The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-10-24

Or the wedding day. SAYS the New York
San, the guests assemble II The bTidegTCcU' s
house Then procession IS forned, consist
Ing Ct frier6s. hards Ct music. AID sedan
chairs decorated in red and gold, With bearers
IN red coats, ard dressed II . sort Of LIVERY.
sometimes wearing re3 caps. The procession
starts from the house with courier a the
head. he lears large Piece q PORK CO
trav, 70 keep Ct malicious ce1cns who nay
Be lurking OF the stree. corners ard 70 ne
alleys. These demons are Supposed 10 tacSls
The PORK. and while they are thus prsls1 me
procession passes on Without ueins aAecsel
by It's evil i1auencs- All ,hts tr,e zoe uEt1e
Is A. her ovu house, arrayiog herself 10 Der
49, ire<sss and richest Jewels. Her hair IS
bcuni u ard arranged n due form ard style
IVA skillsd ratrcn After this her head
yirvss Is to-ne6. II usually consists Of some
rich matter, spzirkied with ornaments. 4
fsr-e mantle Is then thrown over be1. Il
cc-5pletelv covers her. Last Of all, an e1or-
nous hat, Is large IS an umbrella. : p,1ceo
On her bad. Il cones down 70 her SHOULDERS,
completely hiding her face Thus rigSe-i, she
takes her seat IL the nd sili marriage CHAR,
called '.kwa kan When concealed n this
chzir she IS carried &c her husband b. fo0r
men.
When the bride Is seated in the chei. Ter
mother o. some ether relative locks the tccr
and the kew is given % the hes. U1an- ! sup
pose he turns Il over TO the bridegroom "a
reaching his house. The procession re.cr1s
With uC-e care ard more style / saw one
during ra-ble II = Chinese town. As the
bride vas borne Plsl Us We gave he- t1rss
cheers ICare say that all her children viii
be either knock Snssk or bov-lesged because Z
Of the cheers Of the barb1rIAus- Coed luck %
the poor b,ttied NJ one. She bad ghe oes:
wishes CT CIR party, Is We followed the pro- Z
cessior for rsny squares 70 the great asioolsh- (
1eut q all the Chinese @, the street
As the procession approaches the brldes- .
rooms door, hand stationed there struck up /
: tune. ard 6re-cracksrs were ls. OF BY the .
box urtil ths b-ite vas carried within the
gale. The go-betHesn Ihs1 20! .te Sey
frOn the bridegroom and opened the door q
The sedan chair. As the bride 2llsEEsd SEe
was sizuie6 by 5 small child aI the side Q.
the cid nau. The green vas closslsd within
the house and she went II % seek BIN She
srll wore the enormous bat and mantle.
When she found the groom he greeted her
with great CAVITY. ssIuey both aPPrgachec the
the ancestral iablssInd bowed their heads seye-
"a hines. They next t0ck seats sss snail table
bearing I've gVclels tied Together win thread
ard containing wine. The gC-bsswsen sever
l---s ll-- LLE lA-.Al -4---- 49,
her thirst, owing &c the enormous hai aat
mantle
The two were now ulu and wife. Inc
husband took the La and mantle from the
bride, and Tor the first time III bis life had
look a her Afssr be had looked At her for .
few minutes, be called 10 his friends and
guests. They scrutiHizs her and make 10
bocss Of expressing their opinions concerning
her charms The females give their tongues
I'LL scope aud had 10 mercy On the poor bride.
Size took II all without making any dlsasreea-
be answer, for fear that tie match would be
regarded as ar u1lucky enc, Their cruel
criticisms ended, she vas Introduced 70 her
husbanG's parents, after Which she SalUtet
her own father and mother. The wedding
feast VAS then served, the sexes eating Il
different apartments The males were served
By the bridegroom and lis male relatives, and
the females By the bride ard her uCllsr-Iu-
.av, assisted by ts-y1u.s The I've sexes
rarely SIT AZ the sane table
Marriage 5 very common lUCu- the Chi
nese. You hardly ever come across a girl Of
sixteen or eighteen who Is not Jisi down 70
some nan. Il woman commits adultery az
ter marriage she Is decapilaled under The law
The E1,, however, = allowed % keep Is
many concubinss as be can support, their
children being legitimate, bat coming after the
children Of the wife. Some rich married men 7
keep ccncubiuss IN separate apartments. Such
positions are easily sought by daussls Of very
air uz-ertr-s