| Show A Friends Wedding short time ago I had the pleasure of Visiting a Friends wedding in tho old meeting house in Philadelphia To one where such affairs are not common it was indeed a novelty Upon entering the meeting house the extreme plainness of all surroundings attracted tho eye of the stranger Directly in front and facing the entrance are three rows of upholstered benches There is a gallery extending around three sides of the building and containing con-taining rows of benches each ono being much higher that the preceding one Tho massive pulpit the customary church organ the handsome windows of cathedral glass all these are absent and their absence ab-sence tends to give the place a tone foreign to that of the majority of the religious edifices flces of to day After taking our seats and before tho wedding party arrived we have an opportunity to observe our surroundings sur-roundings and the guests who have assembled assem-bled to witness the ceremony It is evi dent that the female portion of a Friends congregation do not come together to ex hibit any new style of spring millinery as their sisters in other denominations are often charged with doing Suddenly the murmur of voices ceases and without any pomp or being heralded by the swelling sounds cf some famous wedding march the bride and groom preceded pre-ceded by the ushers and followed by the 1 bridesmaids and their escorts come slowly up the aisle and take their places in the front row of seats facing tho friends who have come to witness tho ceremony In the second row of seats and directly be hind the bride and groom aro seated the nearest relatives of the contracting parties par-ties All is profound silence for a short time then the brido and groom rise simultaneously and clasp their right hands and the groom says In the presence of the Lord and these our friends I take thee to be my wife promising with divine assistance to be unto thee a faithful and loving husband until death shall separate us As soon as ho has finished fin-ished the brido says in substance the sums thing after which they resume their seats A table is then brought in and placed before them by the ushers on which the marriage certificate is signed The certificate is then handed back tote to nearest relative of the bride and tho table removed It is necessary neces-sary that the certificate bo signed by tho bri < sniuids and S groomsmen also After a sb > rt period of silence the person holding tL i document arises and reads it aloud After t is reading it is often customary to havt a sermon preached by some prominent pern A jtbtr period Of silence follows and is bnvi u b r one of the relatives arising and as P that the guests remain seated while tc or < J 1 party have passed out which is n sijrual for them to do so The entire cere nxcui ta ics less than half an hour and the strdC solemnity of it all together with Vo absence of the clergyman gives it a rather strange appearance What a Woman Can Do She can come to a conclusion without theE the-E htest reasoning on it a thing which not no-t e man can ever do Six of them can talk at the same time and set along first late and no two men can do that btc can pafoly slick fifty pins in her dress while he is getting one under his thumb She is as cool as a cucumber under half a dozen light dresses and skirts while a man will sweatund fume and growl in one loose short shortie Siocau talk as sweet as peaches and cr > ri with the woman she hates while tv o men would be punching each others Loads before they had exchanged ten words SL > an throw a stone with a curve that wo Id l be a fortune to a baseball playerS player-S 3 can say no in such a low voice that It means yes She can sharpen a lead pencil if you give her peTit of time and plenty of pencils She can appreciate a kiss from her hus bar d seventyfive years after the wedding cer mony has been performed Sio can walk half tho night with a cry ing baby in her arms without once expressing r express-ing the desire that the child were murdered mur-dered She canbut whats tho use A woman can do anything or everything and do it well She can do more in a minute than a man can do in an hour and do it better |
