Evening journal., 1898-10-11
AFTER THE WEDDING.
Tkfnga Matrimonial ns Viewed by
SOrdid Couple Who Partict-
pated In the Ceremony.

lie had been the best man at the
smart wedding, and she had been the
principal bridesmaid. Her 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 we'll 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.
zone marriage always makes US gem
eralize over marriages" she said.
"And makes you think of your own
In prospeetT
"No," quite seriously; Il have no
such object"
"You don't seem henrtbroken, for
you evidently have keen appetite Tor
marrons glaces. and am sure you are
too well-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,"
"No, IL originates in the avarlce OF
the dressmakers and in the inventive
ness of the writer's for society papers"
She clearly recognized that she was
talking to a superior intellect. In the
common fitness of things he ought to
have been q 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 nex'
book.
'I am, on the contrary, trying tC
fathom your ideal"
] "Ideal of what?'
"Of a husband"
Heaven avert such n calamity"
IF you have not an ideal you vii
fall to the lot of any"
: "Of any BOBBY who can shine at thu
wrong end in a dance"
a "You carry my meaning too far"
1 She rather resented the superior air
] 4 superior being could afford nm in
y ferior level in conversation.
O "Weu, If l must have an ideal hus
= band, 1 will tell you what l require"
"Yes2" much interested.
''Ten thousand year, n yacht. bo'
h at the opera, and a French maid"
/, "You have omitted one detail-th
= husband" he suggested.
g "Ohl he may be as he pleases, pre-
= yided only see him in company"
"a truly platonic plan. Where wi
you find him?"
4 "Why, il he exists he is on the earti
a and IL he does not exist shall stiu b
II under tombstone within 20 years"
y might aspire to the honor of pla'
II Ing my name in the epitaph?"
le "Hardly, because you unfortunatel
70 have no younger brother"
= "What impediment Is that?"
81 could live up to your phrases o
II Sundays, but such epigrams all I'll
to week would reduce me to the level {
or an after-dinner wit"
"Who would be then for the frs
rs time tolerable. YoumalSs merry ofme
a. Would you have me cry for you"
~ - "No, but come cry Bless you to th
bridal pair who are just leaving"
"If we had been they"
"Yes?' eagerly.
81 should have crossed your luck"
ie "say, rather, made me happiest
men,"
e, lie spoke the phrase in quite gallai
, manner.
e; She buttoned her gloves and wip'
away-a crumb.-St. james Budget.