Show 1 THE HONEYMOON JOURNEY Trials of the Happy PairWhere They May Go Comforts of Modern Travel S The wedding Is ofcr The solemn vows have been spoken and the words renounced binding two lives together Surrounded by the gleam of lights the crfume of flowers and the sound of music congratulations have been received re-ceived polite speeches made and Mre wen toasts duly honored The bride has laughed and cried alternately she has said goodbye to father brothers Iltcra and friends and now flings lier self into her mothers arms for one last loving embrace The carriage drives off with 1 the happy pair amid showers o f rice old shoes and merry laughter unl the honeymoon has fairly begun 1he groom who for the past hour or two has been looking fatigued and bored In Just beginning to look forward to a season of quiet bliss when Just as the railway station or steamship Biers Is revealed a fresh and not altogether vclcome surprise awaits him A crowd 0 gay young people surrounds the car lagc and blocks the way and the ncw ymarried couple who have been fondly loping to escape notice find themselves thl recipients of divers goodnatured jut noisy attention They arc bom larded with rice hymeneal songs are ung white rosettes are ntirreptltloualy I pinned to the bridegrooms coattails vhile ribbons stream from the brides own the trunks are found and hastily adorned with fantastic labels In the iantastc tH form o hearts and cupids By this t Ime lie much embarrassed pair have been > well advertised for the benefit n other passengers and numerous em Ioyces mid hangerson When at length they make their escape and proceed to heir stateroom It Is only to find themselves elves the objects of much amused and lulzzlcal attention They hal pre iously rehearsed a plan of campaign which they conlldcntly hoped would secure cure them immunity from Imiulsltlve inspection In-spection nnd satirical comment They would not wear strictly new clothoi whIle traveling The groom was to ook blase cock his hat and smoke his cigar ulth the air o a tired and rather jored family man out for a trip on which business had a more prominent > laco than pleasure The bride would look distrait and knit her brows as If In anxious thought as to how the chi Ircn left at home might be faring and Ir there was any danger of Freddy catching I I the I mumps from the children next door All In vain the assumption of experienced airs their wellmeaning tormentors have given awny the secret and there Is nothing left for the moment hut to make the best of It But they ire not discouraged they will make another an-other attempt to delude the public So they remove the ribbons and brush the I ice out or their hair and prepare to jrazcn It out before the passengers who continue to arrive at the last moment They might just as well spare them selves the trouble The moment Jthey make their appearance they overhear ho whispered remarks and worse still tho smothered mirth o a score of pill less observers Bride and groom Is the audible verdict of a stout old lady l In heavy black silk Say but shes 1 stunner comes from the college boy In outing flannel Dont the groom look unhappy giggles n young woman across the aisle and cheer up old man Ive been there myself Is the encouraging encour-aging advice of a festive drummer In agng loud checks and traveling cap The porter asks confidential questions of your good lady Books supposed to be specially suitable for the perusal of newmarried couples arc laid on the seat and It very speedily awns upon our young friends that It is useless to keep I up further prctcnre and that they might as well drop all attempts at disguise and face the music boldly As soon as they have arrived at this sensible sen-sible decision they begin to really enjoy their Journey Having overcome self consciousness and determined to act naturally na-turally all feeling of embarrassment arising from false shame Is at an end Even their tormentors are quick to culelc perceive per-ceive the change of demeanor and cease to stare and whisper The newly acquired ac-quired indifference to the silly comments of others brings Its own reward and it is found that the surest way to escape I notice in u crowd hi not to try to escape Jn the good old times a wedding trip was a weighty and momentous nn lertaklng requiring great preparation and anxious forethought In fact such ZL Journey on anything like U extended scale was not within the reach of any hut persons of nuanf Theheavy fam C V MeVoy lie yachting export nays tnd retinue of servants for the wealthy the post chaise and postlllonu for the noderately welltodo the constituted he acme of luxurious traveling cnnvcn enccs before the advent of steam Ke Jays o horses had l be provided at regular stages roads were bad and often of-ten Impassable from floods In dry weather the dust was Intolerable at all Ncasouu there was the danger of en ouuterlng highwaymen The Inns were far from comfortable according to our nodern Ideas and rhargcs for I every kind o service were often exorbitant A young couple on a honeymoon Journey Jour-ney were exposed to both peril and discomfort dis-comfort and were also subjected then as now to the raillery of the Idle and Impertinent If they llvud In this country the objective point waN often ome large city where a round of gayeties gay-eties nuaitid them among their faah onable friends and acquaintances Or it might t he thai the honeymoon was designed to bo spent on the shore or perhaps at a country house on the eu tate o a relative or Call ronnectlcm In England the popular rcbortH for bridal bri-dal couples were Hath Cheltenham I and a coro of walerlngplaccs both Inland and on the coast Few excepting the very rich attempted tho grand tour of Europe In those day In this advanced and enlightened period there IH a bewildering choice of places at which to spend the honeymoon honey-moon and a no less bewildering choice of IOU ten by which to reach them The beauties and allractlomi of reports on the seaside or the great lakes or among the mountains arc exploited In extravagant extrav-agant t prose and hlghllown poetry North and south all along tin Atlantic At-lantic and Pacific coasts of our country coun-try are countless points famous for their loveliness nnd salubrity Among the mountains nestle pretty towns and villages and cossy farmhouses The mammoth summer hotel with its lux urlousness of appointment Is I found everywhere Jn wharver direction the fancy of lovcrlouristi impels them the steel highway with Its palatial equipment equip-ment Is ready to convey them swiftly and ea IY Magnificent steamboats ply on lakes and sounds or coast along the western and eastern shores Comfortable Comfort-able vehicles carry visitors to points of Interest and yachts and boats arc at command on coast and lakeside For those who make their honeymoon trip In the autumn or winter there are the great cities of the East and South with all their wealth oC aUractlvcnessln the form of music pictures theaters and social life Those who pqssesH abundant abun-dant means may If I they will voyage to Europe and climb mountains sail on rivers and explore the mysteries of medieval towns They can cross over to Egypt and Jloat down the Nile ride on trolley cars or donkeys backs to the pyramids or they can according to the time of year do the Mediterranean trip or striking north and taking Switzerland France and Germany on the way visit the fjords and mountains of Norway and the diversified scenery of the United Kingdom Most Americans I Ameri-cans however are constrained by the exigencies of purse and leisure to spend their honeymoon In their own country coun-try where they can find scenery 15 grand and climate as delightful as they would be likely to discover on the other side of the herring pond Notwithstanding the fact that the luxurlousncss and splendor connected with modern travel ould seem to have almost reached the limit of possibility It may safely be asserted that the expenses ex-penses connected with transportation and hotel accomodallons when compared com-pared with average present day incomes in-comes and the quality of service rendered ren-dered are not nearly as great as at any period In the last century Thanks to competition and modern Inventiveness it is now possible for those possessing even most modest means to successfully success-fully plan their wedding trip and enJoy en-Joy it amid the most pleasant surroundings surround-ings C II S |