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Show jWoman's Page Many Old-time Customs Pertaining to Wedding Gown and Accessories Forgotten Trainless Gowns Long Tight Sleeves and No Gloves Worn Dutch Caps of Lace Worn Latest Wedding Coiffure Many Different Flowers Worn To Keep the Food Chopper Bright Clover Scent for Linen Closet. FOR THE JUNE BRIDE 1 A thousand and one customs that formerly were considered quite as much a part of the business of being married as the selection of the right man or woman, have been as com- pletely forgotten In the past few ' years as If they had never even ex-lsted. ex-lsted. Once regarded as almost a matter of life and death, they have ' passed away as certainly as the fash r Ions of last year. It Is to the bride, of course, that most of these changes relate; and they run all the way ' from the manner In which she must comport herself at her "announcement "announce-ment tea." to the proper angle at which her veil must be fastened on ' the eentful day. , Even the wedding dresp has departed de-parted from the cut-and dried rule that (,i manrind utiff satin, relieved or not, ps the case might be by touches of real lace. The bride of today as i often wears taffeta, charmensp, silver j brocade, faille Francalse or moire, or any of these may be completely veil ed in lace, chiffon or tulle Kor a K very informal wedding, any of the very fine cotton voiles. French crepes, embroidered organdies or moussf iines may be chosen Of course, she mav wear satin If she chooses, and perhaps a majority of bribes hold to the older custom, but even so. it 16 not necessarily 'I made up with that old-time stiffness 1 that was supposed to lend statellness to the bride. J The gown may be with or without i a train, or if the bride has a leaning to trains she can as readily satisfy her longing by having two Instead of one. Where two trains axe used, the I longer or court train is fastened only m at the shoulder, and may measure three or four yards in length, while I the shorter train is attached to the . skirt in the usual fashion of trains, and nt most is two feet in length With the court trains on wedding gowns a novel Idea has been Introduced Intro-duced this year. Instead of taking her wedding gown back to her mod-aJ mod-aJ Iste to have the train removed so ! that she can use her wedding gown for dinners and dances, or instead of putting it absolutel away a9 imprac tical for ordinary wear she simply detaches the train from the shoulder, where it is held by adjustable snap-' snap-' pers. It takes only a moment to transform the modern wedding dress Into a dancing frock. Trainless Gowns. However, the tendency of the sea-I sea-I 6on is for wedding gowns that are I trainless Most of them are round length and are a full inch shorter than those of last year, some of them reaching only to the ankles Moreover, More-over, they are extremely simple in ' lines, with very scant flares, and little lit-tle draping. The sleeves must be rather tight, with positively no 6ug-j 6ug-j gestion of a frill as a finish even to thosii of elbow length Many are made with long tight sleeves, and when they are of very sheer tulle no gloves are worn Wbetber long or short, the sleeves mu8tgive the effect of a long, tight sleeve or a long, tight glove. The waist of the gown may be of tulle over tulle. Instead of repeating 1he satin of the skirt, and it may be high necked if the bride wishes but she won't or. especially at an evening wedding as decollete as the average dinner gown Veils, too. have undergone all sorts of transformation. Once upon a time I they were intended to conceal the face until after the ceremon, when one of the important duties of the maid-of-honor was to take off the j shorter length that was fastened to A the front of the bride's wreath Now the free veil is completely discarded. discard-ed. One bride of the season defied t that custom so far as to wear a frill of lace that fell ju9t below her eyes, but rhe was a decided exception The veil is very' voluminous per haps to make up for the scantiness of draping in the gown, and in many of the models of short length wed ding aresses the veil Is so fashioned and of such length that it in reality forms a train effect, its lower end being held In place by festoous of flowers similar to those used for the wreath. Lace caps, which may be one of a half-dozen shapes, are also seen Some of the season's brides have preferred the pointed Dutch caps of lace, others suggest that Watteau Idea, or again the veil itself Is formed form-ed Into the popular Juliet cap. |
