El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-14

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4 weddings in June as a young
mans to love in March and
April, but less lightly.
A wedding is not a matter to be
lightly undertaken. Leaving sentiment
out Of consideration, it has an ex-
tremely practical side a hard working
side. that appalls many a prospective
bride. The more thoughtful she is the
more likely is she to be appalled,. All
that faculty Of mana cement which
will make her notable as hOusekeeper
is taxed by the event. Even though
her mother possesses the faculty in
high degree and is willing to work her
fingers to the bone and heE brain to
gray tatters, the bride is the captain
of the wedding ship Everybody obeys
her orders, and whether the white rib
bOned craft sail into the port of sue
cess or be shipwrecked on the shoals
Of a mass of details that go wrong de-
ponds upon her captaincy.
June Bride Sent to Rest.
One June bride was sent by her
family to an MOTEL to spend the day
before her wedding, so that she might
not be worried by the countless last
day happenings Immured with her
hair dresser and manicure, her ears
were spared the jangle of the door
bell and telephone, her eyes, reading
numberless last words from anxious
friends. or puzzled tradesmen, her
nerves innumerable fears that some
thing will happen" that the dreaded
hitch" feared by all careful campaign
ers might occur.
This was surcease for the bride, well
come surcease, no doubt, but wasn't
that bride something of a deserter7
Won't she be the sort OF a wife who
viii have a headache when her hus-
band asks If he may bring friend
home to dinner2 Maybe she had an
ancestor who enlisted for the war but
tainted on the firing line.
At any rate, young June has already
furnished a bride who is in strong con-
trast to this picture Dining with
friend a month before the wedding, she
answered the friends remark. 4 sup
pose you'll be half dead the day Of the
wedding, because yOu'n be tired out
like other brides?"
How June Bride Planned Her Time.
Not /" answered the sturdy young
woman. squaring her shoulders as she
had when she played basket ball at
college. I'm all through
WHAT"
Yes: trousseau finished, wedding
list Of guests made out and envelopes
addressed. We've decided about the
music and We've settled about the re
lreShmentS. The next two weeks i
viii give TO resting and attending to
the unexpected. Ny bridesmaids will
visit me for a week before the we'd
ding, and I intend to rest from my
shopping and planning and have that
week free for them and to enjoy my
SELF
The plan worked admirably. The
bride appeared not Is years older, as
the brides who work like galley slaves
until the last moment and arrive late
at the church do, but looked her love-
lest as a bride should, and she walked
up the church aisle in perfect time TO
the music, instead of two steps ahead
of it. as she would have done had she
been worried about whether the ice
cream would melt before the guests
We're all served.
At the reception at the house all
was as serene as the steady ticking OF
the old-fashioned clock in the hall.
thanking of the arriving guests for
their wedding gifts. for each day as
the gifts arrived the bride had writ
ten her thanks for them Neither, Dy
the way were they on exhibition The
star of this event had ordered them all
packed and sent away for storage IN
til needed
They were all lovely and I am de-
lighted, but I don't want any Of my
friends to be made sensitive by com
parison of their gifts Ny heart was
full of gratitude to every one and 1
determined that a solid silver vege-
table set should not Outshine a hand
mirror"
Rose Leaves Instead Of Rice.
Even to the impertinent parting vol
lev had this bride planned her day Of
days. There was no rice to be labor
iously swept from the carpets nor
shaken from the hair nor pried from
the eyes and ears. Instead Of the
cereal she had provided rose leaves cut
from pink and white tissue paper and
placed in boxes. Into these boxes Of
American confetti the more eXuberant