Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-04-20
A FRIENDS WEDDING.

FRIENDS WEDDING.
A short time ago l had the pleasure Of
visiting Friends wedding in the old
meeting house in Philadelphia. To one
where such affairs are not common ii was in
deed novelty. Upon entering the meet
ing house the extreme plainness of all
surroundings attracts the eye of the
stranger. Directly in front and facing the
entrance are three rows of upholstered
benches. There is a gallery extending
around three sides of the building and
containing several rows of benches, each
one being much higher than the preced-
ing one. The massive pulpit, the custom
ary church organ, the handsome windows
of cathedral glass, all these are absent,
and their absence tends to give the place
tone foreign to that of the majority Of
religious edifces of to-day. After taking
our seats, and before the wedding party
arrives, we have an opportunity to observe
our surroundings and the guests who have
assembled to witness the ceremony. 1t is
evident that the female portion of a
Friends congregation do not come together
to exhibit any new style of spring millin-
cry, as their sisters in other denominations
are often charged with doing.
Suddenly the murmur of voices ceases.
and without any pomp or being heralded
by the swelling sounds of some famous
wedding march, the bride and groom, pre-
ceded by the ushers and followed by the
bridesmaids and their escorts, come slowly
up the aisle and take their places in the
center of the front row of seats, facing the
friends who have come to witness the GER
emony. In the second row OF seats, and
directly behind the bride and groom, are
seated the nearest relatives of the contract.
ing parties. All is profound silence for a
short time, then the bride and groom rise
simultaneously and clasp their right hands
and the groom says, SIN the presence OF
the Lord and these, our friends, 1 take
thee, -, to be my wife, prom
Using, with Divine assistance, to be unto
thee faithful and loving husband until
death shall separate u.s." As soon as he
has finished the bride says, in substance,
the same thing, after which they resume
their seats. A table is then brought in
and placed before them by the ushers,
on which the marriage certificate is
signed. The certificate is then handed
back to the nearest relative of the bride
and the table removed. 1t is necessary
that the certificate be signed by the
bridesmaids and groomsmen also. After
short period of silence the person hold
ing the document arises and reads il
aloud. After this reading it is often GUS
tomary to have sermon preached by
some prominent person.
Another period of silence follows, and il
broken by one of the relatives rising and
asking that the guests remain seated while
the bridal party passes out, which is a
signal for them to do So The entire cere-
mony takes less than half an hour, and the
strange solemnity of it ALL together with
the absence of the clergyman, gives ii
rather singular appearance.
WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO.
She can come to conclusion without
the slightest reasoning on it, a thing which
no sane man can ever do.
Six of them can talk at the same time
and get along first rate, and no two men
can do that.
She can safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he is getting one under his
thumb.
She is as cool as cucumber under hall
a dozen tight dresses and skirts, while a
man will sweat and fume and gfowl in one
loose shirt.
She can talk as sweet as peaches and
cream with the woman she hates, while
two men will be punching each others
heads before they have exchanged ten
words.
She can throw stone with curve that
would be fortune to baseball player.
She canVay "no" in such low voice
that it means Eyes"
She can sharpen a lead pencil, if you
give her plenty of time and plenty OF
pencils.
She can appreciate kiss from her hus-
band seventy-fye years after the wedding
ceremony has been performed
She can walk half the night with cry.
ing baby in her arms without once ex.
pressing the desire that the child were mur-
dered.
She can-but what's the use? A
woman can do anything or everything
and do it well.
She can do more in minute than a
man can do in an hour, and do it we'll.
FEW HINTS ON seTP.
Soup should form part OF every dinner
table, and, if carefully made, will cost
nothing-or but a trife. The water in
which beans cauliflower, onions or celery
are boiled should always be kept to make
the foundation for pourees and soups
Every kind of liquid which has extracted
the flavor of vegetables or animal matter
is too valuable to waste. They may be
thickened and favored for dinner soups
For example, when rice or beans are boiled
for dinner, brown two ounces of butter
add two tablespoonfuls of flower, brown
again and add the strained rice or bean
water Zone quartz, stir constantly until il
boils, season with salt and pepper, take
from the fire and stir in hastily we'll.
beaten egg. Or, suppose there is a cup oi
mashed potatoes or a turnip or very lit
tie chicken left over, rub them through a
pouree sieve, blend with milk or stock, OF
both, thicken with tutter and -four and
season with bay leaf, salt, pepper and a
little onion juice. A quart and pint
will serve six persons when soup is only a
part of the meal.
Meat soups, such as bouillon and con-
somme, are too expensive for ordinary
family use, but all white or cream soups
can appear on the list. Cream Of fish,
caulifoEer, rice, tomato, dried pea, clam,
carrot, lentil, ETC., are also good. Take
the bones left from roasts and steaks, cover
them with cold water, add an onion sliced
and a bay leaf and simmer for one or two
hours, strain, season and then add the
beaten volks OF two eggs, and you will
have simple and inexpensive Turkish
soup. All of these soups should be made
o. . cost Of from ) to u cents per dinner.