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WEDDINGS
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also the ceremony and reception is on a considerably less extravagant style.


SEEKING ADVICE

The girl or woman who is about to be married can always get helpful suggestions from her friends who have been married or have witnessed fashionable weddings. The minister in charge is especially qualified to give you a great deal of important advice, and one should never hesitate to consult him. In his official capacity he has doubtless served at many weddings, many of them well-nigh perfect, some of them marred by the very blunders that he can teach you to avoid.


WEDDING ANNIVERSABIES

There is something strangely beautiful and poetic in the celebration of a wedding anniversary. It arouses slumbering sentiments and mellows old memories into a throbbing happiness. Here are the wedding anniversaries that are usually celebrated in our better society:

The Paper Wedding—first year.
The Wooden Wedding—fifth year.
The Tin Wedding—tenth year.
The Leather Wedding—twelfth year.
The Crystal Wedding—fifteenth year.
The China Wedding—twentieth year.
The Silver Wedding—twenty-fifth year.
The Ivory Wedding—thirtieth year.
The Woolen Wedding—fortieth year.
The Silk Wedding—forty-fifth year.
The Golden Wedding—fiftieth year.
The Diamond Wedding—seventy-fifth year.