Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1878 — Etiquette for Widows and Widowers. [ARTICLE]

Etiquette for Widows and Widowers.

It is contrary to custom to inrite guests to the marriage of a widow. If a widower marries a young girl the etiquette is the same as that of a first marriage. A widow must marry in the morning early, without show’, and has only her witnesses and those of her intended. Her dress must be plain, of quiet color; black, however, is not admissible. On leaving church the bride invites to breakfast the witnesses who have formed the party, but no other guests are invited to this repast. On the fifteenth day after the marriagecards are sent bearing the new address of the married pair. A widow never makes wedding-calls after remarrying. Those who receive the cards do the visiting. There is a month allowed for the return of cards and the visits. When a single lady marries, after having passed the usual age for marriage, the ceremony should be simple and unobtrusive.—Demorest’s Mbn.thh,.