South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-04
SIMPLE TROUSSEAU
BEST, SAYS BRIDE
Found Everything in Outfit Too
Good for Every Day Use.

She has been married more than
year and she had been keeping house
ever since. The other day she said:
"I don't suppose 1 shall ever be
married again. but 1 wish 1 had
known before the first time what l
know now. My trousseau was pre-
cisely what I desired. At least IL was
at the time. Father and mother gave
me permission TO get what / wished
and what / thought would be the very
best for my new position in life. Also,
as / was TO go away TO live, we were
somewhat more eXtravagant about a
lot OF things than any of us would
have thought of being had / remain
ed at home, where all my friends
knew me, my taste and what l could
afford. But going TO a new town,
where 1 would probably be criticised.
1 did not want a single cheap looking
thing. | wore my dresses, but l had
too many and L became sick and tired
OF them. If had not bought so
many gowns for the trousseau, I
might have had a new one. Nor had
the conscience TO go and buy new
ones when there were a half dozen or
more that were not soiled.
Ordinary Things Needed.
When NEG had TO go down and
replenish the furnace and stir up the
fire last winter and he came upstairs
with soiled hands, there wasn't
common towel in the house. Every
towel was the best of material with
lovely embroidery and Ned said he
hadn't the heart to use the one
handed him. My trousseau pillow
cases were all embroidered, and
longed for a soft old pillow case with
nothing more on it than a hem.
When nicely settled and going off to
sunderland, that embroidery stiff
with starch and ironing. made an un-
comfortable place under my cheek.
With the perversity of the inanimate,
the embroidered places were nightly
nuisanceS.
MY beautiful silgerware, that
chose especially of plain pattern,
which 1 thought would polish more
readily. showed every scratch. Hav-
ing only one maid TO do all of the
work. the silver was not handled with
the exquisite care IL deserved. Being
tumbled into the dishpan, it soon be-
gan TO have designs on il, and they
were not made by an artist. In des-
peration at seeing my solid silver. of
which l was so proud, being so MARI
ed | went downtown and bought some
plated ware. / began TO breath easier.
Marred plate ware is not so bad as
marred real silver. and the plated
looked good enough.
Cheaper Things Bought.
my linen supply was of the finest
I could buy, and I had every piece
embroidered. 1t was not quite so un-
comfortable to have embroidery on
the napkins and table cloths as 1T
was to have it on the pillow cases and
sheets. But the embroidery began to
wear from the damask, for the laun-
dress was not as careful as she might
have been. l bought some plain table
linen.
THE end Of this is that the trous-
seau linen is in a cedar chest, and is
only TO be brought out on state coca
sions. It's the same with the silver.
Plated for every day service and the
other is being saved for company. We
have a fine supply of plain towels, so
that furnace, laWnmower or any other
articles that have to be used may be
handled, knowing that there is
strong plain towel on which to dry
the hands.
Expensive Clothes n Mistake.
LAS for lingeries and silk and lace
negligees. they are in good condition
save one of the latter which l have
worn straight along. Whether the
two other will ever give out I do not
know, but from the dislike I have for
wearing a loose trained robe in the
house they will last till kingdom
come.
Il think IL the greatest mistake
girls make is 10 get too expensive
clothes when they are married.
know lots of them have fine mater
ials and embroideries. and since I was
married 1 have wondered If some Of
the other brides have had the same
experience. The trousseau was finer
than the things to which / am used,
and / doubt if they are ever worn
out, though they may get too soft and
unusuable if they are never taken out,
worn or Numbered. l often wonder.
when I read a notice OF a wedding
how many of the brides will regret
the too elaborate trousseau."