Milford chronicle., 1906-05-04
STARTLING DINNERS.
Two Carat Diamonds Among the
Costly Souvenirs Given Away.

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Costly Souvenirs Given Away.
In no place in the world is the sou.
venir so firmly established as in the
United States, where it is now consid-
cred indispensable at dinner parties,
balls, weddings, christenings and, IN
fact, any function of a social nature
given in celebration Of some interest
ing personal event.
One of the most startling entertain
ments ever given in honor of a young
girl took place at Atlantic City not
long ago when Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
/ We'll gave a dinner in celebration Of
the nineteenth anniversary of their
youngest daughters birthday. While
the decorations and the birthday cake
were marvels of beauty, the chief at
traction consisted of a fine two carat
diamond which was drOppedHntO each
glass reserved for the champagne. over
each gem a tiny rosebud was placed,
and upon this the wine was poured
into the glass. Not until the last toast
had been drunk to the young lady's
health were the diamonds lifted from
the champagne glasses, and the guests
were asked to retain them in remem-
brance of the happy occasion.
-Four years ago Mr.. and Mrs. AdOlph
Crantz of Pittsburg celebrated their
diamond wedding by giving a dinner to
twenty of their friends. The occasion !
was marked by much costly expendi-
ture, the souvenirs taking the form OF !
diamond pins for the gentlemen and /
bracelets for the ladies. These costly |
gifts were placed beside the plate OF .
each guest, resting on miniature beds
of lilies Of the valley, violets and
maidenhair fern. Just prior to the ar
rival of the ices the ''star" guest rose
and proposed the health of the couple
whose diamond wedding they were cell
and referred to the interest
Ing fact that the combined ages Of Mr..
and Mrs. Crantz totaled up to 100
years.
After the toast had been drunk Mrs.
Crantz rose and proceeded to fasten
the pins in the lapels of the gentle
mems dress coats, while Mr.. Crantz
,lasped the bracelets round the arms :
If his fair guests.
Perhaps the most interesting SOU i
7enirs ever given away were those dis
ributed at dinner last March inau- I
yurated by the American Institute of /
electrical Engineers in honor of Thom-
IS Alva Edison. These souvenirs con- 4
listed Of small ivory boxes bearing a
irecian figure holding alOft light and F
Inscribed "The Genius of the Lamp"
his was a copy of the famous statue
4 Mr.. Edison's laboratory at Orange, Y
7hich typifies the triumph of electric
" and which Mr.. Edison bought some
ears ago at the Paris exhibition. 4
Besides these ivory boxes there were t.
lsO beautiful pins made in the minia-
IRE of an incandescent lamp, the bulb o.
eing formed by a single pearl. These a
liter, however, were given to the la D
les only. The menus also formed in
eresting souvenirs. for they bore on ci
ne outside the picture Of a bronze p
ust of Edison, while below was an NJ
1tograph signature of the wizard"
Another interesting feature of this re- &C
dinner was the procession Of ~
alters bearing the ices, each one Of dI
hich was contained in a model of an D
Olson invention-mOtors, monographs,
automobiles, incandes-
mt apparatus, etc. The ices them
lives were in the form and size Of in
lndescent bulbs.-DetrOit Tribune. q