The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-31

| ed. We never fail TO spot them on their
| wedding trips; they are as plainly newly
married as if they had the fresh, crisp GER
! tifcate pinned on their collars. They re-
turn from the wedding journey most
barbarous custom, by the way-and then
they drop out of sight as completely as il
the earth had swallowed them up. had
dim, underlined notion that they suddenly
, burst into the state of ordinary, common
place matrimony; that all the little out
| ward signs which NIX the young mar
ried couple during the honeymoon were
dropped, and that to the casual observer
they became as common mortals. But
such is not the case l have made dis
covery.
A young friend of mine recently leased
g fiat in the upper part of this big city, on
the corner of Tenth avenue and Harlem or
| thereabouts After the struggle of NOV
ing had been gone through with his wife
took week for rest and recuperation at
her mothers, and he persuaded me TO re-
main the week with him, to alleviate his
loneliness, as It were l had noticed that
the section of the city IN which his fat was
located was composed almost entirely of
great fat buildings and tiny brick houses,
all built in the latest style of architecture.
thought nothing Of it until the first even
ing as got of of the elevated train at his
station. Then l casually remarked that
there seemed to be an unusual number OF
young men getting off at the same place.
The most Of them scanned eager, and were
evidently looking for some one. Half way
down the stairs the youth just in front Of
me was met by good looking young wo-
man.
An expression of ineffable bliss DER
spread the features Of both, and oblivious
Of the fact that they were blocking the
way for some thirty or forty passengers,
they kissed with much apparent satisfac-
ton. AT the foot of the stairs two other
young men we're met by two other young
women, and they went through with sim
liar performances. AS we passed the first
grocery two young women, who had evil
IDENTIFY been on the watch, darted out and
paired of with two young men who had,
down to that moment, wornthe expectant,
eager air of a man who is hunting for a
lost dog.
And so 1t kept up. We had quite pro-
cession of palpsbiy recently married
people before we reSched the first corner.
There is an atmosphere about recently
married people winch can never De mis-
taken. They venture to exhibit little
marks of affection with shamefaCed,
yet defiant air, which seems to say, I'VE
know we are making pair Of fools OF
ourselves before an unsympathetic public,
but we have perfect right to do so if we
are so disposed"
l Wa. attacked with an almost uncon-
trollable desire to laugh, and was only re-
strained by the knowledge that il would
be impolite to do 80, and that a. several OF
the young husbands were larger than am
they might punch my head My gravity
upset, however, when l turned the corner.
On the steps of one Of the brick cottages
stood group to which neither the artists
pencil nor the writer's pen could DO full
justice. The young wife, an attractive look
Ing young woman Of . or 3S, a-rayed in
the white gown with PINK ribbons affected
by young wives; the family pride, N the
shape OF chunk Of younGster about 3 or
years old, holding tightly to his mothers
skirt, and the most hideOusly ugly bull
pup I ever laid eyes on. The trio were
gazing up the street in eager expectancy.
Suddenly there ives shrek from the
infant, yelp from the bull pup and an in
articulate little gurgle from the young
wife. The bull pup and youngSter came
down the steps a. IL propelled from cAta>