The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1883-09-20
A HOTEL WEDDING.
IIo" It is Prepared tor and Carried Out

well, now, take u wedding in hotel,
and the man and his wife start out on
perfectly fair and square basis" said n
prominent hotel clerk. "Its give and
take from the word GO, and that's the
correct thing III matrimonial life. This
ls the way it is managed. Tho groom
and the brides father come hero and
make all tho arrangements two weeks
before the event. If they arc wise they
Will also pay all bills in advance, even
to tipping the hall boys and walters.
Then they will not be bothered by de.
mands for money during the festivities.
The bride and her mother and friends
come to the hotel some hour JcHro tbc
ceremony and busy thCms ives wNll the
toilet A suit OF rooms - ut thehlis.
posnl, with absolutely cvcrything\at
hand. Trained attendants of all kind
are ut n moment',r, call, and no cOnven1
| icnce is lacking,. The groom has also q
room, which is used rs q sort of consolu-
! ton apartn tcnt by tho friends Of the
! dHccascd-I mean the friends of tho
| groom.
"All this time the Clergyman and the
members of the brides and groom's
| families Irc receiving their friends in
the suite of parlors. At the proper mo.
! mcnt tn, . procession is formed, and they
! all marc i;h into the pnrlor and are married.
Then ttney all file into breakfast or SUP.
per, ,'whlchevcr the case may be, without
going to tho usual trouble of putting on
tvhcir wraps and fighting their way to
their carriages After all this is over
the cll.balanccd and evenly -sAnrtcd
couple drive off together. Thus every
thing IS accomplished without bustic,
| fI f,,,, A.
danger of the bride or the lady gucs.s
catching cold by exposure at the church
door"
care there many hotel weddings ?"
"Blcss you, yes. Many are not on
tho elaborate scale [ have just outlined
though We had one hero last week mt
which there were 400 guests, and even
more extensive ones take place. Some
times people get married ut hotel be-
cause there is sickness in the brides
family There are other instances
whcro wealthy groom has hcsitatcd TO
ask his swell friends to his swecthcart's
humble home. Such case occurred
! recently when millionaire toy manu-
facturer married one of his factory girls.
She was announced as native of n
small town i'll Massachusetts, but the
deception was SO thin that even the en-.
Ployecs of the house saw through it.
She was lovely Girl.
ga large proportion OF hotel WEDDINGS
arc contracted hy people living out of
Town. They come to New York for the
tone OF the thing, you know, and as tn. @,
seldom nave friends who keep house
here, they resort to the big h,blels
Some OF these couples orc united IN tn,
public parlors simply and t,uintlvJ whiL
others are joined humbly in sinoL
room. In such cases one of the hofr
proprietOrs or the manager or the clcrl,
or may be all of them. arc, called in t,
witness the ceremony. %Such WEDDINGS
are usually good fun fou us, and we some
times give the newly married. couple =,
little dinner, and we always kiss th,
bride"
The clerk smiled gentle adieu to th,
reporter at this point, gracefully assumed
another posture, and resumed his
naughty surveillance of the porters,