The Mena weekly star., 1910-02-10
ON THE HONEYMOON
YOUNG COUPLE GOT A LITTLE
 TOO MUCH PUBLICITY.
Situation Not Altogether Delightful When Ali the Diners In the Res- taurant Turned to Stare at
 the Newlyweds.

A good looking young woman, fol lowed by young man who evidently took a great deal of pride in her ap nearance. wandered into the restau- rant early before there was much of crowd there. They steered for table of in one corner. He helped her of with her coat carefully and with an air of being willing to protect her against the world in general.
 The orchestra started up, playing it's firsr 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, applauded the selec- tion. the leader turned to smile and how toward them. This seemed to give the young woman an idea. She leaned over and whispered to her com paanion.
 As she did so one of her hands was placed about in the middle of the ta- ble cloth. For answer he smiled fond ly and then reached over and squeezed her hand. Then he called the waiter.
 He tore little piece of an envelope wrote something on 1t and told the waiter to carry it to the orchestra leader. Ii was plain that he gave this instruction because the waiter walked over with 1t.
 The leader read the paper, smiled very broadly and passed the slip tn one of the violinists. The latter orr{n1aH apA xuou oho,,f fo noco ft o,, 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 violin ist tossed the piece of paper on the floor and then bent over to search through 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, for which they were tuning up
 Meanwhile the restaurant was filling up, SO that by the time the second piece was done with nearly all the tables were occupied Those in the near neighborhood of the young couple were taken too. Then the orchestra, after the usual pause, began to tune up for the special selection. The leader put up the 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 general ly is spoken of as "The Wedding March" It was a restaurant which late Iu the night. or rather early in the morning. isn't just the quietest place on earth. and some of the din CTS belonged to the all night class. just dropped in for breakfast.
 There was a broad smile on tho face of some and there was general search for the persons or person who might have asked for that selection. The young folks who didn't count on attracting 20 much attention. kept their faces turned toward their plates and ate with intense interest in their food.
 It is the custom for those who call for selection to applaud the conclu- sion of the same, but these two did nothing of the sort By this time both were rather red in the face. The or. chestra leader. however, was not to be cheated of his acknowledgement.
 When the selection was through with he waited a moment, as if for the applause, but it did not come from the young folks. So the leader. with a malicious inspiration. turned in their direction and paused until the young man with guilty feeling that some one was staring at him looked up. Then the leader bowed deeply.
 Of course every one else in the place followed the direction of that inclination of the head and the secret was out. There were more smiles and even some laughs, while the color could be seen mounting swiftly up the neck of the young woman as she re- mained bent over her plate.
 Gee, that's pair of honeymooners for fair" said one man to his table companion, another man, as they looked toward the young folks.
 Some of the women in the place looked sympathetic and others sneered slightly It was with feelings of relief apparently that the young people fin ished their meal. paid the check and hurried out