Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1917 — Utilitarian Wedding Gifts. [ARTICLE]

Utilitarian Wedding Gifts.

Some of the wedding gifts that are shown to visitors were so expensive ! and seemingly so useless that I asked about them. Some were in the form of " great fish, made of bright red crepe, and some were ships of happiness fitted out with sails of gold brocade. As I had never seen these bright grotesqueries in Japanese homes, I wondered how they were used. The ship, with its flowing sails, is entirely constructed of precious silks and satins, not cut, but simply basted together, so that when the delicate! compliment of a ship of happiness has served its purpose as a wedding decoration, it is unbasted and the fine crepe and .brocaded silk are made up into a rich costume. — Christian Herald. -<