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Church
Has Protocol
For Formal Wedding
At a formal church
wedding, whether daytime or
evening, there's a definite
seating' arrangement.
Relatives and friends of
'the bride are seated on the
. left of the church's center
aisle, and those of thegroom
On the right.
When the ceremony " is
. . about to take place, the
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-ushered to her seat in the first
pew on • the right side, her
husband walking behind her.
Then the bride's mother is
.escorted to her seat in the
first pew on the left side.
At the strains of the
wedding., march, the
clergyman, the bridegroom
and the best man. will emerge
at the altar or Chancel from
the vestry of a side door
vyhere they have been waiting
for the bridal party.
The procession -begins at
the first. beat of the march,
everyone starting with his left
toot 'in this order:
'The ushers march in pairs,
shortest ones., leading, each
pair about five paces apart.
• Bridesmaids walk' either
alone or in pairs keeping the
same steady pacing.
Next, the •niatron•of honor
• or maid of honor.
•Then -the , ring bearer,
followed by the, flower girl-,
About eight steps behind
the flower girl is the bride at
her ;father's right, on his right
arum. The wedding guests have
been standing for the
procession.
Bridal party inemhers take
their positions this way. .
When they reach the
Chancel, ,ushers take their
places to the right ,'and
bridesmaid to the left.
• Maid of honor- stands to
the left of,•,the ,bride on .the
left side of the altar,
Flower girl also stands on
the left .next to or a little
behind the maid of, honor..
The ring hearer stands on
flit right side to the right of
the hest ,man or slightly
behind .him.
When the bride and her
father reach the bridal
assemblage, she releases her
father's, right • arm and the
groom steps •up^•tomeet her.
They then move ,together
until they are facing the
clergyman. The bride's father
stands slightly behind her and
to the left.
The ceremony depends on
the ritual. of the church after
this point. In mostweddings,
- the bride's fathtir gives her
away and then sits down
' beside her mother,.
girl; the ring bearer, the maid
of honor with the best man,
the bridesmaids and ushers.
. After the bridal party
reaches the end of • tie pews,
' two ushers return to the first
pews to escort the bride's and
.The bride hands her
bouquettito.her maid of honor
about the time the best man
Becomes ready to hand•'over
the "ring.
groom's mothers from the
' church. -
The guests must stay in
their pews until the members
of the families haverreached.
e bridal party or the
v tibule.
he differences
in dinnerware`
All' year round these days,.
prospective brides buy china
for themselves, mothers buy
china.- for th.eir engaged
slaughters, ftnd , friends buy
china for brief! showers. To
- all of them, the china, depart,
ments at -first sight look like a
wonderland ,of treasures—but .�
.�•hances are that they all end
up .feeling like :Vice at that
Nery confusing tea party!
Porcelain, bone china, ear-
thenware. pottery --different
looks, .different prices. lots of
questions. • All this ceramic
tableware starts from basic
clay, but its processing before
it gets to the store is the key
to its final designation.
.Bone china or, porcelain is
:;enerally accepted to .be 'the'
-upper crust" of the• china
world. and for very good rea-
son, but other types have vir-
tues al.l their own and could
suit your• lifestyle :equally
well, :Su consider your budg-
et, your need's and your per-
sonal •taste.'and learn some-
thing of the characteristicts of
each and their performance
rating l eforehand.
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' Despite its .fragile' appear -
alive, bone china is tough and.
resistant to chipping: and
breaking. The glaze will not
crackle, and if you take care
in stacking and storage, bone
China tableware can last a
Iifetime.
One of the reasons is that
after the raw material is
. most appealing of all the
ter's art.
,Earthenware is fired ac
lower temperatures than
• 'bone china; allowing the /ap-
plication of splendid coi2rs
that would , be lost at higher
temperatures.
The painting is,done under
the glaze and is therefore just
a.boirt indestructible. It costs
less than china and its ac;
signs tend more towards'
charm than formal beauty.
• Earthenware's gay patterns
and warm colors ()nits grace-
ful shapes, make, it the favor-
ite of many people who use it
withrmagination • to create
unusual casual settings. But
it can adapt equally well to
. more formal occasions, de-
pending on the,, accessories
used with it.. •
Earthenware is often called
by other names—faience,
semi -porcelain, ironstaone;
and so on—but your best
.guarantee of getting a hard,
chip•resistant body with' a
smooth brilliant glaze is the ,
reputation of the manufactur-
er,
Pottery' is the '•heaviest; of
the principal types of dinner-
ware afid is made of refined
clays fired at low tempera-
tures. It is available glazed 'or-
' unglazed and is opaque and
porous. What it lacks iii 'dura-
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most homes,
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After the ceremony', the
mai& of honor returns the n
bouquet to the "'bride. The
gro m may .' kiss the bride,
and if the veil ,ist covering her
face, the maid of honor will
have lifted it up, She will
'then take the 'groom's right
arm which he has offered,
facing the ` centre aisle and
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