Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-09-27
THE NEWLY wen.


A PuIimsn Porter Tells New n. spsss
Them -Evils Of the Rice Habit
IL is n Pullman porter. who Ia talking
20 an attentive scribe
Hardly week goes by says the
porter, THAT don't see bridal couple
Just starting out on their honeymoon.
don't exactly know how can tell them,
but they are as plainly marked 20 my
eyes as II they had the words bride and
groom stamped In big letters on their
foreheada There 10 something about
them that gives the whole situation
away; q kind Of a cling-right-next-to-me-
darling air. OF course, have made
mistake now and then. but II Is very sell
dom do. and I've often found out, after
changing my mind two or three times,
that | was right after all, though certain
appearances were against IL We gen.
orally have test which never fails, and
when doubtful party comes along we
spring It on them. just to be sure. you
know.
Whats the test7 Wen, III tell you
Not many weeks ago a couple got into
my car and sat down very quietly In
their arm chairs as II they had been used
20 II all their lives. These didn't seem to
have the bride and groom air about them
at all, and from external appearances
they might have been brother and sister
or married for years. but still there
was something there that made me
suspicious, so when saw them together
went to the news company's boy and
says; Bill, here's doubtful party; get
out the sample copies
$50 Bill got his tests and started
through the car. He handed books 70
everybody, and when he came to the sus-
pected party he took out Of his pile two
little books, and said, 80 nearly every
body could hear him; Very useful books.
SIR; hints ON housekeeping and hints to
newly married people. Only IS cents.
"That did Ii. The girl got as red as q
rose and tho man blushed and said q
weak sort OF 'N-n-n-no.' Then they
looked at each other and sort of snick-
cred. and I caught him full in the eyes
and smiled sweet smile. giving him q
respectful wink at the same time. 1t
was all settled In minute. and there
was no doubt about IL Well. he took 1t
very good naturedly. and asked me after
ward how in the world he had given
himself away--he couldn't imagine. l
believe we could always tell, and talked
20 nicely he gave me dollar when got
through with him.
"There are plenty of other giveaways
by which can spot bride and groom,
and they are safe generally as the test.
One day Q couple came in the car
which. by the way was jam fuII-and
the moment they entered 1t was plain rs
day that they were newly welded.
passed by them once or twice. and then
went in my closet and got the dust pan
and brush walked right up to where
the bride was sitting and busted up q
painful of rice that lay on the floor
around her In a complete circle. Well,
II the people in that car didn't laugh. I'm
another.
'The custom of throwing rice after q
bridal couple always makes 1t unpleasant
for tho party, as lots of rice Is almost
sure TO stick to their clothes. hats and In
their hair. About the funniest rics
thing ever saw was that which hap
pened in my car just two or three week.
ago. A couple came in. and the test re
vealed to me that they were bride and
groom. They didn't seem to take kindly
70 IL, however. and we couldn't get an,
satisfaction out of them at all. BY ant
by the man said to his wife: Seems Il
me this umbrella is not rolled up yer,
nice"
Then he carefully unrolled 1t. and
bezingi out came three or four pocket
fuls OF rice all over the seats and floor
Their friends had rolled up lot insid'
the folds of the umbrella, and, next :,
the young man | heard tell about who
when he went to sign his name In
hotel register, dropped a lot of rice OIL
the book when he took off his hat, II wa
the most binding thing | ever knew
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