lett of i the he center aisle where family and friends of ot the bride are to sit The others will wUl offer their arms to rem rein Lives Ives of ot the groom who will be seated In front pews at the right of ot the aisle These reserved pews are roped off oft with white satin rib rib- bons ons Guests are supposed to ar ar- rive nyc on on time and five lve minutes before the tho bride enters everyone should be in his seat Attendants Await Maids matron of honor and the mother of ot the bride arrive five minutes minutes' before belore the appointed hour and wait in the vestibule Just as ashe the he bride and her father get to the church the head usher conducts conducts con- con ducts the mother to her scat seat This is s the signal for tor guests to rise anc and remain standing Next the clergyman comes to the altar The groom and his besman best bes bestman bestman man enter from the chancel and take their places at the right of tho the altar with the best man at the grooms groom's right The music then swings Into the wedding march for the bridal pro pro- cession The door o of the vestibule vestibules is s opened Tho The ushers start slowly toward tho the altar two by two four paces apart The bridesmaids follow follow fol- fol low v o also two by two stepping with the music The maid o of honor walks alone followed by the flower girls and the little The bride on the right arm of at her father is ast in the tho procession tho As the ushers approach the pulpit pulpit pulpit pul pul- pit they separate One of ot each pair goes joes to the right the other to the left eft The maids do the same and together they form a semicircle before before before be be- fore the altar with the matron of honor standing a little to the left S. S e r A well weH wedding wadding gives the bride brido assurance and nd poise The flower girls separate too but Ut do not join the semicircle They wait walt one near near each front pew until the service IL IJ over Then they precede precede pre pre- cede the bride and groom in Inthe the exit march Father Brings Bring Bride The brides bride's father brings her on his its right arm to the groom who wilo places her right hand on his left arm and leads her to the clergyman clergy clergy- man The bride hands her bouquet to the tho matron of honor Tho The father steps backward a bit and w waits its When the minister asks Who this woman 1 he steps forward forward forward for for- ward signifying assent in the tho theman manner man man- ner customary in the church where the marriage service is performed He then joins join's the brides bride's mother in her pew If It the brides bride's mother is to give her away the bride walks to the altar unescorted When the minister minister min rain ister asks Who this woman woman wom worn an 1 the mother steps forward from her front pew says the tho necessary words or makes the necessary motions motions mo mo- then returns to her seat At conclusion of the ceremony the tho matron of honor returns the brides bride's bouquet The groom puts his new wife's left leU hand through his right arm and thy tHey leave the church The flower girls preceding preceding ing them scatter rose leaves anc and other flower petals in their path The maids then the tho ushers fol fol- fol- fol low Guests remain standing in their pews until two of or the ushers return remove the ribbons along the aisle and escort the mother o ot of the bride and the mother of ot the groom from front the church Home Ceremony For a wedding In garden or drawIng drawing drawing draw draw- ing ro room m an altar just in front of ot a bank of flowers or florists florist's greens generally is constructed Itis It Itis Itis is not necessary to to- provide chairs for tor the guests Just before time for the ceremony ceremony cere cere- mony two attendants th these se can be a younger brother and sister of ot the bride carrying rolls of ot white satin ribbon como come in from stairway stairway stair stair- way or door from which the bride and her father will enter One cm end endot of ot each roll is attached to the entrance entrance entrance en en- trance doorway The attendants fasten the tho other ends to two poles or the backs of t two chairs about abou five tive feet in front of at the improvised improvise altar The ribbons s separate parate the guests and form an aisle down which the wedding party can march From then on the rules of ot correct correct cor cor- procedure are the same as for a 0 church ceremony When the minster rain min i ister ster has haa pronounced the couple man and wife instead of ot making i ian an immediate exit they linger to receive congratulations from the guests and to go on to the room where t the tho c wedding Weddin breakfast is to tobe tobe tobe be served I Next ext Post Post Post- r F Function |