Wedding Banns

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Popular Father/Daughter and Mother/Son Dance Tunes

A or a is a dance between a daughter or son and their parent. These dances are common at Western wedding receptions, although not all weddings have a parent-child dance. In situations where a child's parent is not available, he or she may be substituted with a person of an older generation, such as an uncle, aunt or the father/mother of a close friend.

For many Americans who choose to have a small wedding, family members are most usually more present than not. In cases such as these, playlists like the one included below, are more "family friendly" for dance included at their wedding receptions. If you have both family and close friends you could choose to change the playlist over to more romantic music for singles and married couples as the dance continues later into the night.

"Daddy's Angel" song by

Fashionable Waistcoats and Tuxedos From The 1920s

Waistcoats from 1920.

The Roaring 20's

Left, full dress. Back Left, clerical. Center, Tuxedo. Right with peek lapels.,
Tuxedo with shawl collar.

You have the key to unlock my heart...

This cute cherubim with a shield shaped lock and key may be used on personal wedding pages, for individual couples wedding announcements or in personal scrapbooks or as graphic elements in personal wedding video. Do not use them for profits, resale or to draw traffic to wedding pages/blogs that are designed to profit from third party ads.

Tuxedos from 1905

The is sometimes preferred in ; either style is quite correct; these coats were made to custom fit perfectly around the neck and shoulders. In 1905 it was normal for many upper class men to have , although these were expensive even for them.

Above are single and double breasted suits from 1905 that cost approximately $25 dollars at that time. The equivalent in our market today would be roughly $689.28, so these suits were worn by the wealthy. That being said, remember that people in 1900 something did not own many suits or dresses. They would perhaps purchase one or two new pieces every few years. People did not wear a different change of clothing daily, however, their clothing was made of excellent materials. The full dress suits above would have been made from a very fine wool and would have lasted for many years. A gentleman would have changed over his dress shirts, shoes, vests and ties frequently enough, but not his entire suit unless he was quite wealthy.

When I Fall In Love

"" is a popular song, written by (music) and (lyrics). It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero. sang on the first recording released in April 1952 with the song's composer, Victor Young, handling the arranging and conducting duties. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it, though the first hit version was sung by released in July 1952.

A 1996 cover by , a "duet" with her father by way of vocals from his 1956 cover, won for and Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocal(s).

Nat King Cole sings, "When I Fall In Love"

A valiant woman is gentle...

"The law of kindness is on her tongue." The valiant woman is gentle. She cultivates self-control and . If married people soon forget each other's faces, they are ever cognizant of each other's bad temper. Marriage, like government, is a series of compromises that needs diplomacy or better charity and self-control. A writer goes so far as to say" "Of all qualities 'tis good temper that wears and works best in married life." The was evidently of this opinion, endorsed by the millions, that of all things likely to lose an otherwise good woman her and her husband's esteem and love, the surest is a bed temper. He distributes the qualities desirable in a wife under ten points. Two points he gives to good sense; fortune, family blood, higher education, social connections, etc., he bunches together, saying, "These must be expressed by fractions, as not one of them is entitled to the dignity of an integer." No less then four out of ten points he gives to good temper. Charles Alfred Martin

Monday, October 30, 2017

Wedding Anniversary Customs from 1900

Who settled the naming of the anniversaries of the wedding day is not known, but it was a happy thought; for it is a charming idea to celebrate the different wedding anniversaries by entertaining one's friends in some novel way. It is not enough to make the celebration a mere gathering of one's friends to spend an evening contemplating a spectacle of mutual felicity; there must be something done to entertain them, and in this day of innovations the hostess must have her wits about her to find some form of jollification which will interest the entire assemblage. The anniversaries have been recognized by the following titles for many years and are variously celebrated:

One year , Cotton Wedding.
Two years, Paper Wedding.
Three years, Leather Wedding.
Five years, Wooden Wedding.
Seven years, Woolen Wedding.
Ten years, Tin Wedding.
Twelve years , Silk or Linen Wedding.
Fifteen years, Crystal Wedding.
Twenty years, China Wedding.
Twenty-five years, Silver Wedding.
Thirty years, Pearl Wedding.
Thirty-five years, Lace Wedding.
Forty years, Ruby Wedding.
Fifty years, Golden Wedding.
Seventy-five years, Diamond Wedding.

The first five or six wedding anniversaries are apt to be seasons of delightful frolic for all invited. Usually no sorrow has come to the home and all goes happy as the first marriage bell. The bride and groom are in the heyday of life, and the woman of thirty or thirty-five finds nothing sad in the fact that, while she is not so slender, she is even lovelier in her matronly beauty than on her wedding day.

It is a charming idea to celebrate the different anniversaries by some simple form of entertainment. Include, if possible, in your invitations all the guests who were with you on your wedding day, although a cozy little dinner, to which are bidden , and intimate friends, will be the most effective celebration.

Fanciful divisions of the years into shorter epochs than mark the silver, golden or diamond weddings are frequently accepted as occasions for merry-making. Of these the wooden, tin, and crystal weddings are those most commonly observed. Other anniversaries, also described in the following pages, are occasions not neglected by the lovers of merriment. The invitations to these souvenir entertainments are usually suggestive of the occasion and are frequently of a humorous or original character, following the lines of some of the invitations given in the ensuing chapters.

The epoch which is marked off by twenty-five years of wedded life is especially honored by being named the silver wedding, while the lapse of another quarter of a century brings the golden wedding, and still another quarter the diamond wedding. Formal invitations to a silver wedding are usually printed in silver and to a golden wedding in gold upon heavy note-sheets, and frequently the initials of the lady's maiden and marriage names are combined in an embossed monogram at the top of the page between the dates of her marriage and its anniversary celebration. Very often these are the only features which distinguish them from invitations to other receptions, the wording being the same, though the golden wedding, being less usual, is noted by a more impressive formula, which "request the honor of your company" the names of the bride and groom being frequently printed a line below at opposite sides of the page. While such invitations may be, and are, varied in many ways, such divergences as personal taste directs are more frequently in the direction of removing than adding formality. The following is a very good form of invitation:

1900 1915

Mr. and Mrs. Walters

request the pleasure of your company

on Wednesday, December the tenth , at eight o'clock

Silver Wedding

James Walters Alice Jones

Another form of invitation is as follows:

Crystal Wedding

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Manning

At Home

Friday evening, April twenty-fourth

nineteen hundred and six

1900 1915

Either of these invitations will serve for any of the anniversaries by simply changing the wording to suit the particular occasion.

At these wedding anniversaries host and hostess are, during the time of receiving their guests, bride and groom, and congratulations are offered them beneath a floral wedding bell, an umbrella or canopy, and afterward they leave their station and go about among their guests. Usually the celebration is regulated entirely after the manner of an evening party. Host and hostess take places in the opening dance, and also lead the way to supper. This is usually found more practicable and is considered better form than the attempt to duplicate the original wedding festivities, which may have taken place in the morning.

Gifts from near friends and relatives are in order, but so deeply rooted is the distaste of refined people for making such occasions the opportunity for display or a draft upon the generosity of acquaintances, that many "invitations bear in the left-hand corner the words "no gifts received." Privileged friends may send gifts, but the latitude allowed in choosing these wedding presents often takes the choice almost if not entirely out of the realm of the designated ware or material of the anniversary. However, appropriate gifts can usually be found and, as in the case of the silver anniversary, this metal is every day extending its sway, and the number of artistic and useful articles that are fashioned out of it is all the time increasing in beauty and variety, one may indulge in the fancy for selecting some articles of silver, without being compelled to choose something which can only be purchased by h large outlay of money.

Of course, as many as possible of the friends who assisted at the first ceremony are present at the anniversary. A feature of the table appointments is usually a beautifully frosted cake, upon which the monogram of the couple and the dates of the marriage and the wedding anniversary are conspicuously displayed.

If one feels free to respond to an invitation to a wedding anniversary by sending a gift, it should be presented to both husband and wife, as such invitations are of course issued in the name of both, and neither should be ignored.

In replying to an invitation to a wedding anniversary, it is quite proper to offer congratulations to those who thus announce the number of years of happy wedlock. A brief and comprehensive formula is:

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Morgan accept with pleasure Mr. and Mrs. George

King's kind invitation for Friday evening, October the tenth, and present to them

their warmest congratulations on their China Wedding Anniversary.

October first.

Dedication for an album...

Dedication for an album...

To earnest words and eloquent,

To humor, wit and sentiment,

To language where ideas throng

To show the writer's friendship strong,

To chastened thought and cultured sense,

To simple lays without pretense,

To brief quotations chosen apt,

To hidden meanings quaintly wrapped,

To all the efforts meant to please

That come to pages such as these,

To show how much friends hold you dear,

I dedicate your album here.

More About Dedication:

As to Types . . .

"I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a Poem, and to be given away by a Novel." .

"It is the popular women who make shipwreck of their lives, and the unpopular ones who sail safely into pleasant havens. My experience is that the attractive woman gets the nice little things and the unattractive ones the nice big things in this world." .

"Why should a woman with a comfortable home, a good husband and sweet children permit the demon of unrest to enter her mind and destroy her peace, because she cannot astonish the world with splendid toilets, and entertain her friends in a villa at Newport, or buy a castle in Europe, as some of our multi-millionaires are doing? .

"It is an uncommon event to meet a woman who, if put into the confessional of conscience, would not own that at some period of her life she had wished she had been born a boy." .

Friday, October 27, 2017

Wedding Ring Designs from 1900-1910


These diamond ring designs are from 1905, but they are typical for the decade, 1900-1910. If you're looking to design something vintage for your wedding rings, check out these antique wedding bands.

More About Rings:

Wedding Rings

have been in use from early days, but the do not appear to have adopted them till 860 A. D. They were not at first the plain circlets we now use, but were often highly decorated.

The custom was of , and at first was not welcomed by the Church. Even in the time of the custom was considered to be of "heathenish origin," and was discouraged, though not entirely abandoned. In some countries both men and women wear them. No doubt many of the were made for this purpose, including those with mottoes such as:

More Engraving Ideas for Wedding Bands:

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Get Married at Graham Chapel

Above Graham Chapel. photo by Matt K. - Kitz000

Graham Chapel is located on the campus of in (also referred to as , or ) is a private research university located in the and in Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all 50 U.S. states and more than 120 countries. Twenty-five Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Washington University, nine having done the major part of their pioneering research at the university. Washington University's undergraduate program is ranked 18th by U.S. News & World Report in 2018 and 11th by the in their 2018 rankings. The university is ranked 20th in the world in 2017 by the .

Young couple marry at Graham Chapel.

Videotography by Gaadt

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