RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30939, 21 December 1965, Page 36

RANDOM REMINDER

FATHER OF THE BRIDE (2)

This is the second of four articles designed to assist those who are about to become Fathers of the Bride for the lint time. It is published by arrangement, with the parties principally concerned. Another of the old customs now neglected is the one which allowed the FOB an enjoyable hour or two grUHag the young man on Ns prospects. One could gather a tattered dressing-gown about one's amadatad frame, tafrn the «tt lamp up a bit, and ask him if he was in a position

to maintain her in the manner to which the was accustomed. Nowadays they ail seem to be directors at 21, and any reference to financial standing can only bean embarrassment to . the FOB and should therefore be avoided carefully. Unlees of course one wants to refer to the habits of some of the more advanced peoples who demand that the FOB is presented with a brace of bullocks in return for his daughter. Having disponed of tho bridegroom's financial problems, it to time to moot bis family, who will

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