Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-23
NEWLY MARRIED COUPLES.
Why Is 1t, One Writer Asks, That So Many
Sfrixe IN Hide Their NeMnesA

strive to Hide Their Newness.
There Is something about the look OF u
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 uninit-
ated can hardly fail to observe. There Is.
for instance, the general 'getup" of a pair
on houeymooning bent that is rarely ever
assumed on less important occasion.
There is no mistaking the spick and span
forgery of the happy observation-disclosures fault
lessly cut, light colored paLts, that perfect
iy fitting coat and the fashionable tile
that possesses a polish and a 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 elses 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
unnoticed; others choose scenes star from
the madding crowds ignoble strife" trust
ing 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
moon without detection leave out OF their
calculations many factors. There is the old
and experienced railway servant who can
spot out newly married couple in the
twiukling 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 at a
glance, to say nothing Of the old landlady
who has had '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 OPP
posite sex, brother and sister or man
and woman twelvemonth married for n
pair newly wed. When such ms these trave'
together, their actions toward each other
are perfectly natural, free and easy and of
the everyday order. But not so with the
newly wed. There is the proud sense of
proprietorship beaming othe face OF the
husband and the ciiiyalrous look in his
eyes as Others gaIc upon her which seems
to say, Touch her If 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 Thousand other little
signs that cannot be mistaken.
A young lady known to the writer was
so anxious to keep the fact dark that she
was honeymooning that she ''carted" her
husband about to n 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 compart-
ment fairly filed with people, settling
down to a 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 a shower of rice
at the feet of her astonished husband. Then
smile vert around that compartment
nearly loud enough to be heard in the next,
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 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 a world of
worry and disappointment and oftentimes
from appearing ridiculous a. well--Lon-
don Tit-Bits