The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-01

hSsne for the marriage en- faire d,n-
ner and the center OF the gayety and
fin WAS the little blonde e-haired
blue-eyed bride.
That was 80 years ago. Thursday
night " last week memories Of that
proc Cessional OF half "A century ago
were revived at the golden wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Waidrcp. Six Of their seven children
their grandchildren and nearly
hundred friends gathered around
them in their home at 1880 East
Twelfth and relived with them the
greatest event OF their lives, the
ceremony celebrated Decemb 81.
1871 in Falcon, Arkansas.
The afternoon OF the party the lit
lie bride sat erect in her straight
barked char as she recalled her
wedding day. She Is a fragile little
Wy, but her frailness hides a store
offnnergy. She and her husband live
my big, modern home and she does
all her own work. including her own
sewing and her own washing She
doesn't want anybody to do It for
her She can do It Just as she wants
II done, and what in the world"
she asks, would | do with myself.
Just sitting around!'
No BURROWS OF Care,
Evidently I'm all the 20 years Of
her life she has never had time to
find out Just what she would do, IL
she had nothing to do. The pale
blonde hair that lies so, smoothly
above the brow that hasn't at all
the burrows OF caro-" that a golden
wedding bride ought, by all tradi-
ton. 20 have. is scarcely touched
with gray The big blue eyes are
wide and fun of light OF the youeh
that is still here In spirit. The skin
Of her checks is as smooth and
family pink as that OF woman 20
years her junior.
"One little box of lily white pow
der lasted me for 90 years" she said
L Aust put a little on. like this"
and she touched her face lightly
with her small fingers, when / was
going out. And | never used paint
but once. This with a little laugh.
They always told me | was so white
too white. so when had nv
first beau-I was ) then, and he
was doctor put some paint on
my face II came in little phial,
just like this" she measured care
fully. land 1t was liquid. But I
never did 1t again. And don't
know what the world is coming to-"
She sat more erect than ever and
flushed a little in her earnestness.
Girls don't mind their mothers
Ike they used to-" she said. The
children say now. mother, you're
Just old fashioned. Times have
changed But in my day, the
girls held the reins over the men.
just the same! why, If a girl
smelled liquor on a mans breath,
that was the end OF him. so far as
she was concerned. And az for
smoking cigarettes with her-why.
we never thought OF allowing such
thing.
Now it's Different.
But now the men hold the reins
over the girls. oh, I've seen I'll
The girls do just as the men want
them to. The men have the upper
hand. They can drink whenever
and as much as they want to, and
they can smoke whenever they want
to. and don't you know, the girls
light their cigarettes for them. and
smoke with them!"
The little lady's eyes were wide.
And such painting and powder
ing! But | don't know somehow II
! don't teel sorry for them. They
don't have any such good times as
we used to. Sundays we all used to
go to church together-15 or 20 Of
u.s. on horseback, and then after
church, we'd all go to somebody's
house. We did have the best times,
and we weren't going all the time,
and doing society. either. That's
what the matter with folks now
adays-too much society. Girls think
about that instead OF making a
home. Why, the happiest times
that Mr. Waldrep and 1 have had
was when we had houseful of
children. and they were all little.
W. dunno sometimes but what we
wkh we had a baby now, you're so
nhch happier when you have 'em
To think about. We've always been
working people and | guess mebbe
that's the reason we've always been
so happy-too busy to be anything
else.
Il can say that my boys never
nave give me one moments trouble
nor worry All the time they were
home / never had any reason to be
troubled about them and that's been
the biggest happiness of our lives
our children"
What about her wedding day? her
questioner wanted TO know. Mrs
Waldrep laughed. a little depre
ing
"Oh, it was a pretty wedding. And
every bride always thinks she's
pretty, you know, We were married
al half past seven--that's why our
party tonight is half past seven.
~ wedding dress was white organdy
ana white ribbons, A hoop skirt.
On, those hoop skirts!"
HAPPY memories were I'm her eyes.
Danced Nearly All Night.
Il can remember some OF those
party dresses 1 used to have, hooped
skirts big as a barrel, and we would
dance nearly all night But the
wedding we wore our hair reached
up IN the back then, with comb,
ana l wore a black net over mine,
Nlth white shell beads. And l had
White Kid shoes. We were married
az my tather's-my father died a
h'tle more than year ago and II
nc had lived a little longer he would
nave been 100 years old. We lived
III log house, and 1t was all deco
Iated 80 pretty But dear me, |
never did appreciate all those deco
ratlons one mite then Then the
neNt day we all went to Mr. Walrep's
1mothers for the en- faire dinner.
snat what we called II. The en-
yIre marriage dinner. / don't know
sapW You spell II. but when we got
hoSl there. Tnpbha a T,iIa a NAV old