Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30
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the return of the happy couple from their
bridal trip the new Mrs" gave luncheon
to those who had been attendants at the
wedding, and this brought together party
of about twenty-four persons. While lunch
was being served one of the gentlemen de-
manGed of the bride that she bestow upon
each of the guests something that could
be retained as souvenir OF the occa-
sion. Somebody suggested that a small
case of spoons, included among the we'd
ding presents, be distributed.
mo, indeed declared a friend OF the fair
bride. ''She would not part with one Of
those spoons for anything, because for
special reason she prizes them more than
she does all her other present combined"
The incident was soon forgotten amid the
general joyfulness of the occasion. The
following morning, however. the bride was
thrown into CONSERVATION on discovering
that her highly valued spoons had mys-
teriously disappeared Falling after sew
eral hours search to discover the property.
the loss was reported to police headquar-
tiers and two detectives were assigned to
the case.
bestowal of the spoons as souvenirs had
slipped the case into the pocket Of his
friends coat for a joke, and the friend
absentmindedly walked home with them.
He learned Of the supposed theft and hastily
returned the property with proper apologies,
but he had narrow escape. two Of his lady
friends who suspected him making flying
trip across town to advise him Of the an
Tor his arrest.
Elm all cities there are persons whose one
great aim is to attend funerals" said
Washington undertaken a few days ago.
This may seem strange, but 1t Is true.
nevertheless. There Is not an undertaken
In this city who does not come in contact
with this class Of pests nearly every day
in the week. / call them pests, for that is
the only name that consistently applies to
them.
'If there is a death in the neighborhood,
or in any part Of the city for that matter.
OF mourning. They always evince an inter-
est In the family, and, Of course, desire
final look at the deceased.
They are promptly on hand at the fun
sral and, as rule. are dressed In black.
Some of them have been known to get so
bold as to crowd themselves into seats re-
served for mourners[immediate members OF
the family of the dead. They are, as rule.
among the first to get to the carriages and
seldom fail to ring themselves in for a
ride to the cemetery.
"Of course, at the bier of dead friend
the family does not care to make a scene
and the professional mourner gets a free
ride. know of one woman in Washington
who has attended as many as three funer-
ais in single day. She evinced the same
interest at each, and believe me when say
THAT, dlluOuSn she was not connected with
any of the families. she actually cried and
took on as II each dead person had been
her nearest loved one.
"Undertakers know these women and
many of them have tried to put stop to
the morbid practice, but 1t is one that is
hard to contend with 1t would seem that
the professional mourner had come to stay
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A dinner party was given THANKSGIVING
day to the friends Of oil 80
about seventeen years by the young lady's
mother and older sister, and among the
guests were two schoolgirl associates of the
young girl In whose honor the dinner party
was arranged 1t was proposed during the
evening that those at the table should tell
for what the past year made them thank
full The idea met with instant favor
among the girls. but the young men all
opposed 1t. The former had their way, Of
course, and the men shambled through two
or three sentences each that they were glad
good health and to have been asked to the
dinner. One or two took advantage of the
opportunity to pay the young ladies COM
pliments more or less adroit. The way was
then clear for the girls The statements of
the three boarding school students con-
vuised the others. One of them was glad.
to be at school "and all that" but the
thing that made her rejoice most was that
three of the men who called on her at the
school-Messrs. Fox, Wolf and Campbell
had all left town, and so she was through
with what every one in school calls nv
ZOO =" The young lady Of the house was
glad because the teacher in charge of her
class room wasn't as mean and cross and
crotchety' as a teacher she had had in
earlier years. But the third of the Rroup
took the prize. II can think of a whole
lot of things to be thankful for" she said.
things like my home and school and ali
that. but | guess the thing I'm most glad
~ oh
bow to wear over the spot I got on my
new silk dinner waist last week."