baskets at the corners which held smaller
bouquets of the same flowers. A fluffy yellow bow was tied to the
handle of each basket.

The menu was also yellow and white and consisted of hot bouillon,
sprinkled with grated hard-boiled egg yolks; chicken jelly salad with
mayonnaise; tiny bread and butter sandwiches; frozen custard in ice
cups trimmed with white paper petals, so that each individual serving
looked like a daisy; small squares of sponge cake, and angel food iced
in yellow; yellow and white candies.

The boxes of wedding cake were piled on the hall table, and each one
had a wee daisy blossom tied into the knot of white ribbon on top.

OUTDOOR WEDDINGS

AN ORCHARD PAGEANT

There's no wedding quite so picturesque as the outdoor one. Famous is
the orchard wedding beneath a blossoming apple tree, where the air is
filled with fragrance and the bridal party comes winding through
the trees to the trysting place. It needn't be only a poetic fancy,
either--it's entirely practical, and if you have a comparatively small
house, why not give your guests the beautiful freedom of outdoors
instead of cooping them up in the house?

Mark out the path beforehand by mowing the grass in the chosen
direction. Select plenty of ushers to conduct the guests to the spot
and provide benches and settees for the older folk, who may find it
tiring to stand till the wedding party arrives.

There need be no decorations except the natural ones of the orchard;
preparations may consist of raking out dead leaves and branches.

A victrola may be arranged in the proper place to furnish the wedding
processional--or perhaps some musical friend may be found to play the
violin.

The simpler the pageant, the more effective it will be. First may come
a tiny flower girl in a white frock, swinging a cretonne flowered
sunbonnet from which she tosses apple blossom sprays.

If there are bridesmaids, they should wear the simplest of pink
dresses with pink fillets on their hair or else wide straw hats
trimmed only with a tiny wreath of flowers.

Possibly the maid of honor may add a note of contrast by wearing
forget-me-not blue.

Last of all appear the bride and bridegroom, together, for in an
old-fashioned orchard wedding that is less awkward than for the
bridegroom to come from some other direction. The bride should wear a
simple white gown--formal satin would be out of place.

The wedding breakfast may be served picnic fashion