The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-24
wedding Tours.

The Philadelphia Ledger, in discoursing
on summer tourists in general, alludes to .
particular and interesting class, who are in
stauty recognized by all old tourists ct .
glance-the bridegroom and brides who taay-
Ell by themselves few hundred miles ON their
tours, followed to the cars by weeping, Jet
bald beaded fathers. On ell the routes lead
ing to and from Niagara sAsy ere seen. They
have private suites Of rooms pre-engagsd IT
ell the stepping places, and have evidently
the idea that they have 50 arranged matters
that they are not and cannot be known -
bridal tourists. This is not that they are
ashamed Of each other, but simply that their
Enjoyment Is in each Others society, and that
they do not want to be criticised and remark
ed upon by profane strangers. So they fancy
they are travelling incog. And yet how easy
it is to the careful eye to tell how many days,
or even hours they have bee- married, BY the
very pains they take to seem like old married
folks or cousins as they promenade on the
deck of q steamer, or sit ever SO demurely in
the cars. Their dress detects them in part.
It is all so neat, symmetrical and new. If
the parties have good taste, there is not
spark of showiness about their attire. All
glitter and display are laid aside, and she who
was fashionable belle last winter, and drove
out in such splendid satins and silks 20 do her
shopping. is now positively more like Qua
ker, in simple travelling dress of mouse or
drab color. Often the young culprits pretend
for while to be playing at lovers or Irritation,
but it will not do. There is too much quiet
happiness in their eyes for sparkling wit aud
repartee; too much softness and tenderness
in their confidential whispers, and such a
sense of possession of each other that none In
the cars are deceived for FIVE minutes. Cen
orally the bridegroom discovers this FIRST, and
throws his arms easily around the shoulders
ofhis wife, as much as to say defantly to the
curious, .'You cannot tell but what we have
been married these many years" Not tell
There is a sort of outlines and slyness in the
way that arm steals around, first on top Of the
seat back, then gradually closer, and silent,
pleased, unperceiving acqu,escence en- the
part Of the bride. Indeed, 1t is she who tells
the tale most quickly. The broad gauge
seats are to broad She prefers the narrow
er Pennsylvania measure !; and if you sit on
any seat back of them, it may be noticed that
the ladys shoulders are not even, they in
cline just little, and unperceivedly, while
she is sitting uprightly to her broad-set aud
bearded partner. For few hours thus they
travel, but in the long run, the head grayi>
tafes to the husbands supporting shoulder
and there it will nestle innocently and conf
dinghy in the repose of new found in,.h, 40
well as the happiness OF honest, truthful love.
Some times, In spite of all precautions,
tress or two of rich black hair will gel Goose
and stay and fall dosn.s But that bri5es
tresses are 80 exquisitely silky end cohlsd
and polished, that there il order and naa ness
in their very disorder and abandon. 1t is. IN
fact, the confusion of the high and virtuous
self-respect aud honest pride Of the maiden
stepping into new faith.
And these young folks fancy themselves
lost to the erowd-unnoticed, unknown, and
with the secret that they are just married.
Blessed Innocents But even those who dis
cover them must wish them God speed in
their new path which may lead to happi
or sorrow. as they start right or wrong.