The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-11
WEDDING TOURS ON PAPER
Moneyless Couples Can Stay at Home
and Write Their Friends
from Abroad.

Lack OF money WIN winch 10 Duy
the necessary tickets and pay hotel
bills need no longer hamper bridal
couples who desire to impress their
friends with the fact that they are
travelling in Europe, Asia, Africa or
any other place which issues picture
post cards, says the Minneapolis
| Tribune.
| If John and Mary want to 60 to
Honolulu and are unable to buy rail-
road ticket which will take them far
Their than one of the trolley suburbs,
they can engage board at four dollars
week and recuperate from the pre-
nuptial functions with a serene, mind
and consciousness that everybody in
their set knows they are in the Ha-
waiian islands. How can they think
otherwise when every mail brings a
. souvenir post card in John or Mary's
writing, neatly stamped with the Ha-
waiian stamp, and telling how balmy
position John has. They would be
skeptical, indeed, in the face of this
evidence, to harbor the suspicion that
Jayville, not Honolulu, is the destina,
ton of the bridal couple.
| 1t is the Honeymoon club. in an
eastern city, which has made this pos,
sible, and several Minneapolis young
people have been much amused to re-
ceive, shortly after their engagements
were formally announced, circulars
which had on the letter head, in addi.
ton to the name of the organization,
the impressive phrase: I'VE furnish
the trip; you remain at home, the envy
Of your friends" This is balanced on
the other side by the words: worlds
fair trip, st. Louis, our speciality" n
large type.
Our method of operating" the
general manager says, sis as follows:
You and your prospective husband map
out trip you would like to take. nam
ing such towns and places Of interest
you would visit. Send us an itemized
list of these places. the number OF
friends you desire to have notified and
we will advise you as to the cost OF
the supposed trip. When satisfactory
you set Of souvenir cards illustrated
in colors. On these cards you write the
names and addresses of your friends
to whom you desire to make 1t known
that you are in tina. town, with mes
sage, and then return the cards to us
We forward them to our correspondents
with instructions to mail them on the
date designated, when it Is supposed
you will be in said town. Naturally
these cards when mailed will bear the
postmark of the town and with the
fact that you have addressed them will
be sufficient evidence that you are in
reality perhaps at no great distance
from home and friends. Our price if
moderate and is based upon the TRIP
you outline and the amount of labor
necessary for it's preparation and com
pletion."
The advantage of being the envy Of
your friends Is supposed to compen
safe, in the opinion of the general man
ager for the time spent in hiding neal
home and friends" and running tt
cover if one of the aforesaid friends
comes in sight
For you would be sure to run
across some one you knew" laughed
one of the prospective brides who re
ceived the cir ular. Just imagine the
string of stories you would have to tel
to make things straight! A wedding
trip under ordinary circumstances is
something of an ordeal. but I CAM
imagine anything more appalling in
regard to what it might lead to than
one under the auspices of the Honey
moon club. Think of showing SOU
venirs brought by some one else, or an
sering all of the questions you would
be sure to be asked and having your
suit cases and bags covered with labels
forwarded from New York Office and
pasted on within ten miles of home!
1t may be modern method, strictly
up to date and cheap, but what would
be the pleasure?"