Show i THE BRIDAL TOURS the teall Ted ll of alio to or about to irry tho custom which obtains so general ly of taking a fatiguing journey as a part of tho ia regarded by high authority as OBO of tho barbarisms of civilization let illustrate the injurious physical tendencies by a typical case daring extremely cold weather there occurs a wedding which from the standing of the parties attracts some tho happy couple we are told are off for their wedding trip to a still more frigid section of country though conscious of danger and dis comforte comfor tf extent winch is groat ly increased by their inexperience in traveling they cheerfully assume alio risk and ic as to nil married couple a bridal tour seems to bo considered con as absolutely essential to give atio marital union an importance without which it would in their opinion bo unromantic and but a partial marriage tho tour causes fatigue exposure and excitement making regularity of life impossible imposible impo sible in fact the act involves tho of all that the rules of health and physiology require again it constantly happens in the case of both sexes that a slight which passed unnoticed in the hurry of preparation is aggravated to a serious and even fatal extent by tho excitement cit ement exposure and neglect on a wedding tour no man for instance would think of postponing his marriage on account ol 01 a slight cold it ho staid at homo and took caro of himself it would pass away like other slight colds but often on the bridal tour the malady developed dev elope into a chronic disease A prominent physician recently said many u of aridea and bridegrooms iu my professional experience came under my observation dying of typhoid fever just after a wedding trip which had caused the early symptoms to bo and neglected in ono in stanco that camo under my observation a healthy und vigorous young man just returned from a bridal tour died of typhoid fever in troy his sickness boing presumably by tho fatigue and exposure incident to alie journey it will be that alie medical aspect of bridal tour is sufficiently important and tho risk incurred sufficiently great to cause tho wedded pair if they wish to bo actuated by impulses of reason and prudenco po rather than by alie dictate dic tata of custom to pauso before they undergo the trials of a wedding journey troy times |