The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1911-07-28
parts of this United States.
The old couplt.

parts of this United States.
The old couplt.
Marry in Lent,
Live to rep mt,
Is said to have originated in Now
York.
'SIIappy the bride the sun shines
on" is ascribed to Northern Ohio.
Talladaga, Ala, has the same idea
incorporated into If 1t rains on the
wedding the bride will weep all her
married life"
And Peabody, Mass, has the same
superstition, ITO marry in a storm
batokens a stormy married life"
Omaha, Neb., appears to have had
time to discover that THE pair to
be married should stand in lime with
the cracks of the floor and never at
right angl.s to them."
"A bride must st.p over the sill OF
the church with her right foot" say
the wise-acres of Orange County, n.
| Y.
Generally in Massachusetts, 1t is
held that double wedding is unfor-
tunate, since one of the pairs Ger
tainly will be unhappy.
Naive parents of Nav York State
long sine discovered that runaway
matches are certain to prove un-
lucky.
Do not, in the name of all the hap
piness we toast, tell a living soul
where you're going on your honey
moon. This may be hard prescrip-
tiom to observe since railroad tickets
must be bought and baggage ship
ped, but do your best. To tell whsre
You shall honeymoon is TO court un-
happin IS and may We add, practi-
cal jokes.
GRAY LUCKY COLOR FOR bride.
And you, blythe wedding jokes.
KINDLY observe that it is THE best
cf omens and signs to tie the brides
trunk with white ribbon. Be advise
however, that ito gat the trunks mix
ed and affix such a decoration 10 the
baggage of the groom will court GER
tain disaster. Especially If the groom
have a tmpsr)
Be advised. anon, brides, htat thu
truly lucky color for the travelling
gown is gray. Brown isn't so bad
but gray is the thing worth a brides
happiness
1t is, be you aware, excallent luck
for the bride to kiss a baby If she
chance upon one dn the nuptial pill
grimage. The sign, so the wise say,
is for happiness.
But-shudder with fear-under no
circumstances, real or fancied, permit
another bridal party to ga On the
same train with you. Disaster is
certain Thst rain may he wrscbed, u
fault which all trains have in conf
mon.
And now, having reached this in
terror point on the journey in quest
of the reason for waning Homogeneous
let us pause to determine, ene We
reach the goal, just whta, why and
whenoe is this hon ymoon If you
will II ad back over the superstitiOns
quot d you will notice that, whiAe those
referring TO the bridal are old and
gray as the world. those dealing
with ths honeymoon speak of ouch
modern conveniences as trunks, TRAINS,
travelling gowrs, ate. The deduc'
ton is that tbs honeymoon is a mod
ern institution, and this appears 10
be the case.
AS recently as the reign of Quefn
, Elijah ,th the honeymoon was prae-
: tically unknown. 10 was not tho Gus
tenn .for THE bride and groom TO go
on a journey, nor evtm TO schsdule
themselves from friends and call
ers for amy period such AIS now has
come the custom. In those halcyn
days ehe guests. even at the mar
rEages of the high nobility, wa.a
told THAT the INV pair would be home
and receiving wthin two or threa
days. This little period of seclusior
was then ondy b ginning TO he obsav
ed and II may b. looked upon as The
dim beginning OF tho honeymoon.
The season of spooning and moon
ing alone is thus an outgrOwth oi
, modern travel facilities Not onl,
is II easy 20 get away for visit,
but IL is generally fslt that the new
} wife ought 10 have a season OF pre-
pairing her home baiore friends OBJ