The Bride’s Cigarette.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIX, Issue 300, 4 December 1929, Page 9

The Bride’s Cigarette.

“I am terribly nervous. Would you mind if I smoked a cigarette during the ceremony to steady my nerves?” This was the unique request recently made to the registrar at a London registry office by a bride of 26. an attractive vivacious brunette The bridegroom then turned to the registrar and remarked, “I do not mind. I know just how nervous she is.” As the ceremony began he lighted a cigarette for his bride, and in a quiet, modulated voice she gave her vows to him between frequent puffs at the cigarette. “Never in my long experience have I had such an unusual request,” said the registrar later. “Nowadays it is a common occurrence for a bride to smoko a cigarette immediately after the ceremony when signing the registrar It was the more extraordinary when it was realised that the bride was dressed in vivid green. Certainly she could not have been super stitious,” he concluded. Being “Had.” A number of Wanganui ladies are beginning to wonder if they have been “had.” Some time ago a quietly-spoken little woman of homely appearance called at diffeient houses in the citv and said she represented a stocking firm (says the “Harald”! She exhibited samples of women's hosiery and collected deposits, promising to return with the stockings selected in 1 than a fortnight, when the balance of the money could he paid The canvasser left the address of her headquarters in the city, but when, after three weeks had elapsed and the woman and the stockings had not put in an appearance, -he could not be found The “office” has been besieged with women, who find that, if the bird has not flown altogether, the cage has been deserted for the time being, and there is nothing to indicate that she will return.