The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-09-07
NEwLY MARRlep COUPLES.
why Is IL, One writer Asks, That So Many
Strive TO Hide Their Newness.


Strive TO Hide Their Newness.
There is something about the look Of q
coaple 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 a 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
ly fitting coat and the fashionable tile
that possesses polish and q glory all its
own. The travelling dress of the blushing
bride, with her telltale dainty little bon
net-ell these outward and visible signs
tell their own pretty story, as the smiling
pair await the train to swish them off to
bliss.
But why do newly married couple take
such infinite pains to hide what is apparent
10 nearly everybody elseP 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 fee into the metrop-
oils and other crowded centers in the hope
that amid the busy throng they will pass
unnoticed, others choose scenes 'far from
the madding crowds ignoble strife" trust
Ing that in the seclusion Of arcadian coli
tudes few Will discover their secret
But these young innocents who fondly
imagine that they can get through honey
moon without detection leave out Of Their
calculations many factors. There is the old
hp nat
| spot out o newly married couple in the
twinkling Of an eye He Is always on the
watch for them and should be squared at
once. Then there is the wary hotel waiter,
whose knowledge Of the newly married
seems intuitive He knows them OF o
| glance, TO say nothing of the old landlady,
| who has bad 'em before, you see, and knows
all their little ways by heart
Seldom Is the error ever made of mistak-
ing couple Of friends or cousins Of the op-
| posite sex, q brother and sister or a man
| and woman twelvemonth married for D
| pair newly wed. When such as these travel
| together, their actions toward each other
are perfectly natural, free and easy and Of
| the everyday order. But not 80 with the
| newly wed. There is the proud sense Of
| proprietorship beaming In the face Of the
husband and the chivalrous look In his
| eyes as others gaze upon her which seems
tosay, Touch her II you darer Then there
are those acts Of attention 80 demonstra-
| tive, In fact, as TO fill her with confusion
and to make her blush to the very roots Of
her hair, besides a thousand other little
signs that cannot be mistaken
A young lady known to the writer was
30 anxious TO keep the fact dark that she
was honeymooning that she ''carted" her
husband about TO o fresh hotel every even
ing. Silly grill She was letting the cat
out OF the bag to far more people than had
she been content with the one place all the
time.
| Another couple rather courted company
than otherwise as they set off on the rail
way Journey by getting into o compart-
ment fairly filed with people, settling
down to o book each and taking no notice
Of each other. But unfortunately the lady
dropped hers, and in her eagerness to pick
1t up herself sne suddenly bent her head
and from her bonnet fell O shower of rice
atthe feet of her astonished husband. Then
o smile went around that compartment
nearly loud enough to be heard in thenext,
and two at least Of the company went very
red and looked extremely embarrassed.
If newly married couples could only be
convinced that all their soheming to hide
the fact Is but vain and to make up theil
minds TO go through the ordeal Of chat
and congratulations with smiling faces
they would save themselves world o.
worry and disappointment and oftentimes
from appearing ridiculous as welL-Lon
don Tit-Bita