Evening star., 1886-10-16
CITY AND DISTRICT
THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY.
Bridal Couples Vow Appearing NJ the
CaDttNI.

Bridal Couples Now Appearing aa the
Capital
fHH CHARACTERISTICS By WHICH THEY ARE
KNowN-how SOME THY TO DIsGUIss THEM
SELVES IN THEIR OLD cLoTHEs-THEIH Pop
ulARfrr With HOTEL Men AND OTHEkA
One OF the signs Of the fall season in this city
are the brides aud gropms VINO may be seen
In considerable numbers about the hotels and
around the streets. IL may not be necessary to-
say that they are generally seen In pairs, that
Ii. one bride and one groom, but there are a
good many people who are dispo>ed to be rather
cynical on this subject, ami soltIs necessary
TO be explicit In the Use Of Language. II care Is
not exercised In this respect It is more Than
probable that some skeptic would start the
story that di>agreements aud differences spring
up I'm the honey moon 10 mar The felicity OF
what IS coInnouly believed to be the golden
period oi iIie Ii is. therefore, right tp ,uy that
the brides and grOoDIs wiIo cUuIe 10 Washing
ton their weduing journey are ideal IoV er,.
aud .. il almost literary IIue that they % han.i
I'm hand and arm, i'll arm to the various points
OF interest about the city, tiic shepherds and
ehepherdes>es of the poetic age qua. del their
nocks ON The flower clad hills. IL may be the
atmosphere oi line place that produces these
touching and Leiutiiul instances oi martial
felicity. but at any rate Ine guess at the hotels
and those VINO visit the public buildings have a
ciotnes. but the modern happiness OF a modern
bride and groom.
Some people. with the intent TO gull an nm
suspectiug people. " ear their old clothes when
they go away Oh their wedding journey, aud en-
deavor ~ produce the appearance oi staid mar
lied cUupes oi some years standing The di-
Huise Is a THU one, and il takes more than old
ciCtnes ana assumed manners 10 conceal tine
identity OF "a bran ssw 0riue aud sFeein. What
the public likes aud what the puolic wants is
bride and groom of the Old f,.lIioned sind with
NO preience about them. Tie genuine article,
respiepdent Ia nne clothes and absorbed in
0rl tf.xt liI0y
Way aud see nothing aud know nothing except
each other. That Is the style Oi bridal couple
that may be found in Washington IN the early
tnli mon hs ana then axain In tne spring. Really
their presence may be Cons defed one oi the
features vi the city, a. though II Is Dot 80 stated
In any of the guide books. To ot her visitors
and sighlseers To the city IL undoubtedly varies
aud eniissus tine round oI visits to have even
one bridal e.,uple about II Is an interesting
class tO study, aud tiIeir peeulIartl!es fUrm u
fruitful topic vi conversation
PoPULAR WITH HOTEL PEOPLE.
The hotel men ike them, aud all the en-
ployes dsvoled TO theE. Tue ca1men ialriy
bsam with pleasure when they see tnem, and
they walk lortn In this hard, work-a-day world
Of ours benV,diny nothing but SMILING taceS
and hearing nothing Uut kindly voices The
happy Couple see uoshins UNUSUAL la ali this,
and. In l.et, they cauuOt understand how it
eau be otherwise when The whoie lace vi Nature
II transformed AMI xlorited, ana even the
clouds anu raIbs have rOseate hue. How can
they neip nudius kindly, sym npatheiic recep-
uup even IN Tie usually co.d atmosphere of a
that yle guests lake .uch y smiling interest in
their movements? The modern briue and
groom may continually sit holding each
Others hands and IeediuS each other ~ the
tAuie with one spoon, ior IL Is stated thai that
kind Of 0i Ids and groom has gone out uf Iash-
Ion, but they ar0 two very nappy people, and
the hotel men hnl that they PERFECTLY re-
garuiess vi prices and not CRITICAL 0I their sur
ruundiugs. they have, however, the best that
the house ahoru., and no roy al personaye has
such willing service irUin the coup, Ot servants
found auouI u hoIeL. The latter may be accused
OF mercenary motives, as the noueru grown
otspenses money with u lavish hand, but IL does
nob do Ia sxamlne loo eiosiy into motives In
thus world
As sIGHrsEERs.
The bride and groom perhaps 60 about more
and less than II is possible any other class
OF people except the puy sicaliy blind. The public
buildings visited in turn, but they ind each
other more interesting than any thing that may
b seen In this city illustrating lie wealth and
Greatness oil tDis government A ooUk oi travels
WAS never kDOwE 10 b.. produced as the result
Of u bridal tour. Tue newiy married When
away write letters. and sometimes have even
been known write articies iOr the newspd-
p~rS, and while be reader receives favorable
that any information is conveyed. There is an-
other class OF peOp,e about Washington WHO
Ike brides and grOoins, and this Is the profes-
eional guides. They regard a day when they
have bridal party In tow as q uOliuay with
good pay coming in All that is necessary is 10
take their charges TO some place where there Is
. place 10 sit down, aud the young people are
PERFECTLY willing 70 overlook any absence On the
@ Out and attend TO us private busines, and
return toward The close of Tie day with the
perfect assurance tuat ne will nnd his charges
where he lett them and entirely UNCONSCIOUS VI
his absence II is these pleasant traits in a
bride and groom that make them SO generally
uopplac.