THE LADIES’ CORNER

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 270, 29 October 1932, Page 3

THE LADIES’ CORNER

SUGGESTIONS FOR WEDDING DECORATIONS. Have we not noticed at weddings how lacking in originality the ordinary decoration is, and although everything may be of the best, the result is stereotyped?—so many palms, ribbons, flowers, and, of course, the inevitable bell, that one would imagine it to bo a set piece, and arranged and put down on a pattern. Of course, a lot depends on the style of the church, but our idea is to have everything original and emphasising some particular scheme. Palms and pot plants should be of the choicest and there should be no attempt at covering the pots with crepe paper or any such thing—this is provincial in the extreme; a terracotta pot, if scrupulously clean, can lend an artistic touch; polished wood barrels with brass bands look very nice, and good positions for them can always be found in any church. Tall Venetian masts at the end of the aisle near the chancel steps with graduated ones to the end of the pews set apart for guests give

a good effect. If ribbon is carried from the highest to the lowest with sheafs of lilies or roses at each pew, looking from the back it will give one the impression of steps. Trail light asparagus fern, dotted with small flower: from the tops of the masts and across. The tallest masts have a flight of white paper butterflies poised near the bridal couple. Fasten each butterfly on to wires twisted spirally, and every movement will cause them to vibrate. It is prettier and less common than the bell, though if one feels they must have one, it will not interfere with the butterflies. Also initials of the happy couple can be fixed in the usual way if desired. The flowers that can be used most advantageously for -a wedding embrace all kinds of lilies, grouped Gladioli in all their shadings from white; mauves to the deepest crimson; Agapanthus, both blue and white, but preferably white; Japanese Iris and Karl Druschi roses.