The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-06-16
HIGH JUNE SOCIETY
GOSSIP ABOUT WEDDINGS AND
THINGS PERTAINING THERETO.
A Groom's Terse Description OF the
"Agony"-tsenernl waIIace's Re-
mark About Clubs.

General Lew Wallace made the remark
recently. 1t Is said. that in twenty years
from now there would not be any such
thing as home. The reason he gave was
that womsn were much occupied with
clubs and duties and pleasures outside of
the home that the homes were for the
most part run by the servants. even at this
day. Women and clubs have become one
thing and not two. though one woman may
belong to six or dozen clubs. Flats where
there Is very little housekeeping will sup
plant the private homes set in the middle
OF grass plats. with their thousand and one
cares, and apartments and cafes will grow
IN favor. One OF the deplorable things OF
the present day, which was made a special
feature of recent club paper. was the fact
that there were no large families any more.
The old fashion OF ten or dozen children
had entirely gone out, and. the writer of
the paper said. there are more couples in
this city without children than there are
with" With General Wallaces view on the
one side and the club woman's view the
other. twenty years will doubtless see a
radical change.
1t has often been remarked that the groom
has but very little 10 do at the wedding,
and that. IL II were not for the fact that he
II an essential part OF the ceremony II
nothing else. there are few who would know
that there was any man i'm II. He may
center with the best man and meet the
bride at the altar" but aside from that he
plays but small part. His own particular
family and special friends may interview
him afterward as 10 how he felt and other
interesting details. but the general public is
In utter Ignorance. n friend of a groom in
this city received a letter from him. Ii was
written on note paper essentially feminine.
lie said
'1his is the first letter you ever received
from me on paper like this, but when |
plead matrimony as an excuse know you
viii excuse me. After the apology, please
FOR 'em. / must Confess didn't know ex-
actly the use to which they could be put,
but my ignorance was scattered as the mist
were too lovely for anything" also that
they were orange things. / wish you could
Unable to- obtain the snd
count of IT, and my recollections are a jum-
bic OF daisies. strange faces. stage whispers
one vision of loneliness. Regarding the lat
ter, need say no more My left leg. wob-
bled until swore Internally at Ii, and then
a calm sweet peace settled down upon IL. |
got In one II do too many. but otherwise
conducted myself IN q perfectly decorous
manner, even refratning from kissing the
bridesmaids
A recent writer says the custom OF throw
ing old shoes and RICE after brides is not an
old one, and cannot be traced back even
one century. People have been possessed
OF the idea. in this and other parts of the
country. that both old shoes and rice bring
luck. IL they do not and the custom is not
ancient, old shoes and rice Will take their
departure from the marriage ceremonies
of the day. With these gone. the tdi0tic
idea which wou1d-be funny men and girls
have of tying the brides trunk with White
satin ribbons and decorating the carriage in
which they ride to the station i'm the SAME
way, will pass out. IL may be great fun 10
those who do the throwing and tying, but
IL is rare when married woman VIII lend
herself to such nonsense, If she has ever
undergone the agony and mortif1cation OF
having friends to shower her with rice or
trick out her trunk with ribbons.
A story comes from New York of wom-
an who had pet lion. One evening when
q burglar enteresf-csrc house the lion attend
ed TO the man. The owner OF the lion. on
coming down s.sfffstrss--u as met by the tame
beast, who had half of the burglars trousers
and laid them at her feet as a trophy of his
prowess. The indianapolis woman may
take her pet dog out riding with her in her
carriage and pet and caress him, TO the dis
gust OF every one, but when Ii comes 10
genuine value she should have lion. and
She may win the respect of every man,
woman and child in the community.