Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1880 — Cest of First-Class Bliss in Paris. [ARTICLE]

Cest of First-Class Bliss in Paris.

, B u.vere expensive to be borp in Pari*. It tkteti MH mare to die here. Bdtto be married hev te tfca mort extravagant thing a man,pould do, unless the .bride’s pa piankk down the money cash, and In legions of Napotoeas. Do you think all that te Beceasary ia togei hertoaay “Yea!” and to slip a SM)9 note inter Rev. Mr. Walter’s hand? Greenhorn! France tea military nation. A, French girl’s heante a Redan, which must be approached by attacked by siege artillery from behind gabions, mined, then carried by assault After It is won the winner is allowed to visit the woo (the dear one) daily. He gives her on his first visit a gold ring with one or two very valuable pearls set between two diamond*. The eve of the wedding day he gives her the plain gold ring and a very costly sapphire or ruby or emerald ring. He sends her daily a nosegay of the rarest white flowers tied with costly lace, or with moire silk ribboo, on which her name is embroidered in silver lepers. In aristocratic Romish families the first person to whom the marriage te announced te the Pope, who the day of the wedding telegraphs hte Messing. If sovereigns or princes of the blood are aihong the family’s acquaintances they are informed by letter, sealed always with red wax; it is against etiquette to address such persons letters sealed with black wax. If these regal pereonages be intimate friends the bride’s father, the mother and betrothed announce the marriage in person to all

their friraas. The groom infutoro is introduced by them only to grandparents. The parents give their daughter twelve dresses, with stockings, bottines, parasols and bonnets to match. The finest white linen and lace alone are used in the linen. The wedding dress must be of East Indian musllh'or gauze, covered with orange flowers in tufts, in wreaths, in fringes, with a long train of damask. No lace. Three sorts of lace only are in fashion—Valenciennes, Mechlin and Alencon. A mother who has the least self respect gives her daughter six dozen day shirts of very fine linen, six dozen day shirts df cambric, twelve dozen night shirts, two dozen short petticoats for walking, six ball petticoats of muslin, with a long train, twelve petticoat* for robes de chambre. The “basket” te no longer willow, 1 covered with silk and trimmed with knots of ribbon, but a very costly antique or modern secretary,with every drawer filled with presents, among them a purse filled with gold for charity; in some drawers are lace flounces enough to trim two dresses (one black, one white), velvet enough for two dresses, satin enough for two dresses, fancy goods enough for two dreksta; in other drawers ‘are ball fans, drawing-room fans, flasks, workbox cardcase, dressing-case and all sorts of knickmacks. Pearls are the favorite gems offered; a pearl necklace with five rows costs sloo,ooo—dog cheap. The groom’s mother gives diamonds. It te no longer the fashion ’to display presents given ny friends. Cashmere shawls are no longer riven—shawls have gone out of fashion. Can you wonder marriages are so rare in France when it takes a fortune to enable the groom to reach the bridal altar.— Hew Orleans Pane letter.