The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-24

young or old begin to sigh like an air.
brake when gentle June steals silently
upon us. June and roses"
But. it is May-time," replied Miss
Lavinia, land there is superstition
elect to marry in this particular
month";.
And then she quoted the ofteheard
rhyme:
Marry in the month of May
And you will surely rue the day."
well, at least che comet can't be
held responsible for the innovations in
wedding arrangements, like the best
girl, which the bride must have now
adays, who performs for her all the
functions that the best man does for
the groom" declared.
perhaps the next thing we hear of
will be that the fashions in wedding
wells and wedding cakes have changed
and that the word obey has been
stricken from the marriage ceremony
said Miss Lavinia when that time
single blessedness for married cussed-
ness
Lovely said I as thought
what a. perfectly darling wife some
man had missed by Miss La
vfrifa's refusal to join the happy
though married, class but in my opn-
ion, comet or no comet, the general
voice that breaths Ger Eden will con-
tinue to take a long breath and people
will be Lohengrin-e into church and
Mendelssohn-ed out for the marriage
ceremony, just as of yore. 1t is sim
guar thing though how the poor unsus-
pecting comet has been blamed for all
sorts of things that 1 feel perfectly sure
1t has never once given a thought to-"
But 1t is such qualification to have
something to lay things on said Miss
Laviuia, who is just so human that you
can't help loving her the very moment
you meet her9nt
'.Of course 1t. isl was my rejoinder.
j"In some instances the passing of the
comet has had a most disastrous effect
upon people. I heard of an old negro
woman the other day who was almost
paralyzed with fear, when she heard we
were to pass through the comets tail,
one delectable evening. $751;
mo, Miss Dolly" she said as she ex-
ahorted on the subject, "you don ketch
me buyin no spring clothes untell ives
done passed trou' de tail of dat comic"
And the poor creature was really in
earnest when she made the statement.
"And I heard of a perfectly sensible
person who has postponed her spring
house cleaning until the comet was safely
out of the way, because she said there's
no way of telling what might happen,
and ali that time I could be reading my
Bible Miss Lavinia related.
well in a way, you know I think the
comet has put us all to thinking just
a wee bit seriously-don't you?" asked.
1.-THE old question of
eff you had but one day more to live
what would you do?'
Comes to my mind with just trif1e
more force than it does when the comet
is not the topic of compensation" said.
1--WE never believed in death-bed re-
pentences," said Miss Lavinia practf-
cally, but even though we were not
swished off the solar system map by the
comet. it is just as well to think on those
subjects occasionally. Neglecting daily
duties to send up hysterical prayers to
the throne on high, everS time phe-
nomenon occurs, or you have an ache or
a pain is not my philosophy of life. Rus
kin never gave utterance to a nobler
thought or greater truth than when he
said:
GAN work is prayer
"And in my estimation the work
that we havt to do, when conscientiously
done, to- the best or our ability, each
day is the best preparation for the Here
after, and will pass muster before the
Maker of US all. far quicker than taking
hold of the incense burner and muttering
heathen-like incantations, and entrea-
ties, every time something unusual turns
up"
"And besides, the scientists made a
mess OF their calculation about the
comets appearance" replied In conclu-
sion, although "a hours late is the aver
age railroad time-isnt it? At any rate,
1 am not going>>to blame the poor old
comet for the foolishness Of people, be
cause it's my humble opinion that comet
or no there is going to be continuation
of marrying and giving In marriage, and
superstitions and queer doings of folks,
lust as long as this old world lasts. The
comet has had its day. Next"