The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-06
GIRL B4cHELoR's TRoUssEAU.
spiusterhood Robbed OF Some OF Its Horrors
for One Minnesota Woman.

spinsterhood Robbed OF Some OF Its Horrors
for One Minnesota Woman.
Spinsterhood has been robbed Of it's horrors
for one Minnesota woman. She was n nice girl.
clever. jolly, and exceedingly popular with
other girls and with married people: but, some
way or other. she didn't marry. Her friends
said she was too good for any OF the men within
sight, and some of the men admitted the truth
of the statement. Nobody knew what the girl
thought; but she bore up fairly well. and seemed
as pleased wiIhrlife at 80 as she was at 1s. Her
married friends. after n fashion affected by mar
ried people. said to her: You really ought to
get married. Why haven't you done it before
this ?" and the girl, too good.natured to suggest
that the example of her friends had been a
warning to her. quoted. Nobody asked me. sir.
she SAID But there were men in Minnesota
who knew that wasn't true.
IN tell you something" she often added.
''The one thing about being an old maid that
grieves my soul is that i won't have the fun of
selecting n trousseau and getting wedding pres.
ents. / think that when a woman gets to the
definite end Of probabilities-say
at 35-her family and friends ought TO come to
the front with all the things they shower on a
bride. The old maid peeds material consolation:
but the bride thinks she's getting the earth in
her husband. and giving her lovely things ia
Just gliding refined gold and painting the lily
Il OeIleSe you re rlRDt, lhuRncu ner JOVlRl
father. (" II you aren't married when you are IS,
you shall have all the furbelows yon want"
The friends, too. were amused by the idea. and
%promisc6 10 carry 1t out.
The years slipped along without bringing any
need OF a sure-enough trousseau, and last month
the thirty-iye-year limit was reached: AS it
happened, almost ut the same time, the girl
accepted nm excellent offer OF literary employ
ment in Chicago. Then the father proved him.
self a man. of his word, and announced that he
daughter up TO st. Paul. and for two weeks life
xyoC rinfnIQ Hntfar nf RilkE and p1nfha md
BABY ribbon and lace.
When they went home invitations were
issued to the intimate friends Of the family for
an elaborate dinner dance. True to contract.
the friends all sent presents. Paterfamilias
came to the front with n check to be used for
furnishing the girl bachelors apartments in
Chicago. The girl didn't seem at all depressed
by the fact that she was attending n wake over
the corpse OF her matrimonial possibilities. and
everything went off with great gusto.
The only person who didn't enjoy the joke
was the brother. who went down to Chicago
with his sister. and, on account Of the elaborate
newness Of her outfit. was n mark for railway
employees and travellers. and suffered all the
embarrassment OF a honeymoon husband with
out any OF the ecstasy.
There's n rumor abroad now to the effect that.
thanks to the stunning gowns and charming set
tings OF tho sworn spinster. the President OF the
syndicate for which she works has arranged a
wedding programme OF his own and bids fair TO
carry IL out. That may be base calumny. but
the question arises. Would she send back those
presents