Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-04-30
THE FIRST WEDDING
SIMPLE CEREMONY IN THE GAR.
DEN OF EDEN.
Bridal Outfit of the Young Lady No
Tax on Adams Pocketbook-How
kIsfortunes Finally Came to the
Happy Family.

great many years ago, long before
! ! entered the mind of man to con
struct the Tower of Babel, or to lay
out the city of Buffalo or to do maEe
other foolish and wicked things
there resided in distant land geI-
tleman called Adam. whose surname
was First Man. who became enamored
OF beautiful young lady, known as
Eve B. Guiled. His attentions appear
to have been reciprocated by the lady,
ana she became convinced he was the
only man she could ever love" if we
/ may judge from the following com
munication which she made to John
Milton, who followed the rather singu-
lar vocation Of advertising things
Lost and Found upOn her Fathers
Estate. "Conllrmed, then | resolved
Adam shall share with me in bliss or
woe; So dearly | love him. that with
him all deaths could endure, with
out him, live no life"
This being equivalent to the modes:
dec iaration that the lady is willing
chat her lover should begin % pay
her board" arrangements were inn
mediately made to nave the union as
sured and in the absence OF az Off
cial clergyman the ceremony was EAr.
formed in the most simple and unos-
tentatious manner in the beautiful
garden of Eden.
The outfit of the groom was plain
and simple, perhaps the most notice
able thing about it being absence Of
20
casions by "our best society,"" The
bridal costume was market by perfect
simplicity and absence of all expensive
and extra yagant adornments There
must have been something very be-
Aming in this costume, as certain
.adies in fashionable life at the pres
ent day, initiate it as closely as posi-
bic when in full dress.
Dispensing with the practice nov so
nrerslent of indulging in a wedding
sour, and not caring publicly to pro-
claim themselves as newly married by
the occupancy of the bridal chambers
N the hotels and on steamboats,, the
happy couple settled quietly down to
the joys and cares Of married life in
the Garden of Eden, and were noted
Tor their plain and unpretending man
ner of living. They kept no carriage,
hired no opera box, gave no costly en-
tertainments, but contenteG them
selves with the simple, inexpensive
and satisfactory pleasures and enjoy
ments incident to the circumstances
and surroundings.
Adam was a good husband; he spent
his evenings (and a good many of his
days. at home, he had no business en-
gagements down street. nor dio he
belong to club. Undoubtedly he was
an early riser and loved the "dewy
morn'-as We are sure ne did the
gentle Eve" Eve was doubtless a
very beautiful woman. She deserved,
If any of her sex ever did, the credit
of caring little for the Establishments
of dress. Her tastes and habits were
eminently domestic, and for her, In
! truth, there was no place like home
Eve, so far as we know, spent little
Of her time and money Shopping"
and it is not probable that she had
ever hearu Stewart's, that Mecca OF
American women. She never sent
Mondays, because they were washing
days, nor made his life miserable by
reason of semi cnnual house-cleanings
She was not heartless woman of the
world, nor did she ever affiliate with
Mrs. Grundy and kindred spirits, and
never troubled herself about the own,
ership of an extra pair Of stockings
dangling from her neighbors clothes.
line.
We regret to add that 1nisfortunes
eventually came upon this happy fam
lily. Eve unfortunately became In
volved in a transaction OF fruit-ap
pies, principally-in which Adam was
involved, and their property, including
the homestead. passed out Of their
possession, and they We're obliged to
seek a residence elsewhere. From this
time we know little about them ex
cept that Adam, with careful attention
to his diet, managed to live and reach
the age of $50, and died in the prime
of manhood, his days being shortened.
doubtless, materially, by the loss of
his property. Whether Eve survived
him or deceased first, we cannot say
tut presume she did.-EXchango
Doing 1t on Shares.
hnT owl