Evening Star Newspaper, January 25, 1925, Page 95

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—JANUARY 25, 1925. Wedding Presents By W. E. Hill. Copyright, 1925, Chicago Tribune Syndicate. Three of the groom's relatives and what they gave. From left to right, the rich aunt, who sent only Three of the bride’s kin and what they gave ‘Second Cousin Percival, who offered to wait and see what bread and butter plates; the mother of the groom, who gave the living room furniture. and the first the bride lacked after all the other presents had come in. and hasn’t yet heen heard from. and the bride’s cousin, who, being a bachelor, gave a coffee percolator dear mamma and papa. They are giving all the flat silver Poor Clara! A horrible thought has crossed her mind. She has been using up unexchangeable duplicate wedding gifts as Christmas presents But, oh, horror, Clara has sent dear Cousin Nellic the self-same pickle fork that was Cousin Nellie's bridal gift to Clara 3 What do you suppose it's for, Harry?” Presents of doubtful The bride of one week and the “thank you” notes. What is mien should be labeled “useful” or “ornamental.” there to say that hasn’t been said before about a tea ball! Three lovely ladies, shopping for a bride-to-be. The secret of buying a wedding present lies in making ten dollars’ worth look like twenty dollars’ worth. This little scene is laid at the five and ten dollar table of the Super-gift Shop. ves There's always one among every batch of wedding gifts Two of her mother’s girl friends have been to look over the bride's table This is a quiet little scenc in the home lifc of a bride and her }\‘:S o f{::g har aeves Scems fo ibreak: |((See how!carctully of wedding presents. “My dear, I hope you saw the look she gave her lesser half, showing how the apartment would look if all the Norah dusts the vase Aunt Sadie Miils sent. She's broken almost all the mother when I asked what old Uncle Fred sent,” Mrs. Thisbe is saying to people who had thought of bridge lamps as presents obeyed Venetian glass. but Aunt Sadie’s eyesore remains intact.) Miss Bodenkamp. “I don’t believe he intends to send her anything! the impulse.