London, Sept, 27.
There are so many different ways Jot wearing a wedding veil that the [bride usually has some difficulty deciding which of the various becoming styles she shall adopt. The most important question is shall she cover her face completely in folds upon folds of lace, or shall her vell just frame her face? Behind the mask, she has the advantage of being able to blush or grow pale unseen. On the other hand, her vision of this important ceremony of her life impaired.
There is one bride who is relieved fof this decision, "A'royal bride has the matter settled for her. Precedent of Jong standing lays it "down that any bride marrying a member of the Royal family must arrive at the altar with her face uncovered. A quaint custom this, but in olden days:
very necessary one, For if the Indy's face was only seen vaguely through a lace mask, who was to say One of these defighttul affairs was the tiffin which Mrs. Vivian' Dent gave for Mrs. Aldrich Barton who is Teaving sometime next week for America, An interesting diversion Jof the afternoon was a croquet game on the beautiful awn of the hasten!
come. for sure that this was the one whom. the bridegroom had promised to marry?
The bridegroom himself may have seen his love only once or twice before the ceremony, so another might have been substituted, We Jaugh at the thought of the Duke of Gloucester not recognizing his charming bride, But custom die hapd and Lady Alice will, therefore, lea face uncovered when she' joins betrothed at the altar, A Simpler Ceremony In many ways the forthcoming bridal ceremony will be a. simpler affair than the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Kent last November. The religious ceremony for one thing will be less complicated. and the Scottish atmosphere emphasized. It will be planned more on the lines of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York. In that cage, too, son of the King and a daughter of a noble Scottish house were the con tracting parties.
Lady Alice Scott will enter a familiar' and friendly family circle, for it is an open secret that the choice of one of the daughters of the Duke and Duchess of Buecleuch as Royal bride is especially acceptable to the King and Queen, Admiral's Wife Entertained Balmoral Balls arrived here a few weeks ago has fen er tas fae ati a Teale ae es a
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