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Show Good in Wedding Presents. HOME It BHIOHTER WMEHE QIFTS ' ARE LIVED UP TO. I Making Everyday Ua ef Them Is , Far Better Than Storing Them Away Importance ef Leaking Leak-ing One's Uest. RY MAROAHLT E. SANOSTER. , I remenilier a oiing couple who sent inn no inoriiniit noiote of In vltatlona to I hill chilli h wedding III hiding ever) lunilly of whom Ither had Iho alikhicei knowledge, and In deed, preeumlng In aonio limliuicei-on limliuicei-on what waa m.-ieh collateral and rather nketch) ac-iiuulniiinii" On le Ing asked win ihev acanered theli In vltatlona broadcast like seed throw n In the furmw, I he) explained thai the hoHHl for a a real man) wedding pn-senl'i ' We have not enough money I to furnish our house.' Ihey aalrt and ' we expect that almost ever) one who . reeohee an Imitation will aend us I something ' The) quite Ignored Hie ixiaalhlllt) i ha I heaps of wedding proa opts may prote burdensome and that future obligations might be au enibar raasment. when. In turn, their uninar rled friends should male All they wanled. aa Ihey frankly aald, waa to secure a quantity of nice things toward to-ward their own housekeeping v Wedding preaenla extend over an Innulln range They may bo cxeii sIm- or cheap, useful or decorative ftoiiieilines the) are pledgee of the deuH-st love: again. Ihey are tokens or the spirit of bargaining that la fa-1 tal when It enters the rt-nlm and the1 fair) land of gills ' rtlHer. ihliin nod glass lake the most prominent tank tn the Hat of ar Helen dialrnble for hoetowment on a bride Her people and Ihe giooio'a aiipe usually. If I heir means Hrmll, procure as much table sllxer fur the bridal pair aa Ihey tun use In a lifetime life-time It la always Ihe pnqier thing lo send aona and forks cream lugs, salt cellars, icaimts. salvcra. bonbon dlabea. and everything elae that a modern table requires, as a wedding gift Hitch presents should not ba engraved, en-graved, aa when there ar duplicates the bride may exercise her privilege of sending them hark la lbs maniifao-lurer maniifao-lurer and effecting an eichango agreeable agree-able io herself. Two methods an- In vogue 'u the homo nuking thnt follows the wedding preaenla One bride In terror lest but glare shall Inxade her domain, packs awa her entire out lit of line china ami mild silver and sends It to ii ante d-awlt vault, where II sees Ihe llshi "ldmn emerging occasion alh when there la shi-IsI company or wune lentnn for dlspls) litem are families whose stock of allxi-r has relaxed re-laxed In bank In this ws for many silci-esshe years In llieso Insl slices plated ware la allowed to do duty for the genuine article, and Ihe remainder of tin1 table cqulitugo la In harmony with thai There ran lie no objection lo the use of good plated silver dishes, but lea spoons aisl Inhlekimons should Ih inal silver, unions Iheie la a good roaai.n lo the contrary Tho plated apoon never loses lis chaianler of a siiltatllule Tho bride who determines lo tako what precautions ahe can, but who uses her good things every day, begins her housekeeping In deference In a higher Ideal of hoauly and will lie llkeli to maintain In moat departments depart-ments a greater measure of t IH-clencv IH-clencv l.lving up lo Ihe iieslhotlo MiialUy of hei wedding silver and her wedding china, alio will not fall lulu the wretched habit of wearing a wrapper wrap-per or a kimono outalde her chain-le-r door When sho tnwla Koile In Ihe morning, she will be alllreil from top to loe III a dress In which alio may walk lo the train or the ullleo with her husband, go In market, do her slioplpng, ami drop In on a rein IHh or n friend Her slock and her belt will mulch In freshness Iho polish pol-ish of her alh or She who la careful to maintain tho lauiv of her homo Ii) attention lo Its smallest detail, sho whose wed ill rig presents are not packed away, but are kept In sight, will iwtMhllsli In her regime a degree of good order and pleasant, though elastic system Dial will result in lmi-plneas lmi-plneas In all concerned. Doubtless lliete are men who would feel themselves aggrieved If their whea should Inilmgti- I ha I Ihey make g special effort lo ill ess for dinner, yel u man feels Ihe heller and rests none the less for exchanging the coat he has worn all daj for another, and for coming lo Ihe table with hands and face and hair freshened up a bit In the bathroom The wife who expects ex-pects this little concession In oonen lion ami Ihla attention in herself will not forget that her own sweetness Is enhanced by it change of dreas at the end of Iho day. Not long ago, there wag a story In one of the luagailneg thai appealed ill reelly Ui etery womanly heart Iu the story there waa a wife whose little heme waa fI ihh ut She had mown wcanr'1 ill' nnag. , m,iIIh fancied lhatWr hie-l im,j ,,jlM.d tn hue herJ " iom.na out bla ilootlon at J "et of i bnaht loiinu all I Ills vlil ciniPin Ik, wlh an-w ilo ajfialko- n i im, llnR In sliaKgllra3fB'i" u kueti-xi un lN-comlngly jf ,,'"'k "f her head and her rirgjjp ere solleil ami lorn One da). ! "h IMinlluily de presaeil. DaHM' " brave effort ni ranged hsrWifln ihe.ii.i chamilng fashion, agdjpt SS a 1I..111 liockand a bright rlba mm tluu tn-imeni the tide tUlfti Her hm-haud had le-en lojal, sgt s bad nii.n.il some Iblng. when this wife sualu baiked her best big onaaiii pride In hei came quickly to Ihe surface What exer 1 IrclimstgW max Ih- we worn en al home tMgM lei ourselves go nor can v'jf09 '" 'all iln out aiaiidards. Wdaaa presents ate xal liable, first btMtJe they teatlfy In a tangible way Ugc are worth some thing la ourt frwids. and not In-cause In-cause lliey ftrubb an Ideal toward which we msf Itarh out In our en denvor In tnaM home lllo Ixnuiirul rhaale and dsjlgbkul Prom ths BWBVBl thai we slop 1 ar Ing how thlas Vmk. from ihe mo inent that It Maw of no conseiiin nc-whither nc-whither w ar Mean or dlri). com fortahle or tbgreSrae, whelher ihlngs about us are kspran or neglected tin quality of oar (pate making la di elded. If lrajM have our lioine radiant baokgrouasa to which we tin 11 longing eyes It abjence and which an full of cheer andrmlh In our pre enee. we mutt hftt an rye to small details as wall aflo the gencu.l re-aulis re-aulis In a vom we must 11) 10 , live up to Ih Wcsllng presenlH We would belter addkUltle in our -lulh care and keep ouiwaullful In It a brai and onr costly sjrar In sight than pack II all away, Ik in a scrambling fashion and leartSsr posscasloiv as heirlooms and etMBl for our descend ants M l- right, MS. kSsseph II Howies.! |