Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-28
MARRIAGE exrH1yao,ss'
Need of y Great ama..,
All Alone - 'Vmbln. :.

An "s " Him.
a" along the L,ns MIR q
A great dea! has been NM.
cent years about the excessive sa .
OF money spent at funeral. ahces
OF II unnecessarily and On, !,
single desire to make . a. ~ q "
the costly ornamented cam, TN
long array of unnecessar % "
there Is a succession OF e,na "aeas
are IN as bad taste as they a A. Y lSa
But at the other end of ,ha ~ ses
is even more extravaganza 'I !, NY
is useless extravaganza d J., 'isr
what must We say OF tho, 'saersl
companies weddicgsl Here th a'sA \
conducted with display. las iss y
and an expense that casts az .a''slnss
else in the shade. The father !, 'alA;
or three marriageable daughts'.s w
well dread the ordeal which IN, ny
his daughters from him. M MI ~
senee from the roof-tree could na., %
be borne philosophical ' enoni psraan
it not that, when they 60, a ps e. Wy y
else goes with them that ca e, ~
spared. ="
To begin with there is the wall,
trousseau to be provided. n n.y.
days young girls have come to :, ~ 1e4
this as about the most inv. a
affair connected with their MARI
How extensive and how costly !, 81
be is a matter not always resplat.a ~
the financial ability OF the p,,s'
parent, but how much an smlis
mother and a winning daugb,e,
persuade him to expend. Often q
sum is far beyond what pru,Ianos =
good sense will allow. but such !, 4
desire to make show and to keen
level with what other fathers X. /
ing in the same social circle, have H.,
under similar circumstances. th,,s.
parent may incur financial oblics,iss'
which it may require years Of elm
irg and saving to make up. &
The wedding gifts are not ia.
either. 1t has become almost obH,'
tory nowadays upon parents to y.
their daughters a good send-off, ana /,
do this often necessitales MANY s,,
fees. The young people of the ur,.
ent day are not content TO BEEN 4
their parents did, but no; hing less th,,
start from where their parents M,
stand will suit them. 1t is true tina
are continually changing. and MAJ.
ners and customs with them, and !.
advance on the previous generatiop 4
perhaps. inevitable; bit the create,
that advance. and the greater The a.
play. the more corrcc the thing il ,u.
posed 10 be.
1t is very right AMI proper that b,
rents who have the means should aim
the young people in good style. Tier
can be no objection whatever to Til
course, except in SO far as the infs
ence Of the example may have /,
effect on those less fortunately circun
stanced. These later, in their Al
tempts to keep up with the processior
are led into n hundred extrayagaae.
they can i'll afford.
Then. too, we have the present 50
ever increasing extravaganza Of va
ding presents. These are hardly s.
ond to the actual marriage Itself ia ID
portance, in the eyes of the bride 40
her am bilious mamma. Every efJ
is made to make them many ~
costly, and often the means empl1l
are hardly warranted. They q
placed on exhibition. and as no o.
cares to show up poorly, there is al
rect bid for extravaganza. All this
but preliminary. What follows
often still more costly and extrayagaI
and all for the purpose Of making
display. In Europe the only way
marry of Il daughter well, in aworll
sense, is to give her handsome p
ton, and fathers often cripple the
selves pecuniarily for life in the eff
to make the dot rs large as possib
Here We don't consider oursel
obliged to give a large wedding P
ton, hut we virtually do the same thl
under another name and in anol
way. There is wide field for reio
in this matter. But that we shall
ness any considerable movement
this direction is altogether improba
Mt the present time, The tendency
present is towards even greater
travagance.-Ldnc (Pa) Era