Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-02-17
So They Were
Married

Hostess at her first postnuptial tea.
the brand-new matron solemnly eyes
the girls who clustered about the
table and her tones were weighty and
portentous.
Girls" she said, the most agon-
ICED morning of my life was my bridal
morning-and Georges. It's really
quite a long story You see, just as
soon as my wedding day was decided
upon and publicly announced, all my
| friends seemed to feel that it was up
to them to help celebrate. Forthwith
began a succession OF showers, card
| parties, dinners and theaters, which
was harder physical work and a big
ger mental strain than anything I'd
| ever known
II would reach home about two
O'Clock in the morning from some
| northern suburb to meet myself start
| ing out for luncheon down near the
| Indiana line. During the salad course
| of that luncheon | would have to ex
| cuse myself TO my outraged hostess
and make tracks for Evanston, there
| to grace with my presence library
| shower given in my honor. At six
| o'clock / was due at Oak Park, where
| a distant cousin was to give dinner
| for me and following that ordeal was
| a theater party A midnight supper
| downtown came next and the hour
and q half that were left to me out of
| the "a were passed with the hair
! dresser, who repaired the ravages OF
| the days hilarities.
at was very evident that If | con-
| tinued at the same rate reefs would
| have to be taken in all the garments
of my rousseau went on the brand
| new matron. George wanted me to
| go to a sanitariun1, he's so unselfish.
You know it would have killed him If
/ had gone away from him.
"The night before we were mar
| RED went on the brand-new matrOn,
mother gave the bridal party dinner.
| The crowd of us danced and had mu-
sic and talked till most three And
at nine next morning l was to be
narried-and George! It couldn't be
a bit later, for the only train We could
| take left at ten. And | was deter.
| mined. and so was George, to go no
where but to Bots Rouge, Canada,
where We had the dearest little log
cabin right in the heart of forest.
81 was too exhausted when | tum-
bled into bed to realize that on the
| morrow | was to be married to
| George. fell asleep like a clod. with
no more romance about me than il
| had been a lump of mortar | was de
| termined to get every minute OF my
| allotted hours Of sleep. There would
i be plenty of time to dream beautiful
poems up at Bots Rouge, with George.
i Perhaps you girls can imagine my
/ CONSERVATION at feeling myself
yanked ruthlessly by the arm in what
seemed to be about five minutes after
I had gone to sleep and then seeing
mother bending over me.
"'Child, it's eight o'clock" she
gasped.
The words were like an electric
shock l. leaped into my old shoes at
one bound. | nabbed my comb and
| wound my hair in an antique coil at
the mare of my neck, though my hat
had been specially designed for the
latest style of turban hairdressing.
Fhe girl guests appreciated the ca
tastrophe and looked profound sym
pathy
my oId-rose color suit was the
handiest.' went on the brand-new ma
thon. and / sI:rred into it without so
much as q glance in the mirror.
Slid down the stairs. gulped a swal-
| low Of coffee in the kitchen and then
| rushed down the street, putting on
pair of soiled white chamois gloves,
which had grabbed in my excite
ment I quaked as / neared the
| church, but with the courage born of
desperation | peeked in at the door.
Girls. there were no ushers in evil
| dence but scattered about the church,
even in the ten front seats on the
| middle aisle. were visibly excited
| spectators The organ was playing,
/ and nearly had fit on the spot for
fear some one would recognize me
and give the signal for the wedding
march,
81 wonder yet how / had the
strength to get around to the rector's
office which adjoined the. chancel.
| However. when | accomplished the
feat. there | found George, disheveled
and wild eyed, arrayed in a shiny old
blue serge suit and a spotted tan
spring overcoat with an automobile
can on the back of his head and
crumpling in his hands a gray glove
and a reddish brown one. He nearly
expired from pure relief when he saw
me.
"By that time 1t was a quarter to
nine and it was evident that there
was no time to lose. We called in
passing expressman and maid who
was hurrying to the corner grocery
with an apron thrown over her head.
With these as witnesses we We're mar
ried And after the splurge we had
prepared!
George called a taxicab, and just
as we were making for the train we
met the best man in an automobile,
urging on d chauffeur who was break
ing the speed limit scandalously. If
luck held, the rest Of my bridal party,
and Georges, probably gathered by
noon" The brand-new matron stopped
to laugh.
"But my troubles were all over So
xuoro CaovCo'c met orr train