The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-15
Odd Wedding Places.

Although the vast majority of brides
and bridegrooms are quite content to
have the nuptial knot tied in church,
there are a few who prefer it fastened
in an odd environment. To be "spliced"
on a swinging trapeze would not be
every ones choice, yet that was the
scene selected on one occasion by two
couples of circus performers. The con-
tracing parties. gorgeously arrayed.
climbed onto two aerial perches, one on
each side of the ring, while the Of
ficiating magistrate stood on a pyramid
in the center and conducted the SER
vice. In 1897 wedding occurred in a
still more curious and dangerous place
in lions cage at the Boston Zoo.
Something like 1000 people witnessed
the event, a Methodist clergyman. con-
Quoting it. The reverend gentleman,
however, stood outside the cage, and
at the proper moment the bride and
bridegroom followed the keeper into
the cage, which contained two large
lions, and the steel-barred door was
closed behind them. The whole thing
was over in five minutes. but it must
have seemed years to the couple, con-
siderfng that the lions walked around
the cage staring at the unusual sight,
and then laid down, roaring and
yawning alternately. On another oc-
casion a couple had the romantic idea
of being married inside the head of the
colossal figure of the Goddess of Lib
erty which stands in New York har-
Dor. The head being a hollow cham
Der, the feat was made feasible and
was duly carried out, after the bridal
party had mounted the 5000 feet of
narrow stairs to reach their destina-
ton.
Marriages have now and again taken
place on horseback, one such being be-
tween an clipping couple some years
back While a service was in progress
in a village church the noise of clatter-
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to the entrance found a man and wo-
man mounted on palpitating animals.
After some persuasion, as the pair
were armed with the necessary au-
thority, the clergyman promptly mar
ried them, the lovers not dismounting
during the process. AS soon as it was
ended they put spurs to their horses
and galloped away into the darkness.
So far, it would seem, marriages have
not been performed in motor cars or
flying machines, although one may
rest assured that they will soon be
utilized for such purposes. Before now
the clouds have witnessed wedding
ceremonies. Some years ago balloon
was turned into a church and happy
though nervous couple made husband
Worlds Fair some years ago the Fer
ris wheel, of which the big wheel at
EarPS Court was a near relative, was
one of the chief attractions, and an en-
teTprlSIIlg couple eiecteu u pe Hidriieu
in it. Accordingly they we're united
$50 feet above the heads of the gaping
and interested crowd. And, as there is
no accounting for tastes, it is not sur
prising to learn that even the bowels
of the earth have been chosen for a
wedding. Such an event in coal mine
would be a matter-of-fact affair in
comparison with a marriage in the
Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, whose
wonders and creepiness have been pic
tured by many pens until the reader
has been made almost nervous by the
descriptions. Nevertheless, this eerie
cave was the scene of knot tying. 1t
was performed by the light of torches,
which made the darkness of the cave
IL anything more intense, the spot Sc
lected being something like nine miles
from the entrance to the cave, and only
reached by crossing Styx-like waters
and crawling on hands and knees
,OndOn Globe.