Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1903 — WEDDING PASSERS-BY ENJOYEE. [ARTICLE]

WEDDING PASSERS-BY ENJOYEE.

Children Cheered as a Bridesmaid Waved Rosea In the Air. . A wedding gave great joy one day this week to many who were not direct participants in the affair. The bride’s home was in a big apartment house not far from Madison square. The ceremony was to take place la a near-by church late In the afternoon, half an hour before the bridal party was ready half a dozen carriages were driven np to the apartment house. One of them was drawn by a team of smart little piebald nags; the drivei flourished a whip from which waved a knot of white satin ribbon. As soon as the passers-by saw this emblem of festivity they halted and in almost no time a lane of peering, smiling women, girls and men formed from the entrance to the curb. It was through this lane of faces that the bride passed presently. She was all in white With a long white veil, and carried a big bunch of the customary lilies of the valley. A faint murmur of admiration-arose from the—crowd ad she tripped bareheaded across the broad sidewalk and was assisted into the carriage by a gray-haired man. She was—digirlftudbut conscious withal, her escort was visibly embarrassed; the two bellboys who kept the lane clear bristled with Importance. When tho bride’s carriage had driven away the rest of the wedding party filled the other car riages and the procession moved to the church. But as a concession to the hundreds of smiling the NeW York Mail and Express, one of the bridesmaids—a roguuish miss yet in her teens—waved a big bunch Qf .yoses -from the carriage window as she was whirled away. Their fragrance floated through the air and there was a choous of “Oh’s!” and surreptitious cheers from the children. And then the pageant having disappeared, the crowd melted Into the dusk.