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Show ANNOUNCING THE ENGAGEMENT Tho announcing of an engagement is of lmportnnco to almost every womnn wo-mnn at somo tlmo of her life. How o do It In tho nicest way Is tho perplexing per-plexing problem. It can bo dono quite simply and naturally by both families Informing all their friends and relatives and tho prospective bridegroom telling nil his men friends how lucky ho Is, while- bis llanceo mnkes hasto to mako known to all her girl friends tho surprising infor- I matlon. It can, if tho girl's mothor profera bo announced at a dinner or dance given especially for tho young poo-, poo-, pie. Or tho world may bo Informed j of tho important nows at a pretty luncheon given to the closo friends of the bride-to-be; also her llance's mother nnd sisters It sho has any. Theso latter, of course, aro informed inform-ed privately of tho happy event bc- foro this festivity takes placo for It would bo extremely selfish and ill-bred ill-bred for any man to allow his nearest near-est relatives to lcain first of such a thing In the presence of strangers. Sometimes the announcement nt these affairs Is made by tho girl's mother simply telling her guests, as soon as they sit down at tho table, that sho takes pleasure In informing them of her daughter's engagement to Mr. Itobert ninnk. Whereupon tho guests should nt onco offer their congratulations and best wishes for tho young couplo's futuro happiness. Announcements aro occasionally mado by having lit- ! tlo heart-shaped cards at each plato with tho names of tho young peoplo written upon them, or announcing tho engagement of Helen Mnrgarct Jones to Robert Hunter Illank, But it is moro usual for tho cards to contain simply tho names ns tho guests aro ; usually quick enough to put two and two together. |