Judge — March 25, 1916 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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An Unalterable Rule “ HAT? You are a reporter?” W said Mrs. Shallow to the young man she found wait- ing for her in her drawing-room. “And you want to know something about my daughter’s wedding this evening? Now, young man, it is entirely against my principles to have anything go into the papers about my family. I have always declined to give reporters any information, for I have never cared for that kind of publicity. Ido not believe in—what paper do you represent? The Clarion? Well, if I felt disposed to give information to any paper it would be the Clarion because we take that paper and. ” “Ts it to be a large wedding? asked the reporter as he opened his note-book and laid it on his knee. “Yes, quite large, but, as I say, Ido not like to have anything in the papers about my family or-——” “Who is to perform the ceremony?” “The Rev. Dr. Van Armden. You want to write it with a capital A in the last name. The Van stands by itself. It will be a double ring service and——” “What are the exact names of the bridal couple? “My daughter’s name is Mary Alyce and you want to be sure and spell the Alyce witha y—‘A-Ly-c-e.” She will be very much put out if you do not spell it that way. The bridegroom's name is Arnold Let- tinger. You might say that he comes of a WHAT INTERESTED HIM Mother —Well, dear, we have seen the orchids, and chrysanthemums and roses, what shall we look at next? Juvenile—Let ’s go and see them feed the snakes. THE CENSOR Mother (reading) —" Daret, the day is cold and dark and dreary,” ete. Cross that right off, Constance. I'll not have him think we are without either light or heat. very old and distinguished fami great-great-great-grandfather was— “Could I get photographs of the bride and bridegroom?” “Why, I think so. Yes, there are several photographs of both of them in the house. As I say, I am unalterably opposed to any- thing like publicity in our family affairs, but -I think that there are photographs of my daughter and her betrothed right here on this table. You might take the ones most likely to reproduce well. I have a very good photograph of myself and of my husband if you cared for them, and I ae “IT suppose that the bride will wear the usual white satin and a veil?” “Yes; and you might say that the point lace on the dress was also on my own wedding-gown. I shall wear a pale lavender satin under chiffon of the same shade and the bridesmaids will all wear pink. I can give you all of their names and—would you like to see the presents? Of course they are not all in yet, but most of them I presume are. If you cared to go upstairs and make a list of them. Every one has been so kind and so generous. There are now more than two hundred in, not counting each piece of flat silver. We are fur- nishing our daughter’s apartment for her and giving her an automobile. I can give you an alphabetical list of the guests, and if you cared to describe any of the gowns in the trousseau I could send you a description of them Of course the parents of the bridegroom His will be in the receiving line. His mother will wear gray brocaded satin with little touches of pink in it. The caterer will be De Francesca and the refreshments will be served. at small tables in different rooms and. all, thank you. “You are quite welcome, although, as I say, I have always made it an unalterable tule never to give out any details of my social functions to the papers and I want to adhere to that rule. Would it be possible for me to see a proof of your article to make sure that you have everything all right? And I might want to add something to it. You couldn’t very well arrange to do that? Well, then I will have to leave it all to you. I do not be- lieve in publicity of this kind, but—Oh, good day. We will probably want a hundred copies of the paper with the notice in it Good day. Our ‘phone number is 3—4— Main if you want to—good day.” —Max Merryman, Willing to Lend “ ‘OW EASY a thing it seems to be For one to borrow trouble,” said he; “And the reason is simple, I contend, For all have plenty and some to lend.” Revised Quotation “Count that day lost whose low de- scending sun” sees in our land a man with- out a gun. Defined ren’t. the fashions this season less extreme?” “Oh, extremely less.” comicbooks.com