LIVING UP TO IT

Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 66, 18 March 1911, Page 6

LIVING UP TO IT

When Clarence and Maud were en-

gaged to be wedded, ■ No symptoms of arrogance either displayed ; The former was frugal and quite levelheaded, The latter was modest and staid. But, after each generous friend' and relation

Had furnished a present for bridegroom and bride, They both had a bout of extreme ostentation, All canons of thrift they defied; Each coffee-pot, inkstand, and silvergilt cup, too, Was something they felt they were bound to "live up to." Their Chippendale sideboard (the gift of a- cousin) 'Neath loads of the costilest viands was bent; They filled with rare wines the decanters (two dozen) Which distant,connections had sent. They ordered fresh salmon and whitebait and libit. And pounds of the choicest trout they could get, Just merely to find an excuse to exhibit Their fish-slice (from Mr Gillett). Regardless of cost all their neighbors they ■ feted To show, that their dishes were silver^ not plated.,

—Punch.