The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-06

The month of June is as suggestive of
brides as Of roses and in the mind Of the
ordinary mortal a bride cannot be sepa-
rated from her wedding gifts. The mer-
chants take note of the demand which will
be made on their stores and buy an extra
stock for the June bride, while the de-
signers and manufacturers all over the
country are busy in December preparing
the pretty gifts which are to carry the
good wishes of her friends. The Septem-
Der bride may be quite as popular but she
has to- take the same patterns and styles
which have been prepared for her summer
predecessor for from June until December
the designers are busy planning for
Christmas and cannot take thought Of
brides. There will be nothing new In
the shops from now until fall and the best
of everything Is ready for the June bride.
More than one Of these up-to-date
young women have made the rounds of
the shops and explained to the. shopmen
what pleased her fancy and what not.
."Show this Kaiserzinn lemonade pitch
er to Uncle Jim when he comes in and
. for goodness sake, don't let Aunt Mary
know that you have such a thing as sill
yer salt and pepper boxes. She ought
to buy me a tea service at least, but she
Is sure to get the smallest thing you have.
She cares more for her money than she
does for. the uiece.' Thus confided one
fair damsel as she mentally pictured a
third Of the silver and cut glass in the
: shop as in her modest fiat.
Just now the shopmen keep all the
secrets Entrusted to them and how they
5 are. withheld from suggesting the wrong
' gifts to the right people is known only to
themselves. They don't often make a
mistake, but one man speaks feelingly of
an irate young woman who came into the
shop the day before her wedding to ask
how he dared to sell her Uncle Tom such
an old-fashioned thing as he had and she
wanted to change it before people came to
look at her wedding presents. She was
ashamed Of 1T, if he wasn't; and much
more Of the same style. until the shopman
grew depressed and harbored dark
> thoughts Of brides.
( &The amount of sentiment which a.
woman has may be gagged by the manner
in which she regards her wedding gifts.
In some feminine minds they stand for so
many dollars and cents and the recipients
do not hesitate to exchange them for that
which may be more desirable Other
women. would no more exchange their
wedding gifts than they would dye their
wedding gowns, and both occupy place
{ apart from work-a-day things in their
minds and hearts.
Sentiment plays large part in the
gifts which one June bride will receive.
Her parents have presented her with a
house which has been built under the
/ watchful eyes Of the whole connection.
Providence has given the young couple a
host Of relatives, and they have divided
the furnishings among themselves, an
uncle has taken the big living room, a
brother and his wife, the dining room;
the practical grandparents the kitchen,
and uncles and brothers have divided the
sleeping rooms. They have very thought
fully taken the couple on their shopping
expeditions, so that their taste has been
consulted, and when the house Is made
over to it's new owners, it will be COM
nfete. with even the water tax paid.
Another bride will display among her
gifts several pieces Of the mahogany fur
niture with which her greatgrandmother
began housekeeping, and which have been
sent west by maiden aunt, much to the
envy Of the other relatives.
give offered to give Aunt Mary her
own price for those chairs time and
h again." grumbled one disappointed neph-
ew land nothing but sentiment made her
refuse, and nothing but sentiment has
made her send them to Louise
"A man bearing all the marks Of the
prosperous west, went into one of the
shops recently and announced that he
wanted as wedding present one OF
every kind Of spoon there was in stock.
In vain the shop man suggested that in
i buying spoons one usually took them by
the dozen. The prosperous 'westerner
] was firm and he carried away an as
sorted lot Of silver to amaze and delight
Z. his western bride.
Silver and linen are regarded as the
Z special gifts to come from the family and
since the fad for chests has been revived