Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1908 — What the Bridegroom Resents. [ARTICLE]

What the Bridegroom Resents.

"Even the English language emphasizes the Insignificance of a man at h’fl own wedding,” said the prospective bridegroom disconsolately. “There Isn’t an independent word to designate him. He Is merely called the groom of the bride, as if he were just about or. a level with the bridesmaids and a little below the maid of honor. Best man, of course, means the bridegroom’s best man, but the phrase itself tends to exalt this Individual a' the expense of his superior. “Then there’s no adjective to describe what pertains to the male half, of the affair. You can’t speak of the *bridegromal* trousers or necktie. On the other band, ’bridal* applies not only to the possessions of the girl, but to what’relates to both of them equally, like the trip and the bridal chamber. The very words ’matrimony* and ’matrimonial’ are from the feminine side only. ‘Patrimony* has nothing to do with the nuptials. It applies only to wealth and signifies that a man’s part in the affair is to get out and hustle for the cash.” —New Yoric Times.