The morning journal-courier., December 16, 1907, Page 5, Image 5

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THE MORNING JOURNAL-COURIER, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1901
BRIDES DECLINING
And Thereby Causing a Gooa
Deal of Relief to Anxious
Grooms.
v, nirh ran bo so order"' iekmg to ' in the transaction except ivhuii K'f :
such a. limited rlais that herein lies ! arr carried to houses wlv.se n .tines j
an explanation of forty cloeks receiv- I conspicuously appc.ir on the boxes ;
td by one couple recently, and the i which contain them, and ih in r Li U--il :
quantities nf duplicate . articles be- i bride learns that only th.: ! x has ;
loniiiff to this c!as or' wd '.lng ju'cs- j been furnished by that vsiablk-inn-nt,
ents which are sent to every bride. and the contents imrciia; I from a '
Hisides the tax upon time, patience ! nuirh less fashionable an 1 e.j "Jwivc i
lirm.
One micrbt sav it serves :i"o:-le ; iht ! his own way
to be mortified in .the act f bart -rin" ion, regardless.
i. griit. nut
popular.
The discriminate giving of wed
ding presents appears to be doomed.
To a city like New York more- than
any other addicted to the promiscuous
and purse imposed by the practice of
Indiscrimii. '.to giving, many families
i have grown to dislike being placed
CUSTOM MOW UNPOPULAR il,,1,ler ohligationf' to pr-r.s with
i whom they did not have, and did not
wish to have more than a .slight ac-
Indiscriminate Offerings Have IT',"1?" ,Mf" co.,ni bardi,-ignore ;-m
vuviuigs ai5,al dubs, in business transactions, anil ; may
Become Very tin- iel.srv. hi ro others who had presented j cut glass punch bowls? Spo ois always
members of their families with costly j suggest themselves as appi - iprr.it j pro
gifts, i scnts for young couples, i.ud ihc fos
Thfn, too, many a yours -man at ' tive punch, bowl invariably follo ws in
the outlet of his married life found j troops, as it were. l-'ew reinemb-
j himself handicapped by the necessity j other as useful object.;, although mis
of extending a hospitality which he j Benin's weddings, while proline "f
; coulJ not afford or of making recipro-' -silver, have been less so in cut glass
i rstl nresents to those whu hnd linn- jniil esnefiallv i.oiulent in the mi'irc
sending of costly bridal gifts to per-j,lrPa him upon the occasion of his i of chatins .dishes.
marriage. One prominent silversmith is ao-
Verbal and engraved notices not id thority for the -statement that it hi's
j send gifts to brides are serving as an ! become the custom to give usefi.!
j entering wedge to break up this habit I rather than purely ornamental gifts,
BEAR MEAT AT WHITE HOUSE. '
Last night's bear dinner at the
White House was one of a series i.f ; jj
more or less unique entertainments .j,
given in that hospitable mansion r.iare
Mr. Roosevelt entered it. The Presi- T
dent believes in having a good time, !
and forthwith proceeda to have it in 1)
anu a:ier nis own lasn
IF SANTA CLAUS GAVE YOU A PIANO
ciwav a gift. but wnu ,ir; vouns I unite lnuiviuuai Americans may
householders to do with sum.1 twenty entertain doubts of various kinds con
dozen spoons and no foriis .' Or wh M-e j corning the unalloyed delights of bear
a. 'ew York aparlni-nt ho .re ! meat as the piece de resistance at a
rooan be found for 'id'' a y.,iv ..f 1 feast, it is hardly to be doubted that
eons often not even known by sight,
there is something startling about a
wedding Invitation which warns its re
cipient that gifts will not be received
imt when a number of such bits of
pasteboard drifted into all the social
corners of Greater New York there
went up a universal sigh of relief,
says M. W. Mount in the New York
Tribune.
Universal, that is, if one may ex
cept those newly wedded people who
have looked forward to the enjoyable
excitement of opening innumerable
boxes In delightful uncertainty us to
whether their contents would disclose
a piece of cut glass, a gold enameled
jeweled cabinet box. another set of
spoons, the tenth favrile vas?, or the !
fifteenth clock. , -
These are the persons who if they
did not . inscribe upon their wedding
invitations "Do not come without a
gift.,"' implied It. Too well they know
that persons in doubt whether they
should or should not send gifts "'ill 'in
future be likely to err on the side of
the new idea and not send them. One
of last year's brides received from a
wealthy but almost unknown ac
quaintance a box of superb roses on
her wedding da;.'.
The flowers cost more than a
stereotyped gift would have done, but
this is a method that some people are
employing now to show their disap
proval 'of. the habit of sending gifts
indiscriminately, while conforming to
the custom in a manner which could
not give offense. , '
Many have felt thai, the ..burden of
gift buying has grown beyond all rea
sonable proportions and has even "be
come a serious vexation to those who
feel compelled personally to select the
gifts and ca'niiot give the necessary
time without adding to business cares,
arvh often involving business, looses.
Men especially are somewhat help
less when confronted by the continual
necessity of purchasing presents for
'those about to marry. Officials in a
certain corporation have solved this
difficulty by dependirigi upon a wom
an employe to make their purchases
for them. Her judgment In the mat
ter of selection Is so good that her
office work Is seriously interfered with
toy the demands made upon her time
in this respect.
Men Vho have no one to shop for
them in whose' taste and' judgment
they place any dependence are wont to
j order gifts, by telephone or mail. This
the goodly company thrusting its legs
beneath the presidential mahogany
last evening was thoroughly pleased,
if not actually and ecstatically happy.
To them we presume, the hot and
smoking bear flesh recalled the wild
nes.s of the jungle, the prowling of
bob-cats and other varmints, and
campfire stories involving true recita
tions of events undreamed of in any
nature faker's philosophy.
WOULD
BE HEAL
n aot-
vvhich many think has becnm'
ual nuisance.
Hitherto such has been the unwrit
ten law on this ' subject that many
guests felt they could not present
themselves at a. homo welding cere
mony or reception unless they had
first guaranteed a v.:1:muii3 by fending
the expected prcscet.
i
Another thing wii'ch has raised the !
custom to bo looked up in with dis- j
favor Is the change which has g.-adu- i
ally taken place in the class an 1 num
ber of guests invited to
Formerly relatives, 'fiend
or less intimate a nunintarices com
posed are lists of guests. Later it be-
! came the rule to ex. en. '.he couriesy
'of an Invitation to 'noso likely to be-
come of future socl.'.i service to the
bride or of business benefit to the
; bridegroom, as v?d as to persons
slightly known by the bride's family
and to whom It was desired to show
an attention which would not. neces
sarily implv a. wish for closer ac
quaintance.
This extension of wed lin;j courte
sies soon made mar 'as- ceremoni
als a burden In many w.ws, Room
had to be provided in i bin ;hr and
houses isr many. hundro.U" rf per
sons; the Issuing of invitations became
a serious vexation, for it pi ned diffi
cult not to offend some" by an omis
sion regarded by them as a slight,
however unintentional it might have
been. To escape this and tlvj other
exactions of a modern weddlig. many
a so-called "secret marriage", and
'elopement." have taken place amic
ably arranged in family council be
forehand. ,.. The reception of duplicate presents
of course makes It easier to bist'.w
some of the duplicates upon ither?
embarking upon a "double Mf-5." but
two recent couples have Iwn !n a.
quandary n.s to which of a score r r
more of chafing dishes to keep, which
to exchange, and which to pass Jn Id
some other young couple, The same
problem, in even more magnified
form, was presented to them together
with a supply ..of clocks sufficient, to
stock a fair sized shop.
Silversmiths, are accustomed f.i. ex
change duplicated wedding presents
for other articles more lsirabie, and
:
:
r or why
bear meat is served at either a formal ;
dinner or beside a forest stream. 1
Whether it is partaken of boiled, i
We have about half a dozen upright pianos, taken in ex
change, that we are offering so cheap and on such easy terms
that it is almost like giving them away. They are some of the
finest makes in the country, and are an honor to any home.
They include Hallett & Davis, Weber, Chickering, Estey & Co.,
and other makes. If you want a splendid piano for very littlo
money, here is, your opportuity.
l which is the first intimation from suca
i a source that the giving of bridal j fried, fricasseed, roasted or raw, we are
! nrcsenrs is heine confined to To t.'O iv'- !
atives and close friends who may
properly contribute such things. j
The habit of exhibiting gifts with
the cards of thf" givers conspicuous';;
:eased. It
attached has practically
unable to aver with accuracy. Our
impression is that it is introduced into
the system, when in camp, in chunks
extremely rare, if not absolutely an
nature!. Spartan simplicity marks
the proceeding, so we have, been in-
gave rise, to much- heartburning . and , formed, the bowe knife being the only
often real humiliation at. such a on- j necessary implement employed in the
parison of the values of friendly of- feeding, from grace to toothpicks, In
ferings that people felt more than i elusive.
ever obliged to increase the co.i:".i)..- j However all that may be, we feel as-
a u-Hldin"- i or ,hese 1,1 order that tney mignr me sured that last nights lesnvmea were
and more ! stand this test of public il - Jconductedalongexpertly approved lines
praisal. tup wounding oi oiu m.jnus an balanced to thai negree u nicety
and estrangement of new ones by j calculated to make glad the hunter's
placing their Inexpensive gifts l.-ef.!!t heart. That the flesh was. 'hot and
those of more opulent acquaint vices ' smoking" we feel assured. That it
at. last caused families to oiru: the j was cooked to a point quite beyond
cards of donors at such exhlbit'.oiis j tno ruiPS ,A, regulations prevailing
and, more recently, to admit only in- j among .strenuous sportsmen actually
timate friends and relatives' fc- :.! at j n the job. we suspect. That it was
the bridal gifts, which in many casi-s accompanied by other delicacies of a
are not shown at all. 'more mollv-cnddlish kind and gener
ously mixed with dishes prescribed by
is so '"generally done, and the articles i there Is usually no difficulty whatever
Mf ST ACHES AS A UFAVAUP.
This question of birs ite adornment
Is :i ,a',tcr 'which lias PI way.-) engaged
the attention of rulCM ..in 1 ''f Iht ir
war department. Only one cerdmont of
la.Miiry In the Austro-ltungarian army
enjoys the prerogative of dispensing
wb.b mustaches, in memory of the
ritupniftrent gallantry ,'f the corps m a
certain battle of the Seven Years War.
witrn. i v ing to'the terrWe I vs .( life
in .r?.vuis batles, It '.vent Into action
compter;1 almost entirely f beardless,
boys, the only thing awvlablo In the
wi.iv of recritlts. In tho: days mus
taches v.-rre restricted nlnt-sr. exclu
sively -.o the cavalry. Xr.pdooti woull
not permit any of bis infaiiiiy regi
ttn r.ts to wear hair on tlvj iii'per litis,
c-Mi'f! l is v-terans of, the old Ouard,
.Iu v cre iil'owed must icbes us :( ri
V tifd for their servic"-". lionet- their
nicknantp .f "la Moustaches Oisos do
I'Kinpereur. ' Nowadays innstaches are
niu:rd In ail branches of if.e nrmy,
mill re particular are the rulers if
Germany and Austria ?bout ouipha
s'7lng the ' military cbnri 'ter of this
Mrs'ute adornment that they ha'f. !n
the past repeatedly, taken means to e
press their strong disapproval of the
wearing of mustaches by civllims.
Bellman.
an effete civilization we could almost
vow. That the President would per
mit his guests to suspect a hear dinner
in Washington could by any stretch
of the imagination he compared to the
real thing, or seek to fasten in their
minds an idea that the state dining
room wasto be mentioned in the same
breath with Snake Creek or Bruin
Bottoms, In point Of scenery or ex
hUnratln!? environment. It falls not
within the scope of our fancy
imagine. Washington Herald.
to
oih.tvs djctiowky.
The late Frederick R. Coudert, the
noted lawyer and wit, bad a' great
fondness for children,. He collected in
defatigably the quaint sayings of chil
dren, and one of the treasures of his
library was a small manuscript volume
called "A Child's Dictionary;".- end
these are some of the definitions that
Mr. Coudert would read from it:
opur,t MUd with the Juice squeezed
out of it."
"Snoring Letting off sleep."
"Apples The bubbles that apple
trees Mow,"
"Tlackbiter A mosquito."
.Fan A thing tr brush the warm
off with."
Tr( Water that went to sleep in
the cold." -Boston Herald.
THEN WE HAVE IN OUR NEW PIANOS.
Celebrated Chickering, Kranich 6 Bach,
Cabler, Sterling G Huntington, Schencke
All of these are pianos that have made a reputation and are
made by firms that HAVE a reputation. The assortment offers
a wide range in price, and are sold on easy terms if you do not ,
wish to pay all cash. , . , . '
.,;d, . . ;.:,..',;...:;,.'..'
801 CSAPlJlATRrT,,
E. L. WASHBURN.
E. L. WASHBI RN & CO.
HUBERT A. CRON86N.
An Ideal Gift Store All the Year 'Round.
A Store at its Best in its Christmas Attire
THE PUZZLE.
The puzzle we propounded called for seven numbers of six
figures each. The total addition of all was 2718499. In tho
four numbers given (viz., the first two and last two) was "the
clue" to the other three. They are numbers that should be
familiar, that should be Tsorne in mind, especially at Christmas
time. The public were invited to fill in the missing three num-'
bers and state how the other four numbers furnished the clue.
THE PUZZLE.
10 22 30
10 11 10
64 84 84
61 61 61
84 84 84
10 20 30
10 00 00
271 84 99
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$5 PRIZE.
THE SOLUTION . -
The panel on the left gives the seven nuruiers, of six figures
each, aggregating 2718499- TLo sum of the digitsof, the, four
numbers previously given, (the first two and last two) are, re
spectively, S-4 a,nd 6-1, which are our store numbers and should
be familiar they suggest the numbers sought. Several cor
rect solutions were givp. The prize is awarded to Miss P. K.
Mason, 41.Cassius street. If she will call wc will be pleased to
give &er the prize. ' . , ,.
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Imported Beaded Bags,
Ladies' Leather Hand Bags,
Pocket Rolls and Pursesj
Bill Books, Letter Books, . '
Roll-up Drawing Cases,
Coat Hangers, Sets and Cases,
Handkerchief and Glove Boxes,
Portfolio's, Medicine Cases,
Jewel Boxes, Stickpin Cases,
14-k Fountain Pens $1.00,
Moore's Non-Leakable Pen,
Hair Brushes, Military, etc.,
Clothes Brushes and Brooms,
Manicure and Shaving Sets,
Shaving Brushes, Razors,
Magnifying Shaving Mirrors,-'
Gillette's Safety Razors,
Safety Razors and Strops, ;
Shaving Sets and Soaps,. 1
Opera Glasses, Field Glasses,
Thermometers, Barometers,
Spectacles, Eyeglasses, Reels,
Pocket Knives and Scissors,
Compasses, Magnifiers,, ,
Reading Glasses, Mirrors,
Thermos Bottles, Auto Baskets,
HEDICAL AND .SCIENTIFIC SUNDRIES.
i.
For physicians, nurScs and invalids there is scope for grate
ful, kindly remembrance, and in few stores in .ie country is
there a range for more satisfactory selections. Among them
are Office Cabinets, Operating Chairs, Operating Tables,. Rolling
Chairs, Head-Bests, Bed Trays, Water Bottles, Air Pillows,
Pocket Stoves, Pocket Instrument Cases, Medicine Cases, Stan
darette Tables, etc. In the scientific line the range is equally as
large and our assortment equally attractive. x
25-CEXT BARGAIN' BASKET
Filled with Genuine Bargain
50-CET BARGAIN" BASKET
Filled with Genuine Bargains. J
Game of 500 (all three new),
Drawing Instruments and Cases
Engineers' Transits and Levels,
Standarette Tables (sick room)
Leather Photograph Cases,
Collar Bags a'nd Cases,
Infants' Sets, Comb, Brush, etc.
Travelers' Clocks, leather cases
Auto and Dash Clocks,
Flasks, single and sets,
Calendars, Desk Pads,
Pens, Pencils in Sets,
Pyrography (burning) Sets.
FENWAY'S FAMOUS CANDIES,
', For which we are Sole Agents.
Harmony Perfumes (sole agts.)
R. & G. Houbagants,
Violet, Lunborg's, Colgate's
Perfumes, full line, ,
Cut Glass Bottles-and Sets;
Ivory goods, large variety, ; .
Playing Cards, plain and cases,
Bridge Whist, Cribbage Sets,
Inlaid Cribbage Boards,
Chessmen, Checkers, Boards,
Game Boxes (chips), all sizes,
Teddy Bear Hunt Game, .
Vanderbilt Cup Race, i
Sl.f'O B.VRGAIN BASKET
Filled with Genuine Bargains.
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