Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-25
AND COMMON SENSE PREVAILED.
How a Decorative Craze Nearly
Ended an Engagement.
But Mamma Iniected IA Little Common


New York World.
There was a look Of deep dependency
on Eucretia's face rs she came in from
her shopping expedition.
ats no use, mamma" she said to that
atfectionate lady, who began TO help her
off with her wraps after the solicitous
fashion of mothers whose daughters are
to be brides in June. Its no use. ! am
not going to be married. You can tell
Edward yourself. ! am perfectly
wretched. can 80 away somewhere, it
doesn't matter where, and you can tell
people I'm dead. | wont disgrace you
by breaking my engagement three weeks
before my marriage, butt
Then Lucretia wept and her mother
tried to comfort her. When the difficult
task had been accomplished few ma
ternal inquiries were made.
Have you and Edward quarrelled ?"
said she.
"No. not exactly"
Has he offended you in any way
Do you think, perhaps, that he drinksY'
Drinks !" Grid Lucrctia in wrath.
My Edward drink Certainly not"
Has he not been quite frank with
you, my DEAR" pursued Lucrctla's
mother. You know most men have
little things in their past lives, which,
while perfectly harmless, they hesitate
to mention To their iiancecs--little foolish
tlirtatiOus-"
"F'lirtations 7" and Lucretia's eyes
blaled. "llow can You say such thing
Of Edward, when YOU know he never
cared for any girl but me !"
- oil Nyhat IL IL ,I,nr ,l,f1J H.
nothing Edward has done OF has been
what in the world is the mattcr?"
Lncretia resumed her NiObe state and
said, between her sobs;
lists those salt spoons his Uncle
Edward sent ard hoped we'd Use every
day"
But they arc lovely-quite the most
beautiful bits # antique silver work
have seen" said the puzzled mamma.
ii know it" said Lucrctia. But you
see, mammu, one cant Use the most
marvellous antique Salt spoons in mod.
ern salt.ccllars, Fancy il! So we
secured the town all April for antique
SaItcelars, and you know We did find
such delightful ones with that dear old
bluc4lass showing through the dear old
silvcrwnrk.
"WeI, that was all very WELL" pur.
succl Iucrctia. I'VE Were yory happy
for a day, and then pointed out to
Edward that those salt cellars and
spoons would look ridiculous sur.
rounded by modern pepper casters aud
sugar bowls. And Edward acknowl.
edged it. 50, as yoh remember, We got
the lovelicst old silver from that shop
on Fourth avenue. There wasn't so
much 81 it. TO be sure, as if we had
bought modern patterns, but it was all
harmonious.
And You know yourself mother,
just how 1t went on. How we couldn't
use our dear old silver with crude new
chlna, ami how we simply hunted
second hand shops and bought blue and
white ware aud Washington pitchers
ond state plates, and cups that wObble
about their saucers in Just the quaintest
old way, aud everything dcarand lovely,
And you know how told Ned that
We couidn' spread those on one OF the
foolish, light siicb0ards or one of the
modern tables. And You remember
how we got that gloomy, heavy, perfect
Oh mahogany Sldcbuard and table and
those darling, pla, uncomfortable chairs.
W Ell, now, mamma, those things
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