A wedding a la mode between impoverished English noblemen and Yankee heiresses is thus satirised in "Modern Society":— There was a wedding yesterday in Graceless Church. Lord Baldknob, of Kiltshire, England, married Miss Sallie Panhandle, of East Pittsburg. The bridal party, including the attorneys for both sides, formed in the alcove promptly at 11.30. At 11.45 the real estate in the bride's name was transferred to his lordship. At 11-50 a million dollars in legal tender changed hands. At high noon all the railroad first mortgage bonds known to be the bride's possession were handed over. A vote of thanks was then passed to his lordship fbr leaving the bride's father enough to live on comfortably until the next rise in Wall-street, which is predicted for next spring. At 12.15 two bishops, four clergymen, two real estate lawyers and a barrister, representing the plaintiff, pronounced the benediction. The groom will pass the next three weeks with his bride in his estates in England, after the roof has been repaired. After this, it is understood, they will separate and enter society.
Some interesting relations between the character of dreams and the intensity of sleep have been shown by the experiments of N. Vaschide. In" profound sleep, the dreams refer to latent recollections of long-past events and matters seemingly having no connection with the present; but the dreams of light slumber are inspired by recent occurrences and excitements, and are sometimes connected with what 13 transpiring around the sleeper.
"Little Mary's terribly upset," is London's latest catch-phrase. Since the first night of Mr Barries audacious play, in which (after two acts) "Little Mary" is revealed as the stomach, the old question, "How's your liver?" has given place to the more polite "How's Little Mary?"
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 304, 22 December 1903, Page 3
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