The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-16
Sale OF Marriage, Pr esents.
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THE ROMANCE TAKEN OUT OF AC-
COUNTS OF MANY FASHIONABLE
al9 WEDDINGS. .u!sflus


That one-half Of the world does not |
know how the other half live, says the |
American, isan old prOverb,
and Il has lately received q curious IL
lustration. A jeweler In New York
as one branch of his BUSH
ness ''duplicate wedding presents
bought and exchanged" . This an
nouncement was first treated as joke,
but It now appears that this peculiar
traffic is regularly carried on by the
gentleman In question, and that he Is
ct present doing very lively business
In It. 1t takee q great deaf OF the ro-
nance from the glowing accounts OF
fashionable weddings with which the
columns OF certain Journals are period
ically filled to learn that the numerous
presents 30 ostentati0usly displayed on
the occasion Of the ceremony after
ward find their way to shops and stores,
where they are again disposed OF. And
vet the multiplicity Of presents which
are 30 regularly bestowed on the young
bride must often cause her to wonder
TO what use she shall put them. When
she finds that she has sufficient knives
and forks to stock small cutlery es-
tablishment, ice-pitchers for every
room in the house, including the attic,
hair-brushes which would be fortune
to an enterpsising barber, and silver
spoons and butter dishes innumerable,
she may be pardOned If, although she
loves them for the associations which
surround them, she parts with them
at a sacrifice. And who knows but
that many family when reverses
come has succeeded in paying its bills
and keeping up appearances 10y AID OF
these mementOes of affection and
esteem. Hamlet tells us that after his
| fathers death 1.-The funeral baked meats
did coldly furnish forth the marriage
tables, )" and there are probably many
cases in which the articles covering
the wedding tables of to-day help ia
keep away poverty and do more good
than the givers could ever have antici'
pated. Another thing to be noticed II
tbelavish generosity which exhibits 1t
self OH occasions such as birthdays
weddings, and wedding anniversaries
and vet which never seems to be able
tos how itselfin any other way than TIN
old stereOtyped methods. The result
is that SOME well-meaning friend wht
decides on presenting some useful ARA
Gle to the bride never stops To thlnl
that probably twenty others hav'
fixed upon the SaIlc tuihs, ohu So ohc.
run from butter-knives to earrings
pictures to brooches, and spoons u
bracelets. In these hard times pres
ents such as these are chiefly lo0ke'
up, and 1t Is consoling to know tina
they can be disposed of to a benevolen
ieWeller even Ii, when he is aware tina
they did not cost anything he Is a
liberty to place his own price upol
them. 1t Is even probable that tn
presents which he purchases are nc
always duplicates, but that parting to
, kens and testimonials of affection ofte
find their way to him. Still II every
, thing has use, this speculative ind
, vidual serves purpose, when unlik
, the old alchemists, who transmute
,, all into gold, he changes trinkets II
tended for mere show and vanity int
, bread and butter.