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Emily paronsa 80, Cadhy Heath, Eng: 20 years chainmkr Works ten hours per day N

the blacksmith shop. They worked 30
minutes and made me IA pounds Of
t~hree-eighths chain. Each piece was
over two feet long, and they worked like
beavers to see who could make the long
est piece. They work ten hours a day.
l gave them a shilling apiece when the:
them how long it would take to earn earn
tax" more than 4 day" Ito earn rs
cents). I thought. Miserable England"
Women Coal Miners.
I did not visit Wigan this time Gas I
have done twice before), but there is no
change in labor there; the poorhouses
which I described and reproduced in 1892
still stand. 1t is a pitiful sight to wit
ness the poor women there, half starved
Of the pits for the small p%ittance Of
40 to 80 cents for ten hours work. l
reproduce here a cut of the shoes that
are worn by the women in these dis.
tricts, heavy clogs with big nails in the
bottom.
The situation has not changed yet. As
long as there is coal in the pit there will
class eli M' lived AZ and GI had Il their ri families mil ea" n ' the
coal mines, but Parliament prohibited
this, and now they do the wheeling on
the top of the pits. With this cheap
labor no wonder coal is cheap in this
country. This coal is used on the very
steamers and vessels which carry Eng
lands free trade labor product to Ameri-
ca to compete with our labor and manu-
features.
Charles l.. Snowden of Brownsville,
Pa, writes me-: "We pay u miners 20
cents per ton, Or $3.50 per 100 bushels
(76 pounds to the busheD. One man can
| and can earn from 81 to 81 daily. There
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] GROCERIES.

This "court'' was horseshoe pattern
and contained 8 houses-1S dwellings
. on one side and 4 On the other, and
these three closets were all there was
for this whole court"
board and Lodging.
These novels are inspected by the po.
lice. l found a certificate in the hall Of
Que of them dated March %, 1893, ana
slgned "a. I. Wood. chief police super
intcndent." These certificates are signed
at his Office. and probably he never Wis.,
it's the places.
One man told me ho had for his break
fast bread and butter and tea-no meat
and for his dinner bread and bacon,
hut meat was a luxury he could not af-
ford. The tenants fiocked around me by
the dozen in Miller's court. l would
have been glad to have taken some pho
tographs Of these scene and ''courts,"
but the weather was too cloudy for any
satisfactory results.
l. passed from this court TO- another,
answered, II take in lodgers."
"What do you charger" "Fourpence
Is cents) per night or sevenpence "a
ccnts) a couple" (The man saw there
were two of us.)
Passing on, we came to the largest Of
Its kind. containing 1856 beds. On the
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VIZ xss 1 = e ..,s s'' DE- e Z 1li T ::oa n's W. VT:
signs Of poverty. It was not &c fer hur
pity Is I looked on this terrible scene.
Going through q little court abeut 1Ox
to the shop where one Of his dauEhters
makes chain with another woman. I
asked her name and she told me Clara
Boxley. Her age is % years.
years srs and md receives sss% @t from $i.7S to 10 s2.ie
a week for her work. She makes three
sigShth n.i Inch cha il. and d. Is Paid s aIe for to.
a piece Of bacon. She told me she
worked from z o'clock. in the morning
until Z in the evening; that the only rea.
son she staid there was because she
could not save enough money to pay her
fare away from the town.
The buildings look as If they had stood
the little court leading into the house
and which is walled on every side by
houses l counted fifteen little children
from 2 to 6 years of age playing to-
gether in NIL the filth that could sur.
round a blacksmith shop in this district.
another daughter was making. chain.
She is married, has n child and makes
$2.16 per week.
She has been making chain for twenty
years, having commenced when she was
IL years old. Her husband, a chain.
maker also, earns from So to $3.50 q
week.
Mrs. Polly Fowkes has four daugh.
tiers making chain. She is 81 years old
and has made chain since she was z
years of age, but is now too old to work
at it any more. Each of the daughters
makes from $1.2O to $1.5O per week.
They live in a little old house, with
stone flooring. Here they cook and eat
and live in the same room all huddled
together. The girls are very smart at
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the working people and comparing their
wages with those of Americans. -Four
years ago l made a second visit for the
same purpose and on August II, 1896, 1
lett New York, for the third time. to
Mla!.v another investigation. I arrived
il! Manchester on August 20 and there
lr,an my investigation, where / found
,,i.O;" destitution than I had ever seen
in ".,y other city.
'he .Cesspool" Of Manchester.
Standing, looking up Angel meadow,
a graveyard Ill the left and behind one
OF i,e worst courts" in Great Britain,
public houses Of course, and all around
.%~pulatlvn struggling in the ocean of
l,:"r.,l and social degradation. it has
hern called the "cesspool Of Manches-
ter" Its history is a history of dirt,
vile crime, drunkenness, riot, cruelty
and robbery. The houses are low and
d~ilapidated, and many are villainous
holes, unventilated, undrained, corrupt,
reel'iEg, with smells, utterly infamous
and stckening both to body and mind
all this within . few minutes walk of
the Queens hotel, the Exchange and
railway stations.
ThsFo are scores of rooms furnished
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ground floor of this clearinghouse is a
large room for the men to sit in. The
kitchen below contained a large closed
cooking range, which was red hot, and
the odor of the cooking going on made it
anything but enviable to be in. The lodg.
ers all cook for themselves and have a
variety of things to cook and they are
not very particular as to how many diff.
ferent things are cooked together in the
same pot. We went upstairs and saw
3395 beds. which are let ut three differ.
ent prices-6, 8 and IL cents per night.
The 12-cent ledger has a place boarded
Of to hiinself-no water, no towel.
Wealth n Poverty Mixed.
Manchester, with her 500, 900 popula.
ton, boasts of her wealth and manufac.
turing and one would suppose
that all of the people alike lived in pal.
aces; but to examine into the exact con
dition I find quite the reverse. Thou
sands of these people live on alcohol,
When they earn any money, it goes for
alcohol chiefly.
Coming back to my hotel, the Queens,
facing one of the finest streets in Man,
chester, is the Royal infrmary, all along
the front of which there are seats which
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CLOTHING /


One laulee = svsry 9! lsrssnA rvng.
llSat pauHer1 to every 1000 persons
Oeet T. maintain these Dauporo
rthe .syai issii;. :. :.. 49,. sa.soano
Cost to maintain the preside1t
~ his secretaries. ......... $4,000
The population Of the British empire.
i1cluding India and the colonies, IL $780,
10000. There are 50 colonies and 40
distinct governments.
Life In London.
arrived in London August %, and
made 2 visit to Whitechapel. I visited
. lodging house on Osborne street. 1
duced to him. They call him "the 'I Gov
ernor" to distinguish him from -ther
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There ars tdo friendly soeisd0 q
trades unions IN Great Britain wtth !
% nsrf |: as. Ct 1 Is ae@nes ssas' e: go.
81 these secieties are located IN Lsadsf
ana include some Of the trades enumeSs
ated in the Booth table. The seciettD
control the wages Of their various tradfAy
and were It not for the stand they take
their wages would be reduced ~ the
they are ct present, which 10 LEES than
one-half Of what u paid In America.
Higher Wages In America.
Our last census report Of 1890 gave
featuring, the average yearly earning Of
each person being $448 The average n
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~ sa.ufacturf Z.sf god al sup,,y

:: :su :@: ."s sssS3|, }:'f s''a' an ''''''
His answer was: I'VE want the Amer
lean market: It 10 the greatest. market
in the world and during the time the
tursrs were quite paralyzed."
There was exported from Bradford
during the last nine months of the ex-
tstence Of the Mckinley law $4,478.O00
worth Of goods. This was from January
!; 1894. to September 80. 1894. During
s Sees corresponding rem period g. Ct the following
her 90. 1885,, under the Wilson Bill,
the exports from Bradford amounted to
$2l,1Il,OOO. Five times as much under
the Wilson bill as under the Mckinley
hill. Tit total exports for the year 1895
from Bradford amounted to $27, 4 ZOO.
These exports include thirty-seyen items,
hut consist chiefly Of card clothing, cot
tor. goods. iron and steel, machinery,
yarns, silks. etc.
Mr.. Meeker, United States consul at
Bradford. furnished me these statistics,
which were taken from his reports to the
state department.
America, but on account Of the Wilson
tariff bill we have been deprived of the
chance to manufacture them, and the
money which should have been paid to
our own working people has been paid
to the laboring people of Great Britain.
Our chimneys have ceased smoking,
while theirs are in full blast. Our
working people are idle and deprived of
a living on account of this Ubiquitous,
free trade, Wilson tariff.
Business 1hrives in Birmingham.
I left Bradford on August "a for Biz
mingham, passing through Leeds and
Sheffield, whose iron and steel works are
in full blast. Not only in these places,
but all over England, this line of in
dustry is prospecting. And the factories
are running full time, and the greater
part Of their product is shipped to the
United States. And while their works
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BECAUSE L. A. Simpson helpe,
"A. c. McGillivray-and he woul.
have been most ungrateful had h,
not-in his candidacy, H. W
Bates has been brought out b,
petition against Mr.. Simpson TO
the office of states attorney. o
course Mr.. Bates cannot be elect
ed but the fact of his bein,
brought out tends to intensity DO
litical strife that does not alwav
end with election. People are 20
ing to vote for Mr.. Simpson be
cause of his ability to prosecut,
and to look after legal points 70
the county. He will not meet
any Bismarck attorneys to hell
him, and the county will hav.
able counsel without extra fee.
for assistance.
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LAST week the Recorder put
light coat of whitewash on i
county ticket. The candidates i,
the republican ticket do not ne.
anything of this kind. 1t is a r
publican year and republic:
nominees are going to recei'
solid support. Vote the tick
straight,
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They are circulating the repo
that Charles Kono has promise
to put Jerry Hayes and Frar
Stone in as deputies. Don't b
lieve such rumors; they are Giro
lated for a purpose. MI. Ko1
will occupy the Jail residence wi,
his family when elected sheriff.
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coustRsdecides that Mr.. ~Currie's
nomination was regular then the
people will have the choice of two
republicans to vote for, there be-
ing no question about Mr.. Nc
Gl!livray's name appearing on the
official ballot.
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The other dav a man from 4

The other day a man from til.
eastern part of the county accuse,
US OF having supported C. F
G!ark's candidacy two years age
We told him we were not guilty
of that, although we had done
him many favors when he first
came to the place, before we knew
what kind of a man he was. The
Press has not told the half about
the %disgraceful conduct of this
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Shoe Worn by wigan Women.

1888 and in 1892. There are women
there by the thousands who make chain
for a living in old, low buildings adjoin-
ing their houses.
One man, William Boxley, said he
was Sc years old and earned 60 cents a
day as a laborer. when he could work.
He has FIVE daughters and five sons.
Three Of this daughters are chainmakers
md one works in a brickyard, carrying
brick. went into his house. On the
lower floor was q room with a stone
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Teasdale, General Passenger Agent,
st. Paul who will be pleased to for.
ward a you pamphlet giving full de.
scription of these new trains, there is
nothing to equal them in car con.
structi0n-not even the wonderful
trains on exhibition at the Worlds
Fair.
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Do the Germans of TIL
county wish to vote for C. ]
Clark, the man who when prime
pal of the school here told one ,
his teachers not to try to &
much with the Russian childre
as the foreigners did not amour
to anything anyway.
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are running full time our people are idle.
Today the goods that are being made in
for the Wilson bill. be made in the
United States.
I spent a day In Birmingham, which
is another thriving and prosperous manu-
featuring center. Here also the people
are very DESTROYS that no change be
made in the present American tariff
schedule which would result in depriving
them Of u market for their goods.
The British Chain Gang.
After leaving here I went to Cradley
Heath-among the women chainmakers
and women blacksmiths-to witness the
misery there which I had visited in
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ANOTHER of c. F. Clark's can
paign documents is a set of afids
Wits, or statements, from the var.
Gus saloons of the place sayin
that he has not gambled for $
long a time in a certain plac,
that he does not owe a gamblin.
debt, etc. 1t is a little remarks
bic that a county superintendent
should need to arm himself wit.
this kind of credentials.
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JUST how a local paper, Twin
among and asking the support {
sheepmen, can advocate the caus
of Bryan in view of the followin
from his Michigan speech, if fe
no other reason, is more than "
can understand: Speaking fe
myself, it is immaterial, in m
opinion, whether the sheep grove
receives anybeneft from the tart
or not. l am for free WOOL"
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door and an o~ld-fashioned fireplace
coal in the middle. Back of this was a
little space for a washroom where there
is room for only one person. In the front.
room all the cooking is done and it 10
also used for a living room and dining
room. Upstairs is room Sx12 feet.
lying on one Of the beds, (there were
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FREE TRADE MISERY.
Nathaniel Mckay Tells Of His Tour
Through British Manufac-
turing Ceuters.
PEEP At POVERTY IN LONDON,
Working Women at Masculine Labor
Stern Facts for Our Wage
Farmers.
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON.

Free-trade slavery still exists in the
British empire Notwithstanding the re-
duction of the American tariff, which
benefits the English manufacturers, but
does not reach the British workman.
Eight years l visited England for
the purpose of studying the condition of
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Gus FINGER has a first grad
certificate, and when c. F. Clar.
tells anything to the contrary h
tells that which is untrue. Thi
man who "did not care to renew
Mr.. Fingers first grade certifcat
after it had been burned in til.
fire which swept away his father
home and property, may not kno,
that the law does not restrict
man from getting a certificate i,
any county in the state.
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11:1s am ......:. wibnux ........ 7:l5 pm
Only time Of arrival is given. Passenger traipe
always stop five minutes at Dickinson, Passen-
gers with tickets are allowed to ride on rear Sec
lions OF 50 and 54,when provided with permit.
Through tickets to Japan and China. via Taco
ma and Northern Pacific Steamship Co.
For information. time cards, maps and tickets,
call on, or write Ticket Agent, Northern Pacidc
Railway at Dickinson, or Chas. 8. Fec, Gent
Pass. Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
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Those who believe chronic diar.
rhoea to be incurable should read
what Mr.. p. E. Grisham, of Gaars
Mills. La, has to say on the subject,
VIZ: 81 have been n sufferer from
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man. not only in this place, but in
Iowa where he came from. Don't
take our word for it. Ask any of
the business men in town we will
not except one; ask the members
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Judicial.
INCHESTER, Bismarck,
County.

County.
Sheriff
CHARLES KONO.
County Treasurer
JOHN RIESSBECK.
Auditor
GUY j. DEFRANCE.
Register of Deeds
GEORGE AULD.
Clerk of Court
JAMES G SAUNDERS.
States Attorney
LESLIE A. SIMPSON.
Coroner
ANTOINE SMIDTBAUER.
County Judge
JAMES G. CAMPBELL,
Surveyor
RUFUS s. BROOKINGS.
Superintendent of Schools
GUS FINGER.
Justices of the Peace
AUGUSTUS P. FOLSOM.
WIN. H. KLINEFELTER,
E. W. KITTELL,
CARL STIEG.
Constablcs-
JAMES II. COLGROyE,
De. VINNIDGE,
II. RIXEN
Commissioner LIST district
E. l.. SCOFIELD.
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are no poorhouses in Brownsville staring
these working people in the face. They
make from six to eight times the wages
Of the poor people at Wigan, and there
are no women at work wheeling coal in
the United States.
Paupers in the Britiah Empire.
Population Of Great Britain and
pa are.and' i..o1s..o q,
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| in Dickinson, N. D., Wednesday, Nov. 4th, 1895,
viz:
THOMAS KEOGH,
for the n. W. Il gee. "a, twp. 40. range 81.
He names the following witnesses to nroye his
continuous residence upon, aud cultivation Of
said land, viz:
Swim Swanson. August Kosel, Philip Stephen,
sohn Burns, all Of Hebron, Nj
9.26.6t. E.. A. LAN1, Register.
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pol bucks os good
fat $500 each; 2Os
f., lambs ut $500
Sfrom Deiaine and
nd grade Shrop.
each for choice
as they run.
=, Dickinson. N. D.
MORTGAGE

HTEL MORTGAGE
Ter of Richardton, Coun.
North Dakota, Mort
lay of m 1895.
Emorteage to Sebastian
county of Stark, and
ortgagce, dated the 9Th
20 secure the following
pc sum of ffty.tive dol
rate of twelve per cent
Mortgage was duly fled
3ster of Deeds of Stark
dakota, on the 18th day
o'clock a. M, and
been made in the condiS
mortgage, as follows .,
pas become duo and il
bed to be duo on said
3l,is notice the sum Of
h dollars, for princi-
sum of five dollars,
in said mortgage in
creof.
hereby given that by
3nd by order of Sebas.
Rwncr thereof, I will
described chattels,
fc. at Richardton at
the town of Richard
<, State of North Da-
clock n. M, on Satur-
pr, 1886, to-wit:
Bears old branded TR
lase.
,Rctober, 1896. =
4 FRANK LISH, .
Stark County, N. D.
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Saturday, Oct. "a, 1896.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
National.

NutlOu0ls
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio.
garnet A. HOBART, of New Jersey.
For Presidential Electors
. CHARLEs WHEELER, cass.
enables F. WILBUR, Roiette.
State.
MARTIN n. JOHNSON, Nelson.
ALFRED WALIIN, Casr.
0' CONAN FRANK A. BRIGGS, Morton
JOSEPH is n. DEv1NE, La Moure.
FRED FAILEY, Richlana.
FOL State d 4EsesaEf!E E. NICHOLS, c.,s.
Join F. cowAN, Ramsey.
NATHAN B. HANNUM, Ransom.
FREpERick i: F !S2SSH ,stutsn
For Superintendent Of Public Instruction-
JOHN G. HALLAND, Trail. D..
For commissioner Of Agriculture and Labor
For Railroad Commissioner
JOHN r. GIBSON, Pembina.
GEORGE II. KEYEs, Dickcy.
LII. WALTON, Wells.
Legislative.
For State Senator
A. Am z VMMsG1dL1L4IXRAY.
Fol Nsm hEf F. W Wife
Judicial.
District Judge
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For State Senator
JOHN w. CURRIE.
For Member of House
ALE. WHITE,
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FOf ITC9luGnl-
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, of Ohio.
For Vice President
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b Sale.
cs, well. broken,
that will suit
pie Greek. Ad.
Bon.
2 II. c. Quinion.
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cut on left side. de-
ant on the N. P. dur
&at Dickinson at any
EN. WRIT s WYNN.
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For Presidential Electors
EELS H. DYSTE, Sargent.
CHARLES WHEELER, Cass,
enables F. WILBUR, Rolettc.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-10

lNf the LtAllliul WtAIlls ElAl.
May LIST. so Fifth avenue.
one polite stationer has also come to
the rescue OF those families who receive
vast numbers OF condolences al the
time Of "A bereavement. This Is the proper
way 20 word the card:
'Mr. and Mrs. Stuyvcsant Van Dyke
desire 20 express their sincere thanks and
appreciation for your kind expressions Of
sympathy in their great bereavement.
Washington Square"
The powers that be decree that dinner
invitations shall be engraved, not written,
on heavy cream-colored notepaper or card.
coat Of arms or monogram, or both,
embossed in silver or gold, is considered
IN good form, and the envelope used must
be perfectly plain. If sent by post, two
envelopes must be used. The same fat,
from which there is no appeal, has pro-
nounccd the death sentence Of the menu.
Menus are no longer fashionable. unless
the dinner be given 10 celebrate an event
OF which they would prove valuable as
souvenir. a simple white card with
centre crest if the host honestly pos
sesses one, stamped in gold and property
inscribed, IS placed on each plate to de-
signate the seat Of the guest.
The hostess sometimes gives roses OF
corresponding color to the couple who are
to 30 in to dinner together, which is a
pretty way of pairing OF the guests.
Under no circumstance, declare the same
august authorities, should an ordinary
visting-card be used for an invitation,
even TO the most informal Of luncheons.
A personal note should be written, and
for Il more formal affair engraved cards
must be used.
The formality Of bidding adieu TO the
hostess at an afternoon tea is now dis
pensed with the omission is considered
with favor and in good taste. No after
calls are made in acknowledgment Of
tea. Informal receptions are regarded as
no more than grand calling days, and
after calls are not expected from those
who attend. The absentees make a re-
turn call at their leisure. An invitation
prefaCcd with "the pleasure Of your COM
pany Is requested" requires an answer
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-10
,,, bride Now sends Her Thanks
.,r wedding Gifts with nm En-
r,,ed Card-StcreOtyped Express
.lors Of bereavement.


Correspondence OF the Dispatch)
s..w YORK. May 9.-Tne new style OF
,,flre invitation announcement sheet is
almost square. and the paper has vel
t.-, trish. smooth-surfaced paper may
-, used for dinner. ball. and reception
-..auons. but in no case for wedding.
thick. pure white paper that is abso-
,ts,y unuess Is the style decreed, and
ns envelope is OF medium size. with
amer pointed or square flap, the
,,.rr being more expensive and in higher
favor.
When invitations are issued to a recep-
Zion after a ceremony which has been per-
formed in the presence OF only a few
friends the phrase, "the honor OF your
,.sssrce" would be too formal, and "the
pleasure OF your company is usually
rlsuutcd. The announcement cards
f.rt out. when there have been no inVl-
,stors TO either wedding or reception,
,re distinguished by great simplicity, and
a. is noticeable that the little PROPOSE
ton "to' obtains universally in the con-
r..tirg OF the names.
Invitations should reach the guests ex-
er.Iv TWO weeks before the event. In the
casa OF a noon wedding, which is in
y.raby followed by a breakfast. the
card of invitation 20 the house Should
tfe ceremony be in church, is inclosed
with that for the ceremony, the name OF
he guest being inserted. This obserya-
nee makes the breakfast invitation moro
PERSONAL and less suggestive Of circu-
ar.
ards 20 the church are optional. but
IRE much favored. because they guard