The Washington herald., 1906-12-30
ODD DOWRIES FOR BRIDES.
one Received Her Weight in Soap,
Another ia Chocolate.
From Bits

From Tit-Bits.
A rather valuable wife in the present
state of the soap trade must be the
lady whom NJ lie Blanc, a Partisan. has
Just married the fair bride, who was
the daughter OF hairdresser in large
way OF business. not only received from
her father "a handsome dot IN money,
but her own weight in the best toilet
soan. As she weighed close on 40
pounds the couple viii possess sufh-
Client soap 70 last them for some years
TO come.
Whca asked by his prospective IA
ther-.n-Iaw. a hourishing West End to-
bacconist. 10 name the present he would
like to receive on his wedding day the
young man suggested a few boxes or
cigars as being of more use than tho
usual gifts presented on such occa-
sions. Very well. you shall have my
daughters weight in cigars" said the
other. He was as good as MS word. On
the day before that fixed for the cere-
mony he had the bride weighed, and
that same evening forwarded to his
future son-in-law some dozens Of
boxes OF cigars WtaE i4AllS ia NtAt % =
gregate 12S pounds.
Mile. Marie Bric. the niece OF a Mar
settles confectIoner, received from her
uncle on her marriage, three years ago,
an equally eccentric gift In the form Of
her own weight in chocolate. Perhaps
the worthy patissier had in mind when
making the present the custom which
prevails in Peru. There on the mar
rage morn the bride is accurately
weighed. and after the ceremony the
bridegroom is presented by his wife's
relatives with her weight in sugar.
4 Yorkshire coal merchants present
to his daughter on her marriage was to
be regulated by her weight, for every
pound Of which she was to be the reel
pient of a ton of best Wallsend. His
intention, which was communicated to
her on the day she became engaged.
stirred her, as she was a young woman
Of most frugal mind, to emulate the
fat women of the fairs, so that during
the six months her engagement lasted
her value went up ten tons. Doubtless
she would have made further inroads
into her fathers store had not that
worthy merchant hurriedly married her
off at a loss Of only 172 tons.
The father Of a girl living in the town
or kOnlEgTaLZ OueEeO 20 present any
one who should become her husband
with her weight in silver currency. As
the lady was well favored and Of a
build which, although not exceptionally
stout, promised an amount ample to
make a good start in business, more
than one claimant appeared.
The most eligible was at length Sc
lected. :i he wedding duly solemn
lied. len came the most important
function-the weighing of the bride,
who to her husbands delight was found
to weigh $50 pounds, or 1880 kronen
an equivalent to f562 los.
So much did he admire stout men that
Mr. Bait, a tTadesman who prOspered
/ exceedingly at Brighton under the
Regency, promised his only daughter
that her dowry should consist of the
equivalent in gold to the excess of her
husband bodily weight over hers. She
at once threw over her fiance, a mere
| atom of man, and after due consid-
Grafton made so wise a choice that, al
though she herself weighed upward OF
! y stone. she found herself on her mar
riage morn richer by no less than 1000
guineaS.