The Washington times., 1895-05-22

Edward Braxton and Mary N.John.
son.
Jeremiah Bury and Lizzie watkins.
Penn Brooks and Elizabeth Saphy.
Robert SwniI and Martha johnson.
Dennis johnson and Victoria Hall.
Robert Dumius and Frances Cord.
man.
Alexander Evans and Anna Adams.
Roger jackson and Sarah w illiams.
Joseph Jones and Delsie Adams.
Albert Morris and Anna Dixon.
George Hudson a nd Mamie johnson.
CHARLES Z. Butler and Isabella Snow.
den.
william Edwards and Lula Saun-
ders.
son.
william Dorsey and Ella Miller.
Richard Moore and Martha Butler.
william Barnes and Lizzie Dixon.
Charles Makel and Celia Bailey.
James f. Lanister and Mary c.
Henderson.
Robert b. Boston and Christina
Thomas.
There were brides aud grooms married
yesterday in flocks OF sevens and fours.
had they been joined at skies and sevens
1t would have been an unlucky owmen.
In marriage ceremonies they say blessed
is the bride that the rain falls on, and it is
TO be hoped that that is true of the many
brides, who We're married yesterday after
noon in The Times building.
sy nFr tu- Of
these people made happy by availing
themselves OF the means offered them 10y
The Times to provide themselves with
marriage certificates aud husbands.
Most OF them were young people. They
were neat, well dressed, aud some of them
particularly well dressed, as for a church
wedding rather than for an impromptu
ceremony.
There were two sets of brides and bride
Grooms, who We're joined in a flock, eight
having stood up in one room and fourteen
in another.
1t is not often that such interesting spec
tacles are presented as were these. All OF
the brides had brought their umbrellas, aud
neglected to lay them aside when they stood
up to join hands and complete their hap
piness.
Nearly all the contracting parties were
asked by The Times if they We're members
of any church, and they replied that they
were not, but in every case they said that
they felt as if they could now belong to a
church aud be consistent members.
FEATURE OF THE CEREMONY.
A very noticeable feature of the ceremony
was the solemn and serious manner in
which these people listened TO the service
and repeated parts OF the ritual Of marriage.
The result to each couple was plainly OBJ
servable In the smiles and mutual congrat-
ulations after the ceremony
There was no kissing OF the brides A
coIoTed man, however. called at the office
yesterday morning TO say that he was
willing to perform that part or the cere-
mony, but his offer was not accepted.
The grooms preferred to do that part of
the business themselves.
All OF the men, it appeared, have work
TO do, and are doing it. They looked
like very respectable people, who had been
following an immoral fashion, and who,
when aroused to a sense OF the evil, de-
termined to lead better lives.
The first couple who had their papers
made out were jeremiah Bury and Lizzie
Watkins, aged, respectively, thirty four
and twenty-one years.
They had been living together on North
| Carolina avenue, between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets northeast, for a year.
They looked very penitent, and the bride
spoke only IN " llSeTS. she " as quite aF Illdll
woman, very short, black, and very well
dressed for the ceremony
Robert Swail and Martha Johnson, fifty
two and fory-fivc, widow and widower,
were next prepared. Robert Swail said
that he was once Catholic, but as he had
been living in this way he couldn't 20 to con-
fession. but he intended to 20 back TO church,
as he was now qualified. They had been
living together two years.
BELLE AMONG THE BRIDES.
Frances Goodman was the belle among
the brides She came TO be married to
Robert Demines, well-to-do young man, a
painter by trade He was Immediately
dressed himself, with tuTned-down collar,
white cravat and silver sword pin.
The bride was arrayed in terra Gotta
silk, gold bracelets, two gold Iings, black
plush cape, brown straw hat, hsby blue
ribbons and punches of violets. She was
quite modest and kept her fOraiinger in
her mouth most of the time. Both wrote
good hands and affixed their signatures
rapidly and boldly.
Joseph Jones and Delsie Adams were
another neatly gotten up pair. Joseph
wore a white carnation to set off his good