10-Year-Old Siblings Die in Tragic Hope Chest Accident Franklin, Massachusetts – Residents in this city of 33,000 awoke to the sad news that siblings, both under...
![A hope chest, dowry chest, cedar chest, or glory box is a chest used to collect items such as clothing and household linen, by unmarried young women in anticipation of married life. The term "hope chest" or "cedar chest" is used in the midwest or south of the United States; in the United Kingdom, the term is "bottom drawer"; while "glory box" is used by women in Australia.[1]](https://www.ecanadanow.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/hope-chest.jpg)