shments, chat a few minutes with friends,
and depart.

At a church wedding it is customary--and usually necessary to keep out the
uninvited--to enclose small cards which are presented at the church door
to ensure admittance. If the reception is large, the same thing is
sometimes done as a measure of protection.

Calls after Wedding.--It is expected that the guests at a wedding
breakfast or reception will call on the mother of the bride within three
weeks after the marriage, and upon the bride on one of her "At Home" days,
or soon after her return from the wedding journey, if no days are
specified.

Cards bearing the date of the bride's "At Home" days, or "At Home
after"--a certain date, are enclosed with the announcement cards, or the
date named on the card. If sent they must be ready to mail immediately
after the wedding.

THE HOME WEDDING.

While the home wedding is modeled in its essentials along the lines of the
church wedding, much less formality is observed. The invitations to the
church wedding are always in the third person and engraved. Those for the
home wedding, though often following the same formula, may be informal
notes in the first person, written by the bride's mother.

Correct Attire.--It is sometimes supposed that a bride married at home may
not wear a veil nor be "given away." On the contrary, if she wears white
she may with perfect propriety wear a veil, and the Episcopal marriage
ceremony always, and nearly all other forms of the service include the
giving away, as implying parental sanction and consent. The "giving away,"
then, is customary, even at the simplest home wedding.

If the bride wears a traveling dress she has a maid-of-honor, the one
attendant being so-called. The groom is attended by his best man. There
are usually two ushers, though these may be omitted, The maid-of-honor
wears some pretty costume which is in keeping with that of the bride. If
the latter wears white, the attendant also wears white with colored
trimmings. If the bride wears a veil, the maid wears a hat; the veil being
the head covering of the bride.

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The bridegroom wears a black frock coat, gray trousers, white waistcoat
and tie, silk--not lawn, gray or white gloves, and patent leather shoes at
a day wedding, The ushers are similarly attired, save that they may wear
black waistcoats. Silk hats are worn.

Minor Particulars.--The bridegroom and best man will requir