The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1888-05-17
WEDDINGS IN PARIS.
The Great Resort for Parties Of tho
Middle Classes.
Bride and Groom Go Hand-in-Hand to
Church, Their Friends Grouped
Around Them-Description of
% Double Marriage.

Church, Their EriouuS GrOupou
Around dThem-Description OF
Double Marriage.
The Bois dc Vinconncs is q great resort
for wedding parties among the middle class,
as there is n restaurant there where theycan
dance and have an entertainment, writes q
Paris correspondent to the Baltimor5 Sun
We saw two parties on u previous visit. In
one instance the bride and groom Ware walk
ing hand-in-hand, with group G friends
around them, and boy was playing fiddle
The other party were playing SINE sort of
game chasing each other i'll acrclc. Both
brides were dressed in white, With nothing
on their heads but orange blossoms, though
the weather was quite cold | attended tho
wedding of my French ladlady's nephew
on Saturday last. He is every ncc-lOOking
young man with very litts TO say, especially
if you do not speak Fcnch. Each of the
guests of the hotel ws furnished with an
invitation nearly as lrgo as sheet of FOOLS
cap, in an envclOpeo suit.
There was Il mdogram of the initials of
the bride and groin at the top of the Daper.
and on one pagca request from the father
and mother othc bride that YOU would
honor them vii your company at the mar
rage Of theiraughtcr, while the opposijo
page containI n similar invitation from our
landlady \ya respect to her nephew. At
the bottoIrf the sheet there was a state
mcnt to r. effect that the wedding would
take ID G at midday precisely in the Church
of Sthcrri, in the Rue st. Martin. 1t was
a t, minutes GftCr twelve when | arrived
ate church, and tho wedding was in
proess. 1t is not fashionable to be late at
a weGnG in Paris, as it Is with us in Balti-
more. che Church of St. Mcrri, formerly
st. MerIc, is a Gothic structure, with a
bcautif portal in the Flambovamt school,
The plnln Catholic churches of Paris
arc all l'lI on TIC same general principles
There j. hl8h Naultcd roof over tho main
buildinG'upportcd by several rows of col.
umnS. hlnu theSc columns or pillars arc
rCcCSscs)ullt IN the side of the church,
which Il known as chapCls. There arc
usually hllhgS on the walls of the chap
els, auIneS arc furnished with altars and
candles. fhe pulpit is commonly in the
middle INC church and the organ over the
entrant 1hcfc arc no pcWS, chairs talk
ing thci larrS. found the wedding party
in one the chapclS. The bride was
dressed white satin, with Il long whito
vol, WIZ the groom woro Il dress suit.
They we seated in chairs near the altar,
and ll"ld them was Il bridesmaid dressed
in n sbIrL blue dress and Il dark rcd hat.
Tho SfOom$lnan was dressed like the
groom. Cur Eindlady was there, dressed
yorv al, gantIy Ill black silk, and there Wcrc
some thfIy or 1olty relations and people
rom th hotcl III attendance. A priest, in
White s tlln SurpHcc, embroidered with gold,
nd an quar- boy III red, with white Surplcc,
Tcro p pFIormlng the ceremony. A largo
IAN in ;Ncockcd hat, with silver lace, and "a
inform Rlmllar to that worn by our police
'as staNqing in the aisle holding baton
nth "A silver knob thn -,
was tod he was Il bcadlc.
After awhile he went away and was s,lc-
eeded by smaller man with large silver
nam found his neck. When tho bride
rose from her knees the bcadle would care
ully arrange her veil on Il chair behind her
Kept vacant for that purpose. All at once
he brld 3Smad left her seat, and nccom-
janled by the grOomSman walked about
among the people taking up Il collection in a
Duo bag she held i'll her hand. After she
returned TO her seat the deputy bcadle
'Iruck MS cane on the pavement and led the
way out OF the chapel to u room where the
register Is kept and the names were duly
inscribed. Then congratulations were in
order, and nearly everyone kissed the bride
nrst on one check and then on the other |
shook hands with the bride but did not kiss
her. L never care to kiss another mans
Wl1e Wncn he Is standing by looking at me.
BESIDES, as native of North Carolina
once remarked to me: Il never did believe
In thls here prOniscuous kiSsin'" There
Werc a number of poor old women watch
ing inc ceremony IN the church with great
interest, and when the bridal party stcppcd
lnto their carriages several women, with
D&Dles III their arms, offered flowers for
sale. After the bride and groom had left 7
returned to the interior Of the church to
nave look at 1t, and discovered two othor
WeddlngS III progress in different chaDclS
one party were attirCd exactly like those /
have just described, bridesmaids and ALL
while the other bride was in Il dark dress
with short lace Vcll and her bridesmaid
wore bonnet and brown dress.
This bride looked past thirty, Willie tho
groom had evidently not had the hair on ton
u ms mead cut for some time for the reason
mat there was none there. When returned
% the hotel, about four in the afternoon, [
walked into the dining-rO for a glass of
water and found our wedding party seated
around the tablO with look of expectation,
Vhilo the stout French landady was
)ustllng about with the keys of the side
board. felt that this was no time TO drink
water so beat hasty retreat. lust catching
glimpse of tho blue bridesmaid as | went
'ut. l have noticed several marriage nd
1ertlsemcnts i'll the papers here. One reads:
= hafo opportunity; pretty orphan, twenty
'ne years, 100000 frmCs.n Another: Great
'holce OF misses, and Il widow of forty, with
100000 francs"