The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-11-26
AUMORS OF FRENCH WEDDINGS,


Among the L-ss Fashionable.
Among the less fashionable classes il
Paris marriage festivities are con.
dacied very much in accordance with d
fixed rnle. After the usual and neces,
sary ceremony the wedding party be-
takes itself to some restaurant. often in
the suburbs, where a d~eieuuer has beer
ordered. and, when ample justice has
been done TO the repast, Il long drive,
varied with frequent sioppages at rural
cafes, is enjoyed, the programme ter
minating with a good dinner and a
dance at some other place of refresh
ment, Thursdays and Saturdays are
generally selected for the tying of the
nuptial knot and the concomi,ant di-
versions, and il is particularly on the
OF char-a-hancs are to be seen threading
their way through leafy venue TO
St. Cloud and other popular suburban
resorts, filled with gay parties, which
jests. Not seldom, indeed, is u dance
improvised before the evening hour,
and the space in front OF some cafes in
the ueighborhood OF Paris is paved with
asphalt for the express purpose of al
lowing the votaries of Tcrpsichore to
disport themselves TO their hearts com
tent while a halt has been made for re.
freshment. and also for a welcome rest
a, fbn ..aur,. tNnfiS ! 10 ,N ,,,,E,,,,.,
thing to behold, while the fun is at It's
height. a dozen brides and hridcgrooms,
each with their troop of lively guests,
bobbing up and down to a gay polka
tune or sliding along in the May waltz.
As a rule the utmost good humor pre-
walls, but now and then the harmony is
disturbed by some unlucky incident, as.
for instance, n sudden and incNplicable
outbnrst of Jealousy on the part of the
bridegroom, who Tesents the little at
tentions which the male guests deem i.
de rigueur to offer to the heroine of the
day. Only recently every halt made by
a brake conveying a Wedding party WAS
the signal for the happy man who had
Just appeared before M. lie Marie" with
a b~ewitching creature at his side to en-
ter into single combat with an erst-
while close friend whom he ac-
cused of having cast too admir-
ing glances in the direction of
the lady. Thus there vas a suggestion
of exciting pugilistic encounters, in
spite of the desperate efforts of the com.
pany to restore peace, and the war only
ended when the bride, having valiuntiy
en~dcavored to interpose herself. came
in for a storm of blows from her irate
lord and master, and was conducted
back to the security of the parental
roof by her indignant mother
Hut the latest peculiar adventure has
been that of a lively bridegroom, who,
treated his relatives and friends
to the wonted banquet of his wedding
day, candidly confessed when the bin
presented that he had not a sou in
the world to pay for it, Here was an
awkward predicamcnt. The sum
amounted to 1925 francs, and what was
o be done? The guests very politely |
nut AZ francs into Il plate which was
around, but, naturally enough.
he landlord was not satisfied. and he
lad the entire ''noee," bride, bride
relatives and friends. marched
I'll amid a gaping and ieeriug crowd. to
he Office Of the local police commissary.
where an exciting scene ensued be.
ween the father of the young woman
nd his son-in-iaw. At last the matter
vas settled by the father-in-law of the
~houghtless and impecunious bride.
room consenting to pay the remainder
If the bill, but he declined to give any.
hing to the walters, deeming the sacri-
Ice which he was making heavy enough
Here is a poor beginning to n
married life; yet, in point of fact, all the
valuable ready cash is often %souau-
cred on the nuptial festivities, and 10
gayety Of the wedding succeeds the
reality of the morrow.-London
telegraph.