The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-11-28

BAzET-WALLIs

0lD A1lC IL NuC SVhIAtuH AGSN
alp who try to solve the labyrin-
Jhian i~ntricacies Of lovely woman's
He chung tenaciously to
5he bachelors delights, till his
friends thought he was we'll nigh
invulnerahle; but Cupid, although
blind, knows how to hurl his fatal
little dart straight to the heart
and SO the printer fell as many
good printers before him have
when loves bDw cord twang
ed.
Gone are the days when on his
stool at the type-caee he wrestled
with the editors hieroglyphics and
looked forward to an evening with
the other @bhoys."
Gone are the days, when in the
sacred precincts Of his bachelor
quarters, "where angels feared to
tread1 be could hoist his feet on
a chair back and blow blue smoke
in Cupids sightless ey s and laugh
at his antics,
Gone are the days when life
seemed a butterfly that he was
chasing merely fer the sport; a
bird that he fwas hunting merely
for the plumage; All oyster that
he was opening merely tor the lime
in the shell.
Gone are those days, gone for
ever, but brighter ores are ahead
ofour typographical friend. Days
when life's object, not as a mirage,
but as a reality is. constantly be-
fore him, Days when the yoke of
duty rubs but 80 tickle and not to
| gall. Days when the vacuum Of
life's double effect has been filed
with the sweet syrup Of love,
DAYS when the memory recalls
with a shivering shudder the
emptiness Of bachelor life and the
solitude and confusion of bachelor
quarters. Days when the com
paniouship of a loved and loving
wife brings more real happiness
than the companionship Of all the
holly fellowsOf single blessed bach
elordom.
gie ceremony that Joined 1nIicss
wedlock the destinies OF Mf
Theophilo i. Bazet aud Miss Heller
. g. Wallis took place last Thursday
/ night at the home OF che hridea
parents, DIR. and Mrs. Fl. NJ. Wallis
The beautiful home was ~tastofuIll
7 decorated for the happy event
. The ceremony took place III tn
large dining room in one portion
of which was erected a temporar,
altar. Over the heads ofthe coupl
p as they stood together before tn
= altar hung a wreath in the shap
- of a crescent and star while on th
re wall opposite the bride and grool
we're the letters wv and "B.
. Al halfpast eighto'clock Professc
Fabregas began the weddin
: march. The bride who looked ht
|, loveliest in a beautiful robe
!, white silk was escorted to IL
i altar by her farther, DR., II. A
Wallis. Preceding the bride an
!, her father were the Maid of Hone
III Miss Ida Wallis, and the bride
= maids, Misses Ethel Wallis, Ey
! Bazet and Miss Ruby Wallis
Lafayette, and three Of the groom
men, Messrs. Eleslie Wallis, Milto
Touian aud Dir. Il. L. Helenk
In front OF the bridal party We
the little flower girls, Leo
! Theriot aud Ceeiie Menville.
the altar the groom was waitil
: with his best man Or. Edward
! Bazet. In the absence Of t
Rev. Father Paqnet, who has be
& ill in new Orleans, the Rev. Fatf
~ Langlais Of Canada performed I
i'm ceremony,
The marriage service was
{ short but al exceedingly beauti
and impressive one. When
was over tile groom claimed I
,llS first kiss after which the cou-
proceeded to the parlor VIII,
{ they were followedby theirfrier
and heartily congratulated.
The guests were then invit
to a room where many refre
ments we're in waiting, at
which those who wished TO dal
6. availed themselves Of the OPP