WEDDING, PARTY AND BANQUET BOXES.
For centuries it has been the custom for people attending a wedding reception to receive individual pieces of the wedding cake to take home as souvenirs. It is a pretty custom and doubtless it will remain in vogue until the end of time. Some brides simply wrap the pieces of cake in fancy paper napkins, but those who want to have things done right usually place the bits of cake in fancy paper boxes so as to prevent breakage. Some newly-weds go so far as to have the names of the bride and groom printed or die stamped on the lids of the boxes.
Wedding cake boxes are small in size, and are made in the shape of hearts, diamonds, clover-leaf, fans, etc. Small, plain, round, oval, square or oblong boxes are often used for this purpose, but the odd-shaped boxes mentioned are always the most popular.
In making a heart-shaped wedding cake box, for example, the side-piece of cardboard is placed around a heart-shaped form, after having been stayed together at the two ends. The top-piece, cut out in the shape of a heart of the proper size, is then inserted. After this has been done, the sides of the box are covered with fancy paper, the edges of the paper being turned over at the top and at the bottom. A heart-shaped piece of paper is then pasted on the top of the lid. Both the lid and the box are made in the same way—on forms—only it is not necessary to cover the bottom of the box with a heart-shaped piece of paper.
A box of this kind usually contains a shoulder, both the lid and box being of the same size. The shoulder-piece is set in after the box has been formed and covered. The stock for the top and bottom pieces is lined with colored or white glazed paper before being cut out in the form of hearts. The stock for the side pieces is also lined before being cut to the essential sizes. This means that the box and lid are lined on the inner sides before being made up as described.