St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-04
DANCED HER COLLAR OFF.
A Polished Bride at Her Own We'd
ding Celebration.
A Royal Banquet of Boiled Ham and
Cabbage.

Bright and early in the morning Jacob
Goraleski and Franciska BIatzner walked
gayly up the aisle OF the st. Stanislaus
Polish church, on Penn avenue hand in
hand. Before the altar they paused and as
their friends gathered around, the long
robed and reverend priest read the words
that united their lives in one. says the Pitts
burg Dispatch. Then they returned to
their home and prepared for the regulation
wedding. 1t was celebrated according to
the manners and customs of their foreign
home.
At shutdown the feast commenced-not
in double parlors, with Turkish CARPET and
upholstered furniture, but down in base
ments, under the sidewalk and back in the
dingy little court where ray of suni hit
OF breath of air would get lost and die
an unnatural death in half an hour. But
the floors had been scrubbed and the boxes
and three legged stools had been placed
up against the wall to give all the floor
space possible. The underground fes-
tival halls looked better than they had for
years. Away back i'll little cave-like
apartment several kegs of beer rested
quietly. all ready to be tapped. On boxes
and tables about the room the wedding
feast, consisting of several baskets of sweet
cakes and pies and boiled ham and cabbage
was spread. In another room everything
had been cleared away for dancing and in
still another stools and boxes were placed
for weary visitors to rest
By o'clock 100 guests had arrived, and
festivities were at their height. Out in the
little cave-roOm beer and lunch were being
demolished. Backed up i'll one corner of the
room devoted to dancing was the ffer a
little stubby man with a red face and cheeks
Ikea pair of bellows. He was Iaboring hard,
for it took hard work to get music out of
one dilapidated little fife to guide the steps
OF that noisy. laughing crowd of dancers,
every one of whom seemed to be trying to
make more noise than all the rest put
together.
Many of the guests were men. Nearly
all were in their shirt sleeves. Some had
their working clothes on. while others had
gone to the extra expense of a white shirt
and collar. The women were dressed in
bright calico dresses and fancy ribbons.
The bride was there and so was the groom.
The latter was comparatively out in the
co d. The bride was dressed in a bright
calico dress. AT the beginning of the
dance she had stiff linen collar about her
neck, but as the evening progressed it
wilted and in connection with numerous
ribbons it was removed.
Then the bride commenced to feel like
dancing, and she danced danced with
every guest and with some of them three
or four times. From Z o'clock until after
midnight she was Oh the floor constantly.
merely topping now and then to refresh
herself with glass of beer.
Each guest desirous of the honor of dane
ing with the bride deposited quarter or a
half dollar or dollar on plate W hich had
been placed on the table for that purpose.
According to the size of the deposit was
the length of the dance. Even dollar did
not entitle guest to more than two or
three rounds of the floor, and quarter
meant merely clasp of the arms and
three or four hops. The dance itself was
peculiar. 1t was unlike anything known
to American dancing masters. yet there
was rhythm in the movement, and the time
was almost perfect.
AS the evening grew toward midnight
two more plates were added as receptacleS
for money. And they were needed, for
by the time the festivities were over there
was oyer 500 in the pile.
The groom had on a brand-new white
shirt and stiff collar. which kept his head
so straight that he could hardly dance. He
was little man. and was the only man in
the party who did not feel bound to dance
with the bride at least three times. Early
III the morning. when everybody was tired
completely out and the bride was almost
falnting, the company separated.