Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-14
She is the Whole Thing

The June ~bride-bless her-is all I'm a
nutter now. Her head is full of strange
tancies and schemes-all vague and mud
died. but all happy and rose-tlnted uar
heart is full OF funny little thrills and
she's as happy as the biggest sunfower
mat ever furnished food for the poultrv
In Kansas. There is Just enough of any
Ie'y and dread mingled with the heart.
tnrls to sharpen and to heighten the
pressure she Is so happy over having sue
cessfully steered away from tho ScvlIa ~
spinsterhood that she sees not the chances
OF smashing into the charybdis of divorce
She Is the envy OF the other girls. DOES
this fact add to her pleasures? AS well asl,
II she Is human. She is talked about nv
inc less fortunate maidens. Not all ,hev
say ABOUT her Is sweet and pleasant. but
Inere Is a certain halo attached to the mar
Eled state 0rom the maiden's vIewpointl
that makes them employ a tone OF hushed
ana impressive awe even when they are
saying unkind things about her.
she Is the center OF every bunch of which
she Is a member. They gather about her
and smile and chatter. The ones who
never met her before mercilessly size her
up and say a<terward they don't know
what the fellow could have seen in that
feather-headed Cor plain or ordinary or
homely or fat or skinny-the adjective 70
as adjustable as It is inevitably creature
10 make him want to live with her alwavs
ana everybody buzzes at her and eyery-
oody wants to be regarded as her conhden-
ual friend. Does she revel in this? Again
the question, 'Is she human"
bhe wakes every morning to a realization
hat she is to be married, and the thought
Is with her all day. Her last thought at
night Is Of the wedding. and she reflects
bitterly upon some rude. careless person
who met her during the day and never said
a word about the subject of which she de-
clares she is sick of hearing. People send
her little tokens, and she ~rejoices openly
over them. But when she has locked the
door OF her room she turns her head on
one side and looks at the thing more crit
ically. Only the recording angel land sew
enteen OF the girls particular friends and
everybody they think to telD will ever
know the result OF that more candid in
spection.
She wakes sometimes in the night and
goes over In her mind a long list. beginning
something like this: THE pongee, the
tulle, the travelling one, the gray one, the
blue one, the pink one, the satin one. the
one with the pearl trimmings, the mauye
one and THE one" and she goes 10 sleep
to dream of being carried through the skies
In the midst OF the dress goods department
OF a big store, always selecting. always
telling them TO send II up right away, al
ways trying new shades-dear girl, she Is
In her heaven. 1t Is the one time Of her
life, unless she be a child OF wealth, when
she can really W something like a sa-
uety In the matter OF clothes, and she Is
intoxicated with IT aIl-has on q regular
dress Sag.
And sometimes, when she is simply sur
feited with the thought OF her wardrobe
and OF how she will appear and where she
will be when she wears each separate
gown, she-pardon her. she must have re-
lief from the thought of her clothes-she
sees q vague vision OF a male being in a
dress suit, white gloves, a scared look, and
he places a ring or her nnger-and then
b vision fades and she is back among her
dresses.
Gentle reader. the neeting vision was the