Queer Marriages.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 29, Issue 39, 22 May 1917, Page 2

Queer Marriages.

Not long ago a French piou-piou j was wedded to the lady of his choice on the battlefield. The affair caused ■ something of a sensation ; but many i marriages have been solemnised in j equally queer places in the past. 1 The idea of being wedded among ; lions would not appeal to most j brides and bridegrooms, but not long I ago the proprietor of a wild-beast . show in New York offered a prize of j a hundred guineas to any young couple who consented to be wedded in ( a lion’s cage. The offer was accepted j by a plucky young girl and her lover, j and the ceremony passed off without j any mishap, although the lions were much excited at the unwonted intru-' sion of strangers into their den, and 1 emitted fearful roars during the ter- j rible ordeal, I A few years ago, Professor Ernest ] G. Brailsford, the aeronaut, suggest-1 ed to ills future wife that they should have their nuptials tied in a ; balloon. The bride proving agreeable, | a balloon was prepared, and they ! were married in a car while their friends stood round. Then the cords | which held the balloon .captive were i cut, and, amidst showers of rice, the j happy pair ascended into the air and

started on their unique honeymoon

Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Westover, of Manchester, who have dimed more difficult mountains than any other married couple in the world, were actually married “in the clouds.” Having obtained the consent of her parents, the bride set out with her bridegroom, a clergyman, and a few mountaineering friends, to climb Mt. Blanc. When they had ascended many thousands of feet the party halted, and there, amidst the solemn grandeur, the clergyman made them husband and wife.