Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1898-09-28
AFTER THE WEDDING.
Things Matrimonial rs Viewed ~
sordid Couple who Pnrtici-
pated In the Ceremony.

lie had been the best man at the
smart wedding, and she had been tho
principal bridesmaid. Hor friendship
for the bride dated from the period
when they both quarreled at the dane
ing class over the same little boy, their
junior by five years. He had known the
bridegroom SO well that he was un-
feignedly relieved when no Interrupt
ton marred the solemn service. She
had been promised the brides garters;
he had presented the bridegroom with
his white gardenia before the cere-
mony. Such kindred ties of friendship
brought them together.
'One marriage always makes us gen.
eralize over marriages" she said.
Sand makes you think Of your own
in prospect2"
"No," quite seriouslyi II have no
such object"
"You don't seem heartbroken, for
you evidently have keen appetite for
marrons glaces, and am sure you are
too wcll-bred to have aims in life"
"But they are fashionable" she
pleaded.
Fashion is the yoke which only the
smartest can discard"
81 thought they created It,"
mo, 10 originates in the avarice OF
the dressmakers and In the inventive
ness OF the writer's for society papers"
She clearly recognized that she was
talking 70 q superior intellect. In the
common fitness OF things he ought TO
have been fool. That peer with un.
impaired rents, good health and good
looks should have no vices and plenty
OF brains might well make Hyde Park
orator inveigh against the inequalities
of society. However, she accepted the
Inevitable and asked for some grapes.
$50 my thoughts have passed beyond
your comprehension?
She spoke nicely, so as not to appear
patronizing. Perhaps II he were an
author he might put her in his next
book.
II am, on the contrary, trying to
fathom your ideal"
Ideal of what?"
"Of a husband"
Heaven avert such a calamity"
"If you have not an ideal you will
fall to the lot of any"
"Of any BOBBY who can shine at the
wrong end in dance"
"You carry my meaning too far"
She rather resented the superior air
A superior being could afford an In
ferior level in conversation.
"Wen, II must have an ideal hus
band, will tell you what require"
"iesP" much interested.
sren thousand year, yacht, boz
al the opera. and French maid"
"You have omitted one detail-th
husband" he suggested.
"Ohl he may be as he plcases, pre-
vided only see him in company"
"a truly platonic plan. Where wi
you find him2"
> "Why, II he exists he is on'fhe cartl
and II he does not exist shall still b
under tombstone within 70 years"
"Might aspire to the honor Of plal
ing my name in the epitaph?'
"Hardly, because you unfortunate
have no younger brother"
"WhSt fmpediment il that?y
cOuiu i've up 10 your phrH9es
Sundays, but such epigrains all II
week would reduce me 10 the level {
On after-dinner wit"
"Nho would be then for the frs
time tolerable. Youmake merry ofme.
,, Would you have me cry for your
"No, but come cry Bless you 10 th
. bridal pair who are just leaving"
IF we had been they"
"Ycsw eagerly.
81 should have crossed your luck"
"say, rather, made me happiest {
men"
He spoke the phrase in quite gallar
manner.
She buttoned her gloves and wipe
away--a crumb.-St James budget.