The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-06-29
WEDDING TOURS.

Travellers and conductors arc DeRlnning 10 no .
tice on the railroads more than usual number OF
spring and summer wedding tourists. Ready
money Is abundant and to Just that sort Of amount
that few men In these days can find any more
useful or profitable investment Of II than In get
ting married. Those bachelors, old and young,
who have made their fortunes within tho last
three years In oil or coal, or railroad stocks or
war contracts, find this convenient season Tor
resting few months. taking wife and making
= marriage tour to Europe, spreading themselves
In Paris, and doing the Great Exhibition, Italy,
Great Britain, and the rest Of the world In half
year. These tourists get out OF sight OF the Amer.
lean world, and are not worth our notice here,
for, with them, all Is conventional and regulated
simply by one consideration the amount OF mon:
ey they have to spend jenkins arranges 1t oil
and publishes II In the newspapers.
But there Is another far more interesting and
unsophisicsted class who daily catch the eye OF
the conductor, and are recognized by him and all
old travellers en- railroads and steamers ut glance
tho bridegrooms and their brides who travel by
themselves . few hundred miles on their tours,
followed to the cars by weeping, yet happy, bald,
headed fathers. On oil tho routes leading to and
from Niagara are these to be seen. They have
private suites Of rooms pre.engaged ut all the
stopping places, and have evidently the idea that
they have 30 arranged matters that they arc not
and cannot be known As bridal tourists. This II
not that they are ashamed OF each other, but sim
ply that their enjoyment 10 In each others society,
and they do not want to be criticised and remark.
eli upon by profane strangers. So they fancy
they are travelling incog. And yet how easy II
Is to the careful eye to tell how many days or
even hours they have been married, by the very
pains they take to seem either like old married
folks or cousins rs they promenade on the deck VI
the steamer. or sit ever so demurely In the cars.
Their dress detects them in part. Il Is all so
neat, symmetrical and new. II 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 q fashionable belle last winter,
and drove out in such splendid sstins and silks to
do her shopping, Is now positively more IKE
Quaker In simple travelling dres: OF mouse OF
drab color. Often the young culprts pretend for
while to be playing at lovers or filtration, but 1t
will not do. There Is too inmch quiet happiness
In their eyes for sparkle and wit and reparee; TOO
much softpess and tenderness In their conhdential
whispers, and such sense Of possession OF each
other that none In the cars are deceived Tor hye
minutes. Generally the bridegroom discovers .h,'
ers OF his wife, as much as to say dehanty to the
curious, "You cannot tell but what We have been
married these many years" Not tellf There Is
sort Of guiltness and slyness In the way thar
arm steals round, FIRST on top OF the seat back
then gradually closer, and silent, pleased, IN
perceiving acquiescence on the part OF the bride.
Indeed, Il 10 she who tells the tale most quickly.
The broad gauge seats are TOO broad. She seems
TO prefer the narrower Pennsylvania measure; snd
II you sit on any seat back Of them, 1t may be
noticed that the lady's shoulders are not evenI
they incline just little, and unperceivedly, while
she hnces she Is sitting uprightly, to her broad
set and bearded partner. For o few hours thus
they travel, but, In the long run, the bead gray;
itates to the husbands supporting shoulder. and
there Il will nestle innocently. and conhdingly In
the repose Of new found faith, as well ~ the
happiness Of honest, truthful love.
Sometimes, In spite Of all precautions, . tress
or two of rich black hair will get loose, and stray,
and fall down. But that brides tresses are 80 ex.
quistsly silky and combed and polished, that
there 10 order and neAtness In their very disorder
and abandon. II is, In fact, the confusion OF the
high and yirtuous selfrespcct and honest pride OF
tke maiden stepping out into new faith. And
these young folks fancy themselves lost In the
crowd -unnoticed. unknown, and with the secret
that they are but just married their own alone!
Blessed inn0cents! But even those who discover
them must wish them God-speed In their new path,
which may lead to happiness or sorrow, as they
start right or begin wrong.-Philadslphia Lsdg.