The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

Walt Mason in Nebraska State Journal
Evangeline was married on Tuesday
morning, at II o'clock. It would be SUI
per1uous to say that she was beautiful
and radiant, and all that sort of thing.
Brides are always beautiful When a
JdamseI fixes herseuf up for her appearance
at the altar she makes no mistake about
being beautiful; in fact, we have often
wondered how girl who is homely enough
at ordinary times, manages to make her
self look like a cross between a dream and
a bird of Paradise when she leads a
'blushing bridegroom to the altar. Evan
geline was always very pretty; she is
gifted with beautiful eyes and hair, and a
complexion as clear8as the leaf "a lily;
and her form is sylph Like, and she knows
how to drape it to the best advantage.
The way the women prepared for that
wedding! There must; have been a dozen
of them busy at it, night and day. Evan
geline's mother, and her two sisters, and
sundry cousins and aunts, were all on
hand, and each appreciated the import
ance Of the occasion. Every woman in
the bunch was an expert cake baker, and
of course each one wanted to work out
some formula of her own, and the old
oven was smoking all the time, and the
cakes were corded up in the house in a
manner wonderful to behold. There were
dark brown cakes which threatened 1ndi-
gestion; there were blonde, ethereal cakes,
which looked as tho you might eat at
them for a month without getting enough;
there were small cakes and large cakes as
heavy as, clock weights and as light as
feathers; and all the time those admirable
women were thinking up fresh conspira-
cies in the cake line, and the bill for
sugar and fruit and such stuff must have
been demnible.
Heaven knows how many women and
girls were fussing around the bride, try
ing to evolve a, dress that would satisfy
every body. Had she been left to her own
good taste and excellent judgment, she
would have settled the matter in short
order but that would have been contrary
to all precedent; she had to be in the
hands Of her friends. like a blooming
candidate for office, and it is extremely
doubtful whether she had a good solid
hours sleep for month prior to her
sacrifice. Some of the girls were ever
| lastingly rousing her up, to see Whether
a pale sorrel ribbon would match with her
claybank bonnet, or whether a German
| silver buckle on her belt would line up in
proper shape with the tortoise-shell comb
| In her top-knot. OF course there were
endless disputes about such things, and
some Of the ladies became indignant be-
| cause their advice was turned down, and
| said that they would be darned if they
would stay there to be insulted, or words
to that effect. So the wedding caused
some hard feelings, even before 1t oc-
| Cured.
/ Meanwhile the bride was pitifully nerv.
Gus. She had been badgered around So
long and so persistently, that she couldnt
sleep, even when given the opportunity
and the wonder is that she didn't vino
up in the padded CELL When she wa
alone she wept Historically, and idiot:
were always hunting her up, and askint
her if she was happy, and hoping tina
she would always be glad and prosperous
a1tho they felt assured that she was max
ing a mistake And among them, the.
had her almost bughouse; and on tn
morning Of the wedding, with long rail
way journey before her, she was just abou
exhausted, and It was only that remark
/ able courage of woman braced her Vi
i when, she took her place before the per
4 spring pastor.