Show botin getting married Is expensive even in leap year survey places cost of church wedding at CALIF it may be leap F FRESNO year but that cut the cost of getting married according to miss lorraine coder ceder dulst quist s student in the home economics acs ics department at fresno state college a modern church wedding in 1940 will cost the bridegroom a cool and the bride heres how she figured it brides expenses dress 25 veil 1850 bouquet for maid of honor 3 five bouquets for the bridesmaids 1250 flowers for the church 15 flowers for the reception 10 candles 2 wedding invitations costing 14 18 wedding pictures 40 gifts for waitresses and kitchen assistants 9 and her trous arous seau 75 she must also provide about 40 for food at the wedding reception grooms expense items are fewer but larger he should allot for the engagement and wedding rings says miss cederquist and another 75 tor for the honeymoon in addition he needs 50 for clothing 10 tor for marriage license another 10 for the pastor and 10 for the brides bouquet to do it up brown he spends another on seven boutonnieres miss cederquist says her estimates are based on her experience as attendance at several weddings as well as a survey of prices there is far from total agreement even at fresno college about her survey many coeds co eds said they would marry the right man even if he is making only 2750 a week they disapproved emphatically of such an expensive wedding girls who wanted a husband making at least a month generally agreed with miss cederquist men students thought such a wedding would be very nice but lacked enthusiasm tor for the idea while some preferred bachelorhood if the wedding cost another spoke up in favor of a nice nic thrifty elopement 1 |