The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-06-09
Brides and Grooms.

| NOBODY ever met, or expects To meet
the woman who can hear Of a waddino
quite unmoved. 1t is rite thar int
ests the whole sex, Young and ola
pretty and plain, rich and poor. gentIs
and simple. No matter how mon,
weddings they may have seen. tbey
never tire of them, but will 90 70 ops
after the other with unfagging Interest
and attention, as absorbed during the
ceremony as though il were an inter-
novelty. The bride Is. of course the
centre of attraction Even those wbo
know her quite intimately stare NJ her
as though they had never seen her h.
fore, deyouriug each detail of her dre>.
+ with eager chances. A. rule the
bride who feels least looks best. Emo
I ton of the intense kind has not often a
/ becoming effect, and in this aye ef
nerves agitation Is apt to produce
! pallor, tendency To tears. ~or an nm
becoming flush. Tears seldom baautify
Poets and painters glorifv beauty in
tears, but that is theory I'm pra,yica
their first effect l. to redden the eyes
their second to encarnadine the nose
their third TO develops tendency towards
shifts. Some years ago all brides went
1t was the correct thing We had nor
quite emerged from the sentimental era
Mrs. Hemans' poetry was much read
and we all know how her brides behaved
weeping on their fathers shoulder and
their mothers bosom, and recitinc re
gretful parting verses. so thar one
wondered that the bridegroom was not
offended by so much grief. and did not
jump into the ''chariot" and leave her
there. We are more practical nova
days. The bride always smiles when
she leaves the vestry, and occasionally
Is seen to do so coming up the church.
This last may be coming in. but i
rather a ventureSome thing to do lust
vet. She ought, strictly speaking. 10
hang her head down little bit, not 50
much As brides did twenty wears ago.
but still quite perceptibly. There is no
earthly reason why brides, as a rule.
should hang their heads, but fashion
DEGREES that they shall. They are go
ing to marry the man of their choice. /
They are probably leaning upon the arm
of Il father of whom they are proud. !
Why should they hang their heads /
Perhaps fashion provides the custom in /
order to meet the case of the brides who t
really ought to hang their heads those /
who are selling themselves for a title, /
for an establishment, for landed estates
even for Il home. However this may
be, ten years hence the dropping head
will quite have gone out.
The bridegroom tries to comfort him
self, if he be nervous, by thinking that
nobody will notice him much. HEvery-
body stares at the bride and bridemaids.'
he thinks. Little he wots Of the clear
eyes that take in every point Of his APP
pearance, every gesture, every look.
Critically Is he watched through the
performance most trying one, no
doubt. Feminine ears listen intcntly
for his II will" for a woman never
quite makes up her mind about man
until she has heard his voice II he
says it firmly, in an even, full, deep
voice, he Is approved Of But how often,
III how often, does he growl it, or
emit the important words in fright
sned speak, or with the interval of
nearly an octave between the tone of
he first and that Of the second syllable d?
1 Citation makes his voice play him
alse, and no one Is more astonished than
is himself at the extraordinary sounds
lie has uttered.
The bridemaids are generally brim-
ming over with a pleasant excitement,
specially if they think their dresses
becoming. From the demeanor of the
hief bridemaid one would imagine that
he whole responsibility of the proceed ,
ngs rests upon her, from the license to
he ring, and from the breakfast to the
Arrived at the church she q
riders everyone about, sends maids and :
alets fussing about, tavors, and too
ften laughs and chatters as though Il !
harch were no more y consecrated !
uilding than her own boudoir. She c
poks on the occasion a dress rehear- y
al, in which she not only plays her '
resent role Of bridemaid, but under {
tudes the chief part y