The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-15

gorgeously arrayed men led the march
 up the aisle. Following them was the
 bride on her fathers arm. and just be- hind the prospective husband. his
 mother on his arm. Two and two came
 the attendants. the men in full dress.
 the girls in day dress. all wearing the
 hat that is worn by nine out of ten of
 the women in Paris. They are of
 straw, of every color and trimmed with
 everything used in millinery. from nat
 ural wheat to costly ostrich plumes.
 A grand organ of tremendous power
 with full stop drawn, burst into
 march that have never heard before.
 It was not Mendelssohn's nor from Lo-
 hengrin. Both of these l know full
 well, having trod to them exactly fifty
 times. It was so grand. so glorious
 this march rolling away up to the lofty
 vault and through the mighty arches.
 The tremendous vibrations would shake
 the windows out of an ordinary church.
 The party arranged into a semi circle
 around the altar profuse in costly
 bronzes, large handworked chande-
 Hers that are works of art. and candles
 ten or fifteen feet high. The magnifi-
 cence of it is hard to describe.
 The wedding party sat down. then came a bass solo. beautiful! The man who was aided in a chorus by a full choir must have been an opera singer. MUSIC tlke VHlS Has a StTdh8c cueCl Oi me. l grew cold as ice and shook as with an ague. It was most impress sive and solemn. The priest then de- livered an address as to the duties and respons abilities of married life before performing the ceremony receiving the implements of his office from ms accolytes.
 In La Medicine the services are in
 toned by hand bell and as Tn ali these big churches there are no pews. They use chairs and very cheap look ing ones. Each has facing it Prie Dieu-another chair with low seat and high back.
 From the grave to the gay; directly opposite to La Madeleine we went to . | theatre called La Cigale. where the per formance proved to be one of those ex- | travaganzas the people in Montgomery | sometimes pay 8 dollar and a half to see. We paid 40 cents and had the liberty of the foyer. the cafe and the bar. Between acts the auditorium is | abandoned. Everybody. men and wo- men-there were no children-go to l one of these. eat. drink and chatter. I have seen but one drunken man | since I left. and he was an American He came on the ship drunk and remain l ed so. during most of the voyage. had occasion to be ashamed of another | American: woman who stood by the | window of the car and waved the Stars and Stripes or shook it, there is
 2 difference. One of the sweet girls oi | Montgomery. who went abroad last year. told me of a similar occurrence l Her occasion for disgust was a man
 who had the Stars and Stripes pinned | across his breast.
 But to the play. The mounting | was fine. and the sets were veritabls | works of art. The costumes were in- | describable for the reason of their l splendor. and for rc>son that the po- lice of our straight laced city. that vir- tuously frowns on Sunday baseball
 would have a syncope at the cut and | scantiness of the toilettes of the iris ky. dauseause.
 The auditorium of this theatre, if walled in as ours. would come near be- ing a duplicate. We have. or did have | a graceful theatre without appreciat- | ing the fact.
 Enough and a feast" I rather on. joy these hasty chats. I do them ir
 the early morning before Cafe au lait
 and pain" the simple breakfast of the Frenchman Van.