The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-11-09
COMPARING RIBBONS.
4 Quaint Marriage Custom in
Vogue Among Our German
Populace.

DR.. w. p. King Yesterday MARIA
ted the following to y BAz0o reporter.
He said:
A few days ago. was With . party
Of ladies and gentlemen going down
to Warsaw, when We saw young fel-
low pas along on horseback. who.
from his general makeup. We At once
knew to be German, and lied around
his hat. aud 6"ating to the air for
about three feet behind him. Aoated q
bright blue ribbon. One of the ladies
of our party It once said: There is
to be . German Wedding 10 the
neighborhood here somewhere to-
night. The young man wearing the
ribbon, as you zee here. is playing
part OF q queer marriage custom. al
the forenoon Of the day of the even
ing on Which the wedding is to take
place, the bride expectant takes long,
blue ribbon. which she fastens 10 the
hat Of some young gentleman friend
and seods him out to invite the guests
to the wedding. The guests. who have
been quietly notified that they are u
be invited. have provided themselves
with long ribbons. When they
receive the invitations. they tie the rib
hons they have provided themselves
with to the hat OF the young man de-
Ii. ering the written invitations. By
the time he has delivered all the i0vi-
tatipns his hat is covered. aud his per-
ron almost hidden by the ribbons that
reach down from his hat. He does not
return to the brides residence until
Just after the wedding word is said.
He then appears with his rihboned
hat. and vote Of all present is taken
to ascertain which is the most beauti-
full ribbon. If any ribbon placed on
the hat by guest exceeds in beauty
that of the brides ribbon. the guest
having placed it there takes the brides
ribbon. the bride keeping the hat and
other ribbous, and the guest 50 taking
the brides ribbon, it i. said, will be |
come wealthy, be the parent of beau
tifui and honest children, etc.. and
several other good Indications. are
ciphered out BY the wedding company
as being indissolubIy linked with GER
tain com binations Of colors. which are
formed BY considering the colors of
the ribbons 10 tho order in which they
are placed on the young mans hat"
This was the lady's the ~ explain |
ing the cause of the young fellow
wearing the bright ribbon 90 his hat.
"Well." continued the doctor, I'VE
thought no more about it until on ouy |
return homeward, about i've O'Clock in
the afternoon, when We met the same
young fellow on horseback, and he
WAS really q sight. Dangling from
his hat aattered ribbons OF every con-
c~ivAble hue. There must have been
City ribbons tied to his hat. MANY Of
them must have been Eve or six feet
long. completely hiding his body from
view, except when the wind stirred
them. and then he 10 ,ked like an ex-
ploding millinery aud ribbon shop"
This is the 6rst intimation." con-
tinued the NJ. D.. ''thAt ever had Of
the existence Of such . wedding Gus
tom here in our midst among our
German populace."
-Insurance companies sho1ld he COM
PEELED to give the proPrietos Of Dr.. Buii's
Cough Syrup . royalty, for With this valu-
able remedy thousanIs Of risks have been
n ode good, which otherwise would have
Terminated long ago. Price Is cents bot
lie.
Be nstor 1cDoDald's Intended.