The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-11
His Unique Apology to Tittering
Congregation Proved Timely.

The bridegroom may eeem Of small ac-
count in comparison with the bride, but
still 1t Is fnconvenient when he does not turn
up at the wedding ceremony. NJ. Pasteur,
who has made such useful though disquiet-
Ing discoveries about germs, did not arrive
at the hour appointed for his wedding. Some
friends FASTENED to his laboratory. and
found him very busy. with an apron on. He
was cross at being disturbed. and declared
that his marriage might wait, but his ex-
periments could not do so.
Not long ago. on the day appointed for a
wedding In Ipswich, everyone rut In an sp-
pearance except the bridegroom. After con-
siderable delay a messenger came on a BIZ
cycle and announced that The bridegroom
said he was too busy to go 10 the church.
The ceremony was postponed until the next
day. On this occasion the bridegroom vent
but not the bride. and II was only after
much persuasion and after keeping her
busy husband-to-be waiting for q long
time that she was induced to 60 to the
church. The writer had lately In his horee
a servant who was engaged to a well-to-do
mechanic. A few days refore her marriage
she got into low spirits and SAID she wished
she was staying in her situation and were
not going to be married. for she was afraid
that the man might develop a bad temper.
II was all that We could Co 10 comfort her
and bring her. on the marriage day. to I
sticking-place." This fear II the unknown
and the untried that takes hold Of some
people before marriage accounts for the
cases Of suicide that have been committed
by an occasional bride vr bridegroom on
the eve Of the wedding day.
Fear of the Unknown and the
Untried May Cause Suicide.
We rave instanced a man who said that
he was too busy to come to his own we'd
ding. This sort Of person would have ap-
preciated a marriage ss brief -
that which was employed in the ce!ebra-
ton Of a marriage In Iowa. United States.
The bride and bridegroom were told to Join
theier hands and then asked: do you want
one another?" Both replied yes" well.
then. have one another" and the couple
were man and wife.
The ruling passion Is not felt stronger IN
death than in marriage. Doctor johnson
displayed the sturdiness Of his character a.
he Journeyed with the lady Of his choioe
from Birmingham to Derby. where they
were to be married. Their ride thither.
which we give in the bridegroom's own
words. is an amusing BIT Of literary his
tory. 'Sir. she had read the old romancea.
and had got into her head the fantastical
notion that a woman of spirit should uss
her lover as a dog. So. sir. at first she told
me that I rode too fast. and she could not
keep up with mo: and. when I rode a little
slower. she passed me. and complained that
i Jagged behind. / was not to be made the
slave OF caprice. snd I resolved to begin -
I meant to md I therefore pushed on
briskly till I wal fairly out Of her sight.
The road lay between two hedges. 20 I was
sure she could not miss It. and I contrived
that she should soon come up with MI.
When she did I observed her to b IN
tears"
Old Laws Required Marriages to
Be Celebrated Before Noon.
Until recent years the law required all
marriages to be celebrated before noon All.
er the CEREMONY In the church. the guests
used to go to the house Of the BRIDES IA
Their and partake of . wedding breakfast, at
which almost every one made q speech. and
the more ridiculous the speaker was The
more he was appreciated. Even when "a.
oompanied by champagne. family jokes are
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