Show appeal for alms at wedding Ved ding there are many customs associated with the french wedding which american brides might copy one concerns the duties 0 of the maids of honor an am american who ho attended a fashionable wedding in the madeleine adeleine 31 in n paris recently was impressed with the following little ceremony the maids passed through the assembly of guests making a silent appeal for alms tor for the poor kt at a wedding where no money had been spared and untold extravagance exhibited no one could begrudge tho tha offering 0 of silver expected tb co bo be dropped ined the dainty or receptacle of filmy lace ribbon a and flowers ll which when not in use was waa hung on the arms in lieu ot of a bou bouquet biquet |