The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-16
ABOUT WEDDING
 ANNIVERSARIES
MAKE EVERY ANNIVERSARY
 DAY OF CELEBRATION.
Appropriate Presents for Cotton and Paper Weddings-signiAcnn of Leather, Wooden, Woolen, Tin
 and Other Anniversaries.
BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER.

Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
 We are too ready to forego the sim- pie pleasure we might have by making more of family festivals. Conspicuous among these are days which celebrate any good fortune that comes to the home. and surely the greatest good for tune of all heaps itself upon the wed- ding day. That day Is the beginning of the home and the new family. It wears a crown given to no other. Husbands and wives should not forget their wedding anniversaries. All the way from the first to the last they should be ushered in as with a peal of bells. At. intervals from the first to the sixtieth recurrent anniversary these proud days have special names
 But though these are interesting peo- pie need not be limited to them. Ob- serve each wedding day. There Is no more important day in anyone's life.
 l heard not long ago of a golden wedding at which were present the married pair themselves with their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. not a single death hay ing ever invaded the happy circle. This is an extraordinary record seldom par
 alleled. Fifty years of earthly felicity are a sheaf of sunbeams given to few. Fifty years of perfect trust! Fifty years of tranquil love! It Is heaven begun below. as the hymn says. :..
 The brides first anniversary Is called her cotton wedding. To this she may informally invite every one who was present at her marriage, and 1t is in order for guests to offer and for her to receive gifts of cotton. As her fur nishings are still quite new, and she has no doubt had a good outfit, 1t Is as we'll that the range of cotton goods Is comparatively limited. yet 1t includes a great variety of exquisite and dainty stuffs for dresses and shirt waists. for kimonos and paJamas; shirt waists for the wife and blazers for the husband. window draperies, bed spreads. sheets and pillow slips, and many extremely beautiful rugs and floor coverings. bu- reau spreads. toilet table covers, and comfortable for the bed may be in- cluded in the presents sent a wife at her cotton wedding.
 The second year of marriage brings the paper wedding in It's wake. Books, magazines. newspapers, stationery. wall paper, many household utensils made of paper and paper ornaments of every description are now in order. At this anniversary 1t Is possible to dec- crate the home fanclfully with gar lands of tissue paper, and if 1t happen to be a season of the year when flowers are scarce and expensive, paper flowers may take the place of real ones, and decorate the home almost as showily. woman sometimes manu- factures paper flowers so well that they might almost cheat our little friends. the bees. They would. but they lack perfume; tlnts and shapes are exquisite.
 A year after this comes the leather wedding which is the third annivers- ary. It would seem that by this time the married pair have arrived at one of the milestones when they need more than ever to hold fast to the senti- ment of life. and not to let themselves be daunted by any of its hardships.
 They begin to realize at this time, when the wedding finery Is faded and the rousseau Is worn out what the real strain of matrimony may be. Small means complicate the. situation for some If there be a fairy god mother Or a wealthy spinster aunt or a rich father-in-law he or she may materially add to the comfort of the welded pair, by bestowing upon them on the occasion of their leather we'd ding, a pocketbook well stuffed with bills All sorts of devices in leather. from the daintiest purse to the latest thing in travelling trunks, fit into the scheme of the leather wedding. At the first mention leather suggests only
 
 sees that it may mean much else of small and great. inclusive of the soft est of Sleepy Hollow chairs and the most luxurious of couches Nor would most of. us desplse a good stock of footgear.
 The fifth year Is the wooden wedding | The seventh the woolen; the tenth Is signallzed by tin. Each | of these anniversaries may call togeth- l CT groups of dear friends and may be | celebrated with much rejoicing. In | wood, in wool, in tin, one may choose | gifts galore. regardless of expense.
 The twelfth year brings woman her | china wedding. and as no woman ever | keeps house without loving china and | having heart breaks and heart aches l over the way 1t Is treated in needless | hands, this anniversary is one that | brings deep content. A walk through | a large shop filled with china and DOT | celain is an excursion into falryland. | Her china closet is as precious in the | eyes of a matron as her jewel box in the eyes of a queen. What delight in filling 1t anew
 The happy woman who has had a !