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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01
GIFTS FOR THE BRIDE

Never DO a thing concerning the recti-
tude of which we are in doubt.-Pliny
the Younger.
u EMEMsER that wedding ! gifts fits
K are always sent addressed to the
bride-to-be even though you may
never have met her and you are a
friend only of the bridegrOom-to-be. II
YOU receive invitations to be wedding
or know of it before it occurs then
the gift should always be sent before
the ceremony and the present al
dressed in the brides maiden name.
Silver and other articles to be
marked with an initial should bear
the first letter of the brides maiden
name. usually. There are, however,
some young women who prefer TO 1oi-
low the continental European fashion
and have their silver, ETC., marked
with their married initial. II you
know this to be the case have your
gift marked in this way.
If you do not know Of the marriage
nntil after it has occurred the gift
should still be sent to the bride oniv
Int it should of course be addressed
to her married name.
A wedding gift may be something
personal for the. bride or semetnins
that is for both bride and groom al
an article of household decoration o.
furnishing. It should never be some
thing that is especially suitable 10
fine bridegroom, as for instance
smoking stand.
/ The understanding usually IS ina
II Won receive invitations simply Z
the wedding ceremony at ihe onu..'
no present is due, but that II you ar
invited to the house to the weddnls : :.
n wedding reception present IS
!, order. Now, it Is never in reaiity pa
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01
CAR DRIVING HARD ON FEET
Use Of Acceierator Causes "Short
Circuit" of Pedal Nerves or "Motor
Foot" It Is Said.

When car owners return from their
summer vacation many OF them re-
turn limping. A new summer cpl
demic is at large in the ranks OF vaca-
tiOnists.
The new ailment has been given tho
popular name of motor foot" In the
language Of surgical chiropody 1t Is In
dexed and classified under the name
Of "metatarsal displacement"
Continuous motoring is the cause
of the ailment. It -is a right foot
trouble caused by the continuous strain
occasioned by long motor trips when
the driver keeps his foot in the strained
| position required by the use of cal
| accelerator.
I. This position causes a displacement
of the metatarsal bones which In turf
causes them, in motor language, II
"short" the nerves Of that. part of thu
foot. This In turn Is the answer fol
the pain that accompanies the dis
] tinction of possessing motor foot"
"Motor foot not oply makes walk
ing painful, but practically eliminate!
golf. tennis or any of the other popu
lar forms Of active recreation.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01
! HOW DO YOU SAY IT!
BY c. N. LURE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
4HAvE WENT @HAvE SAW

.HAvE WENT" "HAvE SAW
- SHOULD have went to the
- dance,r said the girl, but my
mother would not let me.
have travelled in many lands. but l
have saw nothing like this SAID me
,,naducated traveller. After the aux
iliarv verb shave" in any OF its FORMS
II Is proper to employ only the perfect
narticiple of the principal verb ;
t t the girl should have SAID.
81 should have gone to the dance,
and the traveller should have said' :
have seen~nothing like this"
.They have chose the wisest part
L. nm instance of this error cited by
Goold Brown, the famous grammarian.
The proper form of words to be EN-
nloved is. aThey have chosen the Wis.
est part"
In this connection, 1t may be said'
+bat this error IS one Of large mum
her which would be avoided with ease
| were the speaker or writer to exer
else a little care in the choice o.
words. But most Of rs speak OF write
hastily.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01

TNOR leetle while Hasa week | unk
mebbe am gonna losa da leeber-
ty fbr Tonga time. ! almosta been
cen da jail again one day. no gotta
intensh breaka da law but l maka
leefle meestake npderstanda de Eng
leesa and righta queeck haye plenfa
trouble.
j aska one my frien one day wot ne
sonna ID and he say he gotto go cen
d court. aska wot he gonna 90 dat
place and he tella me he gotta da case
there.
You kpow seence da prohibish was
hnga lime / no see dat moch ALA one
dme. getta greata idee 50 queeck
" frien tella me dat. / no say soma.
&lne weeth heen. wot think, but
iska whosa ia boss cen da court.
Nv frien tella me ola judge run dat
face. So I aska eef da judge gotta
nv. more case. He say, sure, ga
h,dpe dotta SO many case he no getta
ieenisf for seexa mont" I aska now
noocha cost ease cen dat place. MY
rien say was deefrent price, soma
Ame do state pay for da case ana oth'
81 time da guy wot wanta Ga case
kotta nay leetle pit. !,
\ So righta queeck ! go yeesit as
place where da judge work ! ask
"a guy on da elevate where's GA jugs
and be tella me was cen hees cnam
her. / find leetle girl cen ga iron
Office ana / feegure she was ga c,lan l
bermaid. aska eef she's ia cilan,
bermaid and for sofnatins, ! dunno mo
she gefta mad. She no Wanl ie''
me see da judge, but ! see anyhow.
/ explaina weeth da Judge da' on
INV frien tella me he gotta some cas-
cen II court. So maka neem q
propoeIsh I tella heem I don't neeu
whole case, but would ike g ss,t
tree four quart aa ees gooda s.u stu.
Hut ,dar Judge tella me eef no ss,s
/ ont e trow me cen da, jail. MeDD
he 81 wanta sell, ! dunno
Wm you. tink?
Copyright.
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-10-01

be, but the Wind only blew. harder
and drove the Rain against the trees
and bushes until they lay fiat upon
the ground and the Rain stood in lit
tie pools.
Then across the field the Wind
drove II until it struck the big farm
buildings and ran in-great tears down
. the sides, splashing upon the ground.
But though the Wind blew and
drove the Rain as it Dragged it could,
the Rain i'm little rivers and pools
called out that it would show its pow
er in short time by making floods
which would rise high and cover the
land,
II was then that the Wind began
to think It must end the quarrel ane
in some way that would stop the Rain
for though it knew the Rain coult