El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-03-29

I THE other day a girl wrote ne a
1 letter that ought to be framed and
hung IN the museum As a confession
OF vanity. It IS without parallel IN my
experience
The writer IS q stenographer n a
downtown New York office. and she
has been earning her living for sew
eral years But It has not. apparently.
taught her the value OF money.
A young man employed by the came
concern has Just persuaded her to
/ become engaged 70 him Hence. the
problem-which Is not one OF love.
nationality. "lnlaWs.' religion, OF
nothing to live upon No, Il Is a new
type OF agony altogether. that my
young friend has evolved. and over
which she is making herself "su-
premely miserable"
Without a pebble 10 rufne the
course OF true love. or single ob1ec-
tion from any point Of the compass,
; the young lady has adopted a martyr S
crown from which she IS getting a
melancholE. sort OF comfort She wants
a wedding, that from the details sub
mitted. would be a close rival OF the
princess Pats The young man want
ed 70 be married in June. but the girl
wouldn't hear OF such a thing because
she hadn't saved enough money 20
have a swell wedding"
Nothing for ImnEination-
Some OF the requirements OF such a
ceremony, from my correspondent
point OF view, were a matrOn OF honor
I dressed IN champagne colored tulls
i trimmed with cerise velvet SIX
bridesmaids. dressed IN rainbow tints,
a page ring bearer or something or
other dressed a white satin Her own
costume Is beyond ny modest powers
20 describe. I remember wealth Of
adjectives and exclamation points
mixed up with white satin. court train,
dTapery. side plaits, and a borrowed
point lace veil to be put In print as an
EeirlOOm-then ny mind went blank
II John insists on being married In
June" she writes, don't YOU think he
ought to pay for all this2" The DO
tentially happy man" please remem-
Der. earns rather 2 small salary and
there are additional items OF we'd
ding breakfast, not 70 mention the
wedding journey. II he Is willing 70
walt for two years, I shall have
enough saved 20 pay for these things
myself but have always set my mind
on a swell Wedding"
OF course this girl IS not IN love
and OF course she has no intention Of
marrying q man He Is merely the
gentlemanly auxiliary 70 the wedding
supplement OF a fashion sheet The
deepest devotion OF which this young
woman Is apparently capable has been
evoked by a white satin gown. tulle
veil a wreath Of orange blossoms. q
pair Of high hseled slippers She calls
her feeling for this dressmaker's dis
play. love. and she Is willing TO 60
through a solemnly binding ceremony
with this frippery. concluding with
It'll death do Us part"
The young man whom she proposed
to thus honor has q little money
ahead. a few hundred dollars. which
represent his struggles to save from
the time he left school MP TO the pres
ent and the girl Is willing 70 TO take
Il all 20 crafty her vanity for a cou-
pie OF hours.
The young man very naturally de-
murs at squandering HIS savings for
a dressmaker's orgy. He wants 20 In
vest them IN the first payment on 3
little home he has had IN view IN the
suburbs. or Il she does not care about
that. he wants to furnish lat in
town
But the fair young Clothes PROP
VIII have nothing 20 do with either
scheme until the question OF the swell
! wedding" IS settled TO her liking She
Is willing TO compromise 20 this eX-