Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-02-25
The Country Home
Take 1t Easy Young Couples
BY MRS. W. I'll. FELTON,

LAKE Easy SOUpACo
During a long life time I've seen
all sorts of weddings, marriages, and
some Opponents, for l was married
to a preacher myself, and he mar
ried scores of people and preached
hundreds of funerals, and congrat-
ulate myself that 1 know lew
things about such matters My
preacher never charged any fee for
either weddings or funerals. [ feel
sure he felt a great satisfaction in
being able to do the folks such taV-
ors. If he found a bank note inside
tie marriage license be made a bust
ness of giving it to the bride as a
wedding present.
Whether that made so many come
to him to perform the ceremony, L
am not able to say, but I've witness
ed more marriage service than any
| body 1 know, because it was my
business to sign them up lin his
name and to see the completed IL
cense was properly mailed to the
proper county officers, to be re-
corded, as the law directs.
I remember very well the night
before we refugeed ahead of Sher-
mans army, when our supply of
CdlINllSo was Wei 0l1OA WV MI OSSAAS
| vet discovered and a couple OF
young lovers hurried to our house
to get married after dark. We were
to runagee early next morning
| and everything about the
| house was in confusion, as yod
might have suspected. 1 held the
solitary bit of candle aloft and it was
| Pickering in the socket, as the new
| lyWeds went down the front walk
to the gate, and we both were very
much pleased to add something tC
t cir happiness, for the young man
would have to seek the inside OF
| the Confederate lines, for his own
safety, in a very short time.
I thought they were foolish tc
undertake wedlock and accumulate
anXieties, but they said that was
the reason they joined hands in mat
rimony.
We were often visited by coloreC
couples, those we were acquainted
with, and they had the very best
sort of attention, when they walked
out on the piazza or stood in the
open yard for the ceremony.
l have attended big weddings
SINE stately ones-and which cos
a good deal of money, in my life
time. Summing it all up, am now
saying:
! 'Take it easy-young couples"
Generally there is a hurry of prep
aration, getting everything ready
until the feebler folk were only fl
for bed when the amen of the cere
mony had been said L have
known brides that had worked them
selves down-and everybody about
was completely tired out, before il
was done and over with.
Don't forget, you have to live 6
considerable time after the knot has
been tied-according to every rule
of right or reason-so the hurry part
of it can be put aside with a great
saving of time and patience.
In the ante-bellum time the great
accumulation of frocks was an es
entail. Then the slippers and the
| gloves must match-and a bonnet
for every fine frock in the various
trunks-that were being packed fol
the going away time. The tables
were loaded down with viands Of
sorts, shapes and sizes. An ante
bellum wedding was truly a sight
to be seen-without dispute or ques
ton.
The Civil war changed great dea
of such stupendous efforts at prep
aration-and as people have learned
far better to wait on themselves IL
the modern times, the sane and sen
sible make it easier and less wear
ing to the parties concerned.
"Ah," says one. "Mrs. Fulton Is
an old fogy-you don't expect to bt
married but once, why not go the
limit and make it a thing to be lonl
remembered"
In reply your scribe will say
"Suit your own dear selves. You pay