Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-12-01

marriage, and though she attaches her
husbands TO il. by means of de, is still
universally known by her own family
name.
Marriage here means the expenditure
OF more money than the average youth
can acquire before his salad days are
safely over. Here, as elsewhere, bache-
lorhood becomes chronic If too long in
/ dulged, and few afflicted with it till after
middle age care then TO brave the perils
| OF matrImony. Therefore Mexico is full
OF eligible unmarried men, and the sur
Plus women Of New England cannot do
better than migrate hither. According to
Mexican custom, the prospective BRIDE
groom must not only furnish house be-
iorehand, but must purchase all the we'd
ding trOusseau, even to the remotest ao-
cesslonS OF toilet which may be needed in
years to come. He is also expected to
make gifts to the bridesmaids, the BRIDES
family, and all Immediately concerned,
besides defraying the expenses of we'd
| ding festivities. 1t must be remembered
tnat everything costs enormously here as
compared to our prices, household furni-
ture and goods of all kinds being imported
at great expense in transportation, as
there are comparatively no manufacture
ers and few railroads, and the duties are
simply outrageous.
pocketbook, there is no going off on we'd
ding tours, the presence of anything but
stage or mule transit being of too recent
date to have established fashion for
such fOOlishness. Two separate and dis
tinct ceremonies are required to satisfy
the demands OF both State and Church.
Ihat OF the latter is an exceedingly long
and tedious rite, during the progress OF
winch the contracting parties are obliged
n mo A..
position heavy rope OF white silk, firmly
tied in true lovers knot, is thrown over
their shoulders, symbOlzing Aymenial
bondage. | have never seen or heard Of a
4 bride belonging to the better classes in
Mexico who was not married
In white silk or satin, with
the traditional veil, orange bios
SONS, and all, and / doubt whether one
would consider herself lawfully welded
if otherwise attired, for there must be no
deviation from established custom, even
though the parties are poor in all save "a
good family. True, the frightened Romeo
generally manages to put his ~ through
the flowing veil while she strugS les with
the ENHANCEMENT of her delicate draperies
IN kneeling and rising; and it must be
confessed that not infTequently the most
elegant bridal costume, which was ordered
with the rest of the trOusseau, its her de-
clOeuly 100 loosely. 1t would be mr.
acle, indeed, if dresses made by
masculine direction, without ever
having been tried on by the lady for
whom they were designed, should fit her,
as our Chatham street friend would say,
/ like the paper on the wall" ] have sim
| cerely pitied more than one poor little
| bride, whose splendid rousseau, purchas-
/ ed with the lavish generosity Of premarital
| love, which scOrns expense as never after
ward comprises numbers of rich dresses,
! in which che is obliged to array herself
! for an indefinite number Ofyears, however
/ unbecOming they may be, and in spite OF
the fact that they may give her che grace
| full contour Of meal bag tied in the mid
! die.
Great festivities, frequently kept up for
/ days, follow the marriage ceremony. The
bride and groom leave the church in sep
arate carriages, he Fastening ahead to
welcome his wife at the door Of the home
ne has prepared for her. One can imagine
the pleasure our Juliet finds in inspecting
for the first time the household arrange
ments which love has provided, though /
fancy they may sometimes be rather in
complete when made by the average I'M
Sophisticated lover. But time will cor
rect al shortcomings though perchance
the first connuDial breakfast partaken un-
der their own vine and fig tree may lack a
teakettle or some similar convenience in
its preparation.