Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-06-18
THEIR HONEYMOON.
CAME PRETTY NEAR STARVING DUR
ING ITS FIRST WEEK.

a Dimdelt Bridal ccupI.'s Experience In
a New York HoteI--he Carte dc Jour
Was Too Much Fer Them, and Hunger
Drove The,n to Light Housekeeping.
Starving amid plenty ID a hard fate,
yet such WA tho ca-e of Y difident
bridal couple that staii for veall at
the Hot,i Nethtrland recently. They
came up from the south. and the period
Of reconstruction did not seem to have
left q mari: upon their cpen ana genial
| characters. He was raWhoncd and ath-
letic and she was one cf those typical
southern girls who s9eak in the Ian
guorous dialect Of D;x'o Land when she
does speak, but cal-i On conversation
mainly by the use of hcr eyes. The cou-
Pic were well supplied with money and
manifested a desire ID hayo a good time,
but showed a woeful lack Of knowledge
Of the details Ct a freat city. To the
manager cf the house the young bride
groom oonfid1d the information that his
family had once been wealthy, but, like
many others in the south, had been
drained by the war. The girl also came
Of an old plantation family that had
been left penniless by the war, and all
either could boast Uf was u long line Of
fine ancestry, health and good looks. BY
dint Of hard work and extreme economy
the bridegToem had saved few hun
dred dollars, and he intended to have a
honeymoon that would be worthy Of re-
membrance
The couple came to the hotel about
noon and passed most If the afternoon
in looking over the house and admiring
the furnishings. When it began to grow
dark, the young husband seemed to get
uneasy. He wandered around the cor
ridors of The hotel and seemed u be Ut q
loss for something. Finally bis feelings
mastered him, and he approached the
clerk and asked: ''Ah, say, can you tell
me when the supper behring's? Am get
ting sort q hungry
The clerk was amused, but he ex-
planned to the southerner the mysteries
Of living upon the European plan. When
the bridegroom learned that the 81 a
day he was paying for his room did not
include meals for himself and his wife,
he whistled softly and remarked: "You
all must max aheap of money cha 'ging
like that fo' rooms. Well, we uns are
going to have good time, and l sup 'ose
we all might as well 90 in and get
something or other to eat.
He walked off and went up to his
room to get his wife. He manifested a
peculiar liking for the elevator and in
sisted on riding i'll it at every occasion.
He found his wife as hungry as himself,
and under the tow Of a bellboy made his
way to the dining room. Previous to en-
tering this room Lis honeymoon had been
a dream Of Joy, without cloud to hide
the sunshine When he seated himself
at the table the first rift in the lute''
came. "A white aproned. obsequious
waiter laid carte de jour in front Of
the southern visitors and then hurried
off to get glasses, plates and 20 on a
consultation at once took place The
card was printed i'll French and after
studying it from every side and reading
it backward aud forward the husband
gave it up and passed it over ruefully to
his wife She looked i'll hopeless bewl-
derment at the card, and it was evident
that she was at sea also, 50 far as French
was concerned. They gazed hopelessly
into each others eyes and then at the
card, and then back into each others
eyes again. He was game to the last,
and suddenly thought struck him. He
called the waiter to him and said softly,
''Waitah. is this all you uns have for
suppah?'
The waiter replied that everything
that had been prepared for the meal was
Oh the card The husband sighed and
the wife looked rlum. Then the young
fellow said quietly: ''Well, guess we
all don't want any Of what you uns have
got fixed We uns viii get something or
other to eat later Then he arose and
went mp to lis room, his wife following
obediently. For two days the young cou-
pie haunted the house They did not
seem to think that there was any more
Of New York than that which lay i'm
mediatcly within the range Of vision
from the hotel They eyed the dining
room lOnginglv, but did not enter it.
One day one If the maids came to the
manager cf Tic hotel and told him that
the persons IN the room occupied by this
young couple We're littering the place
with cooking The manager, who felt
that something was wrong with the
young fellow. called him aside and told
him kindly that the management did
not allow cooking III the rooms, as it in
terfered with the regime of the house
and damaged the furniture The young
man blurtcd out: 'Ah don III see what
we all il to do, then. All can't get any
thing to cat i'll the dining room, and we
uns has got to eat. -
When pressed for an explanation, be
explained The trouble about the bill Of
fare and c0nfided To the manager that
be and his wife had finally grown ~
hungry that he slipped over to q corner
store and E-t some vegetables and other
eatables and frying pan. The couple
had used the gas Jet for d stove, and
managed % get along pretty well, all
though h. admitted that III was a rather
poor n,akeshift The manager explained
the inricaciCs Of 4 French carte de Jour
to him, and also gave him broader
idea of the city's resources. The young
fellow was deeply grateful, and for the
remaining few days that the couple
We're lib the city they entered the dining
room with the air cf persons who knew
all about it, and ordered the waiter to
get them something to eat. They
branchcd ont over the city also, and paid
visits TO various points Of interest. As
he was leaving the hotel, the husband
grasped the manager by the hand and
said feehngly: "Ah'm 'bliged to you,
sab. A person who don't ask questions
should stalve, and we uns came prett.-
near it. New York Tribune
A Capable Pulpit Woman.
Rev. Margaret B Barnard Of Chei-
500 Moss bavlnr satisfied the commit