Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-09
And There Goes the Bride!

fourth silk. fifth wood, and SO on-working up
gradually and extensively to the hftieth, or
golden wedding The idea is that on each an
niversary friends and relatives are to give the
happy couple presents made of the material IN
Dictated for the occasion.
But apparently very few people read al
MANAGES any more, and the only person who Is
really expected to remember these immovable
feastS is the husband list of wedding ami
verSaries as they are observed today would
read about as follows: First year, long stem
med American beauties: second year, carna-
tons; third year, potted geranium (two days
1ate); fourth year. new linoleum for the kitchen
floor; fifth year, long distance call from Mont
real; tenth year, one-way ticket to Reno;
fifteenth year, check; twenty fifth year, check.
And so on.
Since the discovery of "incompatibility" Ca
word full of sound and fury, signifying almost
anything} not many marriages have survived
long enough for the celebration of anniversaries,
and il has been suggested that, If we must have
celebrations, fractional anniversaries be added to
the list; i. E., first month, papier mache; second
month, rayon; third month. fabrikoid; fourth
month, bakelite; fifth month, German silver,
etc.
There is an old saying Git will be about three
weeks old by the time this appears in print)
that the larger the trousseau the shorter the
marriage. 1t Is true that brides trains not
far-reaching they used to be-in fact,
some of them stop so soon that they might be
nfesting the portmanteaus. Judging by the
clothes one sees on the average debutante, she
could use cigarette case for hope chest.
Nevertheless, the trousseau is just as important
a matrimonial item as it was in grandmother'S
day. The only difference is that the bride ac-
cumulates it after the wedding instead of be-
fore The notion that a woman must abandon
her hope chest development as soon as she
has acquired a husband is both misanthropic
and mid-victorian- 1t is implies that marriage
Is hopeless institution, and that once
woman has entered it she might as well despair
of lettering her condition.
PUT now praise be to alinony, all that is
changed Hope springs eternal in the bridal
chest. There Is always the possibility that the
next husband may be an improvement over the
present one. Thus it becomes one Of the first
duties of the ambitious young wife 10 assemble
a suitable wardrobe to be used in case Of in
compatibility.
Every up to- date trousseau ought to include
few grass-widow's weeds among the orange
blossoms, for you never can tell what may hap
pen and 1t Is always well to be prepared for the
best. There should be an attractive going
away" outfit; several of them, in fact. The
coming back" outfit is not so important, for it
is seldom used. But one should always look
ones loveliest when going out of mans life
walk out of the Dolls House without pausng
for a moment in front of the mirror in the hall
The old-fashioned woman, having captured
husband, sometimes grew careless of her
personal appearance and excused her dowdineSS
by saying: We'll there's no sense in running
for a street after you've caught it,
Her twentieth century sister, who is anything
but dowdy, agrees with the soundneSS of this
theory-provided you catch the right street
car. But" she adds, with equal wisdom,
there's sense in riding to the end of the
line on the wrong car when all you have to
do is ask for transfer"
So she asks for q transfer. And IL she has
paid proper attention to her post-nuptial trous-
seau and hope chest, she usually gets it. APP
parel oft pTocures the man-both before and
after the wedding.