At home.  At the end of the wedding trip they
proceed to their own home, and immediately
send out their At Home cards, unless they
have followed the better plan of enclosing
them with their wedding cards.

They are at perfect liberty to send them to whom they please, and thus to select their friends.  At these “At Homes” light refreshment is served, and the married couple wear full evening dress.

       They are generally given a dinner by the
       bridesmaids, and are entertained by both
       families in appropriate ways.

  Men-dress.  At a morning or afternoon wedding
       the groom, best man, and ushers wear
       afternoon dress, but at an evening wedding
       they wear evening dress.

       For further details see Best Man—­Dress. 
       Groom—­Dress.  Ushers—­Dress.

  Mourning should not be worn at a wedding, but
       should be laid aside temporarily, the wearer
       appearing in purple.

  Music.  The organist and the music are usually
       selected by the bride.  Before the arrival of
       the bride the organist plays some bright
       selection, but on her entering the church
       and passing up the aisle he plays the Wedding March.

  Pages.  See Pages.

  Private.  See Private Wedding.

  Procession up the aisle.  Many styles are
       adopted for the procession up the aisle.  A
       good order is for the ushers to come first in
       pairs, then the bridesmaids, maid of honor,
       and last the bride on her father’s arm.  At
       the altar the ushers and bridesmaids open
       ranks to allow the bride to pass through.

       This order is usually reversed in the procession
       down the aisle.

  Recalling invitations.  See Wedding Invitations
      (Recalled).

  Receptions.  See Wedding Receptions.

  Rehearsals.  Rehearsals should be held even
       for a quiet home wedding, and at a sufficiently
       early date to insure the presence of all who
       are to participate.

  Reporters.  See Reporters—­Weddings.

  Ribbons.  See Ribbons at Church Weddings.

  Rice.  See Weddings—­Throwing of Rice.

  Ring.  This may be dispensed with, save in the
       Roman Catholic and in the Episcopal Church
       service.  It is usually of plain gold, with
       initials of bride and groom and date of marriage
       engraved therein.

It is bought by the groom, who should give it to the best man to be kept till it is called for by the clergyman during the ceremony.  It is worn on the third finger of the bride’s left hand.

  Second marriages.  See Widows—­Weddings.