Show c C Right Thing at the By MARt R. R ht T. T lime MARSHALl ELL Right Ig lIDe DUFFEE FE c c TIlE THE WEDDING I IA A A thing of ot custom custom U tU no other Shakespeare UI 1 T A AM J about to be married Is la time Uie WilY way one ODe correspondent starts her query but we have not announced our engagement as ase ire AIe e wish to give GI our friends a genuine surprise We are going to slip off ofT some day soon and get married but want to send wedding cards Will you kindly tell me how bow they should be worded To begin with do not attempt anything any any- anything thing original or Informal It Is quite nil ail It right to announce an aim engagement In Inan Inan inan an way but the wedding announcement announcement an nn should be entirely formal In most cases the announcements should be sent out In Ili the time name of the brides bride's parents or those who stand In Inthe Inthe the thc place of u a parent In case the bride Is an orphan or an aunt uncle or grandparent If possible have ho these announcements engraved engra and send them theta out the time day of the time marriage as soon as It Is over Have e all envelopes addressed and stamped stomped and ready rendy to send out directly All announcements should be sent at nt exactly the same time Here nere Is the usual form Mr and Mrs Irs John Brown have havo the h honor nor to to announce the marriage of their daughter Anne to Mr James Jlmes Smith Jones Jonea Joneson on Thursday Way May the eighth nineteen hundred and two twenty-two at St St. Thomas' Thomas church New York If It Is a n grandparent sister or broth brothS brother er whose name need not be th the same as the time bride thon In place of the single word ford Anne on the foUl fourth th line should be Inserted Miss Mss Anne Brown In the unusual event that the con eon persons have no near relatives to send these announcements they may send an announcement worded thus Mr James Smith Jones and Miss Anne Brown have the honor to announce their marriage e eon on Thursday May the eighth etc If It you do not feel feci that you can cnn afford afford af of af- af ford engraved ed announcements the time best thing timing to do would b be to write letters letterson on the da day of the wedding to be posted post ed immediately n afterwards telling your nearest friends of ot the e event ent but but wording them as you would any nay other friendly note It Is a good Idea Iden to send an announcement to the time society editor of your our local lIOI because the chances ore are that the paper will get Jet news of the time event and surely you wont want to do everything e In your jour our power to make their notice of ot the event ac ac- ac- ac curate There Is no reason why any anyone one who wishes to do so should not have this quiet sort of ot marriage without a previously previously pre pre- announced enga engagement ement however however how how- ever the fact Is that society t girls seldom sel ad- dom dour do nor do persons who occupy a amther rather high position socia socially II unless of ot course there Is parental objection and und the event ent is In the nature of ot an nn elope elope- ment Copyright 0 0 |