New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

privilege Of making the trousseau. Some Of
these stressed the sentimental appeal.
us not the most important frock in a won,-
ans lifetime her wedding gown?'' one letter
demanded, while another with brutal and what
we believe to have been unjustified frankness
began:
"Take your combinations You need new
ones, but in spite Of changing fashions you
still cling to the old model
There were other counts in the indictment,
but Athea coming upon US reading it snatched
1T away with burning comment and color.
Day by day the rolling tide came in. There
We're catalogues setting forth trousseaus at
various prices, listed in sets in the fashion used
in our youth by fireworks manufacturers
There were letters tabulating things no bride
could possibly permit herself to be without
long lists beginning with asbestos pads, ar
mures, allover laces and aprons and ending
with wash cloths and window awnings.
And there were forward looking merchants
who with profane hands ruthlessly ripped
away the veil that had hitherto hung untouched
before the future and burst with raucous
shouts into the sanctuary, demanding the priv
ilege of clothing or feeding Or supplying toys
for the next generation.
There were embarrassing persons who sug-
gested novel entertainments for children's
parties and Mrs. Willis, who announced her
removal to new address, where there will be
found a delightful display of children's furni-
ture and toys"
dancing academy, evidently with an enor-
NOUS waiting list, sent us blank for the en-
rolnent of our possible offspring as pupil,
and many others cast themselves with more
enthusiasm than tact upon the bosom of the
future.
These, however, were only few in the horde
of persons who sought to place themselves at
our service. Merchants insisted on proffering
us articles we had never dreamed existed
One persistent woman, who manufactured
sanitary face cloths by letter and in person
importuned Althea to buy. She besieged the
house of Blank with the fervor Of parent
whose offspring is about to appear before the
world with dirty visage. Somehow she con-
veyed the impression that if her face cloths
didn't helpt us nothing would.
The hotels We'd with each other in extending
to us their hospitality Crates inclosedl.
"We beg to inform you," one manager in
formed us largely, "that our facilities for serv-
ing your requirements for the future are un-
SASCilCu oiAu VIC Coiulcity liaV1tG you 10 llSpCCG
our premises
And the resort folders! We who had been
wondering whether we'd have enough when the
ceremony was over to spend two weeks in
North Jersey, were bombarded by brochures
and pamphlets of gift book magnifcence ex-
tolling the joys of aquaplaning on the Adron-
dack lakes-We were to be married in October
--or climbing peaks in the Rockies.
TThara 1uara Y,arcana sxhc 1isyoJ ,rrlxv ,o,1-a
out our itinerary for us. There were others
who were keeping open their hotels in the hone
we would patronize them. There was one COM
pany who sent us forty-page booklet extollina
the value OF certain pills for seasickness.
The caterers were numbered by the score
after their tribes-haughty caterers, who in en-
graved script told us that Newport and Fifth
Avenue fought for the privilege of being served
by them; less renowned purveyors Of wedding
food, who wrote in quasi English of the excel
lence Of their wares and sent swarthy Malta
members to back up their claims.
These were as persistent as the other repre-
sentatives who attended the Blank family each
day, and more emotional They spoke Of frappe
with all the fervor of Petrarch of his Laura.
and you had the uncomfortable feeling while
conyersing with them that they all carried
stilettoes and were quick TO avsnge aferouE.
Many holdera or shs only original xseipa xcs