aid who rowed on the crew at Wellesley.

1 usher who doesn't drink anything.

9 ushers who drink anything.

In some localities, following the announcement, it is customary for the
bride's friends, to give for her a number of "showers." These are for
the purpose of providing her with various necessities for her wedded
household life. These affairs should be informal and only her dearest
or wealthiest friends should be invited. A clever bride will generally
arrange secretly for several of these "showers" by promising a certain
percentage (usually 15% of the gross up to $500.00 and 25% bonus on all
over that amount) to the friend who gives the party. Some of the more
customary "showers" of common household articles for the new bride are
toothpaste, milk of magnesia, screen doors, copies of Service's poems,
Cape Cod lighters, pictures of "Age of Innocence" and back numbers of
the "Atlantic Monthly."

INVITATIONS AND WEDDING PRESENTS

The proper time to send out invitations to a wedding is between two
and three weeks before the day set for the ceremony, although the
out-of-town invitations should be mailed in plenty of time to allow the
recipient to purchase and forward a suitable present. As the gifts are
received, a check mark should be placed after the name of the donor,
together with a short description of the present and an estimate as
to its probable cost. This list is to be used later, at the wedding
reception, in determining the manner in which the bride is to greet the
various guests. It has been found helpful by many brides to devise some
sort of memory system whereby certain names immediately suggest certain
responses, thus:

"Mr. Snodgrass--copy of 'Highways and Byways in Old France'"--c.
$6.50--"how do you do, Mr. Snodgrass, have you met my mother?"

"Mr. Brackett--Solid silver candlesticks--$68.50"--"hello, Bob, you old
peach. How about a kiss?"

The real festivities of a wedding start about three days before the
ceremony, with the arrival of the "wedding party," in which party the
most responsible position is that of best man. Let us suppose that you
are to be the best man at the Roe-Doe nuptials. What are your duties?

In the first place, you must prepare yourself for the wedding by a
course of training extending for over a month or more prior to the
actual event. It should be your aim to work yourself into such a
condition that you can go for three nights without sleep, talk for hours
to the m