WOMAN'S WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 97, 10 September 1912, Page 6

WOMAN'S WORLD.

(Conducted by "Eileen.") A NOVEL MARRIAGE CEREMONY At Cambridge, Massachusetts, Edmund Trowbridge Dana, grandson of Lougieiiow, mid Miss Jessie Holliday, English portrait painter, were married by Eoniuud M. Parker, a Justice of the Peace. A novel marriage service, written by the bride, and conforming with the advanced views of both, was used (says the Mew York Herald). As little formality was I displayed as possible. The bride wore a dress "that would be equally appropriate for tennis, yachting, or a stroll, There ' were no bridesmaids or best man. The two were just married. The ceremony, as written by Miss llolliday and pronounced by the couple and the Magisitrate, follows: —Magistrate: ''We are here to witness the marriage of Edjuuud Trowbridge Dana and Jessie Holliday. If anybody present knows any reason why these persons cannot lawfully be united in marriage let him now declare it. 1 require of you both that if either of you know any impediment to your being lawfully married you do now declare it. "The Welfare of the Rice." ''Edmund Trowbridge Dana, do you wish to marry this woman?" Mr Dana: "Yes." Magistrate: Jessie Holiday, do you wish to marry this r-r.mV' Miss llolliday: "Yes." Magistrate: "Edmund Trowbridge Dana and Jessie llolliday, do you intend to help and consider each other, and do you intend to bring up any children you may have to the best of your ability, and for the welfare of the human race?" Mr Dana and Miss Holli 1 day: "We do." Magistrate: "Will you then express your minds to each otheq;" i Mr Dana: "I, Edmund Trowbridge Dana, take you, Jessie Holliday, as my I lawful wife, and promise faithfully, to fulfil towards you all 'the obligations arising from the marriage state, and I hope so to live that you may never re- , grot your choice; as a symbol thereof I give you this ring" (placing a regulation gold band on her finger.) "Comrade and Helpmate." Miss Hollidav: "I, Jessie Holliday, 1 (take you, Edmund Trowbridge Dana, us 1 'my lawful husband, and promise faith- 1 1 fully to fulfil toward you all the obliga- - tions arising .from the married state, and • 1 hr.pe to be a true comrade and helpmate; as a symbol thereof 1 give you . this ring" (sliping on the bridegroom's > hand a heavy silver ring, -a luilf-ineh .< pvide and beautifully engraved). 1 j Magistrate: "Since Ednv.rid Trow- 1 bridge Dana and Jessie ]loli; iv wish to i unite in marriage.and have notified each II other of -the same before me and these j witnesses, I now therefore, by virtue of r the authority; .vested in me by the Com'monwealth of Massachusetts, pronounce them husband and wife." Henry Holliday. of Harrow, England, the bride's father, w&s present, but the usual ceremony of'giving the bride away was omitted. THE FIREPLACE IN SUMMER The coming of spring and the departure of fires bring with them the recurring problem: "What shall we - do with the fireplace?" It is no simple problem io solve, for the great open space of the empty hearth is not easy to hide ip. a really decorative, manner, and to leave it 'bare of ornament of some kind is to give the whole Toom a cheerless, uncared for look. Our grandmothers solved the knotty point with paper shavings, gold threads, and colored parchment cut in all manner of ingenious shapes and forms. But not even the return to favor, of Early Victorian modes of furnishing lvas been able to reinstate the Early Victorian fire ornament, and we are left to wrestle with the problem as best we j may. A very successful method of furnish- j ing the fireplace is to have a frame made by some local picture-framer. of the exAct dimensions, of the opening, and to Lave the back so constructed as to allow of a piefje of brocade or a square of old embroi'd'ery, 1 jielng readily fixed up. Many of u,s possess some piece of old needlework or a bit of Oriental embroidery which we'are puzzled to know how to' display Without fear of its 'becoming soiled or faded. The glass of the frame will obyiafte 'all sueh risk, and its position on our hcaVfti (for Some reason one's gaze a ways. seems to direct itself towards ,the, Ijreplaee) will draw attention to its beauties. I have seen this idea carried out with''excellent effect, sometimes in collection with a piece of quaint old Berlin woolwork, sometimes with a fine panel of Japanese or Chinese stitch pry; ;13v.fn qld lace, if it be of sufficiently bold design, can be utilised in this way, and in enjoying its beauties we have the added satisfaction of knowing that it is receiving no harm. One occasionally conies across in some old furniture shop, or lurking among the treasures of.some, stall, a round shell of steel or other wrought medal, at one time tpart of a suit'of armor, or perhaps brought home a curiosity from India or South' Africa;. ~By the 'iid of a couple of strong books affixed to the back a shield of this,<Jescri|it ion can be made to hang fi'opi.Jhe ,upper bar of the grate and to hide, all that i, required of it. The metal of theshielr seems to accord well with ;its fiurroundi lgs. and to be.in keeping with .the funic; and its furnishings. ! Another itiliornative is to place in front of the stove one of the small biin-nc.v-sc.recms, so characteristic of the Sheraton and Chippendale periods, and which. ;i,re. usually adjustable on t.heir upright, stems, and so lend themselves -,»di{ii.ra)ilv..to..lhN treatment, 'fire Ingenious, wind, will, be able to adapt l odds,jUid (mrbi-thvit at, first sight seem.entirely .■nnprimiisiptr:. for instance, one. of tl|e jfl/ust ,sjii!{pi'.f(>)'uJ .'screens tint ,i;t lias e.yer been my lof.-ito; meet with was the top of an old papier-mache table, that had grown _xLclie.ty_-Witll the course of l . years, but which still retained its iride-»-j eence of _jnother-of-pearl in the flowers' and birds . wjf li'Vliidh it was inlaid. To fa-hion a wooden stand on which to niiun-j tain its-pqnil+brirmi- was not a difficult' matter, and the result was wholly de-.i light-fill. j A tray of Bennreij ware in brass and a 1 large .f'hiha./ di'sh are other potential] screen* that suggest themselves. Placed "oil a wooden stand they will prove highly effective, and a welcome change from the . Japanese 1 umbrella and the Brohdicnagian fan! ' Tie; fern rockery dies hard in the esteem of many. 1 must confess I hat it is a device to which T have never been able to give, my whole-hearted support by reason of its deplorable effect on the drought-suffering plants-. To place l delicate fern immediately below the open register of the fireplace (f have -een a maiden-hail' (rented in this unfeeling fashion!) always moves me to tears, so that 1 have never been able to contemplate the arrangement wit.'li ! n|iisii!imily! The -creen of pe:i<-ock-,' feathers that simulate the proud bird itself is decorative but dnst-collectinsr, so that too must be abandoned. Still, enough has been said to show that with a. little ingenuity it is possible to devise a substitute that is at once original and practical, so that the coming departure of the fire need bold no terrors from i!:» decorative point of view.