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48 Was.h.i.+ngton Street.
Gatherings such as these partake of the nature of semi-formal receptions and present a delightful opportunity for welcoming friends to the new home, and at same time arranging a visiting list for the season, no one receiving a card to these entertainments that is not to be honored with a place thereon. These invitations are to be sent out after the return from the bridal tour, and, when thus used, the first-given ”At Home” card is omitted in sending out the wedding invitation.
If the wedding is to be a morning affair from the church, followed by a breakfast, the first given invitation is issued and the following engraved card enclosed in the same envelope: MR. and MRS. RICHARD EARLE request the pleasure of your company at breakfast, Tuesday, June twentieth, at half past twelve o'clock. 107 Was.h.i.+ngton Street.
”At Home” cards and cards to the church should be enclosed as before.
The time should be carefully arranged so that not more than half an hour is allowed to elapse between the ceremony at the church and the reception or breakfast at the house.
A home wedding with a breakfast simply sends out the ordinary wedding invitation, indicating the hour and giving the street and number.
Sometimes, at a home wedding, it is desired that no one but relatives or very particular friends should be present at the ceremony. Under these circ.u.mstances the usual invitations are issued. Then, for the favored few, ceremony cards are enclosed, on which the words are engraved: Ceremony at half past eight.
”At Home” cards may be enclosed as before.
Where the wedding has been entirely private, the mother, or some other relative of the bride, frequently gives a reception upon the return home of the young couple, invitations to which are issued as follows: MRS. RICHARD EARLE, MRS. EGBERT RAY CRANSTON. At Home, Wednesday, September first, from four to ten o'clock. 107 Was.h.i.+ngton Street.
For an evening reception the form is a little different: MR. and MRS.
RICHARD EARLE request the pleasure of your company, Thursday, September second, from nine to eleven o'clock. 107 Was.h.i.+ngton Street.
Enclosing the card of Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Ray Cranston.
Announcement Cards.
Announcement cards, where the wedding has been strictly private, are sent out after the following style: MR. and MRS. RICHARD EARLE announce the marriage of their daughter, GUENDOLEN, to MR. EGBERT RAY CRANSTON, Tuesday, November nineteenth, 1895. 107 Was.h.i.+ngton Street.
The before-given ”At Home” cards may be enclosed, or the necessary information conveyed by having engraved in the lower left hand corner of the sheet of note paper: At Home, after December first, at 48 Was.h.i.+ngton Street.
Another form of announcement is also used: EGBERT RAY CRANSTON.
GUENDOLEN EARLE. Married, Tuesday, November nineteenth, 1895.
Binghamton. With this form use ”At Home” cards, or engrave the street and number in the lower left hand corner of the announcement card.
This form is permissible in any case, but is more frequently employed where there are neither parents nor relatives to send out the announcement.
If the wedding should have taken place during a season of family mourning or misfortune, the bridegroom himself issues the following announcement: MR. and MRS. EGBERT RAY CRANSTON, 48 Was.h.i.+ngton Street.
These cards are large and square, and in the same envelope with them is enclosed a smaller card engraved with the maiden name of the bride: MISS GUENDOLEN EARLE.
Wedding Anniversaries.
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_1885._
_1890._
_Wooden Wedding._