Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-28
By FREpER1c j. HAsKrN

Niagara Falk. n I. Sept. IA
question that has never been ade-
duataly answered is why 50 many
briass and Srooms see fit to follow
the plunge into mstrinony by inspect
Ing the seehing waiers of Niagara
You can ssP this question es often az
you like and get a different slant on
the subject every time.
One plausible answer Offered bv
Niagara Falls native Of philosophical
bent IL that a trip to the falls is the
standard American pilgrimage. once
couple are married, he explained,
they settle down to n rrosaic do
mssticity and there ie less chance Of
setting off on the purely esthetic mis-
sion Of seeing Niagara So the b. and
{. land at Nisgra and do" the fails
consciontiousiv from as many angles
sE their finances and time permit
After that they board q train with a
look Of peace on their faces. They
have seen tho falls and in future con-
v-rsAfionE they can hold thair own
rhfoly with amy one who wants TO tals
travel
Thih explanation perhaps was based
on premises n trine old -fashioned.
Tho modern couple rsrcly takes mar
rage 10 Imply permanent and total
domesticity. Nor IL travel the for
ulidhhle undertaking that it ~Gs once.
A shop keeper explains IN. honey
rnoonerr this way: You know the
falls has fascination for lots of
people ffE rretty well understood
that when Two people look af the falls
they have TO hold each other tightly
20 keep from Jumping in. There's no
other piac. that know OF that offers
moon couples Why. thn falls wuv
made FOR thom'' and the ahop keeper
vtnked gals and mottonsd toward a
couple that had apparently rlunE 10
each other 90 dos pcrainly ON the brink
of the fails that they hadn't been abi"
10 got apart There ihey stood. cheek
70 check. gazing Soulfully. a. reek
Of postcards
Tradition douhiiesE has had good
deal 10 do with tho annual honey-
moon stampede toward Niagara And
the siniaErhere of the fslis ~ 50 oh
vinus reason for the prcs.nn. ~ bridal
parties Tho entire parkway on
either side or the American Fails for
some distance 10 an unhroken series
Of lover r@treats. There IA plenty pf
Irom-vith lots of benches and
ghruhhsrN and the roar OF the falls
lust suitably loud enough to keen out
fiders from hearing renisrkz meant
for two only. nouhiiess Nlarara cops
prr ienicnt to EpopusrE
THE sPEEcHLEss SPECTATOR
There is NOT. on In. whole. a great
deal ~ conversation going on around
the falls ~ " interesting to note
that people 40 not stand on tho brink
and hurFt into rharsndias For some
reason. the American vocabulary
doesn't Fo far here. Almost all tho
isnguaEc people csn extract To 1T tho
view IL that sf'H N-sutifui or wonder
full and. occnslon4liy. ''ain't e
strand 80 with tho rwlf' answer from
the other half Of tho couple. - rurs
The fsiis hnr always rendered nso-
pls ins-tiruiAfs Seventh FIVE wears
arr our grandmother and grand
fathers. who pronounced n Si-a-Eay-
ra Falls. with ihr aersnt on IN. gay,
were rta nhinr az the edge nf tho taul.
rnuids In ih- fall models Of issa--
rarrf-r- hoops. beaver hats. and
cvr-ythiHr--usinE the already hcarv
formula 'TEn'' N wonderful ?"
We have been told that the fiyrd
rule of Niagara for honeymoon hsE
NJ late vseru become loss arbitrary,
other points of interest rivalinE the
falls In effraCtivsnssa This NAV he
80. hut a casual count would show that
about every other couple that may bo
rsen wandering about near The fsllr
hears all the carmsrks Of being tuE'
hitchrd Their shoes are new. under
ihs Niagara Fails Gust. And their
expressions of hehtifis calm nkrwiHe
have the look Of being new.
Except FOR these honsvrn ocnerF.
WIN are moHily In a state m suspend
ID animation. the CHIEF anusernen's
Of Americans while drinking in m.
Falls are rhswfn. gum and taking
rnRprhuir kt some vantage points II
NAV he -sid without too much epsE-
Eers'icn that the click ~ IN. cameras
rivsis tho roar ~ the falis
People who arr ~ frat g'snre die.
appointed IN tho size ~ the spectacle
sometimes get clearer idea ~ the
vas'nsFa ~ Niagara --hsn 'hev start
to take pictures Nisitor= arc stand
ing all along the shore m both tho
Canadian and American ridas In
some places where the land iuiz out
fhry are IN the very edge oC the tor
rsut. Te' shs people srross The river
can -carcely he 5een with the naked eve
The camera makes nothing ~ them
And even 81 closer rRuEo the avpraEs
kodak view NJ the fallr dnrrn't r~rirfet
tho urnrfH Irt HfEF. H.r.s. fra#.F. fftrr,