The age-herald., 1901-07-21

that a Western trip was equally as pop ular and far more ideal
 The far South is popular for the we'd ding journey, and the brides who go to New Orleans always return fascinated with the French city. Those who go to Florida and spend a week or more at Palm Beach, or sailing from quaint Florida harbor touch at Cuban shores and put in a week In Havana, declare that an interesting journey. The trip that takes them out of Birmingham and leads on to the lake shores, giving them days run along a stretch of shore to the gate way of the St. Lawrence, then by steamer to the Thousand Islands, and going ashore at Alexandria Bay, putting in week at that Paradise, drifting by day among the islands-this is declared a beautiful and picturesque journey by many brides. Those who journey West and reach the garden of the gods never cease to recall the glorious beauties of the Western route and claim that this Is the ideal journey. But when some one inquired of me re- gently as to the most popular and fre- 1 quented route for the wedding parties | who start upon their noneymoons from l Birmingham I could not recall any fa- | vored route. and in speaking of several | recent wedding tours 1t would seem that l the various sections of the country must l have each possessed an attraction or It's l own. for Birmingham bridal pairs were l scattered in every direction.
 wondered if any official statistics could | be procured on this subject, for what suo- feet could my readers desire more to be enlightened upon than that of where Bir- mingham belles and beauties spend their boneymoons" I venture to say that this subject will interest greater number or people than would any proceeding of the Constitutional Convention, or any discus sion of trusts, the money isue or} the Philippine question. It is a live issue' and the fact that 1t has never before been opened for discussion is a matter of great surprise.
 It may probably not be strictly ethical to have deliberately purloined these sta tistics and opinions regarding the IaVoreo wedding journey, but I commend them 10 all future bridal couples who depart upon their happy journeys from the Blrming- ham railway station now so accustomed to the showers of rice, and bag ana pag- gage ornamented with love knots.
 These suggestions which follow are those of Birmingham's most prominent and | popular railroad officials, who, when l asked of the popularity of their individuai | railway systems from the blusning
 bride" and the happy bridegroom point
 of view, grew eloquent in their reference l to the beauties of their special systems
 which might lead bridal pair to Para- | disc in the clouds, so complete are the | connections, so luxurious could the jour-
 ney be made. :,
 My advice to the future bride. who III the soft shadow of the balcony Is piannine
 hand in hand, wedding journey, wouie
 really be to talk 1t over with either ons
 of the following railroad officials MT. l. A. Shipman of the Central of Georgia raii
 way Company; Mir. c. M. Billheimer ol
 the Memphis Route; MT. J. c. Lusk of th'
 Alabama Great Southern System; MT
 Walter Beasley of the Louisville ant
 Nashville System; MT. Coffee Jackson O
 the Southern System.