Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-04
THE BRIDES
OWN STORY


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There came a big express packag &c
for me this morning which ] opened
carefully, and In it reposed in great
state the most beautiful solid silver
coffee serviee-a gift from Bobs
fatheri II was perfectly Gear Of hin.
and I Immediately dispatched note
telling MIN SO. It's the most exquisite
Thing 1 ever saw-beauJiful colonial
pattern with the daintiesa possible
workmanship. and ] fairly raxed over
it for about an hour Aunt Juliette
was out when the package arrived
but when she returned. an hour later,
she found me still gazing al it rap
turously
was good deal disappointed
that she. too. didn't go into ecstasles
about il. But instead, after few
perfunctory compliments, she gently
criticised what she called misguided
generosity IN sending a gift 50
gorgeous thai il was out o. al keep
ing with our circumstances.
Mark my words, Eleanor, she SID,
unless you avoid the mistake ] made
as ii bride life VIII be one terrific
struggle trying to live up II that
princely silver service. You won't
use il for daily wear, and when you
entertain you'll find the rest Of your
table service looks cheap and poor
beside these things. ] know whereof
/ speak. because ! remember my own
bitter trials in trying to live up 70 q
magnificent oriental lamp which one
Of Uncle Dicks college classmates
presented US at our wedding, and
which looked entirely out Of place in
our simple American rugged living
room. You iuet mustn't spend money
on the snowy extravagances..
plunged into the subject head fore-
most when Bob came this evening.
and we had both glowed and bubbled
over his dads lovely extravaganza.
And here and now we both made
solemn resolution that we weren't GO
ing to buy a single solitary thing that
was unnecessarily costly, just to i'm
press on cur friends the lovely
| things" we had in our home. Well
make il a lovely home" even If we
don't buy a thing that costs more
than $3.50
Go ahead, Captain Bubbles" :"
agreed Bob. you make out the in
dex expurgatorius Of things we can't
have, and then We'll proceed to cata-
log what we can have"
Item one ! started. "Inasmuch
as were only going to have a tiny
apartment at first, we eliminate all
very heavy pieces of furniture. More
over, we eliminate furniture that We
don't actually need. We don't buy
suites of anything. We don't buy
big, heavy rugs, nor excessively
carved furniture, nor expensive,
highly polished mahogany, nor solid
silver. nor chairs so beautiful that
| you're afraid to sit on them
Half the problem disposed OF by
the young lady" replied Bob. Since
you know what you don't want, don
| you think we ought to start shopping
| ar once for the things we do want?'
Not even that, Impetuous Youth,
II you want TO follow my preference
in the matter. Do you know what
I'd really like to do? Just to buy a
few things at a time, and continue
lulying things as we find we need
them after we Seepe house. I've only
a faint, fairy idea of all the cute
nesses I'd like to see in our home, but
row that I'm trying to be most SEN
sible I do think we're likely to find
ourselves with a few white elephants
on our hands if we buy on the
! strength OF our Imagination
i Bob looked relieved. You're Just
the best guesser of girl that ever
was" he declared. do you know,
| frankly. I dreaded going around now
| and selecting from hundreds Of pat
/ terms with nothing but a pin Of 8
notion as to what we needed, and
| yet I didn't want you to have all th'
| bother and responsibility OF select
| ing things by yourself"
Nothing like that" from me
''we'll Just decide on what we need
| Immediately, and afterward well
spread our honeymoon shopping over
n whole year. get the lovely and the
sensible things together, and buy
what we find we need. not what our
friends think we ought to have"