ISBN: 9780217873697

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1886. Excerpt: ... XIV.… Plus…

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1886. Excerpt: ... XIV. ETIQUETTE OF WEDDINGS. However hostile the aggressively independent American may be to conventionalities of all sorts, and deeply as his scorn of etiquette may have been planted and rooted, and vigorous as may be its present growths, marriages can not be conducted without at least some little ceremony. There are formalities which can not be escaped at weddings. Even at that simplest of services) a marriage between Quakers, the witnesses are compelled to sit in silence--that most awful of conventionalities to the person who abhors etiquette and ceremony--until one or the other of the two aspirants for a wedded life is moved by the spirit within to announce this intention audibly. The law enforces a ceremony, and the gentlybred have thrown about this unpicturesque but jurisprudential formality certain beautiful and refined customs, which, with harmonious variations, have been adopted by, and into, our best society. As the dress of the youthful bride is white, an artistic variation of the fashion of it is admissible, and even agreeable, but no one would mistake it for a garment intended for another festivity. Etiquette has, in the same spirit of liberality, established a formula for the celebration of marriages, and each bridal pair endeavors to vary and beautify these ceremonials by an individual and poetic charm, without really departing from those customs which time and long establishment have made venerable and impressive. The announcement of an engagement of marriage has no rigid formality in New York, and yet a betrothal is made known to the friends of the promised pair in some pleasant manner. Sometimes a dinner-party is given by the family of the bride-elect, or it may be enjoyed at the home of the groom (when the bride and her immediate family must be present), and the ho... Abby Buchanan Longstreet, Books, History, Social etiquette of New York Books>History, General Books LLC<

1886, ISBN: 0217873693

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Paperback, [EAN: 9780217873697], General Books LLC, English, English, English, General Books LLC, Book, General Books LLC, General Books LLC, This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: D. Appleton in 1886 in 288 pages; Subjects: Etiquette; New York (N.Y.); History / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Issues / Manners & Etiquette; Reference / Etiquette; Reference / Weddings;, 86, Entertainment, 4456, Humor, 4484, Movies, 4507, Music, 521000, Performing Arts, 4550, Pop Culture, 4402, Puzzles & Games, 4564, Radio, 1622, Sheet Music & Scores, 4569, Television, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 9, History, 4762, Africa, 4808, Americas, 4873, Ancient, 4884, Asia, 4921, Australia & Oceania, 4935, Europe, 4984, Gay & Lesbian, 4987, Historical Study, 4995, Middle East, 5011, Military, 14450, Military Science, 5032, Russia, 4853, United States, 5035, World, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11761, Etiquette, 11763, Conversation, 11769, Rules of Order, 572310, Weddings, 21, Reference, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

1886, ISBN: 0217873693

Paperback, [EAN: 9780217873697], General Books LLC, English, English, English, General Books LLC, Book, General Books LLC, General Books LLC, This is an OCR edition without illustrations … Plus…

Paperback, [EAN: 9780217873697], General Books LLC, English, English, English, General Books LLC, Book, General Books LLC, General Books LLC, This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: D. Appleton in 1886 in 288 pages; Subjects: Etiquette; New York (N.Y.); History / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Social Issues / Manners & Etiquette; Reference / Etiquette; Reference / Weddings;, 86, Entertainment, 4456, Humor, 4484, Movies, 4507, Music, 521000, Performing Arts, 4550, Pop Culture, 4402, Puzzles & Games, 4564, Radio, 1622, Sheet Music & Scores, 4569, Television, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 9, History, 4762, Africa, 4808, Americas, 4873, Ancient, 4884, Asia, 4921, Australia & Oceania, 4935, Europe, 4984, Gay & Lesbian, 4987, Historical Study, 4995, Middle East, 5011, Military, 14450, Military Science, 5032, Russia, 4853, United States, 5035, World, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 11761, Etiquette, 11763, Conversation, 11769, Rules of Order, 572310, Weddings, 21, Reference, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

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