Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-12-26

Is THIS YOUR DAUGHTEE'S FIRST vISIT:"
had lasted through 5 gay SEASONS and tier
fallen victim to a blond do1utante.
On $he bridal tour tho mature groom
and the girlish bride staid over one da,
at niagara. They found themselves O,
speaking terms with some people at til,
hotel One of the women asked the groom
rs this your daughters first visit to the
falls:'
Tho groom Thought it was a good Joke
but the bride went to her room and wen,
all evening, SO that tine tour came very
near being a failure
don't believe that story" said Bel.
marx Amy woman of tho least perccp.
ZION could recognize newly married pal,
at distance Of mile"
"She probably knew they were bride
ana groom and merely said that to make
IL pleasant for the girl suggested Tai
mage He was unmarried, but he knew
all about the heartlessness of women.
II know when was married every ore
was on to ME- said Belmark. about 80
people followed us down to the train to
DID US goodby, and before we started ev-
erybody on the train hal us spotted. Most
OF the passengers in the other sleepers
walked through our car just TO get q look
at us, and finally we had to close the state
room door, although il was fearfuliv
warm day. The porter grinneS every time
he spoke to NE, and when we went into the
dlnlng car could hear q dozen peoDIa
Whispering"
What foolishness il is anyway to make
a tour Immediately after the marriage. I"
said Franklin. "The man is nearly al
ways on the point.of physical COLLAPSE. He
hasn't recovered from his bachelor dinner
yet-needs bromo and sleep. Why. it's
something terrible. He's been pitched in
to new clothes, new shoes, new hat-ey-
erything new. His new clothes are enough
to bore him to death, leave alone getting
married. The girl has been pulled and
hauled around, too, kissed and went on
until she is In historical condition. and
then, to finish it all, she is put on a train
with this distracted man and sent away to
find more excitement.
'That's right" added Belmark. land
It's just as you say-they always give
themselves away By having everything
new
"Do you know how fooled EN- when I
made my trip" asked Davidson. Il al
lowed my wife to carry one Of the valises "
said Talmage. Ibid you hear about Bert
Carroll and how smooth he tried to be:
You know he went to Washington first.
and when he got there he said to his,wife.
Now, if we call carriage and go up to
the hotel with all this stuff every one at
the hotel Will know we have just been
married So he sent the baggage to the
hotel by wagon and he and his wife rode
on street car. He knew that the hotel
people wouldn't expect bridal couple to
arrive on n street car. Wen. when they
got up to the hotel, he took his wife in at
the side door and left her in the ladies'
parlCr and he went in and registered The
clerk assigned him room and sent n boy
up 60 show it to him. 1t was q rather
small inside room with single bed and
two chairs. Carroll came back TO the Of
flee, and he was mad. He said to the
clerk: Look here! My wife will never be
satisfied with that room The clerk
looked up and said, is your wife with
you:' of course she is says Carroll.
Then tine clerk says, Why didn't you reg