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The bride wore-nothing!
roT two hundred years
NOT
ago many brides in Eng- land went to the altar dressed
only in a short shift, or just nothing at all."
In the middle of the eighteenth century it was no unusuni sight to see the bride standing at the nitar in her birthday suit, or with just a shawl thrown hastily over her shoulders by some sympathe tie friend.
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Londoners seem to have been the first to disapprove of this custom for, after a mar- riage in St Paul's in the late eighteenth century, the bride was seen running across Lud- gate-circus in her shift, pur- sued by mocking erics.
In 1724, a Wiltshire girl, Anne Selwood, was reported to have married not only without clothes, but without headgear.
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And in Lincolnshire, naked woman climbed down a ladder from her bedroom win- dow to go to church und meet her bridegroom.
That time, however, her friends were worried about her health because it was win- ter, and rushed after her with an overall.
The
History can be amus- look at it in
ing if you the right way. MAR- CUS HOLLYSTONE specialises in fishing out odd and interest-
ing facts.
And why was this in- credible custom allowed?
Because po- pular opinion
and even the clergy believed that A man was not liable for his bride's debts if he married
her in nothing
but her shift.-
or, better still,
in no clothes at all.
A nude bride signified that a man took a woman as she geol, with neither her family, debts nor any she might
have contracted before appear- ing at the altar!-
The last nude woman to be seen in St Paul's was in 1936, when a woman suddenly threw off her cloak and revealed herself completely naked to the congregation, to draw at- tention to some statement she wished to make.
. Modern congregations being more shockable than their an- cestors, the lady was put back in her cloak and led away by an embarrassed policeman.
Old-time War Songs
spirit of the people clings tenaciously to the
By
maxim. "Sing-as-you-go" and Wilson M'Laren
all that it stands for, in time of war stress, cheery vocal music is a tonic far above price.
The late Professor John Stuart Blackie once said to me: "The only way to keep the devil out of the house is to sing and pray." No man ever uttered truer words.
War brings about many changes, and during 1914- 1918 the Tommies at home: ́and abroad gave voice to their feelings by lustily singing popular ditties of that time.
One well might ask, What, has happened to the song- writers of to-day? It does not require a genius to com- pose a popular song, yet ul- though millions of young and old are longing for "numbers" of the "Keep the home fires burning," "Pack up your troubles," and "Tipperary" type, up to now they have been doomed to disappoint- ment. A faint ceho of "Roll out the barrel" still reaches the ear.
VIBRANT PATRIOTISM
The music-hall songs of other days struck the target every time, particularly the patriotic ditties, which breath- ed the spirit of "Rule Britan- nin" in every line:-
"Britannia, the pride of the
ocean,
The home of the brave and
the free;
The shrine of each sallor's
devotion.
What land cari `compare
unto thee?
Thy mandate makes heroes
assemble,
When Liberty's form
stands in view;
Thy banners make tyranny
tremble,
When borne by the red,
white, and blue."
This song was sung in the olden days with great success, by Mr Davenport, in "Black-Eyed Su- san."
Yearly thousands of songs are submitted to publishers, and hun- dreds are sent to artists in the hope "hits" that they may become Song-writing, however, is a great
gamble. For one that makes a "hit," thousands fall dat, and it is a hundred-to-one elinnce of writ- ing a winner,
Those who were privileged to hear G. H. Maedermolt in his great war song, "We don't want to fight, but, by Jingo, if we dol" will readily admit that as a direct pers sonal appeal from the stage, it was unsurpassed in keeping the morale of the whole nation right. It not only encouraged but roised every- ene to fight for Justice and free- dom!
"We don't want to fight, but by
Jingo, if we do,
We've got the ships, we've got the men, and got the money too; We've fought the Bear before, and
while we're Britons true, The Russians shall not have Con-
stantinople!"
Lord Benconfield's firm stand when Russia was at war was un- doubtedly responsible for the crea tion of this song, one of the most famous ever written. The music- halls at that period were more in touch with the ordinary ple, the result being that "We don't want to fight," was wildly sung all over the country. The words were even quoted In Parlia ment
LOTHIAN ROAD CIRCUS Mr 11. E. Moss had just opened his to theatro of varieties In Chamber's Street, Edinburgh, and I can well remember the enthusi- nam when Macdermott, who had come straight from, London, sang his patriotic song....
Another popular "number" ht that time was "That's What the People Say in England." Hero is the chorus:-
"There's money in the country; tho'
there's thunder in the air,
Little... Turkey's.... threatened_by_o_
great big Russian Bear, But the British Lion's watching. so they'd better have a care; That's what the people sny in
England."
The anger of this song was N. C. Bostock, who, in the boventies, had made a name for himself in An the singing of comedy songs. Edinburgh boy, he first appeared as a Scots comedian in a penny. pièce of gaff, which stood on a ground in Lothian Road, now oc- cupied eventy
the L.M.S. goods depart- ment.
years
this West End vacant space Tyns happy fair ground, where a circus, boxing booths, penny gaff, and hu- man monstrosities, delighted the citizens of "Auld Reekie."-
ago
Bostock wan a striking persona- lity on the stage. Immaculately dressed, stoutly built, and possess- ing a powerful voice, with consum- mate ski he followed in the foot- steps of the great Macdermott, and roused his audience to a pitch of enthusiasm seldom witnessed in a music hall.
MARTIAL ENTHUSIASM
At a later date another expert in patriotic songs was Charles God- frey. He was the singer of many populer comle songs in his day, bui an ibe originator of the descriptive song with a dramatic setting and effects, he will always be remem- cher bered by those who frequented the #halls" in Victorian days. God- "On Guard" was a striking frey's contribution to song propaganda to prevalent at that time, and his song-scent
received with favour. The chorus is worth quot- ing-
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"Here upon guard am I. Willing to do or die;
Fighting for Queen and country,
too,
Fighting for home so dear,. Cannons are there in sight, Bayonets to left and right, Hands true and steady are will-
ing, and ready,
And hearts which know na
fear1"
What measure of success would similar war-time songs receive to- day? A new generation has arisen, and it is to be feared that much of the martial enthusiasm of the old days has disappeared, or, now expresses itself in other ways.
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