The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-15

honeymoon Is to be spent In Phila-
delphia or Boston. The carriage has
gone hardly block before down goes
the window, and the driver reins in
his horses as he hears:
"Where did they tell you to go ?"
sTo the Pennsylvania depot, sorr."
"Pennsylvania depot Pshaw! Drive
to the Buckingham"
And to the Buckingham they are
whirled accordingly. For years this
clever little deception has been prac-
any one except the proprietors and tho
coachmen being in the secret. OF late,
however, the practice has become SO
popular and 50 widely known that the
affectation of n wedding journey is only
kept up for the sake Of appearances.
ssPhiladelphia'' and "Boston," in the
vocabulary of Hymen, have come to
mean stWindsor" and stBuckingham."
Tho extent to which the "hotel honey
moon' has waxed and waned during
the past autumn exceeds anything ever
before known. Every evening carri
ages containing young men and maid
ems newly mated are driven to the
ladies' entrances of these two houses,
and the parlors and corridors are filled
with the flash Of glittering toilets and
| the music of merry voices. One of
! the proprietors assured O reporter In
strict confidence yesterday that they
were fairly overrun with wedding
most elaborately furnished apartments,
without regard to previous engage
Inents or present needs. Tho bridal
suites proper of the Buckingham,
although limited in number, are Gle
gantIy and tastefulIy furnished. Tho
floors are covered with the richest of
Turkey carpets the ceilings are fres-
coed in the most elaborate style, pro-
senting beautiful contrasts of shade and
! color; the walls are literally covered
| with massive paintings and engravings
and the furniture in blue and gold is
arranged with the taste of an artist.
Marble mantel-picces are adorned
with antique bronzes, alternately with
elegant what-nots loaded with costly
bric-a-brac. Polished mirrors reflect
the golden tint of the walls, mingled
with the richer sunlight stealing
through the partly closed windows.
The subdued hum of traffic in the
street alone breaks the stiffness.
<sIt almost tempts one to get mar
ried, oh ?' the host remarks with u
smile. Then he adds, in n quiot, mat
ter-of-fact way: s.This suite was vacated
only yesterday by young couple
from Madison avenue. a wedding
party from Brooklyn have engaged
them by telegraph and will be here to-
night" ......-. RI. .
Passing from the drawing-room to a
dainty boudoir, in which everything
that the most exacting taste could do
mand is supplied in abundance, tho
door of the bedroom is opened. The
bedstead, exquisitely carved in natural
wood, with high arched back and low
foot boards in graceful mouldings,
stands in the center of the floor. The
handicapped lavatories, the bath, the
paintings and pictures, and the heavy
cut-glass chandelier are characterized
by the same degree of elegance and
refinement. ...-... ....r .., ...-.
"This is only ono of a number of
suites. There are others which 1
might show you were they not occu-
pied" 1
Concerning the habits of their newly
welded guests, the hotel proprietors
say very little. Bashfui couples order
| their meals in their rooms; others
boldly face the levcled starcs of the
full dining room. When there are
from half a dozen to q dozen couples
in the house ut the same time they
become emboldened, and act as uncon-
cerncdiy as the guests of maturcr
years. Where the couple are young
and handsome they receive more or
less attention, widows and widowcrs
newly matched being left almost en-
tirely to themselves. When an old
gentleman of 10 years appears, as is
now frequently the case, witt, bloom
ing young wife 45 or so years his
junior, there is quiet amusement all
around. In the Windsor, where there
are not only wedding couples but
weddings also, this sight is not infrc-
qucnt. .I Ids '..
| "And their appetites 2. DO they eat
heartily ?'
"Wcll, not as a rule at least some
| of the brides don't. They have u