Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-03
A Fashionable British Mcr,iage.

A fashionable British MGrriage.
Tom is in love. He thinks it will be
easy to economic his expenditure when he
settles down with that ''dear little grip in
home of his own. "a fellow spends such
! a deuce of lot on rushing about, giving
fellows breakfasts, and on suppers after
| the play" he thinks. "Gertrude's father is
giving Us the house and furniture, and we
| shall live quietly for bit. We've invita-
| tons three deep for autumn and winter al
ready, so that will save US no end of ex-
pense. By the end of the year 1 shall have
paid off those botherIng Jews"
Gertrude is not quite so much in love as
| Tom is. She has accepted him for the
| sake of having home of her own and for
release from the thralldom and narrowness
| of domestic arrangements consequent upon
| the existence of six sisters and three
brothers, the latter, as usual, being ex-
| travagant in proportion to the restricted
| means of their parents. 1T is perfectly
| awful to be the youngest sister," Gertrude
has often said. 81 hardly ever get a
| chance to go out. and as to a really new
dress, l seldom ever expect it now. Now,
Tom has heaps of money. 1 shall have as
many new dresses as like, and new bon
net for every new dress. We shall give at
! least two dances every season, and Few
| nice little dinners and so on"
While reading the Morning Post Tom
chances upon an account of the wedding
presents given to the bride by Sir Some
| body mething-diamonds enough to
| stock small shop, with a goodly cata
| logue of sapphires, emeralds and rubies.
He feels little uneasy. II must give her
some little thing" he thinks, shut it can't
| be much" A pair of diamond earrings
| and lace pin to match accompany him
! on his usual visit in the afternoon. Cert
rude is delighted with them; but alas! for
poor Tom, he little knows that now he has
begun to give her jewelry she will expect
fresh installment every few days up to
and inclusive of the wedding morning.
'The girls think they would like brace
let's" she tells him one afternoon. "Oh,
| do they?" he asks a little mystifed.
"Yes. Gold would do, with our united
| monogram in brllliants. It will have to
| be seen about at once, for they must, of
| course, be made to your order" Gertrude's
six sisters are to be supplemented by two
| of his cousins and two bosom friends of
the bride, in the bridal train. Tom orders
| the bracelets the next morning, and on
leaving the jewelers. shop jumps into a
hanson, and after quarter of an hours
| ride, out of it again at the door of shabby
house not hundred miles from Leicester
| square. Here lives the chosen gentleman
| who negotiates loans for him at ruinous
percentage from his friend in the city"
The wedding day comes and goes. Tom
has looked pale and nervous throughout
| the ceremony. His male friends seem to
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! enormous number of times they are doing
knows what is wrong. Last
| night his friend had said to
him: "If had known then what 1 do
now, I'd never have done it. Or at least
I'd have waited year or two. I'm in no
end of mess. That fellow refuses to ad-
vance any more money. The last 800 was
at 20 per cent. It'll barely see US over the
wedding trip. Gertrude wants to 90 on to
Rome and stay few weeks there. Mon
| ey runs out like water when one is travel
| ing. can't see my way, old boy. 1 was
an awful ass to think of marrying" This
may be an extreme case, and it may be
| hoped that few end so disastrously as did
this but few months since. It was as
smoke in the nostrils of society for some
small part of nine days. We live too fast
now for wonders TO be remembered SO long
as they used to be.
Some persons have inaugur2ted reforms
in more than one expensive particular Of
the wedding ceremony. A high-bred girl,
courageous as lovely, walked to the altar
one sunny morning unattended by single
bridesmaid. On another occasion there
| was no wedding breakfast, and consequent
| ly- delightful immunity!-no speeches.
Wedding trips that last three days, or at
| most week, are immensely in favor. All
these are improvements upon the stereo-
| typed old customs. There still remains
much to be done. Not many days ago an
ambitious little lady determined that her
| twelve bridesmaids should evidence in their
appearance the possession of both riches
| and generosity of the bridegroom. They
| did! Huge bouquets of orchids and other
| rarest dollhouse flowers were carried by the
| twelve, the flowers outshining in their
southern brilliancy the exquisite pendants
| OF diamonds of the first water that formed
the bridegroom's more permanent gifts.
That lady proved her own selfshness in
the same moment that she managed that
her husband should display his wealth,
which is by no means excessive.
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