THE 1929 BRIDE.
“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 nervo'us ahe is.” As the ceremony began ho 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 1 had such an unusual request,” said the registrar later. “Nowadays it is a common occurrence for a bride to smoke a cigarette immediately after the ceremony when signing the register. It was the more extraordinary when it was realised that the bride was dressed in vivid green. Certainly she could not have been superstitious," he concluded.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 December 1929, Page 8
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158THE 1929 BRIDE. Horowhenua Chronicle, 7 December 1929, Page 8
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