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Show THE WEDDING k mmvERsmv 1 BY MRS. McCUNE. jg FjFgjI OR the benefit of guests who are 15 1 ml invited to wedding anniversa- &' K-I rles a few suitable gifts aro Era suggested. Cotton gifts for itl tho first year are nono too numerous. to)! For Instance, the dainty guest bags Ut filled with small cotton pads for pow tm derlng the nose make pretty and ap- able propriate gifts. Anything in cotton j&e toweling or cloths for the kitchen ethc would be appropriate. A little stand "(he to hold spools of thread can bo fitted Ssd out with cotton spools and will moke Jin an acceptablo gift The paper wedding is even morey fsipi difficult to match in gifts. Pretty cal- 6aj endarB come under the head of paper,- j lie as do attractive blotters. Sets of pa- 1 Mtai per dollies for the cako or bread bas- i? ket aro acceptable gifts. ;tn$ The leather wedding, on the third j Vtti anniversary, brings a load of useful Ror things. Leather pillows, leather coy- ' . ered books, blotters; leather scarfs 'Kj, for table or mantelpiece. Or a hand- p soino gift, a suitcase, a traveling bag jjje or a good-looking purso would bq jj beautlful and welcome presents. y- The fourth year of marital bliss Is r called the fruit and flower year, and ,VJ of course, lends itself easily to deco- aS ration and gifts. )V.( The wooden wedding, coming on the , j" fifth anniversary of tho wedding cere- 1 mony, is perhaps more often celebrat- Jan ed than any othor. Beginning with :rot this anniversary, it is the custom for ,: the bride to make some sort of a stip-i thz ulation against very cxpenslvo gifts. ;jxh As wood covers all sorts of furniture, lev, it is only kind for tho brldo to state jkfaj in her invitation that only presents th, brought by the guests themselves will ( be accepted. Attractive wooden gifts .$&, can be found in picture frames, book Uon stands, carved wooden fans, etc. ,''& The sixth wedding anniversary is !-;re sugar. The seventh, woollen, tho jf eighth India rubber, tho ninth willow, ijjj but theso are seldom celebrated, tho rj . tenth, or tin, being next on the list This needs no suggestions, as half tho &' kitchen utensils come under tho head ;fcd( of tin. u, Tho eleventh anniversary is steel, ii the twelfth silk and fine linen, the thir- . jJi teenth lace, the fourteenth ivory, the tgw( fifteenth crystal and the twentieth ' u;a china. . With the silver wedding it Is cus- ; tlicf tomary for tho hostess to add to her t ijt invitations, "No gifts will be accept- 5ac ed." This seldom hinders the guests Sf. from bringing some present, but It .". r makes it easy for those whose puraea Jl ?.. are limited, ; u b? |