The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-19

OF joss itself. For the brides use her own
apartments at No. Is Mott siree5 were re-
served. Iere a sumptuou5 repaSt was
| spread for the female guests, Chinese Ell
| 4uette iorbidding that mon and women
should dine tog Their All ,the prominent
Cinnamon in New York we're ct tre pan
! quet, and their wives and maids cons itute'l
a goodly contingent of fairy footed beautE.
! The banquet consisted Of forty courses.
and at the conclusion of the twentieth
course the ceremony took place. Accom-
/ panied by two maids, one girl OF scarcely
! 10 years and the other II. tie bride le;t n L
! apartments and was driven to the joss
| house, whittier the groom had preceIed
/ her. As she entered the temple holding r
| large fan before her blushing face the guests
| all crowded III until the room filled,
She were a lavender silk cloak, beauh-
! fully embroide ed. the corners and o. ye
/ being solid geld lace entwinei with blac.;
! satin. The skirt was Of massive red sati:,
| intrica.ely wrought with fantastical figures
of gold and variously colored silk cordlng .
| This garment alone must have cost a snla ii
| fortune The belle had not the conventional
small feet of the regular Chinese ladies of
the empire, but they were dimlnutive
eaough to take the prize III any part OF
Chicago, and they were encased IN pretty
| lavender -coored satin slippers.
AS she advanced the guests rose to greet
the party, who faced the great Joss at the
end ef the room. An attendant hastily
brought a red silk rug and spread 1t upon
the floor before the altar The bridegroom
stepped aside and the master of ceremonies
arranged the positions Of the maids on
either side of the bride. A bunch of joss
sticks was lighted and handed to the latter,
who Immediately knelt before tne joss,
while the maids arranged her skirts. With
the bunch of lighted joss sticks the bride
made three low bows to the god. Then an
attendant took the sticks and placed them
IN an urn upon the altar.
Tho bride now arose, while the men sat
down in rows of seats. She proceeded
slowly around the room and made her
salutations, while one maid followed with
tray full Of small tea cups filled with frag-
rant tea, and the other carried box of
Havannas. Upon taking up the tea cup
each guest deposited on the tray a gold
piece wrapped in red paper, while the maid
with the cigars only got piece Of silver,
likewise wrapped III red paper. BY the time
the tea was passed around the cups were
replaced by flaming red packets of gold S.
pieces, which made about as heavy load
as the tiny little maid could carry.
Then Tom Lee, the Deputy Sheriff, faced
the bride and groom in the center of the
room, while the guests stood around them
in circle, He did his part in uniting the
couple, after which the Cup of Insepara-
BILE" a sweet Chinese wine, was drunk.
While this was being done the crowd called
out: 1000 He Fa Toy A Chong Sung Bo
Lo"
This is 'long life. prosperity and happi-
ness" when translated into English, and the
happy couple so understood it. Congratu-
lations, noisy and hearty, followed, and
then the bride was made to do the
''Ko TO-" or prostration before Moy Toong
Gwin, the Oldest relative of the groom in
America, who in this instance took the
place of parents of the husband. This is a
regular Chinese custom, and is necessary to
bind marriage solidIy, being equal to a
consent as well as a blessing from the head
of family.
Then the almost tired out bride was al
lowed to retire with her maids, and all three
were driven home in closed carriage, and
the enthusiastic guests withdrew to the
various places of banqueting which they had
left several hours before. The wedding
presents alone amounted to nearly $4,000 in
money and jewelry. They came from China
men all over the states.