The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-03-05
me Cards.

The latest excitement in fashionable circles III
london is caused by a new custom, which has we
notice. already come in vogue here, OF using no
Wedding cards. The "happy pair" now notify
their friends of the great event 10y means OF an
advertisement in the marriage column Oh some va'
Nv paper, and the words mo Oardo, lolloWih2
the brief announcement, give the world 70 uh>
derstand that no further trouble will be taken TO
acquaint any one of the fact,
We find various views prevail IN the Ensli9h
week ~ press as to the p~ropriety OF t!hs ne" Gus
tom Some writers-the cynical sort-recommehd
it as a cheap aud easy way Of giving the cut po>
lite and indirect to all ones friends some mourn
over it DIS sweeping away another OF the old Gus
toms One writer thus speculates about the stfog'
giles and agitation through which the BRIDE passed
who first determined TO dipense with wedding
cards;
The afix Of no cards, which is now so com"
monty appended to marriage announcements ls
the trophy Of a considerable effort Of courage on
the part Of some unknown lady. The bride who
first conceived the idea offorcing bel friends to be
satisfied with receiving their knowledge of her
change of state through the advertiseineot sheet OF
tIG i fHfeSt anu ~ 'NS
through the medium of shiny squares OF paste
board, must have been q woman Il ne ordinary
mould The mental agitation through "hich she
must have struggled, was such DE- great ts'ofolers'
only know. An Engllsh0omDu WHO disregard5 a
conventional Observance, especially 1t she be OF
the middle class possesses as courageous a SOU,
In her wav. as the Buddhist who kiil5 a musqulto'
or a Jew who breakfasts upon sausages. But
this was the least of her trials. men hef own
mental conflict was over, there was the puoIlc
oninion of relatives and friends to be dehed.-
Wirh what hitter derisicn and afiectiouate lnsInu
,tions was her project received in the bosom OF
her femilvI How it was talked over on every
possihIe occasion, by the simultaneous voices ~
All her sisters and all her female relatives! Her
father shook his head and said 10 good ever came
of these new tangled notions. Her mother wepl
and was sure it was those hOTrid Essays and Re
views that had put these ideas into young people :
heads. Her brothers CURLY pronounced IL 10 De
scoufounded stiugy.' Her old nurse tearluliy re
marked that she remembered her when she wa
such a dear little thing, and never do thlnk Il
would come to this; but for her part, she was
quite sure that sir Cresswell CresSwell, who was
a good sensible SORT of a gentleman, would never
allow il. But in the teeth of all these assalianis'
The heroic young bride, whose name Is lost 10 MS
tory. persevered 20 the end and IN due tllae ne
announcement Of her marriage appesreh IN ihe
naper. with the fateful words Nc cards, attached.
And thus the fret blow was given 10 lha' great
card-ceremnniai upon which English social lfe
reposss Many others have since followed IN ner
steps bit they are only iinitators aud disciples
they have not led the iorlorn nope "t Ehgish re-
spe,;labilit Y. They have not done that Of whlch
II could be said. Ny dear, nobody ever ola snch
q tbi9g before.