Mohave County miner., 1889-07-13
THERE'S NO USE TRYING.
ried Couples Can't Conceal ThsIr HsD
piness frOm tho EMvious World.


Its . Pullman porter. who Ii talk
ing to an attentive scribe.
Hardly week goes BY" says the
porter. "that ! don't see . bridal cou.
pie just starting out on their honey
moon. don't exactly know how !
can tell them. but they are as plainly
marked to my eyes as II they had the
words bride aud groom stamped 10
big letters on their foreheads. There
10 something about them that gives the
whole situation sway--a kind OF .
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. air. OF
course, l have made q mistake now
and then. but il 10 seldom ] do, and
I've often found out. after changing
my mind two or three times. that was
right after oil, though certain appear
ances were against it. We generally
have test which never fails. and
when doubtful party comes along we
spring it on them, just to be sure, you
know.
"Whats the testl Well, l tell you.
Not many weeks ago a couple got into
my car and sat down quietly In their
armchairs as II they had been used to
1t all their lives. These didn't seem TO
have the bride and groom air about
them at all. and from external appear.
ances they might have been brother
and sister or married for years, but
still there was something there that
made me suspicious. 30 when I saw
them together went to the news COM
pany's boy and says: Bill, here's .
doubtful party; get out the sample
copies
so Bill got his tests and started
through the csr. He handed books TO
everybody, and when he came to tho
suspected party he took out of his pile
two little books and said. 90 nearly
everybody could hear him: Useful
books, sir; hints on housekeeping and
hints to newly married people. Only
rs cents
THAT did it. The girl got as red as
. rose and the man blushed and said .
weak sort of 'N-n-n-no.' Then they
looked ut each other and sort of snick-
cred, and caught him full in the eye
and smiled sweet smile. giving him .
respectful wink at the same time. 1t
was oil settled in . minute, and there
WAS no doubt about it Well, he took
it good naturedly. and asked me after.
ward how in the world he had given
himself away-he couldn't imagine.
l made believe we could always tell,
and talked 80 nicely he gave me dol
lar when got through.
"There are plenty Of other givea-
ways by which l can spot bride aud
groom, and they are as safe generally
as the test One day couple came in
the car-which. by the way, was jam
ful--and the moment they entered it
was plain as day that they were newly
welded. passed by them once or
twice, and then went into my closet
and got the dustpan and brush. l
walked right up to where the bride
was sitting and busted up painful of
rice that lay on the floor around her In
a complete circle. Well, IL the people
in that car didn't laugh, I'm another.
1.-The custom OF throwing rice after
. bridal couple always maks it un-
pleasant for the party, as lots Of rice 10
almost sure to stick TO their clothes,
hats. and in their hair. About the
funniest thing ever saw was that
which happened in my car just Two or
three weeks ago. A couple came in,
and the test revealed to me that they
were bride and groom. They didn't
seem to take kindly TO II, however. and
we couldn't get any satisfaction out of
them at all. BY and by the man said
to his wife: Seems to me this umbrella
10 not rolled up very nice
Then he carefully unrolled it, aud.
being! out came three or four pocket
fuls OF rice all over the seats and floor.
Their friends mad rolled up a lot inside
the folds of the umbrella, and, next to
the young man ! heard tell about who,
when he went to sign his name in .
hotel register, dropped lot of rice on
the book when lie toOOk of his hat. it
was the most binding thing | ever
knew. PhiLndeiphia Record.