Evening star., 1925-11-08
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

up that aisle, on either side of which
smiled at them pew after pew of
friends. AT the head of the aisle
stood the rector and his wife to wei
come them, and after the congratu-
lationS the way was led to the parish
hall, where awaited them a wedding
feast such as only the lavish hospi-
tality of the country could have as
sembled
Once again the bride was called
one this time, all frostily white with
a bride and groom standing under a
Glistening wedding bell,
Then through the parish door, with
every one knowingly making way for
him, came their earlier host of the
evening, bearing a silver automobile,
and placing it in the groom'S arms,
he bade the latter carefully to inves-
tigate its contentS--a much berib-
boned white package containing 25
silver dollars, with which the Honey
mooners were to make purchase of
their wedding present from the CON
gregation.
There were speeches. of course
and much laughter-and few tears.
Of course, TO keep up the good old ira
ditions, ere, with showering of rice
and slippers, the bride and groom left
for home.
Like some lovely bit out of a book.
don't you think, rather than an ac-
tual happening in this work "a day
world-a man and woman who, with
no thought of approval, or any on
lockers, have spent their quarter of
a century of life quietly together
kindly, thoughtful, helpful people,
who have lived their married life in
true accord with the nuptial service
x x x
MY dear Mrs. Eugenia n. X: l felt
that same way about Florence
the first day, and, since YOU ask. will
be glad to compare notes with you.
later on. This time | am making a
memory trip to the Riviera and
vicinity" at my own special invi
tation-not because of any style
hankerings, seeing we struck Nice in
the off-season, but for the reason that
the coast line of the Mediterranean
Sea and the Bay of Naples is about
he loveliest thing, scenically, l have
ever laid eyes on-thOugh one writer
from out of the friendly unknown
may tell you. as he did me. that
can have seen but little of the world
since l express pleasure at trities that
seasoned travellers pay small atten-
tion TO. | have not had time to answer
him Yet. SO | may as we'll let him
Know right here that. while | am no
World-wanderer, l have had my little
@iimpses all over the United States
and Canada, from Maine to Califor-
mia and beyond Quebec to the Pacific
surf. Also Bermuda West Indies.
Panama and South America. Likewise
L spent night on top of Central
America between earthquakes; got
right we'll acquainted with sharks,
one time, when some natives from
Fortune Islands rowed us from Port
Limon 70 our ship. anchored off shore.
We had no right to have strayed from
the others, but wanted to ride up to
san Jose, and when we got down from
the CoOlneSS of the coffee climate to
torrid banana walks we felt like news
ing around the lonely pictureSuue-
ness Of the Point to find the house
o. Henry lived in when he wrote
The Open Door" But. anyhow. those
skinny bronze islanders. who about
!lFe in the water, probably because il
IS pleasanter than land that is only
tough grass and salt underneath, in
stead of honest dirt-though | ONLY
get the salt from hearsay-wel, sir.
they don't mind sharks at all-though.
doubtless, my pal and | would have
felt some different if we had known
that the warm, green water that
bumped us up and down in long
CLASSY sWellS was alive with those
sinister creatures, that some dear
people used to know as "shirks."
But sharks are real distinguished be
ingS If you can view them without
prejudice, preferably from the deck
of a big ship.
The next morning being a Sunday.
we got permission to row over to
the port to see the natives in their
Sunday best. Also, we wanted TO saw
our prayers-but as the crew was
beginning to lower a boat along pa
raded three sharks, their gray skins
as ught-titting as West Pointers
their whole bodies revealed by the
pale green of ripples that billowed
INTO waves Of sapphire a bit farther
out. So we told the men, never
mind. Furthermore, | got near
drowned in the Caribbean Sea under
the hallucination that | could swim
and If my good Father in heaven
and my good chief in the Office down
the hall will let me. | am going to
Mexico next Summer.