The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-15
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and potatoes, the height of their ambi-
ton.
On Sundays and feast days the whole
number appear in clean clothes, remark
able for their barbaric display of color
and ornament. On these occasions the
women have clean, long sieeved chemises,
with black velvet peasant waists, en-
broidered with colored threads and sill
yer, and a brilliant kerchief is tied over
the head, and shoes and white stockings
are worn. Children are dressed in the
same picturesque style. It makes no diff
ference to them what the physical condi-
ton of the woman, she must keep on
working, and it IS not uncommon to see
| women on the verge of motherhood
| climbing the ladders with heavy loads of
brick or mortar; but these Bohemian
women workers form one of the most pic
turesque sights of Vienna at work or in
the streets.
Gypsy Nuptials.
One day last week a troupe of gypsies
halted in front of the Bohemian Mill, a
~snug-looking inn, situated in the Wen
nese suburb of Nuszdorf. Ar old man
with a flowing white beard got down
from Il of the carts belonging to the
company and enquired of the host
whether a gypsy wedding could take
place there, adding that they could pay
well. At the same time he exhibited u
paper establishing himself as Butura
SINH, captain OF a gypsy tribe mastering
forty souls. The party was invited to
Jake up their quarters in the garden
attached to the premises. Presently the
the hostess yentured to enquire in what
church the ceremony would take place.
'.Thy garden will be our church, y replied
one of the band, land our captain is u
priest" In a short time the gypsies got
nop1 fort n hlM SnftlaA and tho man xN9tb
little trouble erected seven tents, two of
them being pitched a short distance from
the five others. In these Two tents the
bride and bridegroom resided prior to
their wedding. The five others accom-
modated the remainder of the party,
which consisted in all of twelve men,
fifteen women and thirteen children.
The first evening was spent in %carousing
at the inn. The next morning the men
surrounded the backgrounds tent and
drank his health with brandy. The
women assembled at the brides quarters
and ate sweelmeats with her. On q sig
nal given by the captain the whole party
withdrew to their tents. Al midday they
turned out again in holiday attire for the
marriage ceremony.
Captain SINH wore a dark green dolman
thrown over his shoulders and a red
waistcoat with large silver buttons. He
advanced slowly toward the tents. Two
Young men GJSHSu we DIlOGSIOOll NIllo
The bride was assisted by two old women.
Two tiddles and two bassons struck up a
Zigeuner melody, sung in chorus by all
present.
The bride and bridegroom were then
led before the captain. Yomra, the bride.
is a handsome girl of seventeen. with
ewes aud hair as black as jet. She wore a
red gown with white trimming and DAT
emit leather lased boots. katilu Gyefau.
the bridegroom, is a well built youth Of
one and twenty, with Il pleasant face, q
black mustache and bushy hair. A vel
low scarf was handed by an old man to
the captain, who bound it lightly around
the wrists of the happy pair, saying as he
did so:-''Man and wife must he bound
together" He then took an ~earthenware
lar and poured the contentS4a small
guantity of wine-over their heads. re-
citing words to this Observation-Disclosures
vine is sour; so is life. Sometimes wine,
is sweet; SO is life. The existence Of
W~aeuners is a mixture of sour and sweet
He then took off the yellow scarf and
said:AssYe are 10 Il true Zigeuner
conple.n This brought the ceremony TO d
close. The young people were congrattl-
lated by their companions and afterward
they ali adjourned to the public room of
the Bohemia Mill, whence feasting and
merrymnking occupied the rest OF the
,day. The company left three days later.
the newly married couple travelling in d
commodious new cart, a wedding present
from Captain SINH. london Daily Tele-
graph.