The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-12-02
NATIONS OF HONOR.
Charming rlaids rlust flake Way for
Married "Maids" OF Honor.

charming llaidS TluSt rlake Way TO
4 Married "Maids' Of Honor.
Il "Married women for maids of hon
or" would seem to be the society
: slogan just now.
In precisely what manper an6 when
this change of heart and wedding
ways came about nobody really knows,
but it has. Firstit was the unexaect-
ed creeping of "Mrs." into the SO
ciety notice of the weddings which
had always hitherto been marked by
a predominance, an exclusiveness, al.
most, of the "Miss" clement. Then,
almost before the talk and chatter
and gossip incident upon such an un-
wonted occurrence had died away
long before the friends at. the first
"married maid of honor" bride had
decided whether she had quarreled
with her sister upon the eve of the
wedding or whether she chose mar
'ied woman for her maid of honor on
account of family reasons--the '.ma-
tron ofhonor" fancy was in full swing
And then, still so short time ago
chat not quite all the novelty and
strapgeness has slipped away from
N.he idea and the practice-the ina
Non" was dropped in favor os the
,&fashioned and time honored maid.
lM2nly difference between the old
Anu new maid of honor is that the
o,d 40" oua oUuassually married, while the
! fshFSSthdeu Il ssSs. S.,l... -
S most people it would seem To
, ,Atural and graceful that th more
| aspirant for the honors and A.irlish
81 lilties of wifehood should b enonsi
! co the parting of the ways ended
d me more to be cherished c' som
If her girlhood days. The \nion
: ion of the married maid (odu
.ally seems little out of hon,
many persons, the only a ca
,nlcn can be urged in its favt ,,o
,he idea that the married woma s.,
ug "been there" SO to speak, $
:, ), s,"" qualified to adequately 6! y
=; wou.a carried maias Of hon0s
% Conspicuous by their t,Sn aosesI IT. nov q
lis. ,erly undreamed Of than ~. ~ M hiss{ e
er, m 'eT1y Into date brides nolonger plus !S
81. '' oPtH P%a e nerhaps because they y
nS t'emole, .haN did the brides OF St
/ OF t[avlng calmly, or as Scan ca,mts fsts 90 ,
az. ,s decided to link their ".s ia.e /,
,tr; a ,e, Is,. Of their chosen helpmate, i,
a.ri a.r tha. ., .hs altar with far less eH
, oIsy %sut, in a fair majority o. Of oass a. s,
ss'p' TENDED a.rtv. ,4v The correct brIl
aseG ;0s PERI moment is frankly happy y
'n'' eah,v nc nleased and joyous =
s asa ss maid 4 u
81 suppofsed on this lE
1ngs lsfSsy s;rcs Is 1he aforementiensss
me y 9 ~ S9' sn.irely fails to explaln. y
: O m,,y aslf 'on for the married maid ,,s o. :
ssr;nss and and since Dame FASHION, ~ IN, ),
"a he, Nature, holds herself as iar s.as :.
TT, Pa. explanation, anu nn 90 because Il
prosper i thing sna.l s,,,ar uS Hu fact than
+ wrath. toward the popu,a !, l. that
nifty fo' plain IT. o - Amefica the
f.or her .o9an has almost entirely ~ =
w.. 10Th q, hsr maiden sister as chiel - :
,ad u been the the fashionable weddings .sh, 81
y aau o'on w. W.rr;ed men have been ID
0' Mis-, for a long time, and . yesy 4; !,
r girlhood allows man and ana maid Of
oley as II OF best man 10 on" no,no relatiy
% was soon such OF theM S exampl
asked and eide to 1oAoM a . of two.
,ond time, come one irs,'
orning the Times -heral-.., heralu
nurch. rus EGYPTIAN CoiioN
ceremony ..nc,.,% n