The broad ax., 1897-05-08
WEDDING GIFTS.
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Tne old married man said 10 the
bridegroom, POOH Presents! Don'i
IninK you'll get what you want Al
tell you my experience.
As the time for our marriage drew
near used TO call al the house every
available evening and whisper conn.,
dentially to the curly head which eX-
aeIly fitted my shoulder that was the
luckiest fellow on earth. On one oc-
easion Agnes sighed and murmured
6reamily that that was just what she
felt.
That was on the fifth.
On the twelfth stopped in a minute
IL noon TO see if she loN ed me as much
as at eleven-fifteen the night before
She replied that she did-that love
Was unalterable-but that she must
hurry upstairs now or the dressmal-er
would get her skirt fiule-shaped in
stead OF organ-piped.
On the fourteenth the presents be-
gan 10 arrive-also the relatives. II be-
came an unsettled problem which OF
the two were more numerous. AggIe
had cousins once removed, / had sew
eral uncles and aunts. All were well
OF; in fact, 1t was a curious coincidence
that We were the only poor branches
On our respective family trees. was
in an insurance office-fire insurance,
not life insurance-snd when had
communicated to her the news of my
recent promotion she said promptly in
the face OF her famlly's unaccouaiabie
preference for Henry Walker Iwho was
not as good fellow as by any man
ner Of means) that to be Mrs. Joseph
I.ounsbury and live in a small nous,
on a very small income and bliss wa
precisely her ideal OF existence.
So We were not married as a specu-
lation; nevertheless, since marriage
comes so seldom in ones life, we had
hopes that our moneyed relatives
would do the handsome thing.
They did. First came a complete sci
OF knives. forks and spoons in a pol.
ished wood case. They were from the
cousin Aggie had been named for.
Such a sensible present." said her
they will last a lifetime"
Yes" said l. eft will take us a good
while to wear all those out two at a
time"
Don't you suppose we're ever going
10 entertain any company, Joe?" asked
the girl OF my affections, tapping me
on the cheek with one of the forks.
The same night / had a note from
her. saying:
Dearest Joe:-You ought to see the
lovely after-dinner coffee spoons sec
ond Cousin Milly has sent-no two
alike. Orange plush case. Isn't IL ex-
citing! Don't tell. dear, but almost
wish they'd been something else. for !
think some Of the girls are going to
give me spoons"
The rest o. this letter was NOT inter
esting TO you.
This was the beginning %, an nvs-
Ianehe OF spoons-charter oak spoons.
nutmeg spoons. soldiers monument
spoons, witch spoons. bust spoons. Dor.
-rait spoons Il called these last our
picture gallery, and suggested that
hey should be framed in ribbons and
lung up in the parlor). One of our
friends sent pair Of salted almond
spoons. hoping that we would exchange
hem II they were duplicated, but Il
urned out that those were the only
mes We had The sugar spoons were
III marked. There were I'VE of them.
1t Is time-honored custom in cur
'mce when one Of C. Is married for the
est to combine" and buy a picture
md you could generally tell what year |
mans wedding came on by a glance
4 his parlor wall williams. who was
married In 1884. had Far Away
3rovns. few years later, was THE
Three Fates-" Ours. was, OF course.
he latest thing ont. Il had a silver |
rame.
Az me Gays went BY. and pieces Of
liver piled up on Us, was more than
nee reminded Of the couple whose
ourtship was conducted in Browning
Sc, and who were fitted out by their |
dmiring friends with Z Browning tea
et. with quotations around the edge
On. the little more. and how much II.
y" The Fords had q run on china.
at q good deal Of It got broken the I
ri year. The Smiths speciality was
fchings; thsy had encusx ssr sssry /