Show I L h hI I DOROTHY PUX I h nut nit the Worlds t II ValI Woman IF ONLY THE BRIDE DEMAND DIDN'T A TEN MINUTE SPLURGE AT THE WEDDING THE AVERAGE NEWLYWEDS COULD BEGIN LIFE FREE OF DEBT EARNING THANKS OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS T THE lIE Turks have ve s pl passed ed ft a saw l w prohibiting elaborate an and costly mar mar- marrIage mar ceremonials and nd forbidding the giving C of t expensIve weddIng presents What a 1 pI that w e cannot ha hae hav e such ruch an edIct issued In thi this country countr For there ther Is la no other one thing that would do more to alia heart burnings and present pre ent nen nervous ou prostration and bank bank- bankruptCy bankruptcy and promote peace and nd thrift Ih thin n lo to oUt daily can can the how chow wedding 1 In n all all we must mut mu t admit a that the thet t f display wedding Is II 1 a feminine vice vie No marl man probably ever really yearned to mako mak a public exhibition of himself as he h was wal wa being led as a a lamb Iamb to t the tho th slaughter But by the th t time the she II I 1 ten year years old ld the th average girl 4 J has hal begun planning her wedding and Ing r Ing whether she h will have hav a big church a- a af affair fair with ushers and flower girls and ring BC E bearers bearer and maids and matrons matron of honor h nor and an and a white satin drees and DIX a real lace lac vel veil and all cli tho th other ther or r whether he ehe h will be b married at homo home hornun under eni floral flora l canopy can py with an admiring audience fenced off from m her by White whit ribbon ribbons And to t realize thi this ten minute olur she h li Is I ready to ruthlessly ly ruin her family and half kill herself If she ahe he doesn't doesn get It sh h h goes af through life lit feeling that he he h has hal missed her herbig herbig big moment m m nt It S is I from this thi silly eully dopey day dream that tat women n hould huld be b rescued by law since cince few of them thom have hav the th thc common c mm n me sense and good gJ taste tact to t put It aside a ld themselves TO BEGIN with wilh It would do may away with aith the th disgraceful barefaced 1 holdups holdup that precede w These are ar camouflaged unde the appropriate name same of ot showers for tor they thoy causo every evory Tory friend of otan an engaged gIrl Irl to shed bed salt and bitter tears at the th realization o ot othow how much they ther wOt be b mulcted for or In Sn silk illk stocking showers hower and handkerchief and nd towel showers and kitchen showers shower and andall andall all the th other showers that go co to make up a t bridal deluge deluc It 8 would also ale prevent that sick alck lck feeling f at the th pit of the stomach with which we w are atta attacked ked at sight Ight of a large larg thick whit envelope In tho th mall mail We W know now that It men mean m ns a tn and dellver present pr nt which somehow always alway comes Jut Juit t at t a tIme tim when the th rent is I overdue or r a doctor bill has hasto ha hat to bo be paid or r wo we w had saved up a little money by pinchIng economics economIc to t buy a new hat hit or r suit UT IT I ISN'T that we are art sUn stingy y or mean or that we w begrudge a girt gift toa to a friend It Is only ony that we fro would like to give Bl e when we wo could do 10 so freely and lad enjoy enoy the th giving Instead of o having a to give at a time lIben irben It li is actually dishonest to bestow a present Why I 1 hue haH ac actually known people who had to put ort oft needed dental worK woric or taking a sIck lick child to the th country when three or four presents presente fell together The Th wedding gift elt was wae wa a Il debt of ot honor The They sont tont us u n ii net act et ot of o salad forks forke Sho tare gaye us a clock when we were married and It had to be b returned In kind The Tho Th abolition of f the show wedding would prolong the days day of f many a poor por old Id hard worked father whose who e trousseau eau is I the straw that breaks break tho th came camels camel's camel back I IT QT T IS not because she sh needs them or has any use for them that Sally Ann who Is I a poor girl marrying a poor young man has ha to have han piles pile ot of o orchid chiffon undergarments hand embroidered and and berIbboned It Is I because they are to be b displayed to her catty frIends friend who will finger them and appraise them and criticise them and then go home horn wondering how ho hoher ho her is e eor or going to pay for or them It If her lingerie wel wie e not exhibit A at the wedding Sally Ann would go co along and provide herself with a reason ble amount of o underwear that would stand near bear ear and II ashing and not ot run papa Into debt But Sally Ann has hal ha to have her show wedding She h ha hato hat s sto to trail up the church aisle In her white whit satin and her tulle vel veil and all the th rest ret of It And by the time father has paid for r the th church and the th flower and the bridesmaid mald parents and the tho th reception and the th automobiles automobile he h has had to bor- bor borrow borrow rw bor-rw row money at the tho th bank and h hz s saddled himself with a debt that bends bendl hIs hie hi back a little more mor and puts put new lines line In his hie face and adds add to his burden in n work and worry which was 2 2 already more mr than he h could bear AND A AND ND It has bas all aU been for or a few ew minutes minute flaunting daunting of o herself herselt In the face tic of ot an audience of o people II lio lio ho smiled and nudged each other and said ald Did you ever eHr see aeo her ber look so o homely Brides III always ahas II s look their worst Wonder onder what ever eer e 11 saw In her to mal male make e him bini pIck her out Is Is that the bridegroom Looks Looke like a scared rabbit v HO How on earth do you suppose her ber father fattier will ever eHr pay for this EHI leno 8 he cant can't afford it and so BO on and so on on Just what bat e er body says at III a wedding I i Above all the th abolition of the show wedding and the saving 01 o othe the foolish expenditure it involved would enable miny ny a a young couple to set up housekeepIng bou out of debt and best cf all they would begin Ute Ufe simply and honestly ana and with Ith the admiration and aud te of ofa nl ho know them 1 d 4 Getting Getting married I the crucial act In a mans man's man and womans woman's woman life life It Is I the th most mot awful and solemn thing they ever do And why they want to t have hav a thousand curious eyes peering at them when they thy take tak the thel step that is i going doing to plunge them Into nto hell or T lift them Into heaven passes comprehension It Iti would not n t be b more Incongruous to send out invitations to t people to come cm and watch you yu die than It Is I to t come and see you yu marrIed WISE that young couple II who ho bo simply slip around to the th parson and andy y make their TOWS vows at the altar allar with no DO one but God to look on DOROTHY DIX Copyright 1924 1921 by Public Ledger Company I LA A THOUGHT A DAY 1 I A fool s a mouth month b I fc lik lil hi d tlc tion and anil Ml lips lip TO oro the Iho snare of hl Boul oui IS It 7 Of Ot all 11 II thieves fools tool are r the tho worst thy they rob you ou ot of timO anti mt temper Goethe Goth 0 00 I li tRY EHY I Cross stitching Is isery cry ery elY effective jon on hlf frocks frook If It ItI It Iti I I i iq done dono don In striking crude crud colors color 00 no WATCH WATOU IOn I OB Watch Vatch fobs tab fob a fad tad of ot tl tills this sea aea son on that caine cam In with Ith the th tailored suit are rc very v ry 0 affairs of black moire moiro and rhine ton s X U UG G r Envelope bags baliS bag i to b bo be bov bevery v very ry sinai mal t und and come conic In moire a ll u or ot l ather |