Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-05
D1AMoNDED SLIPPERS.

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DIAMoNDED SLIPPERS.
The real fin de steele is for the man of
your heart to give you not gloves, not
flowers, not sweets, though these may
all come in due season, but slippers.
Slippers such as Cinderella wore; slip
pers that glitter with buckles of gold
and silver, sometimes of precious stones,
and that have the highest of heels and
the narrowest and most pointed of toes.
With them also comes wish that your
feet may go in pleasant places, or the
slippers come with a hope that you
may walk through life beside him who
loves you with all the intensity of his
heart. It's very touching. But / think
the most touched girl in New York was
one who got pair of white satin slip
pers, and on the toe of each, instead of
a buckle, was a beautiful diamond but.
terfly, that might be used as a brooch
or hair ornament when it was not do
ing duty on the slipper. | consider
those slippers the first excuse ! have
ever seen for anybody putting their feet
on the mantel-shelf; but the funny part
Of ii is that the young man believed his
own darling Wore a No. 1, whereas she
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one ceulun chahge the Shippers, Tor
s sI eouiah ma OUT where they came
llohl, nv sle pought hefsell par ex
actiy IKE them, removed the butterflies,
anu dahces around ana over that young
man heart win perfect unconcern.
SMALL FORTUNES IN SMALL SLIPPERS
Another pretty pair of slippers sent
to tiancee We're Of gold brocade, with
buckles giltterihs with topaz. These
were 10 be worn at q dinner where the
engagement was announced, and the
gown with them was one OF deep yellow
chlhon. The man who sent these slip
pers Will certainly make good hus-
band, Tor with them came lovely yell
low gauze IAN on tortoise-shell sticks
WIN monogram wrought out in topaz,
a pair OF pale yellow gloves that reached
lar up over the arm, while very far
down in the toe of each slipper was
pale yellow silk stocking. These all
came together with the note from him,
and later IN the day, without any card,
presumably ttrom him, arrived a boxin
which were encased pair of garters, one
black, the other yellow, the buckles set
with topaz, and on one was the mono
gram OF the wearer-that was on the
black garter-while on the yellow was
engraven Luck comes through me-"
The girl was so happy she couldn't tell
whether il came from the garter or the
man who sent it, but of course she knew
he did, and she intends to thank him in
the prettiest way possible-aftGr her
marriage
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