The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-11
WEDDING AND HONEYMOON.

WEDDING AND HONEYMOON,
o H sunday REPUBLIC.
An elderly unmarried lady Of Scotland.
after reading In her newspaper the births,
Deaths and marriages. began to moralize.
Ghs said: Birth. death. marriage. these are
solemn events. but We ken they are what we
must al come to- Then her inpudent
young sister looked up and said: al Miss
Jeanne, but ye have been lang spared" We
cannot spare the engaged young people Of
whom We were thinking in the last paper
any longer. We must bring them to what
0sy had to come-to their marriage day.
Not long ago, a man who was only a
fortnight distant from his marriage re-
marked to the writer that, had he known
all the red tape that had to be gone through
before getting married. he never would
have attempted it. Ny friend had thought
that II was "as easy as kiss" to marry, hut
he found that kissing was the only easy
part Of II. that settlements had to be made,
banns put up In church. a house taken and
furnished. Q honeymoon tour planned, a
ring bought. lockets for the bridesmaids
chosen. and himself brought at the appoint
Cd hour and day to church in his right mind
and clothed In wedding garments. not for
getting lavender gloves. II ever we should
80 We NC eiosC aht dhA-
ious. II ever We should abstain from vain
show and vainer defamation. surely it is
when two people are giving themselves to
each other. for better. for worse. until
Death part them. But no! Society says We
cannot ALLOW the young people to sneak in
to the comforts Of married life without CIV
Ing q some fun irst-hence the fashionable
wedding. This is all very well for the bride.
She knows her way about as well as IL she
had been often married: she likes to be
turned on" well. for 1t arouses the envy
Of her girl friends: but the poor bridegroom!
Society Demands Amusement
Hence the Fashionable Wedding.
He on that occasion feels as II he were
going to make a fool OF himself. az II. like
a second Samson. he had for the love OF a
woman allowed his eyes to be put out. and
he seems to hear a large congregation OF
female Philistines calling upon him to make
sport for them. The great difficulty women
have IN the marriage service seems to be
to get their tongues around the word
obey" Brides boast that they evaded the
word 'obey'' and substituted go gay" or
words Of similar sound. After her wedding
. lady of this kind remarked to the Rev.
erend F.. d. Maurice. who had performed
the Now, Mr.. Maurice. / call
you to witness that I have no intention OF
obeying." Maurice answered with his sad,
eweet smile: "Ah. Madam. you little know
the blessedness Of obedience" What would
this bride have done IL she had met her
match in q bridegroom like the one who,
when the woman hesitsted at the word
obey" said: Go on. parson. I'll make
her!" The word obey" had not as great
terrors for our late Queen. when she was
going to be married. as 1t has for the new
woman" When arranging about the service
the Archbishop of Canterbury asked Her
Majesty whether It would be desirable to
omit the word obey" and she answered.:
Il wish 10 be married as q woman, not as
q Queen" She knew that q reign through
service was the highest kind of sovereignty.
At . negro wedding when the clergyman
read the words ITO love. cherish, and to
obey" the bridegroom interrupted him and
eaid: Read dat again. sab: read it once
mo-. SOS de lady kin ketch de full solemnity
Of its meaning: rve been married befo'."
That the bridegroom sometimes finds It DIFF
fcult to get the ring out of the receptacle
where he placed It for safety. as the bride
does the word obey out of her mouth. was
shown by another widower. When told to
place the ring on the book he looked for IT
In his gloves. turned out all his pockets. and
1t last remembered that for fear of forget
ting It he had placed It In the heel Of one
Of his wellington boots. A IN apology to