The blessings of popularity are very evident when a girl's wedding day draws near and if she happens to be one of a shower-minded community.
Her days are spent in delightedly eyeing the sky and wondering what next in the way of benefits will descend on her.
Showers are fun, too, for those who give them.
There are so many things that one wants to buy, and yet there is no excuse for doing it. But when there is a bride about then comes the opportunity.
The success of showers depends very greatly on the fertility of imagination of those who give them —alternatively it is a good thing to find out what the heroine of the moment really needs. If something to wear is being thought of, favourite colours should be discovered. As with stockings, so with buying undies—to give one example—it is far more practical to buy all of one shade, so that sets are never disrupted.
Predilections as to materials need enquiring into. If the bride is domestically inclined, kitchen goods, household linens and towels, such things as brushes of all kinds, even small tools, will all give pleasure. Those likely to entertain will appreciate glassware, cutlery, china. Those who are going to be kitchenless might like a shower of gloves, veils, ribbons, flower-sprays and button-holes. Everything for the writing table would be interesting, provided that she ever writes, or a needlewoman would be delighted with supplies for the workbasket—with such things at their present price level, they are a far from despicable contribution to married life. One word of warning—when you are giving a shower party don't invite the same lot of friends that you have met at other shower parties for the same bride. Otherwise the thing becomes a devastating endless chain arrangement which flattens out the purse.
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