The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-11-28
A NEW HONEYMOON.
It Is as Full Of Sweetness as OF
Yore.

Yore.
The old-fashioned honeymoon is in its
last quarter No longer do neWly-nar ried
COUPLES retire from the eye Of the world
and their friends for four long weeks OF
exclusive enjoyment of each others So
ciety. No effort is now made TO throw
an mystery about the wedding journey
and its destination and the seclusion OF
! 4 friend S country house trips to florldil !
or California have been all diSpised ana
! rejected OF the autumn crop OF brides anC
G.OOmS
Modern lovers seem convinced that
the orthodox honeymoon is not the beSA
prelude 10 q happy married lire, and che
object now is to make it short or long
as individual preference may dictate, but
above all q very jolly and unique expert
ence. Inc idea Is to plan out so original
and amusing way OF spending this va
cation that no opportunity for boredom
or small cuarrels viii be allowed &c
I creep in.
So far, no expedient has met with
/ greater favor than the golf HONEYMOON.
\ VentureSone damsel, who has wor
many prizes, and who met and became
/ engaged to her husband on the links IN
augurated the first of these wedding val
cations as far back as October, since
when she has had dozen or more imi-
tators. This enterpriSing girl arranged &c
! be married in a pretty rustic church near
her country home at 10 in the morning
The maid of horror bridesmaids, usher:l
with view to their abilities as golfers
as the intensity of their friendship fo1
the contracting parties, and to the guests
was dropped e. hint that smart golfing
suits would be de rigueur
The bride and her attendants Went to
the altar in white, orange blossoms
] everybody adjourned to a nearby club
! house There a capital golfers break
fast. simple but hearty, was spread, the
/ wedding party Disappeared tor 4 mo-
md han tl117 IN e.
/ costumes for the links. AT II o'clock ev-
I OrybGdy Streamed out on the course, anC
there was q mighty toursome between
the bride and groom on one side and the
I best man and maid of honor on the other,
1 for suitable prizes.
] In the afternoon the lately welded pair,
defeated in their game, but happy sun
and each one bearing a big bag o.
sticks. went off TO take the tram FOL
/ Philadelphia. Just outside the Quaker
city they put up at q handsome countr J
1 club and spent several days trying the
best links. Leaving Philadelphia they
i went on to Washington, the Virginia hot
/ springs, Baltimore and Chicago, etc. ey-
elYWhere stopping at clubhouses anC
playing over the most famous courses in
the country. BY the first Of November
they got back to New York with many
/ sunshine from their long days spent in
the open air. playing together or contest
in in big games.
A MOTOR MOON
1t was in October also, when the woods
are 4 gay sight, that men who could not
AFFORD to take more than a week or ter
I davs off by way of honeymoon tried
With their brides the experiment OF
! motor carriage tours.
They proved scarcely less agreeable
than the golf journeys, for we'll in adj
vance a section of country to be visited
was chosen and the carriage arranged
TO contain the lighter luggage, a capa-
cious lunch basket, etc, and in the sim
Lost ,x-eAtiY If,i1a ~
these motor carriage couples carried
with them not only golf sticks, but tennis
racAets and rifles. Few were the couples
who did not take a camera along to make
records of the journey. One young couple,
who decided to furnish their new home in
q style of furniture not only purely
colonial in form, but absolutely genuins
as to make, took months excursion
through the old New England towns. As
they both possessed ample checkbooks,
they explored the most picturesque and
least haunted hooks Of me old states with
handsome offers fairly forced the farmers
wives TO give up their treasures, and re-
turned to Boston weary but elated over
one Of the most expensive, industrious
and interesting of honeymoons
Golf and motor carriage expeditions
however are set aside now that the
winter weather has come in and since
lfnkssiving slim blonds-headed lit
girl set off, to the horror of her old
fashioned mother. to camp for six weeks
with her sport-loving husband, in the
daer, moose bear or whatever cams heI
way. Instead of big trunks full of lace
trimmed Injuries the little brides solt
piece of Luggage was a stout small hoy
holding sweaters. skirts Of corduroy
reaching 10 her knees. waterproof boots
reaching TO her thighs and many deadly
implements for war against the wild
beasts. She and her husband were t.
share Il tWo-roonad log hut in loc
village clustered around q club house
also built of logs, and their outfit for The
camp included a series of kitchen uten.
sis for the bride to try her hand at prac.
tical cookery.
HONEYMOON PARTIES.
Often enough these bridal couples dt