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WILLIAM  M.FOORD 
ATTORNEY  AND  COUNSELLOR  AT  LAW 
36-38  STAMFORD  NATIONAL  BANK  BUILDING 
STAM  FOR  D  ,  CONN 
when  it  comes  it  seems  a  part  of  the  Divine  flan  when  they 
both  are  taken  together. 
Please  give  Mrs*  Deane  my  condolences  and  also  say  to 
her  Madeleine  and  myself  hope  that  sometime  you  will  he 
coining  toward  Dow  York  and  that  vie  may  have  the  pleasure 
of  entertaining  you  in  our  home. 
On  reading  your  letter  a  second  time  I  notice  that  you 
have  asked  me  to  tell  you  something  about  ohe  wedding.  I 
have  always  regarded  a,  wedding  as  a  sort  of  necessary  evil 
so  far  as  th&  bridegroom  is  concerned  -  that  if  there  is 
one  time  iri  a  man’s  life  when  he  is  absolutely  eclipsed  hy 
the  presence  of  somebody  else  it  is  at  1  is  wedding*  I  found 
this  to  be  the  d'ase  with  myself  until  the  affair  actually 
came  off.  I  was  agreeably  surprised  and  although  it  may 
sound  rather  strange  I  actually  enjoyed  myself,  he  had 
a  most  beautiful  wedding;  the  daj?'  was  fair  and  our  friends 
turned  out  in  good  numbers.  The  wedding  party  consisted 
of  some  school  friends  and  home  friends  of  Madeleine1 s  and 
four  of  my  fraternity  brothers  from  Yale.  They  all  had 
a  good  time  and  I  am  glad  to  say  that  my  friends  behaved 
themselves  so  gallantly  that  they  are  all  talking  about 
having  a  reunion  sometime.  Whether  or  not  this  event  is 
going  to  bring  forth  similar  consequences  to  some  of  our 
party  we  are  endeavoring  to  figure  out  now  and  while  that 
is  an  interesting  application  it  is  too  early  in  the  day 
to  have  much  definite  information. 
You  can  tell  Mrs.  Deane  that  I  am  unable  to  tell  her 
what  the  bride  wore  but  that  it  was  the  most  beautiful 
wedding  dress  I  have  ever  seen,  of  course,  and  everybody 
else  agreed  with  me.  The  particular  species  of  lace,  silk, 
etc.,  are  beyond  the  ken  of  mere  man.  Our  friends  were 
very  generous  to  us  indeed.  I  think  that  Madeleine  received 
over  two  hundred  fifty  wedding  presents  and  t  ep  are  still 
coming  in.  There  is  hardly  anything  in  the  house  that  is 
not  a  wedding  present  except  rugs  although  one  rug  was 
given  to  us  and  was  such  a  fine  Oriental  rug  that  it  was 
considered  too  good  for  my  plebeian  feet  to  tread  upon  and 
so  hung  up. 
I  am  going  to  take  a  picture  of  the  louse  pretty  soon 
and  will  be  glad  to  send  one  to  you  so  you  will  see  where 
we  are  living.  For  our  wedding  trip  we  went  to  Washington 
for  a  week  and  then  to  Cazenovia  bringing  b  ck  •  on  the 
latter  lace  some  of  the  old  mahogany  furniture. 
