The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-03-01

foref, ;er. 1t had neitlCr body nor
| soul il it, and was insipid as a police
man at Il prayer meeting. Some of
| the niggers got glorious merry on 1t
| and sang songs and danced weird, un-
| lucky dances under it's influence. But
| it did not appeal to me in that way:
possibly ! was not educated NJ 90 its
nicelies.
The wedding joys We're Of Il peculiar
| nature Bride and bridegroom. linked
arm in arm, marched up and down on
Il pad about twelve yards in length:
| 4 nude minstrel marched in front ana
drew unearthly music from Il kind Of
mouth organ. Girls sQuattiGg in Tn"
dust enroute clapped their hands and
rhanted q chorus. The bridegroom
hopped first on one leg and then ON
| the other and tried TO look Gorgoously
nappy: the bride kicked her satin
skirts out behind, pranced along the
track as gracefully AZ camel; ba.
bind the principal actors in the drama
came "a regiment of youths and girls
and the antics they cut Wel" worthy
OF the occasion. Now and again some
dusRy Don Juan would dig his thumbs
into the ribs of a daughter OF Ham.
The lady would promptly sGucal, and
try to look coy. 1t is not easy to look
coy when you have not got enough
clothes ON your whole body To make
g. patch TO cover 1t black eye, but stilf
they tried it, for the sex seemed TO
me 10 be much alike on the inside,
whether they dressed in coat OF
rdirt or a coat of FcalSkin.
THE BRIDE PoUTS.
Iy and by the groom took his bride
by the arm and made an effort to
induce her to Leave her maids Of honor
and trek" toward the cabin which
hcnceforth was to bc her nome, The
lady pouted and shook his hand off
of her ann. while the maidens laughed
ard clapped their hands, dancing in
the dust -streWn sunlight with such
high kicking action as would win fame
for any ballet dancer in Europe. The
young men jeered the groom ana in
cited him TO take charge OF his own.
lie hung down his ebony head and
looked sillily sullcn, and the brid"
continued to "pout." Have YOU seen
Il savage wench pout? Verify it Is a
sight worth travelling far to see First
of all she wraps her mouth in II sim
per, ana her lips look like a fold in
badly doubled blanket. Then slowly
she draws the corners toward the cCn-
ter, Just as The universe viii DE Crum-
pied up on the day of judgment. IT Is
n beautiful sight the mouth which,
when she smiled, looked like a sword
wound on the flank of a horse, now
wher the "pout" is complete looks like
/ crumplcd conCeltna The Eroom
again tlmidly advanced his hand to-
ward the satin-covered arm of his
spouse, and the 'pout" became more
pronounced than ever.
The white OF one eye was s!yly
turned toward the bridesmaids, the
other rolled with infinite subtlety IN
the direction of him who was 10 be
her lord and master, and the lout
grew larger and larger until ] was
constrained 10 push my way among
the maids 10 get a look behind the
bride, for | fanciod the back Of her
neck must surely get somehow into
he front Of her face. When | Eot 90
the front again the 'pout" was stlll
growing, the rich red lips i'm their mid
night setting looked like some giant
rose in full bloom that an elephants
hoof had trodden upon. So the show
proceeded At last one Of the brides
maids stepped from amid her sisters
and playfully pushed the bride in the
direction OF her home. Then The
"pout" gave way 10 a smile, the white
teeth cleaning in The gap like tomb
stones IN IA Highland churchyard.
had been a lit scared OF her "pout,"