Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-11-07
OUR ANNIVERSARY
My MAY 3. STEVENS

g, 1892, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
We looked forward to our first ami
versary as q great event in our lives.
1t was as great an occasion, we felt
sure, as mothers fiftieth would be to
her, for, you see, we had never had an
anniversary before.
We were at Johns house when 1t
happened, and so were our maid OF
honor and our best man-John's sister
and my brother; so 1t was natural, l
suppose, for Mother B. to appoint them
q committee OF arrangements for the
day OF days. We were sure the cele-
bration would be ruined, for how could
two people barely of age, and still In
school, know anything about wedding
anniversaries We frightened up
however, when Mother b. said We
might make out the menu ourselves.
The committee held meetings, some
times with mother and sometimes
alone. That was all they seemed to
do, and Though we knew that the whole
thing must be simple and inexpensive.
still we feared they would. carry sim
plicity too far and miss the signih-
canoe of the occasion.
When the morning came Mother b.
was disappointingiy idle. We had
hoped for lot of little cakes such .as
we had at the wedding. .
We made low, oval center-piece for
the table and arranged bunch on the
tea-wagon In the bay window. The
dining-room did look lovely. We put
flowers in all the rooms, then took
mothers suggestion and went out with
the guests until dinner time. The COIN
mittee excused itself and stayed at
home. r.s
When We returned there was just
time to dress for dinner, and doors we
had left open into the living rooms
were closed. / was to wear my we'd
ding dress, and there were our moth
ers arrayed in theirs, and brother and
sister looking like the attendants we
had the year before.
As we came down the stairs, feeling
very bridy and groomy again, the
wedding march sounded and the maid
of honor and best man led the way to
the dining-room. Everything looked SO
different from the way 1t did when we
left that couldn't see 1t all at once,
but Just followed the leaders between
the high gateways Of boughs and flow.
ers that had sprung up at the dining.
room door. Two chairs at the table
were suggestlvely draped in white and
green. I had time to note that our
own decorations had not been changed,
but simply added 70, when l caught
sight of two dolls dressed as bride and
groom, with ribbons leading to kew
pies beside each plate, guarding little
baskets of bonbons.
The placescards were a triumph, and
l must say the committee was clever,
after all! They had cut little heads
from snapshots and after pasting them
on cards drawn fantastic figures in
characteristic poses to go with them.
The verses set us all to laughing, SO
we did not feel too solemn amid our
many memories.
The dinner was wonderful, if we did
arrange 1t ourselves. Dozens Of little
cakes appeared from nowhere just at
the important moment. After we had
eaten every speck Of the delicious ice
cream, mother said:
"Well, we have had the wedding
party, now we must set the children
I'D in housekeeping" BY children she
meant us, and not the attendants, but
we were used to it, and everybody un'
derstood.
First, the table was cleared; then
she took basket from the window
lifted off the flowers and disclosed o
pile of packages, each with string, to
which was attached an appropriate
verse. We were to guess from the
verse what each bundle contained. II
was such fun First ! opened one,
then John. Sometimes we could guess
and sometimes we couldn't. Here Is
one of the verses. 1t was attached to
an aluminium salt shaker for the
kitchen:
The spice of life It's SAVIOR makes,
And every housewife measure takes
To add a pinch. But call halt
If hubby tries to season things;
Just take it with a grain of salt.
Then there was this one, which we
never would have guessed If it had NOT
been tied to long, flat envelope with
Dads writing on it:
It Is what every lover should do;
But II we would bill, there are bills, and
yet bills,
And COOS we may COO II we coo.
We put that bill away for very
special purpose!
The last package Of all was box OF
candy in fruit shapes. The verse
read.
A home may have Its comforts all
Arranged to answer every call:
But II there isn't any food
The best of homes will be no good.
Someone who knew John must have
written that, although heartily agree.
I suspect his mother, but she says she
never wrote verse in her life!
W. ,no,o 1ittla hran tb1pSs