Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1887 — Seven Ways of getting Married. [ARTICLE]

Seven Ways of getting Married.

There aro seven separate and distinct ways in which the nujitial knot may be tipd, the attending expenses of the different modi s varying from $1 to SI.OOO. The least expensive, and the one seldom adopted, except in eases of elopement, is that afforded by the Justice's office. There a couple can be firmly united in the space of a minute for a small sum. it is customary for a groom to dress as. he may please when the marriage is tc be performed by a Justice, and a dresssuitwould be sadly out of place in the musty law office, Tlie one great advantage of the Justice-shop marriage is its cheapness. As some people object to being married by a Justice of tlie Peace: preferring tlie sanction of the Church in addition to that of the btw r tlie young people may visit a parsonage instead of a Just ice's office with the same preparation. Tlie ceremony may be fully as informal when performed at the minister's home, the only difference being that not less than $3, and, better still, $5 or SlO should be paid for the service, although there is no fixed sum charged. The most popular ceremony among people who do not class themselves as in “society, ” and also among many who do, is a quiet home wedding, where the bride is attired in a suit oi plain white or traveling dress, and the groom in a plain black or brown business suit, where only a few friends and relatives are present. The affair is informal, perhaps a modest supper or lunch being served after the ceremony is performed, and the entire expense tc the groom being covered by S2O, 01 even less. This is the most populai wedding ceremony, and this is the way in which fully 25 per cent, of young people are married. Next in point of favor and inexpensiveness is the!informal church wedding, being similar in all things except that the service is performed within the portals of the church. If the affair is strictly private .the bride aud,groom may beMwnsupportea, or have bridesmaids and groomsmen, as they please. In the latter- -ease full-dress suits should be worn, increasing the expense. The “full-dress wedding,” as it may be called when tlie ceremony is performed at home, is next in favor. Elaborate trousseau, full-dress suits, bridesmaids and groomsmen, flowers in abundance, and a host of invited guests are the requisite, followed by a reception, feast or lunch, as the contracting parties may desire. The seventh and last, the most popular, is the full-dress affair performed in church. Among people who desire to create a stir in society this is the favorite. It is expensive, and in many cases unsatisfactory.— Brooklyn Magazine.