New-York tribune., 1901-04-05
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4 LILIPUTIAN WEDDING.

A Liliputian wedding is not a real wedding at all
but merely scheme for making money, and # IS
having great vogue among the churches
whose duty il is occasionally raise funds foI
special purposes As attractive entertainment
It has been eclipsed by nothing since the days of
the oyster supper and il Is the testimony of those
who have had experience that people Will buy
tickets and come out 70 entertainment given by
the children when nothing else has any attraction
for them. Even the most blase member of So
ciety yield TO the allurements Of "Liliputan
wedding
An affair Of this nature given recently at the
Flatbush Methodist Church. The bride was
round and rosy miss of eight years. Ruth Wilcox by
name. and the bridegroom Master Harold
Fiamhlin. Master Olmstead the officiating
clergyman. There were maids Of honor and flower
girls. TWO ushers and forty guests.
While the audience assembling there was
a great time among the honored guests and the
bridal party. who were being arrayed in the dress
ing room below stairs. Forty mothers dressing
forty guests one time and in one room IS bound
TO create something of A Commotion. But at the
proper moment the guests began 10 arrive in pairs
The ushers. Master Carleton Turnbull and Master
John Duncan escorted the tiny ladies with trained
gowns and their hair done up in hairpins. with
frizzes and flowers galore. Seats were provided
for the guests On the platform, and II was some
thing of an achiey for guest in long train
70 ascend those steps IN a dignihed manner and
without getting tangled up her train The ushers,
tai coats promptly escorted every little lady
her seat. leaving the little gentleman who accom-
panied her 70 follow. For the girls II was no new
roIe. II was merely playing lady in the most
splendid manner tnat could possibly have been de
before but never in the church. with crowds OF
boLg. however it was different The boys had not
taken the rehear-als seriously and felt quite
d l14 tarv5ise 5isnorrod fbamseItcs in manner
J 10 the fnal test they were not found wanting.
An did not feel exactly comfortable in their claw
1ilgT @ I5 f ibHxpeTiendod tsors At home And
sometimes one sidled in. following behind the little
another shambled, and was sorry he had come.
! and lonced break and run, but he did not. lie
cycs on the train of the advancing guest with the
/ bonouet and the elegant fan Not once did he
tread on t6at train The train had been tho
burden Of The maternal warning.
! ding march and then every neck was craned to
see tho bride. First came the usners with slow
Of The finest mites bearing baskets Of flowers;
fnalIy the bride. Never in all the history of
| Just as tail as Mrs. Tom Thumb. she was, and
/ with glowing face rosy with the color OF blush
rose. The wedding veil held in place by the orange
blossoms, flowed about her. and she looked like
fairy princess out or a stoTybook She held great
slowly the notes Of the music, she moved up the
aisle TO the altar. where the miniature bridegroom
| During the moments when ceremony
| in the Church it Could have been heard Thcn
! the minister pronounced the mock benediction.
| always be happy This the signal for the
bride turn and adjust h her train and shift her her
htr % HgI The fiiimnbant tones Of the "Iobenerin
wedding march struck up, and the wedding party
| moved slowly down the aisle. The procession
! guests and all. marched around the church singing
| and then adjourned the banquet hall. where
/ freshrnents served and where the bride cut
f snve@ again. in spite Of their little old cambric
| clawhammer coats and long society trousers But
the little girls never once forgot the dignity Of the
! occasion.