ead the way to the chancel, singing a hymn the while.

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=The Bridesmaids= should follow the bride and her father up the nave of
the church. When the number of bridesmaids is even, four, six, eight, or
twelve; but when the number is odd, as five, seven, or nine, and three
of them happen to be children, which is generally the case, the elder
bridesmaids should walk "two and two," following next after the
children.

At fashionable weddings one or two little boys act as pages, and
occasionally bear the bride's train.

The head bridesmaid is generally the bride's eldest unmarried sister or
the bridegroom's sister, and she should follow next to the bride with
her companion bridesmaid, when children are not included in the group.

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=The Bride's Mother= should follow next to the bridesmaids, and walk by
the side of her son, or other male relative, in following them up the
nave of the church. Ladies and gentlemen do not walk arm-in-arm at a
wedding, but side by side.

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=The Bride's Immediate Relatives= and the near relatives of the
bridegroom should seat themselves in pews or chairs, according to the
church in which the service is celebrated. In some churches the service
takes place at the entrance of the chancel, and the bridal party enter
the chancel and stand at the altar to receive the address, and the
concluding portion of the service only is there celebrated.

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=The Bridegroom's Relatives= should place themselves on entering at the
right of the nave, thus being on the bridegroom's right hand, and seat
themselves in pews. The relatives of the bride should place themselves
on entering at the left of the nave, thus being on the bride's left
hand, and seat themselves in pews or chairs. Large cards with the words
"For the Relatives of the Bridegroom," "For the Relatives of the Bride,"
are frequently placed in the pews to indicate where they are to sit.

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=The Bride= should stand at the bridegroom's left hand; the bride's
father, or nearest male relative, should stand at her left hand, in
order to give her away.

The bridesmaids should stand immediately behind the bride in the order
in which they pass up the church.

The bride should take off her gloves at the commencement of the service
and should give them wi