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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 22, 18 September 1912, Page 6

With the alluring goal of matrimony Close at hand, there are lots of matters to be carefully considered, and re. memberod. By no means least important is not to forget to consult Ml'. Elder, of Broadway, about a threedecker sectional wedding cake—similar to the marvellous creation now on viow in his window. This evidence ol art is rather a novel idea, and no trouble will be experienced in the cutting. By untying the ribbon a section of the cake can be removed quite easily, leaving the other portion undisturbed. During the past six weoks no less than seven three-deckers have been made by Mr. Elder, and others are on'order. Threo Frenchmen of noble birth sat at a table in a fashionable club the other week playing a game of ecarto. The stake was the chance to win a wealthy and very young American widow. The three Frenchmen had been thinking of her. Each had made up his mind to cross the ocean and attempt her conquest. They confided their project to one another, and were astonished, of course, to find that each had been thinking of the same thing. It was hopeless for all three to attempt it. One would thwart the other, and they decided to settle the matter by a game of ecarto. One of the prospective suitors is well known and po- ' pular in society. The other is a young officer who has graduated from Saint Oyr, and bears a famous old name. The third is the son of a well-known boulevardier, who wa3 celebrated during the Second Empire as a leader of society. None of the three is very wealthy, and they decided first of all to get'up a purse of 1-5,000 francs to bo handed over to the lucky winner for the expenses of his trip. Fortune favoured the first-mentioned, who hopes to win the pretty widow, and if ho does win he her has had to promise a. present of one million francs to each of his friends to repay him for their complacent renunciation. Very nice for the widow, isn't it?