WEDDINGS

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7021, 8 January 1910, Page 11

WEDDINGS

LUST —WALKEH. At Peatherston on Thursday Mrl James Lust, second son of Mr M. ( Lust, of Featherston, was married to, Miss Katherine Eleanor Walker, daugh-; ter of Mrs Walker, of Fleiathorston. Tho bride, who was given away , by her brother, Mr Georg© Walker, wore whit© muslin with Anglais© embroidery. The ( bridesmaids were Miss Ethel Walker,, sister of the bride (dressed in white, muslin), Miss Ruby Waller (pal© bln© lustre). Miss Dolly Lust, sister of the groom, and Miss Olivo Warner (both in whit© with blue sashes). The best man was Mr C. Lust, brother of the groom, and the groomsman was Mr E. Walker, brother of the bride.

LOVE-LETTERS

ABE THEY GETTING OUT OF FASHION? One of the English ladies' journals has, been complaining that people nowadays} do not write good love-letters. In course of a tender and interesting in court the other day a love-letter was produced. It began: "My dearest) David," of which we would only observe! that so far it is good. But it went on:’ "I am terribly depressed about money' matters. You -owe me as far as 1 can tell." If this is the language of| passion, then formal civility seems preferable. We are convinced that tho mix-' ture of the two -styles in this excerpt: is a mistake. Love and.business should) bo kept in separate compartments. There] is no chance for the Romeo who writes: "Star of my soul, the enclosed account! being long overdue, I must request you! to forward cheque by return without! fail." VARIED EXPRESSIONS. But wo aro not sure that we ©an fol* low the suggestion that tho writing of love-letters should be taught. Who ia to teach it. and to whom? To teach, those of , your own sex would be dull,| and to teach attractive people of the, other sex would be dangerous. Parleni d'amour e'esfc fairo Tainour, as Balzao, observes. What qualification would the teacher require? Varied experience is a! fine thing in a teacher, but a varied experience in the composition of love let-j ters would bo open to criticism. Lastly,, tho literary love-letter is an abomina-| tion. Here, if anywhere, wo must hayej the human document. "I never eat boiled beef but what I think of you/' wrote; an uneducated, man in a .-letter that was* read in court a long time ago. It 18| amusing, perhaps, but it is more coin vinclng than if he had -said, '^^hocllanco , repetition of some trivial detail of a scene in which wo have been associated Unfailingly recalls you to my mind."j It convinced »the girl, at any rate. . And, so far as we remember,she got her dam-* ages. So that it convinced the jury, whoj might have been boiled-beef enthusiasts.