The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-05
THE PLACE FOR BRIDES.
TIE CAPITAL VERY POPULAR FOR
RONEYMOONs.


cssl Their Identity-Their Ways on
the Street and at the Hotel-Quist
Honeymoons in ths Country.
From, tie Washington Star.
| A bride. There's a world Of meaning
compressed within this word. 1t means
the possession OF more clothes than she
] ever had before. 1t means the elimination
Of an excitement and q social distinction
such as she never had before. 1t means the
absolute, exclusive possession ot-a man.
Having got him, what will she do with
hint The novelty of possessing him is
strange. She likes TO walk the street with
him and to go shopping with him, she likes
! TO feel that she has-got himl AS for the
street walking, a newly-married couple on
their wedding tour usually walk fourteen
or fifteen miles day at least. Even if it
rains they hoist an umbrella and 90 out TO
walk. They Ike to see the other people.
| they like to think how much happier they
are than any other two people in all the
world.
STRANGE DELUsIoN.
IL Is such a pleasure to them. too, to know
that not a single person that is met suspects
that they are newly married. Now, what
a strange delusion this is, yet nearly all
brides and grooms have it. Each bridal
| couple when it arrives in Washington IS
thoroughly convinced that it keeps its
| precious secret so close that the most dis
corning eyes cannot discover it. AS they
step out OF the depot the very bootblacks
| grin at one another. The hackmen shout
out: Hack hack This way Take you
up in nice coupel" and know they are bid
ding for bridal fare and can charge what
| En ha oil a,
look unco 3cerned as the groom signs the
register and hen calls the waiter and orders
him to show the bridal chambers The
walters rush to serve them at their meals
knowing the value of a groom's extravagant
tips. 1he chambermaids in the hotel pals
stop in their sweeping and giggle as they
pass. II takes the cleverest imp stors to
conceal their identity as bride and groom
from stupid, careless men, but from the
sharp eyes of women concealment is i'm
| possible
THEY COULDN'T CONCEAL IT.
1t happened last week that the writer was
! waiting for his train at the depot aad near
him there was a young man and a fresh
| looking pretty g,rl. they sat little apart
and they were clothed IN the quietest OF
| garments. There was nothing spick-and-
span in their appearance To an ordinary
male observer they were like distant cousins
| thoroughly used to each others society and
rather bored. Yet every woman in the
depot looked at them Q lriously and smiled,
| and several who passed near were heard to
| say: Look at that bride and groomr How
on earth did they knowl But they were
right for presently, as the couple passed
| through the gates, the girl touched the mans
| arm lightly and he turned and looked down
at her with such look of tenderness as was
| an unmistakable confession even to the stu
| ptdest man observer.
WASHINGTON THE SCENE OF MANY HONEY
MOONS.
OF all places on earth Washington is the
favorite resort for brides aud groomA
| When two Washingtonians get married
| they go away, OF course, to pass the honey
moon, and some 60 to one place aud others
to another. But large percentage Of the
people who get married in other cities make
the capital the scene of their honeymoon,
| and as the whole country is bigger than
| Washington it stands to reason that our city
receives more bridal couples than it sends
away and receives more than any other
city Of equal size.
IN THE WINTER,
when congress is in session, they come in
| tiocks. You may see them exploring the
capitol and entering the galleries of con-
| gress. What do they care about protection
and free trade. or force bills, or free silver
coinagel They pretend to listen, but they
| are thinking of nothing but of themselves
| and of each other. They are plentiful in the
| fall of the year, too, and they are even
numerous in summer. but in the spring is
| when they are az thick as the buds upon the
| trees Look out for them, for in the next
| fortnight they will swoop down upon the
city from every section Of the broad United
States.
MARRIAGE NOT FAILURE,
Who ever asked IL marriage was fail
ure2 Two years ago the assemblage that
failed to discuss tnis question was unique.
Then it was the standing topic of CONVERSE
ton. Nobody seemed able to come to a
| conclusion. Some cynics pretended to fol-
low Schoppenhauer and thought marriage
should cease and the human race be permit
ted to die out. Others Landed Plato and be-
lieved only in friendship. Others distorted
the doctr ne that man should be an end
unto himself" into advice that men should
live selfishly by themselves. We don't hear
much of these cynics and philosophers now.
| Some of them are married and some are
| ashamed to speak, for If ever any institution
had boom the institution Of marriage has
had one during the past twelve months.
Spinsters and bachelors seem to have agreed
to stop theorizing and begin experimenting.
The world pelts them with rice, throws old
slippers after them, and wishes them good
luck, for, after all, they are only doing
what their fathers and mothers did before
them. eos st
EASTER WEDDINGS.
Tomorrow is Easter-Or, as the purists
would have it, tomorrow will be Easter-
and weddings will follow one another in
rapid succession. Grand weddings seldom
occur in Lent, but it is a busy time for
| courtshiDs. There is no canon of the church
against making love at any season, and
| there is no time of the year when it eau be
SO conveniently done as during the pious
| forty days that end to-day. Sackcloth and
ashes are all very well, but the raiment need
not apply to ones mental habilments
There will be some we ldings in this town
next week, and Washington, in It's turn,
will send some blushing brides and joyous
grooms to roam alb ut in other cities, but
there are going to be lot of engagements
| announced, too, as a consummation Of the
Lenten devotions Of our younger genera
ton.
IN THE HOTEL DINING-RooM.
II you want to have some fun GO into the
dining room Of some hotel next week and
watch the brides and grooms They can
hold their own pretty well on the streets,
but when they enter the crowded dining
room they Look hopelessly self-conscious