Morning journal and courier., 1891-06-09
A CURIOUS WEDDING PRESENT.
Did the Merchant Wfsh 10 Rebuke
 Hi. Daughter, or Was It His SfnPn-
From the New York TribuDe.l

His Daughter, or Was It His SfnPli-
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 From the New York TribuDel
 There WAS fine old gentleman in this city, who from the humblest beginnings made his way steadily up to commercial fame and immense wealth, all by the man ufscturs of soap" said New Yorker the other day, ''snd with all his wealth and prosperity he never forgot how poor man feels or lost any of his consideration for the rights of others. Pride never pu5ed him up nor made him ashamed of his busi ness or his early history.
 "He was proud of the purity and excel fence of his soap, and the secret of his sue cess over his rivals lay in the fact that he invented severel processes for cheapening the manufacture of that article, and his great factory in this city was full of ma- chinery of his own invention and manu- facture. He made one ample fortune sole ly out of patenting the ideas of his fertile brain, and several others by selling the manufactures he was thus able 10 turn out.
 "His wife was as intensely purse proud as he was simple, though her origin was as simple as his own and her daughter took after her. This child married well, as they say; that is, young swell about town proposed to her on account of the great wealth he knew she would inherit. When the engagement was settled the daughter and mother asked the old man what he was going to do in the way of setting the young people up in life.
 Here they ran up against an unexpect- ed snag. The old boy would give nothing in the way of a dowry. He thought the bridegroom should support his wife un- aided till her fathers will gave her a share of his estate. The utmost he could be pre- vailed upon to do was to give his daughter a wedding present. What this would be he steadfastly refused to say just then. On the wedding day, however, his gift to the bride was the deed for a handsome house in fashionable street, completely fur nished in costly style from top to bot tom.
 ''The bridal tour had all been arranged, so no stop was made by the happy pair to examine the new house. All through the honeymoon they talked of the pleasures they would have in going over the house, examining the pictures and plate and en- tertaining their friends in it. Great was the delight with which they entered their new home on their return The carpets were ftANtt, Auc uauslnSs oA talk hAA AhCes the furniture hand carved, tke pictures old masters, the linen the finest, and sil- verplste was everywhere, even in the kitch- en.
 ''The bridegroom was delighted, but the brides cheeks were crimson, and her eyes flashed fire that tears could not quench. Everywhere she looked she was familiar with objects that filled her with rage. Snatching heavy silver saiver from the table, she showed to her husband, en- graved on a minutely but elaborate detail, the representation of a bar of soap with her fathers well known trademark on iI.
 ''This queer crest was everywhere about the house, worked into carved furniture, woven in the linen and hangings, and even painted on the carriage and stamped on the harness which were presented with the house It was the old mans greatest pride, that trademark and what it stood for, but whether he had it put on his daughters things out of sheer simplicity of heart or whether he intended il rebuke to her foolish pride l never found outn