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Wedding Cards Invitations.

WEDDING CARDS.

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F the lady who marries resides | in all cases, represent the size of the card or with her parents, with relatives, note of invitation. They are of various sizes, guardians, or friends, and the according to fancy, and generally a little larger marriage receives the approval of than here illustrated. those parties, the ceremony usually takes place at the residence of the bride, or at the church where she generally attends; a reception being held at her residence soon afterwards or upon the return from the bridal tour.

Some parties prefer to marry very quietly, having but few guests at the wedding. Others make more elaborate display, and observe the time as an occasion of general rejoicing. Where many guests are invited, it is customary to issue notes of invitation to those persons whose attendance is desired, accompanied by wedding cards bearing the name of the bride and groom. The form of wording such notes and cards has changed but little for several years, though the style in which such wording appears, changes frequently.

Two methods are pursued in preparing the invitations and cards: one being to have them neatly printed from type; the other, and more expensive manner, is to have them engraved and printed in the metropolis, by a card-engraver, who makes an exclusive business of preparing such cards.

The later style for cards and notes of invitation is to have the most of the wording in a light script, upon very fine, white, billet paper, and the cards upon thin bristol-board, sometimes long, and frequently nearly square, according to fancy.

The following cards and notes of invitation, while expressing the suitable wording, do not,

In sending the note of invitation, it is custonary to inclose the cards in the same envelope. In cases where no guests are invited, yet it is desired to inform the acquaintances throughout the country of the marriage, it is usual to inclose the cards alone. Formerly, it was common to use but one card, having Mr. & Mrs. Chas. H. Smith in the center of the card, while

the lady's maiden name was placed upon the lower left-hand corner. Of late, it is regarded more in style to use two cards, one considerably larger than the other; the larger bearing the names, Mr. & Mrs. Chas. H. Smith, the smaller, the lady's name alone, thus:

Mr. & Mrs. Clas. B. $mill.

- Hattie Ä Maynard.

If it is definitely decided where the future permanent residence of the newly wedded couple is to be, it is proper to place the name of the town and state, at the lower left-hand corner of the larger card, as shown herewith.

Ar. & Mrs. Chas. H. $milk,

Invitations to the Wedding.

HE following, are among the many
of the various styles of notes of invita-
tion to the
wedding cere-
mony. The
form shown

here, is printed on paper
about the width, but a
little shorter than, com-
mercial note paper, the
wording being on the
lower half of the sheet.
In the center of the
upper half of the sheet
is the monogram, com-
posed of the initial let-
ters of the surnames of
the bride and groom,
blended together. This
monogram is also printed
upon the flap of the en-
velope containing the
invitation and cards.
The accompanying is the
note of invitation issued
by Mr. & Mrs. D. Col-
lins, on the occasion of
the marriage of their
daughter, M. Louise, to
Jay H. Sabray; the cere-
mony taking place at
their residence. Two
cards accompany this
rote, one reading Mr. &
Mrs. Jay H. Sabray, the
other, M. Louise Collins.

NEWARK, N. J.

Actual size of one form of Note of Invitation. This dotted line shows the fold.

Mr. & Mrs. D. Collins

Poequest the pleasure of your Company at the Marriage
of their Daughter,

M. Louise to Jay H. Sabray,

Thursday, September 19th, '72, at 8 o'clock, P. M.

AT THEIR HOME, ATLANTA, GA.

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WEDDING & FROMOMES

Notes of INVITATION WEDDINGS

AVING resolved

upon marriage, the lady

will determine when the ceremony shall take place.

No peculiar form of ceremony is requisite, nor is it im

perative that it be performed by a particular
person. In the United States, marriage is
regarded as a civil contract, which may be entered
into by a simple declaration of the contracting parties,
made in the presence of one or more witnesses, that they, the
said parties, do respectively contract to be husband and wife.

In consequence of the recognized vast importance of mar-
riage to the parties contracting the same, long usage has estab-
lished the custom, almost universally, of having the ceremony perform-

ed by, or in presence of, a clergyman or magistrate.

To be entitled to contract marriage, the following requisites are necessary: 1st, That they be willing to marry; 2d, That they be of sound mind; 3d, That they have arrived at the age allowed by law; 4th, That neither of the parties is mar

ried already to another who is living, and from whom such party has not obtained a divorce from the bonds of matrimony; and 5th, That the parties are not so nearly related by consanguinity, as to prohibit their marriage, by the laws of the State in which the marriage is contracted.

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