The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-10
rTIDREDS OF BRIDES.
z,veroN TIE CITY OF woR-
s AoI-- roR MARRIED LOVERS.

sHIP FOR MARRIED LOVERS
vbv Thsy Are Detected
gov - Fxceediugly Interesting Sta
SOIL ABOUT Recently Welded
t-s'ics ond Facts About Their
COUP COUP while Out Sightseeing
A'.'o--o T., the Philadelphia Inquirer
LS'., ,xeroy. Aug. 5.-"From here
WASH sn- Won fifteen brides clustered
csn CO. e.tv square feet of space" quoth an
T ali,i Guide chi with a laugh addressing
lll.-' up IN the capitol one morning 'niS
's 5.In7aad, Show them to me-
ll- ,,i5s in answer, pointed with his
Inc So one by one singled that number
a. TONED out of crowd OF young iad'es
uS1. -a1tlsmen scattered through spacious
$40 l-Jared chamber. The stranger
s'a.l9-oo r,,,da the latter uniformed in blue
'nl ~ his professional badge, stood in
anu "" corridor leading ;nt) Statuary
n The guide was taking breathing
n- .n 10 himself, while his competitors IN
spsH scooped in the floating trade OF the
Ou'-- ST The stranger scanned the crowd
curiously. .;oh+ Thar
81 An AL al 10 X like brides and grooms."
DO rgaH! ''o.itiyelv are brides and grooms,"
lnsl tba guide; Il know it. And | can
declAi Vb may, and more, at almost any
cou.-' of any day in the year. Yes" he
ojGai ANY day in the year.
aluoL On in GOOD sooth, he might, for
,-a ~ certainly is a wonderful place
-" ~ 'ss-somehow the grooms are less
~ l!..Is-io, and are lost sight of i'll contem-
lI,yy7iS, nf tina brides--a veritable city of
tl,'.ina+joa and worship for married lovers,
N ms. i,C I1~nsaIam and Mecca and Rome for
taItbfnl devotees in the religious pilgrim
8 a~,s of wore. And 50 long as 1t continues
- he the capital of the nation, with Its
manifold treasures and wonders, It's Deautl-
fnl streets and broad avenues, 1t VIII still
remain the chief objective point of our
H lsnl for the married and gwen IN marriage
t1a civ above all others which each of
onr "A O0O. 900 OF people naturally desires o
s5s ami visit at least once in a lifetime, and
particularly in the dewy springtime of
youth.
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS.
At the hight Of the season. say from
ADril to July and from September to De-
cenber, the principal hotels here are usually
fall Of wedding couples, and 1t i asserted
that at the Arlington, the Ebbitt, Wizards,
and even the National, fully 30 per cent. of
oil the guests all the year round are brides
and gro5ms OF course, the number fluctu-
ates considerably with the season, but still
steady average is maintained. Between
$1,000 and 10000 is not too high an eSti-
mate, it is said, To place on the actual
number of brides who arrive here. 1t is
common thiug in the dining halls of these
hotels to count two dozen pair sitting at a
tableat once, and favOrite pastime among
the head waters is the calculation of the
number of brides each day. The places of
interest TO bridal couples are so numerous
that they have opportunity to distribute
themselves all over the city, and thus to
some extent escape too marked observation.
They are to be seen in shoals in the Cor
coran art gallery, and assemble in great
numbers at tue Washington monument aud
burden the big elevator there. they throng
the Smithsonian Institution and the Ma
tional Museum and block up the already
Instructed aiSles and passageways in thu
patent Office. They stroll in wonderment
and admiration through the dingy corri-
doris Of the ire lsurv; they overrun the east
white house grounds; they invade the state,
war and navy building, and wander for
hours through .the capitol, observed, as
much as their mutual tenderness and at
taclment will permit, in viewing its stores
Of interesting objects.
But OF ali the places in the capitol, Stat
uary nall is the most popular and gathers
in its precincts the largest collectiol of
brides at any one time. 1t seems to possess
more fascination than even the rotunda, on
the great white dome overhead. or the
cnamher Of the House Of Representatives or
That OF the Senate. Its busts aud marble
hgureS OF American statesmen and war
rlorS, Its quaint and curious pillows of
granite, lis marvellous echoes and "bride-
stones tiles IN the pavement en- which
queer echoes can be heard to the best ad-
Vautage-au these seem to constitute
greater attractions than are to be found else
where IN that glorious and venerable struc-
ture
STUDYING BRIDE MANNERS
lhere too, perhaps the distinctive 'sbride
tlanhers' can be studied to better purpose
tAan at any other point. Standing there
que can observe brides of all Imaginable
varieties, compilations, and conditions. as
Vne ever ubiquitous guides marshal them
anu Iueir nus ands along i'll never-endinp
a a.! eFeF-Varylng procession. Sweet faces
uih nSures. beautiful manners, or other
VS. representatives. of I'll the varied
o,l Gus auu types of American social life.
rpp5dr mere tor few moments and Thea
i+ 'rIie'I as they came. Pure glauces of spir-
!Iual eyes, beaming with the LIGHT of
Joyous and fortunate love md TIou,;n,r
orDS OF less refinement and of eIondia,.
tNy' puU ali trustful and confidinp bannv
a a'r triumphant, are there to be Seen Nv
-, - GUS, week after week. Cheeks lilv
da ,,j.o VI peacAy, and tresses golden. or Of
- nv. 4uSUer: shine there upon the spec
IT, tn au instant and are seen no more
in ,1 . oHe can entertain himself by the hour
,mo;qfoCnlhg the baShful little tricks and
~ OF shynesS which are ALWAYS
Tbarl Using and Yet so touching to behold
IN; ,neie e Coo one can dist guish in the NOV.
o., rama scores of the inevitable voune,
ti,aeI7 VINO strive to appear like staid old
sairas duu VINO invariably deceive them
ing IL, t |itn tne idea that they are succeed
~. vneIr attempted disguise.
ali ~ naAe no mistake, all the brides and
Tha of SlooIhS can be- infallibly spotted. y
course Ia GUIDE and the hotel clerk. of
sort Of "noSe business it is to know what
expert n p0 3l .ney meet, have become SO
crowd of orhar - 'ludt parties amid a
at a II o M oener visitors that they are never
other rea iisllI loss where to place them but
ially the St trai Oh washington, and espec-
car;, 'He trained clerks and attaches in tba
With tb DuAitulnE, have got SO familiarjzed
and tSa o!ia9I look, the bridal step
knew ~ tbo, bridal conversation that they
out wS tneln unerriagly, and can point them
evida @ueneVer they see them. Certain IittIa
nets smd Oh newness in shoes. dress han
sugpes+ i general appearance; certain littia
ness -@ of OF consciousness and stiff
wound manner; the pearl colored veil
psio ar around the pretty hat; the tail.toIa