love from us both,
Affectionately,
Helen.
=WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS=
If no general invitations were issued to the church, an announcement
engraved on note paper like that of the invitation to the ceremony, is
sent to the entire visiting list of both the bride's and the groom's
family:
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Barnes
have the honour to announce
the marriage of their daughter
Priscilla
to
Mr. Eben Hoyt Leaming
on Tuesday the twenty-sixth of April
One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two
in the City of New York
=THE SECOND MARRIAGE=
=INVITATIONS=
Invitations to the marriage of a widow--if she is very young--are sent in
the name of her parents exactly as were the invitations to her first
wedding, excepting that her name instead of being merely Priscilla is now
written Priscilla Barnes Leaming, thus:
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Barnes
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Priscilla Barnes Leaming
to
etc.
=ANNOUNCEMENTS=
For a young widow's marriage are also the same as for a first wedding:
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Barnes
have the honour to announce
the marriage of their daughter
Priscilla Barnes Leaming
to
Mr. Worthington Adams
etc. But the announcement of the marriage of a widow of maturer years is
engraved on note paper and reads:
Mrs. Priscilla Barnes Leaming
and
Mr. Worthington Adams
have the honour to announce their marriage
on Monday the second of November
at Saratoga Springs
New York
=CARDS OF ADDRESS=
If the bride and groom wish to inform their friends of their future
address (especially in cities not covered by the Social Register), it is
customary to enclose a card with the announcement:
Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Adams
will be at home
after the first of December
at Twenty-five Alderney Place
Or merely their visiting card with their new address in the lower right
corner:
Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Adams
25 Alderney Place
=INVITATION TO WEDDING ANNIVERSARY=
For a wedding anniversary celebration, the year of the wedding and the
present year are usually stamped across the top of an invita
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