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Show Many Conventions to Be Observed By Girl Following Betrothal ....... fiance may consult you In the choice of M. following your preference, or ho Mr go ahead and pick It aut himself. Tba solitaire diamond la traditionally tba ngagment ring atona, aut you oaa bava whatavar you want and can afford. Sine tha ring la tha aymbol to tha publio that you ar engaged, H should not ba worn In publio until yon ara praparad ta tall tba world of your Intention tha day your paranta announca your betrothal. snare ! The nn smew n fTft oa etiquette, whir will arr t vmdr'i TUit. will ba ea reseat. IWM M UM MIM. By AN ME ELOISE IWRm So, tha man has finally propoaad, you bava eald, "yaa," and you'ra o axeltad you don't know what to dol Of eouraa, your angagamant and your wadding ara tha moat mar-Taloua mar-Taloua thlnga that ever happened, but you'ra warrlad for faar yea won't do exactly tha right thing, that aomathing unplaaaant may mar your happiness. Tha ft rat thing ta da, naturally, la ta tall your paranta af your Intention. In-tention. Thay alraady know tha man, and If thay disapprove, thay hould have dona aomathing long baforo you raachad tha aarioua ataga, ao It probably won't ba much af a aurpriaa ta thm. Tha man, too. hould talk tha mattar avar with bit family. Tha old eonvcntlea af tha proa-pactiva proa-pactiva kridagroom oalllng an hla ehoaan ana'a atara falhar ta ajk for bar band In marriage, la eome-what eome-what out af data, but ha ahould diacuaa hia financial status, a la. Member af your flanee'g family. If thay antartaia at all, entertain you, and a will your friend. It la not good taata to lot mambar of your immadlata family giv a ahow-r ahow-r for you. Whlla thay may ntr-tain ntr-tain for you, thay ahould not aak guaata ta bring gift. And, ba ear-ful, ear-ful, too, not ta hava to many ahowara, for aftaa thay put financial fi-nancial atrala aa your frlanda, alnea tha aama onaa may attend vral of tha parti, and ara aapaetad to giva you a wadding praaant ta addition addi-tion ta ahowar preaant. Engagement praaanta ara aat eue-ternary eue-ternary tbaaa daya axcapt from vary oloaa frlanda or mambara af tha brtdagroom'a family. You may glva your flaaea aa a gagamant gift If you want la, although al-though It ia not aaoaaaary. Aftar you ara angagad you may aoeept moat anything In tha way af glfta from your huaband-to-be, except waarlng apparaL If hla mothar haa aoma lovaly old lac ar aoma ether family hair loom, aha may offer It ta yaa to waar at your woddlng, aad you may aocapt It If you want ta, Ia thaaa daya of depression and ' la Ball Laka aty However, many girla In Salt Laka City waar thair engagement ring from the moment they receive them, even when It I ft vera! month bfor they Intend ta announca their engagement. It la all right to do thia if you announca your angagamant angaga-mant Informally ta your friend, but the there ahould ba n formal announcement or announcement party. If you do thia, you may announca an-nounca your wadding data la tha newapapera whea It la aat. If you Intend to hava a formal announcement, whether you entertain enter-tain with aa announcement party or not, your mother ahould call tha aociety editor af tha newapapera newa-papera and glva tham tha neraaeary Information. You may da It yeur-lf yeur-lf If yoa prefer. Naturally. If you'ra going ta hava aa announcement announce-ment party, you won't want the eurprt apoiled by the new appearing ap-pearing In tha paper flrat, a plan accordingly. Juat before tba publle announcement announce-ment la made, you may tell youi cloeeat frlanda and relative, and tha bridegroom would do tha aama Then, Juat before tha announcement, announce-ment, tha relative of your flaaoe ahould call on you. Of eouraa, yon mutt return the call a aooa ai possible. $5 with your father, whether alone with him ar la front of yoa and your mother. Call Msnrssary A aoon aa tha angagamant la definlUly aettltd, th parent of the bridegroom-elect, (hould call on you and your parent. Etiquette la strict an this point and it ahould ba dona a coon a poaawl, preferably pre-ferably within it hour. You and your parents should return re-turn thia call aa aooa aa poaaibl. too. If hi parent llv too far away to call, thay should writ both you and your mothar, and, af eouraa, both of you ahould answer th latter lat-ter Immediately. Then come tb thrill af your Ufa your engagement ring. Your i . repressions, engagement aftaa hava , to last a rather long Urn. If yoa , want tha world ta know at your , engagement, yoa may announoa It ; whether tha data la aat or not. Of course, aftar tha announcement la J made, yoa wouldn't go out to much with other men, nor your flano . with other girl, whether you'ra la I tba aama towa or not. , And do remember, It Is poor tat I to display your emotlone In publio. . Don't hold handa ar Indulge la , any "wooing" ovaa la front of very good frlanda, for It'a aftea embarrassing embar-rassing to them. If, by any unfortunate ahanca, - you should break your engagement, i ba aura to return to tha young man ', all tha glfta. Including tha ring, . that ha haa glvea yoa. At your announcement party, you may have th new concealed 1 favor for tha gueata, or your mothar moth-ar may tell tha gueata aa they greel har. If you give a dinner party your father would tell tha aewa U tba group by proposing a tout. Rmnvbr th bridegroom I congratulated, con-gratulated, for ha la conaldarat lucky ta hava won a brld, whll thi bride la wihd happiness, gooc wish, ate, rather than congrat ulatad. for aha ha consented u marry tba man. t Bridal rarlit) From tha day of your announca ment to your wadding day, yoi will ba tha eenter af much featlvlty if yaur frlanda antartaia for yaa |
