The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-12-14

All the old episodes in the union Of
two fond hearts are discarded. There
are no more bridesmaids, no more best
men, no throwing off Of old slippers, no
sprinkling OF rice over the departing
pair. Nor do the pair depart in the old
way. The young woman of the period
objects to making an exhibition or her.
self. She shrinks from the ordeal Of
the "brilal-room" in the palace-car.
She refuses to be made the passing
comment Of ribald youth or cynical age
in the hotel parlors. She refuses to he
made the object Of Sinking advances
Oh tire part Of elderly gossips, bent on
examining her diamonds or trousseau
under the artless plea that her own
dear girl went through tho same mar
tyrdom not long before. Indeed, the
bride Of to-day proclaims that she does
not think it an unalloyed joy to suffer
the insinuating impertinences Of curl
GUS strangers under the plea of SYM
patty. rs if marriage were matter OF
coincidence. Nor is the simpering in
situations of the bevies of susceptible
Young misses, exhibited in hotel par
lors, rs sort Of marriage mart, entire
ly tolerable to young bride no matter
how overpowering her trousseau.
1t is the horror of this magpie chat
tering Of the coquette squadrons that
has brought the old wedding tour into
disuse. No woman but enjoys the adj
.miring glances and silent devotion that
mankind pays to beauty, particularly
at this interesting epoch of her life;
but there are few women that can bear
up under the punic admiration OF RI
walls, in the guise Of disciples. It is not
until later in life that the bride feels
like imparting the delicious details
of courtship-what he said and how
he said it. Nor is the first intoxicating
JOY Of hope fulfilled the moment when
tender bride cares to share with her
sex the amount Of her rousseau, the
cost of her jewels, papa's present, or
the contributions Of the family and
friends. The bride Of the present,
backed by recent judicial declarations,
says in substance: Il don't propose to
make an exhibition Of myself When
the Rev. Mr.. Swearem asks me to love,
honor and obey, | shall substitute
cherish for that odious word" It is
true that such conduct may at first
scandalize the fogies, and that the
groom may not justify the expectations
Of the assembly by preserving the fln-
eral gravity usual to such occasions.
The bridal-tour she regards as vulgar
concession to an imbecile custom. with
which she will have no more to do, and
that there is no more reason why two
modest people united in wedlock should
set out to make an exhibition Of them
selves than that the fond parents should
carry the first-born to some public place
to display its linen and silver-spoon.
To the women, marriage is q sacrament,
and it is deseclated by sharing its fresh
joys with wicked and incredulous
world.
As ii is the condition of all men to
be married sooner or later, unless ce-
ibacv be put upon them for their sins
Of vanity and obstinacv. it is just rs
well that this new departure from the
honeymoon should be accepted at once.
Nor is it likely the average lover will
resist the edict The happy lover will
relinqnish the parade of his happiness
with ala.rity. He sympathizes, on SEN
timental grounds ut least. with the de-
sire Of his charmer. to avoid the odious
ordeal of the resorts where the men are
all gamblers and the women all fash.
templates. Instead, he will go willing
to some forest Of Arden. where his wife
shall he the Rosalind Of the sylvan
scene and the world shall be only a
! memory. Under such conditions. too
any girl worthy the name and ministry
of wife can soon transform the most oh.
stmate Benedict into q perfect Darby
whose only JOY in life will be the love
and cherishing always promised, but
rarely performed. -Philadelphia Press