Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-22
SnciuI TOnicS

Among the presents at wooden wedding
up at Allentown, the other day, was an immense
cake. This was reserved for tine last ; and when
they came to cut it, they found it was only
cheese box covered with icing This reminds
as as the story-tellers say, of supper given
by lady of Wilmington, not very long ago, to
party O. friends, some of whom, they do say, had
"saved up" for the occasion. 1t was an elegant
supper to look at The table was handsomely
arranged and the various dishes temptingly dis
played. Bu. their character, upon examination,
proved unique. The old-fashioned shingle
cheese, Acknowledgements, and wax fruit were
quite improved on. There was an elegant
chicken salad made chiefly out of raw potatoes,
with an attractive dressing that looked like mus
tard and oil, but was in reality mostly composed
OF indian-meal. There were other dishes quite
as curious in their way and the crowning achieve
ment was the coffee, which, with the milk had
been chemically arranged upon the principle Of
"a 4eidlitz powder and when the two were com
bined in the cups, displayed an effervescence
that was at once astonishing and-for coffee
highly improper.
A writer in the Home Journal says;
"a woman never quite forgers the man who
him she may, indeed, have given him the mo-
instead Of the yes he hoped for but the re-
membrauce that he desired yes always soft
ems her thoughts Of him. and would make him
were he reminded of it, friend forever. There
may be girls who make Jest of discarded suit
orr. but they are generally very young, and the
wouiug has been something that did not betoken
mitch depth Of tenderness. There are merce-
nary offers too, that only awaken hcorn and
hate III the woman wooed for money and not
for her=elf but really to have touched man,
heart ls something not to be forgotten while she
lives. Always she remembers how his eyes
looked INTO hers how, perhaps, he touched hel
hand with his. and how her heart ached when sht
turned away without that which she could no
give him. She loves some one else. Some othe
man has all the truth OF her soul-elways ha
and always will haye-but she cannot forget til,
one who turned from her and went his way ant
came no more. She is glad when she hears o.
h.s SUCCESS; grieyed when she knows that h,
has suffered; and when some day she hears tina
he is married-she who has herself been married
long years. perhaps; she who, at all events
would not have married him-is she glad then
do not know. A,womans 3 heart is very strang,
thing | do not believe she knows herself"
Well, and how about the man who had " frs
love-" long previous to that which carried hin
into matrimony? And what man has not had
Who marries the first one he loved-or though
lie did, And when he does not does the mem
ory OF her hang around him2 Probably. II th
husbands are to have such suggestions as thos
we quote dangled before their eyes, thu
discarded lovers" who find place in tina
'strange thing, q woman heart" why natural,
they will produce out of their venerable ant
tme-scarred memories of love the image of tina
fond object Of early devotion which first stirre,
the strange elements in their hearts. Com
now