THE CYNIC SOLILOQUISES.
["The bride, unlike most actresses, 'despises superstition, and had several of her costumes made with thirteen buttons. •Uso she broke two mirrors shortly before the cereinoiiy."-From a report of a recent theatrical wedding/]
And vet I cannot truly say That I myself am vastly struck Bv this remarkable display Of ante-matrimonial pluck. Under the circumstances such Excessive courage seems to wear A look of springing far too much From something very like despair.
Who flies some sinking ship does not Hefuso to leave tho stricken craft Until he's sure that ho has got llis bedroom slippers on tho raft. The felon riding to tho tree, Went hatlcss, but did not complain Of possible catarrhs when lieWas overtaken by tho rain.
Who takes such vain precautions when The die is cast and liopo has fled? One laughs at futile safeguards then— And so may those about to wed. Crawl under ladders, if it please, Spill salt, smash mirrors, cross your knives— Wha.t matter minor risks like these When once that fatal day arives? —Lncio in the "Manchester Guardian."
Weddings—Shower Bouquets for bride and bridesmaids. Only the Choicest of Flowers used. Specially packed, and sent to »ov part of the Dominion. Miss Murray, 36 Willis Street (Florist to His facellenjiy. Lord liliDjtoii),
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1324, 30 December 1911, Page 11
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213THE CYNIC SOLILOQUISES. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1324, 30 December 1911, Page 11
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