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patfe 2a the tribune thursday j j 1971 the story of twvo hrides thoughtfulness is keynote in writing a guest list todays families may have lost some of their traditional closeness but when theres a wedding family members do come together it can cause some anguish when an engaged couple sits down with the brides mother to compile the guest list should you invite relatives in victoria even though you know they couldnt possibly come will aunt minnie confined to a wheelchair and unable to travel be hurt if she gets an announcement instead of an invitation its decisions such as those that cause weddings with tears there are individuals who must be invited they are the clergyman who performs the ceremony and his wife if hes married parents of the groom grandparents and brothers and sisters with their spouses of both the bride and groom parents and spouses of the at tendants no one should be invited who isnt on close terms with at least one member of the brides or grooms family it is ideal if the number of wedding guests is the same for the bride as for the groom usually it is the mother of the groom that makes up the list for the gooms family and she consults with the bride or her mother careful consideration must be made for guests coming from outoftown how far they must travel and how they can be ac commodated there are three types of invitations that may be issued an invitation to the ceremony only an invitation to the ceremony and reception or an in vitation to the reception only announcements go to a wider circle of friends and acquaintances who are not invited they are mailed on the wedding day often although it is not necessary the grooms parents or a close friend of the family will have a dinner or party following the wedding rehearsal peggy covey gordon gaterelle bonnie sugden and david forfar gel together in the park after a day of shopping in the districts leading stores in the following pages they will show you how easy it is to find everything young homemakers need right around home marriage customs traced to the past the enlightened bride of today is not superstitious she is not foolhardy either so the tradition of wearing something borrowed and something blue survives just in case it might help achieve that happiness forever after in the distant past it was the wedding veil that supposed to be borrowed from a happily married woman with the hope that some of the marital bliss would be transmitted to the newlywed the wearing of blue was the assurance of a love that was true the english bride of the 17th century wore clusters of blue ribbons stitched on various spots of the bridal gown her modern counterpart usually prefers a fancy blue garter many other popular marriage customs can be traced to the curiosities of the past legend would have you believe that in tribal times a man might capture a woman he wanted from a neighboring tribe the trusted buddy he asked to go along to help with the kidnapping was the original best man to keep the girls family from rescuing her before the union was a fait ac compli she was taken into hiding for a certain length of time there you have the origin of the honeymoon the wedding ring a symbol of the fetter with which the bride was bound ids long had special care it was believed that the loss of the ring meant the loss of affection the wedding cake the toller of tales says depicted fertility and so it followed that the finer the cake the more prolific the union that is if the bride made certain to cut the first slice other superstitions surrounding the cake was that everyone present must eat a little every morsel of cake eaten enhanced the newiyweds chances for success in the business of living together and the bride if she were to have complete fidelity from her mate must eat some but save some at least until after the birth of her first child the honeymoon- living like a king want to go away in style and comfort and still have money left over to enjoy the honeymoon go mazda peggy 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including servants tennis courts swimming pools and fishing and hunting privileges