HUMOROUS WEDDING GIFTS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7238, 26 October 1901, Page 3

HUMOROUS WEDDING GIFTS.

(English Payer.) Among oilier presents received by a certain Gloucestershire doctor on the occasion of has marriage was a handsomely bound, album filled -with paper cuttings relating to matrimonial disputes and and their law court sequels. The ; recipient, a man of violent temper, was furious, and threatened dire vengeance against the anonymous sender, whom, however, ih© failed to discover. "How to be Happy Though Married," was the offering sent by a friend to a London solicitor on the occasion, of the latter*s marriage with a lady whose temper was far from angelic. Though an excellent book, it failed in (this instance to meet with approval, and, indeed, was the cause of considerable unpleasantness between the parties. Nob long since a very stout lady was led to the altar by a gentleman who even surpassed her in the matter of avoirdupoi?. During the wedding breakfast some twenty or more parcels arrived from local chemists, all containing various brands of anti-fat, the gift, as accompanying notes said, "of certain friends, desirous of remaining unknown, who can think of no more seasonable gift upon this auspicious and weighty occasion." A certain amateur author, who had, at his own expense, published a volume of verses, was surprised and delighted a-fc the ready sale of his book, on the strength of which lie gave a farewell bachelor supper to a circle of friends. Imagine.'^uien, to his disgust, when his wedding presents, which soon began to arrive literally by the score, were found to consist exclusively of his own poems, which lie fondly imagined had been disseminated broadcast among Ike reading public. A Manchester gentleman, who last year espoused a lady whose beauty was non~ existent ;save in ihe eyes of her fiancee, who was continually harping thereon, received a.s wedding gifts from various friends, who discreetly remained anonymous, no fewer than a. dozen pairs of spectacles, each accompanied by a, note suggesting that his sight must surely be impaired, or he would not have ventured on his present matrimonial choice. " Although, it is now too late, I send you the accompanying ear-trumpet. Use it and you may not in the future be deaf to advice," was the whimsical message receivecL five months since by a. young man wiuv liatf married contrary to his relation's wishes from a crabberl old uncle from wham he had expectations. Consequently, he ignored the sarcasm and kept the- present. A pretty idea was carried into effect

some time since on the occasion of the. marriage of a Miss Rose, when, by a Jriendly conspiracy among her friends and relatives, all her gifts were associated with her floral namesake. She had a jewelled rose-shaped brooch nnd earrings, a set of Tennyson's poems bound in rose-colourci binding, a. suite of drawing-room furniture covered in Genoa velvet embossed with a scheme of roses, besides many otlifr gifts emblematic, of her name.