The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-28

with the encyclopedia, drove their teams
over the cucumber vines and went home.
He died last year, just before time to
celebrate his tin wedding. l have al
ways believed that porterhouse steak
would have saved his life. His congre-
cation submitted to the inevitable and
got another harder shrub to take his
place. Possibly they got an orchid.
The tin wedding occurs at the tenth
anniversary. At twelve years silk and
linen are the general characteristics. At
fifteen years comes the crystal, at twen-
ty the china, at twenty-five the silver
wedding, at thirty pearl, at forty ruby and
at fifty the golden wedding. The seven
I, ty-fftn anniversary is called thediamond
wedding, but very few succeed in getting
that far hand in hand.
/. Your job printer VIII show you what
style Of invitation to issue, so that you
will have no trouble in regard TO that.
AS regards refreshments you must use
your own taste, and conform somewhat
to the customs of the place in which you
live. Some just pass around the victuals
say about or 10 o'clock, and let her go
at that. A good idea is to avoid so far
as possible going into perishable grub.
Get things that will keep, and then serve
after you have run your eye swiftly over
the gifts. Afriend of mine got all ready
once to feed his guests with the fat of
the land, but after seeing the layout he
sliced a watermelon and went to bed,
leaving W ord in an audible voice for the
butler to turn off the gas as soon as the
guests went home.
1t was crystal wedding, and he told
me that eight of the guests dubbed to-
gether and bought him glass marble
with little mud turtle in it. At first
he thought that he would seek relief in
the false joys Of rum, but later on he
yielded to better counsels and bought
present for one of these friends who was
about to have a tin wedding. 1t was a
thing to use in tearing of checks, and he
made it himself out of an unsoldered
oyster can. He also got the entire list
Of guests to unite with him in the ex-
pense. This did much to break up the
custom of exchanging cookies for carved
furniture, and prune sauce and a glowing
welcome for a set Of solid silver or cut
glass.
The Prince Of Wales told me that if
he had his life to live over again he
wouldn't go in for any of these things.
In fact he had tin wedding against his
better Judgment, he said, rather than
have any trouble with his mother She
favored it and thought it would pay,
but it didn't. He says that the way
board is now it takes a good many long
handled dippers to pay for one of these
blowOuts.
have written the indelible autograph
on the piece Of silk sent me, Anxious
Inquirer, and return it to you along with
the odor of benzine which accompanied
it here when received it. Use it wise
ly, and may it enhance the grab bag to
such an extent that in future years
when your sons shall write home from
the penitentiary and give their autobi-
ography they may point to this auto
graph and this grab bag, and say that it
was then and there that they first learned
the joys of gambling and of getting by
chance what they might not by purchase.
Should your printer be unable to sup
ply you with the appropriate stationery
for your anniversary | will be glad TO
do your work and furnish you with
what You need. | have a neat little
printing press, which | secured by get
ting a new subscriber and thirty-tive
cents for a paper which desired to ex-
tend its circulation so that it could do a
good deal more good than it had ever
been able to Go before. 1t is a good
little press, but is really better, / find,
as a cider press than for printing. 1t Is
too earnest and too DESTROYS of making
a deep impression, think. Ii would be
a good machine to prepare reading mat
ter for the blind. because IL can be read
better on the back than on the front,
and easier by touch than by sight.
had intended to touch briefly upon the
great solemnity of the marriage rela- !
tons and the horrors Of married life,
but find that l have not the time or
space for it
However. | may say in conclusion, /
that marriage, If not carried 10 excess, Is |
a wise provision and a sacred obligation. !
Marry your opposite so far as possible, |
as regards sex. You will |
never regret it. If possible marry |
above your own station. Both Of you |
should DO this. Il is sure TO advance |
your race. Do not marry q foreigner I'M
less highly Endorsed by those in whom |
You have perfect confidence. or unless /
you want 10 very much indeed.
Do not encourage long engagements. /
II Is better 70 get weary Of each other at l
your leisure after marriage than 10 fly /
around and do 50 beforehand. Court 4
ship, however, is most delightful in 4
dustry, and should not he rashlv broken .
in upon by marriage. Some people seem /
to be admirably fitted for suitors. but
fail in other occupations. This Is very /
unfortunate indeed. No sutton can be /
sure of a permanent situation. The sup
ply greatly exceeds the demand. but
good usbands and wives are none TOO
plenty.
Ifthe United States government would /
establish standard Of excellence for
suitable husbands under so, and able,
amiable and sensible wives under the
same age. and AEard a medal TO each