Evening star., 1925-04-06

The time for Easter weddings is
approaching, and thousan Is of brides
to-be are a-futter with the thought.
There are SO many things to decide.
so many things about which TO as
sure ones self in the matter of Gus
toms, etiquette and good form, they
are fairly bewildering to contem-
plate. And 50 ] want to write you,
whatever your problems are, to come
to me with them, and shall be only
too glad to advise. Just now q let
ter lies before me from one puzzled
bride. She wants TO know how the
wedding silver should be marked. 1t
Is q subject that has perplexed many
a bride before her.
Wedding gifts are sent to the bride;
therefore they should be marked with
her initials. These gifts form part
of the things that the girl takes to
the home as her contribution TO the
furnishings. They are presented in
accord with this view; that is, II
ding gifts. The articles may be given
by the relatives and friends of the
bride, or be sent from the relatives
and friends of the bridegroom, but
they go to her and form part OF her
contribution, as mentioned. There
no question, therefore, about the
marking Of the articles. They are
engraved with her maiden initials.
Second Marriages.
In the event of woman marrying
a second time, her linens, etc, should
be marked with the initials she bears
at the time Of this engagement. The
same rule of marking wedding silver
prevails. A widow is apt to have
many things ready to take to new
home without providing herself with
an entire new trousseau, as would be
the case when first married.
Everything that the bride takes
with her for the furnishings OF the
home becomes part of the household
effects of the two, ihasmuch as they
should be used in the business of
home making. However, they are
really her things. Good form dictates
that they be marked to indicate this.
The husband supplies the major part
for the home, and this is expected
Of him. The bride brings certain
choice and beautiful things TO dress
up the house, TO beautify the table,
and to decorate the rooms. Such
things as are marked bear her in
itials.
initiating Linens, Etc.
This matter of lettering is Of even
greater Importance when it applies
and napAry These things the girl
gets either for a hope chest, when
unattached, or after she becomes en-
gagged. Nowadays, IL is quite Gus
tomary for the girl to wait until she
is actually affianced before she starts
her hope chest. The name seems a
bit anomalous then, though hopes are
sometimes blasted, even after an en-
gagement has been announced. a girl
cannot very well initial her linens,
etc, except with those of her own
name when she makes them for
real hope chest. She has not met
the man,
Error In Marking.
II should be remembered that the
only initials the girl really has are
those she bears at the time she is
preparing these articles and having
them marked. 1t is sometimes dis
astrous to have the pieces marked in
any other way. One girl who made
the blunder of embroidering the final
initial Of her fiances name on her
trousseau linens learned her mistake
when il was too late. The engage
ment was broken, and the girl was
at a loss TO know just what to do
with the things. Fortunately, she
had friend whose last name began
with the same initial as that of the
fiance, and this friend bought a great
part of the things from her It was
not more than a year later that this
girl again became engaged, and was
married, to another man. But she
did not make another mistake All
her trousseau was embroidered with
her maiden name.
There is always sentiment attach