Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-13
WEDDING MARCH By REQUEST
Young Folks I'm n R~estaurant Find
Themselves I'm an Embarrass-
Ing situation.

A good looking young woman followed
by a young man who evidently took a
great deal Of pride in her appearance
wandered into the restaurant early before
there was mush Of a crowd there. They
steered for a table off in one corner.
He helped her off with her coat carefully
and with ar air Of being willing to protect
her against the world in general.
When she took off her gloves 1t was seen
that a new plain band of gold encircled
the significant third finger of the left hand.
Then he handed her the bill of fare and
they chose their eatables with a great deal
Of elaboration, deferring each to the other
in the selection, with a tenderness and
delicacy hat sometimes is considered
characteristic of the early stages of matri-
mony.
The orchestra started up, playing it's first
number of the evening. There weren't many
folks in the restaurant then, as has been
said, and when the two young folks, just
naturally pleased with everything, APP
plauded the selection, the leader turned to
smile and bow toward them. This seemed
to give the young woman an idea. She
leaned over and whispered TO her COM
panion.
As she did so one Of her hapHs was
placed in the middle of ths tablecloth.
For answer he smiled fondly and then
reached over and squeezed her hand. Then
he called the waiter.
He tore a little piece off an envelope,
wrote something on 1t and told the waiter
to carry 1t to the orchestra leader. II
was plain that he gave this instruction, be-
cause the waiter walked over with it.
The leader read the paper, smiled very
broadly and passed the slip to one of the
| VipliniEfg The lattar grfpnad apd Nvae
about to pass it on when he caught the
eye Of the young man, who obviously
wasn't at all pleased with the exhibition
that was being made of his note. The
v~iolinist tossed the piece of paper on the
floor and then bent over to search through
a pile of music. He got the pieces he was
after and distributed them to the other
members of the orchestra, who put them
underneath the regular second selection,
Tor which they were tuning up.
Meantime the restaurant was filling up.
so that by the time the second piece was
done with nearly all the tables were &C.
oupied. Those in the near neighborhood
of the young couple were taken, too. Then
the orchestra, after the usual pause, began
to tune mp for the special selection. The
leader put up tho by Request sign and
then tapped on the rack before him.
The orchestra broke into the well known
strains of The Voice That Breathes Der
Eden,' which generally is spoken OF as
The Wedding March" II was a restaur-
ant which late IN the night. or rather early
in the morning, isn't just the quietest place
on earth, and some Of the diners belonged
to the all night class, just dropped in for
breakfast.
There was a broad smile on the face OF
some and there was a general search for
the persons or person who might have
asked for that selection. The young folks,
who didn't count on attracting so much
attention, kept their faces turned toward
their plates and ate with Intense interest
in their food.
1t Is the custom for those who call for
a selection to applaud the conclusion Of
the same, but these two did nothing Of
the sort. BY this time both were rather
red in the face. The orevhestra leader,
however, was not to be cheated OF his
acknowledgment.
When the selection was through with
he waited for a moment, as II for the
applause, but II did not come from the
young folks, So the leader. with a mali,
cious Inspiration, turned in their direction
and paused until the young man with 6
guilty feeling that some one was staring
at him looked up. Then the leader bowed
deeply.
OF oourse every Que else In the place fol
lowed the direction OF that inclination OF
the head, and the secret was out. There
we're more smiles and even some laughs
while the color could be seen mounting
swiftly up the neck OF the young woman
as she remained bent over her plate.
Gee, that's a pair Of -honeymoners fol
fair" said one man to his table companion
another man. as they looked toward tn,
young folks.
4 Some Of the women In the place locke,
sympathetic and others sneered slightly