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Show EVENING MARRIAGES. The Bishop of Richmond Forbids Them in His Diocese. IU. Rev. A. Van de Vyvcr, Bishop of 1 Richmond. Va.. lias issued a pastoral letter containing peremptory instructions instruc-tions forbidding the performance of j marriage ceremonies after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. It is learned that the bishop has been much annoyed at the dist urban c-j and bad behavior of persons attending night I weddings. The trouble has been on 1 account , of visito; attracted by curi-i curi-i osily. At the recent marriage of a prominent Cathode, couple when the cathedral was packed, people stood on the backs of the pews and in the win- dows and carried on such loud conver-. sation as to greatly mar the oeautiful I ceremony. This, added to many other ' infringements of decorum, caused the j bishop to take this course. j Quits. Said a young and tactless husband To his inexperienced wife: "If you should give up leading Such a fashionable life And devote more time to cooking. How to mix and when to bake. Then, perhaps, you might have pastry Such as mother used to make." And the wife, vesenling, answered: For the worm will turn, you know; "If you would ive up horses And a score of clubs or so To devote more, time to business. When to buy and what to stake, Then, perhaps, you might have money Such as father used to make." |