River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-05-14
OBJECT TEACHING.
Preventing Mistakes in Marriage Cere-
monies and Receptions.

Preventing Mistakes in Marriage Cere-
monies and Receptions.
Rev. Mr.. Sheath, pastor of the Salem
United Brethren, Baltimore, gave an
association connected with his society
an object lesson the other evening, in
PRODUCING it by an address, in which
! he said it was not intended to make fun
| of such a sacred thing as marriage, but
simply to give the young people some
useful points about how to proceed at
the ceremony. He said there were
so many blunders made by pers ons who
were embarrassed and ignorant of how
/ to act that he thought the lesson good
one. At the meeting last week, two
persons had been selected as bride and
! preparations. Mr.. Sheath chose
about a dozen ladies and gentlemen as
friends of the bride, and these re-
! tired to the ante-room to march in
ahead of the pair -Four young ushers,
in ordinary visiting suits, had been APP
pointed. They wore little lunches of
evergreen in the coat buttonholes.
| One young man acted as minister, and
took his place at the pulpit rail. The
brides mother was a pretty young
blonde, but the one acting as father a
fresh-looking, healthy youth. The min
lister said none of the party had ever
had any experience in marriage, AMI it
was readily believed All being in
readiness, the organist began the we'd
ding march from Lohengrin, and the
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company of friends entered and moved
up to the young minister, where the
bridal couple halted. No marriage
ceremony was performed, but MIR.
Smith explained in a simple, effective
way everything in reference to the
ceremony. "In my experience as u
clergyman, he said, at has often hap
pened that the groom does not wait for
the clergyman to finish his question
before he blurts out with the i will. !"
"That's because he is so anxious to
have her for his wife," said a young
man under his breath.
After the lesson, the pair marched
down the right aisle and up the left,
with two ushers in advance, and took
seats in a corner of the ROOM where o
dazzLngly beautiful brunette-wore q
pure white dress, en- train, but there
was no veil and no orange blossoms.
In her march down the aisle, she
passed so close to the Americans bach
elor reporter that he fancied he felt
the glow from her cheek. When she
accidentally turned her dark eye a lit
tie, his heart gave great throb, and
he was instantly carried back to other
days. The groom was q fine looking
blonde, and bore himself like man.
A young man said to the bride, as she
passed him: "Don't you wish it were
real?"
As her lips were parted, little dim
pie was rounded up in her cheek, her
eyes sparkled and turned toward him,
and the young man knew without
syllable what the answer would have
been in words. The brides mother
kissed her, and the groom very sweet
ly, but, although the reception was q
general one, the young men held back
for while, till u sensible young man
of 30, with blonde mustache, stepped
forward and kissed the young lady in
earnest. He enjoyed it, and said so.
The little smacks were extremely mu-
steal. The polite usher was rewarded
also.
ct sometimes happens" said the
minister, @as III this case, that the
couple are in such a hurry to get away
that the minister does not have time to
salute the BRIDE" A laugh followed,
but he did not get his kiss till later.
1t was beautiful, simple harmless and
useful lesson. is the Americans COM
ment.