Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 June 1915 — For the Pageant of the Wedding [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

For the Pageant of the Wedding

Brides and bridesmaids, with the rest of womankind, are showing a preference for filmy fabrics. The bride often dispenses with the conventional white satin w’edding gown and chooses one of lace or chiffon or if she be not inclined to depart from the conventional, inasmuch as her veil enshrouds her with a misty material of some sort, her wants are allowed to take advantage of all the airy materials in making choice for her appareling. A hat, muff and fichu designed for the maids at a June wedding, bring into requisition three of the loveliest fabrics. The hat employs crepe georgette with the leghorn shape, the muff made of a leghorn plaque and chiffon and the pretty scarf or fichu is made of very fine net. This last item is one of those accessories w’hich may do duty long after its initial parade, and will make

a modest and pretty gift from the bride to the maids. This fichu is not long, but rather wide, is made of the finest brussels net with the edge finished with a narrow ruffle of the material. It is adorned with a small nosegay of fine millinery flowers, set against a quaint little plaque of lace. The hat has the upper brim covered with crepe and a soft crown of this material. On the underbrim of leghorn a rose is posed. To make the muff a leghorn plaque is lined with shirred chiffon and edged with the graduated flounces of this material. The edges are caught together to form the muff and a finishing touch added in a rosebud set in its foliage. Nothing is quite so pretty as a bouquet or basket of flowers, but if, for the sake of novelty, or other reasons, something else must be used, a muff like this or all of pink chiffon, makes a lovely substitute.