The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-06
WEDDING PROF. ESSI0N.
ONE or TRE MOST CURIOUS FEA-
TUPES or FRENCH LIFE.
Talin. the Matrimonial Plunge in the
Most O,ientatious misunderstanding Of
Good Manners

the Bride and Groom-A Disregard OF
Good Manners
To tht-e who are no, ACCUSTOMED IN silC h
sights In their own country, perhaps tie most
ruriDt, feature Of French life /, the wedding
Jr,s.,Si1n In the oIsn air When The fnnrh
plunge into nitrimonv. they show no Shy
nes, over il. On the contrary, they take the
plunge in the most osteutatleuS fashion.
They wish all the world Ia stami t,y ami AT
mire their heroi,m AMI, lst the sorld should
not take any trouble in the matter, they sally
forth from the chur,h or mairl' dressed IN
hylnrneal g5,rb, and spend the hast part OF
tv, day, prurnenadlng IN public AMI attract
ing all the attention they can 10 Themselves
This custom is general among the masses Of
the people. Among the higher clasA's II l.
needless to Ssy that there Il no welding pro
re.Sion outside Of the church, unless II lie the
pr@,>>i,n If carriages.
Tlara. who wish Ia $50 one Of th's>" cort''-s'aS
Is nose, will have NJ difficulty IN dp!h- az
they arr IN Paris al this >4'asg,n, vhr'h, atrINe
all Others, i, the one IN which mankind il
prone To- marry They hnve only /" >l"'u'i an
afternoon "a, 81 Cloud, tamart, Mrrlpn ar
INV ti I'M ~ ihllt CIV 80
will IT, >urt 10 80 at h;,>t pue more ant they
may >,r hall Il doom \ sn!'lru 'la'trr" ct
Tongues tel, IA" that 0nr i coming. pro-
r,.~slnu e twenty thirty or fifty I""rlr.walk
in" twn AMI tv" /, lftN>in.s near hcai'd ~
Young woman dressed in Whit, with wrath
I'll or.tna.r flower, IN her bead ami a y"m-,
mau an a ",'llw hammer coat, With "A graf
deal ~ ,hirt ~howln., whit" r''htl", tai
bat, and with IN, hands rn'a>'l IN white
gloves. latllurt IN the hltttullIl' roni-
rIrt,, the lnyarIallr rp~tum" ut III" hrt,s'-
groom Thu,. who follow arr r'latrr'r, and
Intimate friends ANON, them uay often 10
.,u an Oh couple thu man IN "a hot It the
/ hysum' chimney pot pattern. AMI 'h" woman
IN great white cap, an ,l"'nrat" work ~
art in the way 1T starrhjns AMI lr'ntilc lirN
are the Iarrnt, of ,l'' hrll" ur bridegroom,
nud -nm,tln,, thrre arr two such couples. 1t
there i, one serious face in the Who'll" party 1t
! i that Of tire hri,I, She feels that the eyes
of the world ARE qui2lIcally fixed upon hrr,
ami that everybody Is SAYING 80 Ia belle
mari,,.,' on something less pleasant
RADIANT wirn SATISFACTION.
Asarulr. however, her face hike the bride
Ei'hlltl - Nlih ''h ''''' ~
,hrll lush,cr plrrrs the air when her ears
latch th" latest Joke from the low comedian
II the party and u Is sure 10 mcule on".
Whom wit is wanting, huif"n"ry supplies It,
place Nhlr the norc j. prun"natinS tol
lnwlny the birdie AMI bridegroom nS sh''ptol
low their header, a feast j. Icing prepared al
a ncl.hhnrlng restaurant, winch display
ilnng II, front the woul, salons pour n"t,
Il tratnNn ~ about Il O'Clock the proNSslor
'nters the restaurant and III" rest Of TN
evening is slrnt in frasting, dancing AMI up
roarolr, mrrimrnt This programme, with
out the marriage ceremony, II repeated TN
next day at somc other place But 1t Is tn
rule there for the bride not to promenade II
white, bat in black silk.
These wedding prpy~>io,r arr not "lthou
certain quaint pirtur~urirnco,, ami IN som
: ,ut-ur the way districts they nrr aH>ocat"
with much that i, pastoral and beautiful /
its simplicity; but there |, npthing Ia w. sal
in favor ol the custom rs It i praetl'rl IN III
/, nrighhnrhoul Of Paris AMI o'hrr large oei
:, l,rS 10 "a really molc,t girl the ordeal Ut W
ing thu, Iara,lel before the pnhilr ralc eat
: not IT, otherwise than ralnful, for It Is Hul'
i opposed To- ,l,lIcacy Moreover, every perso
+, invited Ia "A nocc ~ tho kind ! h1N" h''
describing considers that he Is in duty houn
to mir his wit. When the wrll.hrcd Frnrl
man airs hi, wit hccamwth difficulty rstrai
his talpni>an spirit, which Is So chnrnte
stir ot the Gaul, even in thrprcscnr ct lat"
When the III bred Frcnchmau tries To-
e amusing, it i, generally at the expense
le,ency That respect tor women which