The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-17
WEDDINGS in PARIS.
The Great Resort for Parties OF the
Middle Classes.
Bride and Groom Go Hand-in-Hand u
Church, Their Friends Grouped
Around dThem-DescriptiOn OF
"A Double Marriage.


Tor wedding parties among the middle cla |
as there is restaurant there whore thcy{ ss ss
dance and have an entertainments, wrX oe'
Paris correspondent to the BALTIMORE iIos
Wo saw two parties on previous vi Ss;t =.
one instance the bride and groom W. pisiC. II
ing hand-in-hand, with group Q Fnioo'1. m"ih
around them, and a boy was playiSbn . aS1Sn
The other party were playing tMmo sont ~,
game chasing each other i'll ,irc1o Pots
brides were dressed in white, Yu;th notb; po'l
on their heads but orange blosEsoms Ivm thnmnt
tho weather was quite cold. go, 80, .nouSl
wedding of my French lal6 6dladw,s no'1hni' rne
on Saturday last He is Vow, ,,;l, ISl,1! IoHne
young man with very littlG to CIV, oo,ioC;lIme
if you do not speak Frynnch E,oI os -,
guests of the hotel wa ! mrnisbcd With ~ Vns n',
mVl'aIioh nea,lS "s 4" Hgc as a sheet of fools
cap, in an envelope TO suit N''i'
There was a mOnOurou of tlo ;,,;,.,
and on one page a request from tho F'tphn' Fp",
| and mother OIL the bride that Won ,von1d
honor them with your company at the mar
| rlage OF their daughter, while the opposite
| page contalhcI % similar invitation from our
landlady with respect to her nephew. At
| the bottom If the sheet there was n State
mont to tm effect that the wedding would
take pla'c at midday precisely in the Church
OF st. ncrri, in the Rue St Martin. IT, was
L
lutte church, and tho Wedding ,vao -,
PROCESS IL is not fashionable to be late Mt
Wedll% III IarlS, rs it Is with us i'm Balti-
more. Ehc Church of St. Mcrr formerly
81. Mcdrlc, IS Gothic structure with a
beautif' portal in the Flamboyant school
The oman Catholic churches of Paris
are all b"C on The same general principles.
1hcrc Is ilSh Nhultcd roof over tho main
buildingSupportcd by several rows of col
| thpSn
| recCSSCS )ult i'll the side of thc churcb
| winch n known as chapCls Thcrc orn
| usually inllngS on tho walls of tho chan
eIs, andncy are furnished with altars and
candles. The pulpit is commonly in tho
"ii,''''' I'm ~, cnurch ana the organ over the
entrance Ihcre arc no pcws, chairs talk
ing 'hcil llcSS. found the wedding party
III one INC chapelS. The bride was
crossed 4 white satin, with long white
vol, Wha the groom Woro a drrSs euit
They we seated in chairs near the olt,r
and tnInd them was Il bridesmaid drcsscd
III shCfI ouc dress and dark red hat
Tho SIooiiiSlhan was dressed like tho
groom. o"i lahdiady was there, dressed
very elegantly i'll black silk, and there were
some thrCy or 1orty relations and people
from tn hotel IN attendance. A priest. in a |
white sttin surplicc embroidered with 1nld
and an quar- boy in red, with white surplicc
Wcro plrlorming the ceremony. A Ioroo
man in agcockcd hat, with silver lace, and a |
UNIFORM similar to that worn by our police.
was staWtInS in the aisle holding a baton
with spvcr knob on the end in his hand.
was TOD ho was Il bCadlc.
Alter awhile he went away, and was sue
ceeded by smaller man with large silvcr
cnah round his neck. When tho bride
arose from her knees the bcadle would care
iuly arrange her veil on Il chair behind her
kept vacant for that purpose All ct once |
inc bridesmaid left her seat and accO,n
Pahleu ny lhe grOonSnan, walked ab0ut |
among the people taking up IA collection in n !
plue Dag she held i'll her hand. After she |
returned TO her scat the deputy beadle |
struck his cane on the pavement and led tho |
way out OF the chapel to room where thc
:eSlsIer IS kept and the names were dulv
inscribed. Then congratulations wore in |
orocr, ana nearly everyone kissed the bride |
nrst on one check and then on the other I |
shook hands with the bride but did not lzise
her' L never care to kiss another n,on,e
"lIe Whcn he IS standing by looking at mo |
oeslues' as a native Of North Carolina |
onoo remarked to me: 81 never did believe |
III thls here promiscuOus kissin'n Thcro
were number of poor old women watch |
ing the ceremony in the church with proat |
!hterest, and when the bridal party stcpDcd |
into thclr carriages several women with
papleS III Their arms, offered flowers for
sale' Alter the bride and groom had left 7
returned to the interior Of the church IN
nave look at it, and discovered two other
weddings III progress in different cIapcIs
one party were attircd exactly like those 7
nave just described, bridesmaids and all |
"hlle the other bride was in a dark dress
With short lace vcll, and her bridesmaid
wore bonnet and brown dress
This bride looked past thirty, while tbo
groom had evidently not had the hair ON ton |
OF MS mead cut for some time, for the reason
that thero was none there. When returned |
10 the hotel, about four in the afternoon.
walked into the dining room for q glass of
water and found our wedding party seated |
around the tablo with look of cxpcctation,
Wmlo the stout French landlady was
bustlng about with the keys of the side
board felt that this was no time to drinl,
water, so beat haSty retreat, lust catching
ID BnmpSo OF the blue bridesmaid as wont |
out l have noticed several marriage nd
vertsements i'll the papers here. One reads.
" Rare opportunity; pretty orphan, TWENTY
one years, 100000 francs" Another: Great
cholco OF misses, and widow of forty, with |
francs"
PRESIDENTIAL POETRY.
What Mr.. CIoveIaud NVrnt, T.,