Still, bridesmaids and all that are very pretty to look at; and folks will be surprised if you don't have them." "Never mind folks," remarked the irreverent Katy.

"I don't care a button for that argument.

Yes; bridesmaids and going up the aisle in a long procession and all the rest _are_ pretty to look at,--or were before they got to be so hackneyed.

I can imagine the first bridal procession up the aisle of some early cathedral as having been perfectly beautiful.

But nowadays, when the butcher and baker and candlestick-maker and everybody else do it just alike, the custom seems to me to have lost its charm.