The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-09-19
A HOTEL WEDDING.
How II 4. Prepared Tor and Carried Out

"Well. now, take wedding In hotel,
and the man and his wife start out on
perfectly fair and square basis," said q
hotel clerk. "Its give and
take from the word go, and that s the
correct thing in matrimonial life. This
is the way it Is managed. The groom
and the brides father come here and
make all the arrangements two weeks
before the event. II they are wise they |
will also pay all bills in advance, even
to tipping the hall boys and walters.
Then they will not he bothered by de-
mands for money during the festivities.
The bride and her mother and friends
come to the hotel some hours before the
ceremony and busy themselves with the
toilet. A suit of rooms is at theft dis.
posal, with absolutely everything at
hand. Trained attendants of all kinds
are ut moments call and no conven-
ience is lacking. The groom has also n
room, which is used rs sort of corson-
ton apartment by the friends OF I he
Il ceased--I mean the friends OF the
groom.
"All this time the Clergyman and the
members of the brides and groo.n's
families are receiving their friends in
the suite Of parlors. At the proper mo-
ment the procession is formed, and they
all march into the parlor and are married.
Then they all file into breakfast or sup.
pcr. whichever the case may BE-, without
going to the usual trouble of putting on
their wraps and fighting their way to
their carriages. After all this liz over
the well.balanccd and evenly-s'arted
couple drive off together. Thus every
thing is accomplished without hustle,
confusion, or unfairness, and there is no
danger of the bride or the lady guests
catching cold by exposure at the church
door"
care there many hotel weddings?"
"Bless you, yes. Mary are not on
the elaborate scale / have just outlined
though We had one here last week N
which there were 400 guests, and eveI
more extensive ones take place. Some
times people get married at a hotel he
cause there is sickness Ill the brldel
} family. There are other instances
| where II WtHliliN BlboHi H"o i''''N'N' "
ask his swell friends to his sweetheart
humble home. Such case occurre,
RECENTLY when millionaire toy manu-
facturer married one Of his factory girls
She was announced AS n native Of
small town in Massachusetts,, but tn
} deception was so thin that even the EN-
= ployecs of the house saw through it
? She was a lovely girl.
"a large proportion of hotel wedding
i are contracted by people living ont {
a town. They come to New York for tn
Il tone Of the thing, you know, and MS the
/ seldom have friends who keep hous
IS here, they resort to the big hotel
It Some of these couples are united IN I'll
h public parlors simply and quietly, viii
a others are Joined hnmbly in n sing
h room. In such cases one of the hot
e proprietors or the manager or the cler
d or may he all of them, are called IN
d witness the ceremony. Such wedding
h are usually good fun for us, and we son
T. times give the newly married couple
little dinner, and we always kiss t
II bride" -,
st The clerk smiled gentle adieu to t
+ reporter at this point, gracefully assum
T. another posture, and resumed
ar naughty surveillance of the porters.