HONEYMOON'S HARD WORK.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 437, 20 February 1909, Page 11

HONEYMOON'S HARD WORK.

Love in a ooUage sounds decidedly romantic, and -honeymooners [captivated ,-by the idea are only too happy to accept, the. offer of a friend's cottage, in! the'country or by . tho sea, in which to spend their first halcyon days far from the : madding crovd (says' a Sydney writer). But ..one can't live on love, and neither' can two. Honeymooners, like ordinary humdrum people,_ require their three meals a., day—with for without extras. And'how., these are to be provided in re-, mote must be considered. If the bride can cook, ; matters are simplified, , but most brides strongly . object to beginning life with " household drudgery," even for the: sake of isolation with dearest Algernon. :< ■ Besidw, • all . the: pretty trousseau clothes would be ruined in the process. One newly 1 married couple of my acqnaintance did spend their honeymoon in a snug little oottage in ; a quiet bay—alone. Groceries find "town -luxuries" were sent .down to the nearest post-office,, a ' store- of: sorts, and the - honeymooners rowed across the bay for them, perishable provisions being supplied daily by. said store:. The bride, clad m neat: print frocks, - did the booking,'-and the bridegroom, a yachting man used to camp life, helped hor. They got'along famously, but:, this kind of thing scarcely appeals to many modem girls. It is too much like-hard work. Of course, if reliable ser-; yants are lent together with the oottage, .as , .is the case-'with a; honeymooners' ■ retreat ' already lent by its/ considerate owner to dozens of Sydney cbiiples,: things go .smoothly, enough. But thoughtfulness like this is rare.' A naval -officer who -married a Sydney girl recently, took a ship's marine along to "do" .for himself and his;bride in the cottage lent for the - occasion; .' Everything- went . swimmingly- for. a day or two.; . Then the marine, having, it seemed) a private supply, began to' look, too frequently Upon the-wine'.when it l .was red. 'Hoto was a: :dilemma. - The -bride,; .a prettyfrivolous girl, couldn't cook. Soin.;des'pair; the: groom telegraphed, for i his ..mother-in-law. > when arrived, ;she discovered her daughter arrayed in a gorgeous Parisian tea-gown, calmly arranging her hair in innumerable puffs before a small lookingglass.' In the -kitchen trying tooook the lunch over an exasperating stove, was Lieutenant Q—,'E.N. ~ .