Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1912 — TEARS ALWAYS CLOSE [ARTICLE]

TEARS ALWAYS CLOSE

SEEMED BTRANGE MINGLING OP* HAPPINESS AND PAIN. How the Tiniest Bridesmaid and th* Athletic Usher Came to an Under- , standing in Just 2° Minutes 21 Seconds. ' • He was the very largest and most: athletic of the ushers, and she waa the tiniest and most feminine of tha : bridesmaids. He was very tall, very, self-assured and very- strpng. She was / very slight, very shy and full of trembles. She had trembled all through the wedding, from the time the pink chiffoned maid of honor took the first step, at the organ’s signal, and now Bhe was trying bravely to keep back the tears. She was not sorry Adele was married—lt seemed a good match; she waß not sorry she was to walk with with the biggest usher, for she —well, she always thought him very grand, and now that he was out of college,, and a real doctor — And yet she wanted to cry! That Is lifce a woman, especially the kind who are very slight, shy, and full of trembles. The biggest usher had not trembled during the ceremony. He had occupied himself chiefly in wondering why in thunder people have church, weddings in July, and calculating as to whether or not his collar would last until he got back to his room. But when the ceremony was over and all the other bridesmaids had paired off and began pacing down the aisle, the tables were suddenly turned. As his arm felt the touch of the smallest bridesmaid’s hand he suddenly realized that he was trembling. Ab soon as the smallest bridesmaid felt this trembling her own stopped and she no longer felt like crying. She realized this dimly and wondered If it were not op the principle of homeopathy—“like cures like.” But no —he was the other kind of a doctor. At least she,had (Stopped trembling and she wondered vaguely and happily why It was. It is so sometimes with women who are very slight, very shy and full, of trembles. The master of ceremonies, who had been timing everything with his watch In hand, afterward stated that the procession from altar to door took just 2 minutes and 21 seconds. But the biggest usher and the smallest bridesmaid would have sworn it took an hour —so much happened during that period! And yet, what took place during that 2 minutes and 21 seconds was so very insignificant when one 'tries to set it down. It consisted of a few breaths, some in the form of sighs and others subvocalized; a slight movement of a black coat sleeve against a sleeve of white mousseline de sole; an almost imperceptible movement of the muscles of two pairs of eyes; a few nerve quiverings—and that was all. At the close - of the 2 minutes and 21 seconds of Mendelssohned marching, when the tallest usher was helping the smallest bridesmaid into the carriage, he whispered one word to and then, strangely, she wanted to cry agaifl. She wondered vaguely and happily why it was. It Is so, sometimes, with women, who are very slight, very shy and full of trembles. —St. Paul Pioneer-Press.