Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-11-23
CHINA WEDDING.
Hon. S. H and Yrs Drachmsn Cele' brata the Twentieth Anniversary
 of cir Marriage.


 O remembered by those fortuna 't enough to be present at the got anniversary of the marriage MT. an ;, Mrs. s. H. Drachman, at their beal !. tiful home on North Main stree o Invitations for the occasion ha been issued in due time and promp J tly at the hour announced the guest were on hand.
 It was understood that a mocl , marriage ceremony was to be ha' and that Hon. Royal A. Johnson ,' was to perform the ceremony. II the center of the spacions hallway ;
 large bell of crysanthenums swung and under this the happy bride anc
 groom stood, attended by their foul
 handsome children, one of whom
 Herbert, is grown to mans estate
 to again plight their troth and pledge
 anew eternal faith. General John
 son befittingly robed in one of the
 grooms nightgown's and a cardinal
 red hat, stood, austere of mein, with
 book in hand and again tied the
 nuptial knot as follows:
 Friends and neighbors, we are
 gathered together, here under the
 auspices of China wedding, to
 yoke together this new woman and
 degenerate man in matrimony, com-
 manded by society to be honorable
 of all persons, and may not be entered into trifling manner. To my surprise, the pair standing be- fore us, after long experience,
 have the courage to undergo an ordeal so trying under all circum- stances; and especially after the ex- perience you both have had.
 In performing this ceremony I feel called upon to require you both to thoroughly understand the full import of what you are about to do; because the divorce court may at any future time discover the secrets of your innermost hearts. If ye know any reason why you should not stand at this China wedding altar tonight, you must now confess it; be 1t of whatsoever a nature. Persons who are joined together unwisely at China wedding where no Chinese are present, are apt to regret 1t ever hereafter and deplore their rash act. Know ye besides that such marriage at a China we'd ding is unlawful.
 Jennie Drachman, do you and fully appreciate the degeneracy of the male sex in this age of advance ment, and do you fully appreciate the supremacy of your own sex? and its inherent right to inflict upon the opposite sex all the impositions devised by modern institutions, such of the trifles the male sex has been so prone to refuse you in their days of annoyance and assumption. That you feel strong enongh to exercise full control over this trembling idol of an inferior sex, who stands before you willing victim to be sacrifi- ced upon the altar of advanced req son and common sense, which should have prevailed ages ago, even back to the days when the Romans asserted their rights, and left their women at home to go forth and battle for the protection of their friends, when with our present understanding the women would have been left to enjoy the sole privilege of fighting the battle of life prior to the christian era as well as at the present moment.
 Jennie Drachman, knowing the full import of the obligation you are about to assume, and realizing the encumbrance of man of Samuel's type, will you take this man to be your welded husband, to live with him, to endure him, to overlook a thousand and one petty an- noyances that will be the outcome of alliance with a person of so humble sex. Will you love him, comfort him, keep him in sickness as well as in health, sparing the visitation of your right ful justice until the eleventh hour, and then; as mercifully as possible, belabor him in a manner worthy of the prdeominant sex which you so well represent and are so able to honor, inflict upon him no fatal chastisement, but causing him al- ways to bear in mind the superior ity of the new woman, and the changed condition of affairs. Since Moses bulldozed the daughter of Pharoah from the bullrushes.
 In visiting upon Samuel knowl- edge of worldly things, as they now exist, will you still tolerate him, for saking all others, keep him only unto you, so long as it may please in order that you may always have servant to command. Samuel, feeling that you are bound hand and foot to new woman for the balance of your natural life, do you still have courage to face the next twenty years of slavery with a cheerful spirit, recognizing at all times the eternal fitness of things, and that man was lowly born to serve the new woman. At this solemn period of your life do you promise to obey her. no matter