Reception Days.
It is necessary for the bride to include her new address with her wedding invitations, unless, as is still more “chic,” cards for several reception days are issued after her return. These dates being fixed, it is then that first calls may be made upon her at her new residence with the happy certainty of finding her at home.
At these quiet, informal receptions, she receives simply as a member of society, wearing usually a rich, dark silk without any reminders of her recent bridehood.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES.
The wedding anniversaries are numerous, but only a few of these are habitually observed. Paper, wooden, tin, crystal, silver and golden are the favorite ones, the others being so rare as to hardly merit being included in the list.
The following complete list of the anniversaries, with the respective dates of their occurrence, may be useful for reference:
| First Anniversary | Paper Wedding. |
| Second Anniversary | Cotton Wedding. |
| Third Anniversary | Leather Wedding. |
| Fifth Anniversary | Wooden Wedding. |
| Seventh Anniversary | Woolen Wedding. |
| Tenth Anniversary | Tin Wedding. |
| Twelfth Anniversary | Silk and Linen Wedding. |
| Fifteenth Anniversary | Crystal Wedding. |
| Twentieth Anniversary | China (sometimes Floral) Wedding. |
| Twenty-fifth Anniversary | Silver Wedding. |
| Thirtieth Anniversary | Pearl Wedding. |
| Thirty-fifth Anniversary | Coral Wedding. |
| Fortieth Anniversary | Ruby Wedding. |
| Forty-fifth Anniversary | Bronze Wedding. |
| Fiftieth Anniversary | Golden Wedding. |
| Sixty-Fifth Anniversary | Crown-Diamond Wedding. |
| Seventy-fifth Anniversary | Diamond Wedding. |
It may be well to mention here that the twentieth anniversary is considered unlucky to celebrate, or even to mention.
The manner of sending out invitations and accepting and refusing the same has been fully described in the proper department, and a few words only will be necessary as to the gifts and entertainment suitable on such occasions.
Tin and Paper Weddings and some other of the earlier anniversaries are usually occasions for happy frolics, and merry jests as to the form the gifts will take, though the paper wedding gives place for the presentation of elegant books, and a supply of fashionable stationery that is sufficient to fill the family needs for a long space of time.