The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1900-02-20

AatuCi-iu-AaW9 WhO ueN Wv"
shipper of evil spirits, wanted the ma
tive pastor and members of the Mia
sion, to 90 to his home aud pray for
him. We went aud held the after
noon service in bio home. lie sae
! his wife and mother coufesssd Christ
'hey we're at the services ot..as Sua
day and seemingly most hspfv.
On last Tuesday ! attended mar
risge reception. went abon noon,
thinking chat only little tin.e Noole
be required 10 see the bride etc, a-d
that would return in an hour, but it
was almost dark when l came home.
My invitation came through the old
lady who lives with us. l do not
know whether she asked the people to
let me 90, or whether they requested
my presence. She said we must go
and l went. The members Of the
family gave me a warm welcome; l
think they were as anxious to see me
as was 10 see the bride and she Oc-
casion. There were two rooms and
a. entry, just as We have here, with =
kitchen and = room stcus eisssh feet
10 front, where gentlen -scs aeAs-
81 on the floor, waiting icf ne feast.
They were not TO sec the bride. There
we're many women assembled, all
dressed in their clean, Whits dresses /;
some in silk Between the womer's
rooms and The ser.lesOen's reception
room, there Wss sort Of AWDiAg un-
der which ths eAssblss were being
prepared by four men. 1 was taken
into the smallest room ana seated on
the floor by the grandmother, and ]
and my clothes went through the usu-
al inspection, after which, little Ko
rean table filed with food, which Ko-
reans think, most delicious, was plac-
ed before me and all the women, chill
drep and servants stood around to
watch me cat. was glad that had
taken y mn lessons in the use of chop
sticks My teA, Ter stayed by to tell
me what to do snj ssy, and what 10
eat aod What not 30 nsf When str"ag
drink was offered, -ae p0sitivelg sid
'no" without saying anything to no
After the table wae removed, anf wB
had fingered a little, the brides ihluEs,
which consisted OF three OF for hun
dies, came and we've orough. 70 the
room where we were. W. ~ofe in
yiied into the other ROOM. The bride
had stopped at another Aoase in the
village, 10 beautiiy herself, or rSther
to be beautified. She is not supposed
to do anything or take any interest in
the occasion. There were two wom-
en- who did everything. We waited
about an hour aud word came that
the bride was coming. The women
ran out the back way and sand for me
to go with them; but my teacher pro-
tested, and explained TO me, that it
was thought that evil spirits came be-
fore the bride, aud if they remained
in the room, they would fall dead.
They were out about twenty minutes,
aud came bsck, as the bride had not
vet come. By this time the men in
the yard had prepared a table, laden
with Korean delicscf' ,, Che brides
table), and placed it in one corner of
the entry. In the rear of the entry,
a so~een had been placed, and in front
of this was red rug, on which the
bride was TO sit. One hour passed
and the word came again, that the
bride was coming. The women hur-
ried themselves out leaving us slone.
We told them that we we're not afraid
and sat still, hoping that they would
lose some of their faith in the evil
spirits, when they saw tnat we could
stay. The alarm was again false and
they returned Presently little tables
were brought in and the women were
served, but were not given the same
kinds of food that l had. / was sit
ting where could see the tables that
were taken to the men, and they were
of the same that had been given me,
90 1 knew that was welcome guest.
Again the report was given and the
women fled, and the little fifteen year
old bride came in closed chair,
which was carried into the entry. AS
soon "a the chair touched the floor,
the women returned. The curtain in
front of the chair, was raised, and the
bride sat with her eyes closed, sup
posed to be sealed, and her face was
powdered till it was CHASTITY white.
In the middle of her forehead was a
bright red spot, about the size of a
| Onld dollar- and IN each cheek war