Show ONLY THE BRIDE WILL OBJECT A proposition to do avav with the wedding present practice I 1 see that eva and air blank are I 1 to be married of course we will have an invitation to the wedding said a washington jadv to her better cant hardly afford to go was the reply why not it is too expensive a busine s his attending weddings nowadays yon might as well appear at the house a wedding garment as a wedding present some of our mikii tora occa i cry out against expensive funer ala I 1 wish some one would preach a crusade against expensive weddings the pre achere wont though they know on which side their bread is buttered and most oi them would turn ap their noses it the wedding fee was not a 20 bill at least from a department clerk or a check from a half million airas sen if you attend a wedding these days you are expected to bestow a wedding gift on the bride by all means there is a fashion in these bilings and you must give not according to your inclination or even according to your means but a la mode of the circle an fn which you move if you have a daughter out of long clothe 3 she is asked to be a and you can no more refuse to let her than you can to ciuc at the white house the etiquette of strictly forbids it then unhappy man you aie in for it and no mistake your daughter must pay heavily for the acon or and must of course sive a splendid present on her own account whilst the magnificence of alie joint one of yourself and wife must be increased you arc supposed to be the free citizens of a free country in which no one cau tax you save the representative yon yourself leave help ed elect and here a lot of people who are just as often a not almoas complete to you personally can walk into your bouhe or drag you into theirs and without your having the power to resist res or ill out mulct you to extend a months house ent aliese ll iese aie some of alie pains and anatoes hach vou have to pay for beill recognized ana ember of society but eyen when you hae madr up your m nd or it bus been emde up by our more lavish belter half to give a handsome present to the lovely creature ho is taking advantage of lier position to get ail blie i aai out of her friends and ac u the qu stion still what to div our present mastbe a nice and one of course when vou go lo 10 the reception it is enst able that the lovely carature alio has fined you so heavily will have scarce time to recognize your existence any body decently acquainted with alie an religious persecution is aware that it was an uncommon thing in the agea of feitli for house to be set against house anil family against family and for even wives to denounce their husbands for refusing to sacrifice the predominant pre dominan belief it is just the same now it is invariably the wife of ones bosom that turns against one in this matter of wedding presents what cant be cured must be endured and we have no expectation pec tation of seeing these enforced benevolence ne abolished but r aliat liat cant be cures can sometimes some temes be mended why cant me haea mixed house and poll tax and do away in aliis matter of wedding present s star all girls should row young women should conquer alie timidity that they feel the moment they set foot in a rowboat row boat A young man of the right sort lias no patients the want of confidence women have in themselves and in his care for them bear in mind courage is a quality not to be despised and can we warn becomingly by any girl it will come to you perchance has as it does to all women in acme time of great emergency emer gancy and yet you are here afraid of that which an ida lewis has mastered when at its worst and which if once understood would give pleasure plea bure and greater bodily strength some good oarsman will show you how to set in a boat and how to row one oar and then with two lie will teach you the strokes and other matters necessary to be acquired en joy your rowing as you would your bath or your breakfast it is good for the body and kelpsas help sas does all physical exercise to prolong life swimming Swim mine girls take to even better than boys and are much boic graceful and every girl should if possible understand this most useful of pastimes ELLEN IE GRADE in ladies home johnal Jov nal |