The bridegroom sends the bride her bouquet, and often one of violets or her favorite flower to the bride's mother.
The bride's father seems a rather subordinate figure at the fashionable wedding. After he has given away the bride, he retires into the background, escorting his wife to her carriage at the conclusion of the ceremony. He does not assist her in receiving the guests at the house, but circulates among them after congratulations have been tendered the newly wedded pair.
Formal afternoon dress is necessary for men who attend a day wedding, at church or at home. At an evening wedding they wear evening clothes.
After a wedding, the members of the bridal party are expected to call on the bride's mother within ten days or two weeks.
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A bridal party always stand with their backs to the audience, the clergyman facing it.
Remember—
That men's evening clothes are not worn before six o'clock.
That women wear their hats at afternoon functions, teas, luncheons, bridge parties, etc., and remove them at evening affairs.
That in society, personal affairs, servants, dress, household difficulties, "symptoms," illnesses and bereavements, are not to be made a subject of conversation.