The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-08
A PARADISE OF BRIDES
sR ARE PERFECTLY AT HOME
IONG THE LITCHFIELD HILLS.

iONU In ~ LLIChbLELD hLLLos
g and More Brides Are Tlccling to the
cred Hilltops and 1t May be Necessary
the Authorities to Take Action.
IN Lltchfleld. Oct. rs, 1895.
ne Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
atchfeld is the paradise Of brides
this is the bridal season. OF
2'rse every bride carries about with
a paradisiacal atmosphere of her
y with which neither Litchfield nor
al other place has anything to do.
4. Litchfield is the brides exterior
N material paradise. Here brides
perfectly at home and are sure to
Five that deferential sympathy and
~ tender but restrained regard upon
ssich they dote and which are the
l1.y best things to develop bridal force
ia character. Litchfield knows exact
how to receive a bride, how to ad-
IS bride, how to leave a bride
ne. No bride can be in Litchtleld
ty-eight hours without being caught
ring to her dear little self: What a
w goosey, poosey, was to be fright
Ad!' The exact amount of attention
be paid to a bride is perfectly under
cd. No bride desires a superfiuity
N attention. But, on the other hand,
bride wishes to be ignored. Brides
Fer in these particulars and it re-
ires Litchfield inherited instinct to
low your bride, and to know what is
pected.
A burgess welcoming bride to
5tchfield is a sight which would have
Ade Chesterfield ashamed of himself
N his superficial, monotonous and
annered insincerity. A burgess new
I says the same thing to two brides.
sis doubtful if he would say the same
ing to the same bride were divorce
4 a funeral to separate her arrivals.
b knows how far the generic should
. in his address and where the specific
sould come in. He knows, too, that
6ough the groom amounts to very lit
y in the matter, still his personality
sust be recognized and his susceptible
es respected. Litchfield is becoming
Down and desired of brides the world
Ter. During each succeeding bridal
q to her sacred hill top till it may be-
me the duty of the authorities to af-
/ a limit. Too many brides at a time
say lead to unhappy comparisons and
3gretable rivalries. A bride must be
lowed to feel that she Is the one par
cular bride. This requires space and
nse of expansion. Brides who have
ben in Litchfield a week are so radi-
ltly happy that they can't tell you
pw long they may have been married.
pr all they can remember on the sub
let they may have been married fif-
len years or fifteen times. The one
srious drawback to brides commence
|g their married life in Litchfield is
lat they may be obliged to continue 1t
sewhere. But then the memories of
itchfield will ever he so wholesome,
recious' and comforting that they
lould not be dissuaded from the visit
I melancholy apprehensions. A bride
Litchfield Is the loveliest object on
lie face of the earth. Knowing abso-
Ite1y that she is among kind and ex-
arienced friends, her bridal beauty ex-
ands in streams of sunny CLEAN; her
cart pours itself forth in universal be-
evidence and in exuberant song. No
1e can be in Litchfield during the
ridal period without breathing
raughts of goodwill and having his
alief in original sin rudeiy. shaken.
Some prefer Litchfield in spring
hen life is starting and nature is still
in her summer pictures.
ONE prefer her in mid summer when
arly promises are magnificently filled
$ a garden party of sovereigns. But
lr more precious is the autumnal
ridal period when heart life is ne
ewed and starts afresh under the
oell of irresistable sympathy; when
ace more the foibles and follies of the
asst are forgotten in the pardoning RAJ
lance of new love, and the future
,ems bright and glorious with the GER
Linties reflected from new born happi-
ass.
Let the poor wretch who is languid
it'll the luxuries of Lenox, stuffed
18th the satellites of Saratoga, nettled
Y the noodles of Newport, sick of the
Of Southampton, rilled at the
sgigities Of Ridgefeld, or piqued at
le pretensions of Pittsfeld, come and
ask for while during the bridal pc
cd in the lithsome light of Litchfield.
e need not know anybody or say any
ling. Let him simply breathe the
rida1 essence which fills the air.
Then he goes away his folks will be
artled at his rejuveniscence and will
in with him in peans of thanksgiving.
part from the brides who come and
), like song birds, Litchfield is at pres
1T interested In a question which con-
,rns not only brides but all other
embers of the social body. Before
Mourning for the season, the various
)mmittees of the Lftchf1eld club have
opointed a standing committee which
i'll sit, or stand, all winter. To this
is to be referred the momen-
JUS question which has been agitating
,ciety in the United States for so
any years, and which seems as far
ON solution as ever. This question, is
lie great question of the blending of
lie young and the old into one harmo-
ious social wholel Can it be done?
ow can 1t be done? What is the way
begin2 Other countries have done
Why should it not be done here?
he voluminous correspondence al
lady accumulated on the subject has
cen handed over to the standing COM