HINTS FOR BRIDEGROOMS.
■There le Plenty of AM—tot Brides, lnt*ota Wordferthe) A thoughtful ma* of WiAingtaa nt heard to deary the otter da? the foci that while there la a deluge of "don'ts" end "dot" (or the bride) to follow, the bridegroom moat ahlft for himself. oaya the Poet. "There is absolutely nothing to guide a Ben bat hie own awkward self. It ion* fair." he aeld. "Prom the ttae e girl it old enough to detect eoond ahe understenda % the impoftahoc of he-ring things done properlyart e wadding, while the proepectIre groom le only something necessary to complete the picture. Nothing abort of Inspiration een get e man through * marriage eeramony gracefully. • "Id order to impreea the bride and spectators that be ■ enfhuaiaatic about It, he appeara wrth a tort of frozen grm on his fees thet 70a expect to malt at any moment and run down hit collar. If he le too frightened to respond in a loud -rolee aome of Ike brides girl friends will wbieser thet 'lt wae plainly evident be ni eowHling from the start." Again. K be replies In a loud, stern vo!cp, another biraefe is another direction of Me church will huddle together and express bow gled they are that they are not marrying him. while the av •Jtefle of rainy la that they are signlag •war their life and all worth Bring for. to I, for one, think it high time that aomehody wrote a few Mate on how to habere, that we men may appear enthusiastic about being ■Berried, without being ridiculotn ■afl proving a target for the world tt ■Moral to bnock at."
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 503, 10 January 1906, Page 6
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273HINTS FOR BRIDEGROOMS. Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 503, 10 January 1906, Page 6
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