The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-25
QUEER THINGS
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country and the Rroom's first namc
was Guy. One of the on-lookers Mt
the wedding became audibly amused
when Mr.. Kerr asked. do you Guy
take this woman?"
There are often odd combinations
OF names at wedding, In the OBJ
selvation of Rev. Rolte Pomeroy
9Ium. rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church. II once married a Mr.. Peach
10 Miss Sour, Mr.. Rainbow act =
ing as best man. And. of course. the
minister was surnamed Crum." AS
for wedding fees. Mr.. Crum had the
following incident to relate: 1.-THE
groom seemed very nervous during
the ceremony and when 1t was over
fidgeted and stammered about for
some time, finally inquiring, How
much is it?' The law allows $3.50 in
New York state answered. We'll,
here's an extra so cents That will
make you s2.' he said"
Most brides are superstititous
about their weddings, in Mr.. Crum's
estimation. II remember one bride
who wished to be welded exactly
at high noon. When I arrived at the
house at five minutes before l2 she
net me at the door In a hign state
of nervous tension and hysterically
rcprimanded me for not cominS
sooner. l never in my life dpnncd
vestments quite so rapidly and the
ceremony began Just as the clock
struck IL after ALL"
The weddings which might best
ke termed humorous are perhaps
Il bse where the members OF the
hHdal party are arrayed in fine gar
D'tnts and the groom gives the min.
lister a dollar wedding zee, Rev. w.
G. Anderson of the First Baptist
church laughingly declared. "Wny
back in the days before autos be-
came common couple drove up to
my house in n buggy ard the groom
handed me the license and asked me
20 marry them as they were. As
there was no real reason for refus-
ing l stood on the ground and went
through the ceremony. After I had
pronounced them man and wife they
drove off without a word OF thanks.
All legal documents had to be
stamped at that time, so I had TO
purchase stamps, place them on the
marriage certificate and send 1t 10
the county clerk before their mar
riage was legal"
Payment OF the wedding fee on
the installment plan was frequent
years ago, Mr.. Anderson said. Oc-
casionally there was a tragic side to
this custom, as in the following case
g groom asked IL he coul pay so
Jhts down and the rest later. !
said that would be all right. Two
weeks later when, true to his prom
Use, he came to make another pay
ment. he said, 4 have had a great
misfortune. have just lost my
wife OF course, l told him that he
didn't owe me anything"
one bridegroom whom Mr.. An
dersor recalled to mind had evident
ly at some previous time been sworn
In at court or as a Juryman for when
Mr.. Anderson said during the cere-
mony, "If you are here for the pur-
pose of taking one another as part
ners for life. Join your right hands"
the groom held his right hand high
above his head.
Experience has convinced Rev. j.
W. Abel OF the First Methodist Epis-
copal church that when BRIDE
groom takes him aside at the close
OF the ceremony and whispers. II
will see you on such and such a date
about the wedding fee" the date
specified generally never comes.
This experience is not peculiar to
mo alone" Mr.. Abel said. 81 was
once driving with my district super
intendent in Iowa. We passed the
house where the wealthiest member
OF the congregation and the most
prominent citizen in the town was
celebrating his 40th wedding ami
versary in most elaborate fashion.
The superintendent observed, He
has never yet paid me for marrying
him"
When asked IL he ever met a nom
paying groom later Mr.. Abel said.
yes" and when asked II he ever
requested the wedding fee, Mr.. Abel
replied Certainly not" To the ques-
tion. why. In such cases, don't
ministers dun?" he said only, 1T
isn't done"
Grooms have stage fright both
before and during the ceremony, as
rr. Abel viewed 1t. When a mss
pes to ask you to tie the knot
hSasks to see you very privately and
then probably says, i have "A little
Job I would like to have you do for
me- You know at once what 1t is.
Often grooms are too talkative dur
ing the actual ceremony. There Is
one long sentence with a number OF
clauses in the marriage service
which should be answered with a
single Il will II / dare to draw
breath between any of these clauses
the average groom will invariably
murmur yes"
Mr.. Abel was not averse to telling
a joke on himself. II was marry
ing a prominent couple in church
In Iowa. The groom before becoming
engaged to the bride had kept COM
pany' with a girl named Grille
Woods. When I came to the part in
the ring ceremony where the groom
is asked TO repeat, With this ring /
thee wed and with my worldly goods
i thee endow,' | thought of the pre-
vious affair and almost requested d
the groom to say, With my Grille
p Woods / thee endow.' Under the cir
Vcumstances this would have been
&ost unfortunate"
Though Mr.. Abel denied that he
suffered from stage-fright at his
own wedding, as he had been
preaching about 10 years and had
united many in wedlock, the fol-
lowing incident did disturb the har-
mony of TIE momentous occasion.
Both my tiancee and insisted that