South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-06-18
RHoneyTnOOnS
BvLeiIa p. Rostiser

DI LEILA u A~OSLA5CA
rUN1 IS the official honeymooning
month OF the year Blue skies.
- bright sunshiney days and
moonlight nights furnish the correct
Getting for the first month after mar
rage. when there Is nothing but
tenderness and pleasure. Certainly
e should be the happlest month for
each and every bride and groom but
60 may. Ike every other good thing
he entirely spoiled by mismanage-
ment When such Is the case the
newly married take their honeymoon
Ike other pleasures-sadly and In
stead OF the wonder and Joy OF united
lives. nothing is left except the
memory OF IT'S jars.
You take, says a philosophical OBJ
server a man and woman. who know
very little about each other (though F.
they generally fancy they do and .
deprive the woman Of her friends ,
and family and tho man OF his 4
business and ordinary pleasures. and I
condemn them 10 spend a month OF 4
enforced seclusiOn in each others /
society. and you have started some
thing that really pals on both OF .
them. III they marry IN summer and /
start on a tour OF sightseeing. the \
man usually becomes bored while the 4
bride becomes more or less faugued (
Honeymoons result many times IN .
dismal failure because no human be- !
Z can depart for a long time from 4
tT-s regular routine OF ordinary liv- :
ing and be satisfied. How many men J
and women too breathe a sigh (
OF relief when they come back TO 4
the homo IN which they make their 4
real start of getting adjusted 20 the /
new order OF things.
III. young man, your dearest little /
kitten" Of engagement days. should +
develop into an ordinary cat even /
before the blythe days OF the honey |
moon Is endcd( # is no wonder. con-
sldering the way most young couples /
spend their first month OF married ,
life. rushing from one place 10 an /
other, visiting this. that and the /
next thing however scorching may I
be the weather or however great I
their discomfort Winter honey /
incoming IS even more trying 10 the
temper for then the short days and /.
cold weather compel the young
couple TO stay more or less IN one
10 the sleet and snow blowing against /
her windows for she can spend hours /
writing 70 her friends telling them |
how happy she Is; but what can the /
unlucky bridegroom dO2 Perhaps /
ne reads a series OF novels aloud 20 /
hts wife IN the evening before the I
nice grate-fre IN their spacious /
suite OF hotel rooms-perhaps he 1
illustrates every amatory passage 1
with a kiss But dear boy" as lis /
wife fondly calls him. naturally tires |
OF this sort OF thing In less than a
week
ack long ago, pastoral loves
COwned their marriage in the village
church with a pleasant drive or walk /
through the country. and settled |
down at once TO the business OF liv- !
ing and loving in comfort. Why do
we moderners deny ourselves this /
happiness and invent special troubles
OF provoking mistakes. Of trunks
which will not pack, OF trains which
VIII not walt. OF motors that run out
OF oil and gas or has a carburator
leak. OF tiresome sightseeing. OF
broiling sun or the fever Of honey
incoming abroad?
Let the cynics say what they viii.
the honeymoon. when not too long.
s a haIcyon period. Two weeks may
prove a delightful lull between two
distinct states OF existence. What
profane outsiders might consider a /
dull sort OF thing has a charm all or
its own to honeymoon lovers who
can illumine life with dreaming.
Then at some future time when the
young people are less agitated and
have learned 20 understand each
other better. the time and money
saved VIII be available for an ex-
tended holiday when sorely needed.
The short honeymoon enables the
young couple 10 obtain a deeper
knowledge OF each other and 10 also
helps one 10 see and feel the beauty
OF such intimacy as nothing else
could One never beholds the splen-
dor or ones beloved In the presence
OF others for II IS in the very depths
or our being that true. calm. deep
peace and love lie. Nothing so well
p~pares for the serious duties or
r-Iife and the strenuous days OF
business for the man and the social
obligations or the woman.
Long honeymoons are a forced
homage to convention They are
waste OF money At a time when there
are more pressing needs. During the
sacred period there should be Jour
neys into the land OF the ideal rather
than given 20 glObe-trotting railway
guides and extended motor trips.
say. too long a honeymoon IS a risk
FOR love 20 which Il should not be