The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-02
POET AT THE WEDDING,

That Ever Came Down the Pike.
Adrian (Mich.) dispatch to the New
York World.
Hearken to the prose poet of Adrian
Mich. He has written piece" about
about a wedding for the local paper
1t is fiight-away up. 1t is worth
reading, for it is a literary novelty.
Don't mind the jolts. They are caused
by the sudden jumps of cocaine and
by the sudden jumps from romance to
reality. Take plenty of cocaine and
wade in. After seven joyous lines from
the Psalms, the bard writes
The spacious farm house of the
hon. and Mrs. George B. Horton, of
Fairfield, to-day constituted the Mecca
| toward which a number of people from
Adrian and contiguous sections SEEM
ed for the time being more than ad-
mirably allured. The attraction was
simple and sufficient for the effect
| produced. The pilgrims whose path
tended in the direction indicated had
been hidden to witness the bridal
ceremony, the celebration of the sacred
ordinance, that should bring into the
most sacred relation of life the daugh-
ter of the household Alice B. Horton.
and Mr.. Sidney Splitter, of Toledo. The
event was one which for some time
had been anticipated, and one of
which the eminent fitness could never
be questioned"
Five minutes are supposed to elapse.
The bard has been writing about the
guests going out on the Wabash Rail
road to the scene of the nuptials Now
he touches the harp again, cleverly
giving the impression that a careless
compositor has mixed up the account
of double execution with the we'd
ding re all rnadU0 or
her go!
"As the hour approached, fraught
with SO much of moment to the two
young lives around whom for the
nonce the chief interest of the oc-
casion centered, the hustle and chat
ter of social conversation that are al
ways a significant phase of such
events began to assume a more di-
minished quality, and as if by a tacit
understanding the more experienced of
the merry throng gathered in genial
groups, and ranked themselves around
the spacious apartment, and settled
themselves on points of vantage where
the most desirable view of the i'm
pending ceremony could be obtained.
Their example seemed contagious.
"Others massed themselves in close
proximity as possible, and soon the
chief characteristics had resolved
themselves into whispers and the
waving of fans. This was the fairer
and gentler section of the assem- blage
The sterner portion, crowded to the
rear, as usual in such aSSemblageS,
seemed to have summoned all their
latent resolution and bore themselves
with an air of responsibility and an
assumption of stoicism as somber as
the conventional black In which they
were appareled.
"In the remote corner of this apart
ment, spacious enough to be denomi-
mated a salon were we writing ro-
nance of fair France instead of the
veracious chronicle of Cupid's donnina-
ton fought and won to gallant fin
ish in Fairfield, had been constructed
a white alcove, adorned with smilaX
and spring flowers. This was situated
Immediately facing the folding doors.
The clergyman stood on a low plat
form. Attached about this typical al
cove were many bountiful bouquets of
Easter lilies, illustrating with their
waxen wilderness the accepted and
ever-enduring emblem of the bride
elect. The complimentary embellish-
ment of this room consisted of green,
white and pink growths, sweet peas
and smilax, and these, disposed in
lavish profusion, constituted the domi-
nant motive of the decoration all
through the spacious home.
The main hallway and the adjoin-
ing pariors were filled with potted
plants, ferns, palms and flowers, while
modest cowslips, en- masse, occupied the
mantels and other available places.
Precisely at the appointed hour,
| r. M. the subdued strains of Jackson's
| Orchestra became family audible. A
| few bars suff1ced as a prelude. and
| then as the officiating divine, Rev. G.
H Channer, rector of Christ Church,
preceding the nuptial party, entered the
room, the troubadours, fronhtheir place
of concealment, burst forth with forte
effect into the Introductory measures
| of the imperishable march from 'Lohen-
| grim other members of the bridal par
| ty following in the order of precedence
| established by fashionable usage, con-
| fronted the clergyman as he reached
! the alcove and turned to face the now
hushed and expectant assemblage.
1.-The ritual of course, was that of
the Episcopal Church, than which there
| is nothing more solemn or more sweet
| in the religious literature of the world.
Mr.. Channer was in superb voice, and
the imperishable sentences as he in
toned them seemed imbued with an ex-
ceptional significance. Family di-
minished tones from the muff1ed in
struments, in hearts and flowers were
maintained through the ceremony.
| 1.-THE final amen was attained. The
usual brief intervals for silent prayer
ensued, and then there was break
made, all the more suggestive by the
preliminary silence. There was no for
NAL reception, no lining up no stiltec
i