The morning news., 1889-05-08
WEDDING TRIPS.
,nIv a Dangerous lustom Which
Endan9ers Married Happiness.

The origin Of the wedding trip is entirely
,,,t,own. AS to it we can only he sure of
one thing-the wedding trip originated
.,,ong civilized or semi-civilized nations,
md not among ba barianS.
custom now requires that a newly mar
.;ad nair should fly from their friends and
seak the seclusion # a cot age ty the sea,
:. tbe more acute loneliness of a hotel
.rowded with strar gers. Exceptiol is
eoneti1ues made in behalf of a husband
and wife who are advanced in years,
or who by slong-continred habit rave be-
oo,,e accustomed to undergoing marriage,
md Io,s upon TAX ng r the third or four b
fine the vows of matrimony, with the in
difarepcs with wh'el veteran traveler,
,anded in New York. swe1rs his way
through the custom'ho 'se. Eut to you G
nsar,le no social mercy is shown. They
I1n,,st undergo their wedding trip, no mat er
how much or how justly they ay dread it,
Our barharous a cestors regarded mar
wage as a - effair either of bargain and sale,
nr IF robbery. In neither case did the sue
cassful husband feel called upon to hide
himself Having bought an eligible wife,
nr having picked up cheap wife at bar
roin he no more tn ught Of carrying her
Eff 10 some secluded place and concealing
himself ard his purchase for a month. than
the fortunate buyer of Fl e pic ure or a
good table bought for song at al auction,
thinks of hiding the evidence of his good
fortune and discernment Neither did the
cave dweller. who probably knocked down
his beloved object with a club, and throw
ing her over his shoulder carried her to his
nrivate cave think of flying with her to
some large and fashionable seaside cave
and spepding three or four weeks with her
in tbe darkness Of the stuffy aud stalagmte
strev Lridal ch mber. On the contrary,
he was proud of his proves, and on the
morning af er his marriage exhibited his
new wife with her head covered with stick
ing plaster, and casually remarked to his
friends that altbouEh he had ma -ried e
large nrnbe of wives, this particular one
had the thickest skull he had ever cracked.
Such is to this very day the custom in t q
hest circles of native Australian so iety,
and scientific pars ms are of the OBI ion
that the Australians are the oldest race now
on the planet.
Couceding, then, that the wedding trip
has not come d wn to US from primitive
and savage man, it mus have reen the il
ve1tion Of comparati sely civilized people.
What could have been the mo i've hich
gave birth TO such custom2 The answer
must be sought by conjecture, but in this
case conjecture may prove to be trust
WORTH guide.
Clearly the inventors of the wedding trip
we're not human and sympathetic race.
There is nroDably no lime in the life of a
man IT woman when ha.or she has greater
reed of human sympatlv ard eucoura re-
mont than during the first few week of
married life. Ard yet this is the very time
when modern custom has Gecreed their
isdation- They are not merely thrust out
# each Of the sYmpathy f their friends,
lu, they are practically forbidden to max
uew friends during toe honeymoon. No
notFy made hus AID da es to say: "My
taGT. | have met some very go fellows at
tis hotel, and we're going to have little
Came of whist in the smoking room To-
i iahts and where Is the receu bride VIII
9dd venture to spend TIE eve ing in Mrs.
s. and Sos room, and leave the groom
soDe for ali hour or two, NJ! he pair
must oe confined exclusively in the socie;v
uI ch ot Or VI lie the welding trip lasts,
~ matter NV they tnay long for the ca p
4 a friendly hand, or a word of kindness
a7d encoGTag ement.
1tns-wa sea That the people who Invented
ne wefdmg trip We're not sympath hotic
sIace Bevens doGht tia wer5 D ac.lcal
Tesige vttao sri2ad the useful above the
Mela4Ei. T4evi fictod we iding trips upo
newly CARRIED people becau they Judged
TL:st for ;he interests Of tn com nu atty
Noa. those sensible and disag eeable
pa'9le may have had ei her one or two
o iecJs IL view when they established the
ordeal oy wedding trip. Perhaps they re-
garded II a the swi inner regards lie head
long piuug7 into cold wa er, as the quickest
way + !. acc st "a oneself TO an inevitable
e1if Thsy may have reasoned that as man
ard wife are 20 make the experiment OF
living tOyet e. during the lifetime Of one
Or the other, the soo-er aal the more thor
oughiy they Try it tie better. 7 ere is
osftally good deal Of force in
D.. t1s j r asoniug, but it proceeds
upcn tfe assumpt on thsS marrisgs
vas at-the period in question indissolubia,
whereas we know that as a rule indiss Jluile
ua7I iace exists only in the highest state OF
cl7ll2!uo7, and is comparatively Q modern
llea. IL all probability such facilities for
divorce existed among the p ople who
originated tie custon of wedding trips.
II such were tie case, the wedding trip
VS. beyond doubt designed as test Of the
fitness OF the bide and groom for a more
ltolo ged exrorience OF married life.
buble-s the father IF the bride said t. his
daughter, Marry this man if You wish,
al away rith him for month where
You sill have nothing to distract your
lnild from bin. II az the end OF hat time
Nou can stiil dure HIM. we will get an
oTaer from the supreme court making your
marriage permanent With this under
ST., dl : TIE young people started on their
"eiullE trlo, aNd though wa have aHS0lut-
ely no statistics on this subject, there can
he huJ little doubt that cccaslo ally the
result was a so-called permanent marri-
age
lhi' conjecture satisfactorily explains the
origin ot ,ne wedding trip, but only en-
ndSiles the folly of the survival of a cu'-
t9iA now become meaningless. We may
al Nlie ooldness, but Voluntarily to incur
gn'ece sary danger is not toldnesS but fool
harclaess. Mar iage reasonably begun is
mueh more hkelJ t. succeed IAN is mar
rage begun with a wedding trip, and how
ever much we may wonder at the reckless
les' Of tie husband who takes his bride
rpm Tue church t. the ocean steamer, We
odnoot re- .pect e intelligence of the pair
"4o prefer TO begin tJeir married life
YIN mutual seaSckpess, and the mutual
ie'e.atlon OF the disagree able characters
t,cS tIat seasickness, enuui. aud absence of
lsnds are sure 10 reveal.
says Mohawk correspondent of the Utica
ed'd. Thomas Cunningham of this place,
VINO IS corresponding member OF the Numts-
mate and Archaeological Society of New York
i'ssS sses among hls many other "curos" a
2up.s te HE OF Phinney's almanac from 1908
~ 1850 inclusive, the publication II which was
eeop Cd 10 1887. In looking over ID N one is
SS ruGN oy the variety of dates on which Easter
Luuay occurs, every day of the month of
NJ oelng represented except the last hve
10 iaIuugholt the file il occurs flvetines on April
-, - snu i've times on AprIl 10: four times on each
- HkIh l, = III aud l2. and four tlBies on March
% euree times on April 4, 5, G. Z s. TO- i2, IA and
- ahl Marcn 2, and Is; April 25 1856 being
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