The Helena independent., 1893-08-23
NEWLY MARRIED COUPLES.
Why rs It, Ono Writer Asks, That So Many
Strive to Hide Their Newncss.

Why Ia It, Ono Writer Asks, That So MaEy
Strive to Hide Their Newncss.
There is something about the look Of 9
couple fresh from tho hynlcneal altar per
haps not altogether easy of description, but
patent to every old hand ut least Tilers
are, however, signs that even the uninti.
ated can hardly fail TO observe. There is
for instance, the general ''getup" of n pal,
on honeymooning bent that is rarely ever
assumed on u 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 u polish and II glory all its
own. The travelling dress of the blushing
bride, with her telltale dainty little bon
net-all 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 couples take
such infinite pains to hide what is apparent
to nearly everybody else? To keep from
the world the knowledge that they are on
their hoHeynioon is the aim of nearly every
couple. I'or weeks before how to escape
detection is ther one cngrossing thought,
and aii sorts of dodgcs are planned between
them. Some couples Zee 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 seclnsion of arcadian soil
tudes few will discover their secret
But these young innocents who fondly
imagine that they can get through u honey
moon without detection leave out of their
calculations many factors. There is the old
and experienced railway servant who can
spot out u 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 intutive. He knows them at
glance. to say nothing of the old landlady
who has had 'cm before, you see, and knows
all their little ways by heart
Seldom is the error ever made of mistak-
ing a couple Of friends or cousins of the OPP
posite sex, u brother and sister or n man
and woman Il twelvemonth married for Il
pair newly wed. When such as these travc'
together, their actions toward each other
are perfectly natural, free and easy and of
the everyday order. But not so with thu |
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
to say. ''Touch herif you dare.' Then there
are those acts Of attention SO demonstra-
tive in fact, as to fill her with confusion
and to make her blush to the very roots of
her hair, besides u thousand other little
signs that cannot be mistaken.
A young lady known to the writer was
50 anxious to keep the fact dark that she
was honeymooning that she ''carted" her
husband about to Il fresh hotel every even
ing. Silly girl! 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 us they set off on the rail
way journey by getting into Il compart-
ment fairly filled with people, settling
down to book each and taking no notice
of each other But unfortunately the lady
dropped hers, and in her eagerness to pick
it up herself she suddenly bent her head
and from her bonnet fell Il shower, of rice
at the feet of her astonished husband. Then
Il smile went around that compartment
nearly loud enough to be heard in henext,
and two ut least of the company went very
red and locked extremely embarrassed.
If newly married couples could only be |
convinced that all their scheming to hide
the fact is but vain and to make up their
minds to go through the ordeal of chaff
and congratulations with smiling faces,
they would save themselves world OF
worry and disappointment and oftentnlrs
from appearing ridiculous as well.-I.on-
don -Bts.