The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-22
NEWLY MARRIED COUPLES.
why L. II, Ono Writer Asks, That So Many
/ Strive 10 Hide Their Ncwness.


Strive 10 Hide Their Newness.
There is something about the look of .
couple fresh from the hymeneal altar per-
haps not altogether easy Of description, but
patent to every old hand at least. There
are, however, signs that even the uniniti-
ated can hardly fail to observe. There is.
for instance, the general .getup" of pair
on honeymooning bent that is rarely ever
assumed on less important occasion.
There is no mistaking the spick and span
|toggery of the happy husband-those fault
lessly cut, light colored pants, that perfect
lly fitting coat and the fashionable tile
that possesses polish and glory all its
own. The travelling dress Of the blushing
bride. with her telltale dainty little bon
luet-all these outward and visible signs
tell their own pretty story, as the smiling
pair await the train to swish them of to
bliss. .-.
But why do newly married couples take
such infinite pains to hide what is apparent
to nearly everybody elsef To keep from
the world the knowledge that they are on
their honeymoon is the aim Of nearly every
couple For weeks before how to escape
detection Is their one engrossing thought,
and all sorts of lodges are planned between
them. Some couples flee into the metrop-
oils and other crowded centers in the hope
that amid the busy throng they will pass
Iunnoticed others choose scenes "far from
the madding crowds ignoble strife" trust
ling that in the seclusion OF arcadian soil
tudes few will discover their secret.
But these young innocents who fondly
Imagine that they can get through honey
noon without detection leave out of then
+ culations many factors. There is the old
and experienced railway servant who car
: spot out q newly married couple in the
Iswinkling OF an eye. He is always on the
watch for them and should be squared al
! once. Then there is the wary hotel waiter
! whose knowledge of the newly married
seems intuitive. He knows them at {
! glance, to say nothing of the old landlady
, who has had 'em before, you see, and know
all their little ways by heart.
r Seldom is the error ever made of mistak
ing n couple of friends or cousins OF the op
posite sex, brother and sister or MAJ
and woman n twelvemonth married for
, pair newly wed. When such as these trave
l together, their actions toward each othe
A are perfectly natural, free and easy and o
ghe everyday order But not SO with tn
G newly wed. There is the proud sense o
a 3roprietorship beaming in the face of tn
:
g Eyes as others gaze upon her which seem
! TO say, Touch her II you darer' Then ther
A are those acts of attention SO demonstrf
e Five, in fact, as to fill her with confusio
. and to make her blush to the very roots {
her hair, besides thousand other littl
signs that cannot be mistaken.
. A young lady known to the writer wa
e 30 anxious to keep the fact dark that 81
was honeymooniDg that she "carted" he
@ husband about to fresh hotel every evei
l. ling. Silly grill She was letting the CT
out of the bag to far more people than ha
l. she been content with the one place all IL
line.
Another couple rather courted compan
han otherwise rs they set off on the raj
way journey by getting into compar
% nent fairly filled with people, settlin
v Town to o book each and taking no motto
II lof each other But unfortunately the lad
L. iropped hers, and in her eagerness to pic
. t up herself she suddenly bent her hca
a md from her bonnet fell shower OF ri,
10 At the feet of her astonished husband. The
n smile went around that compartmei
nj nearly loud enough to be heard in the mex
NJ and two at least of the company went vel
red and looked extremely embarrassed
is If newly married couples could only
or convinced that all their scheming to hit
n the fact is but vain and to make up the
20 minds to go through the ordeal of cha
n md congratulations with smiling face
hey would save themselves u world
m worry and disappointment and oftentim,
NJ from appearing ridiculous as well.-Lo
IS Ion Tit-Bits.