Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-31

ner identity mad become known
Charles Dickens, singularly acute
critic of his own art, detected her sex
by the undercurrent of womanly SYM
patty. He had been reading Scenes
of Clerical Life,' which had been sent
to him by the publisher, and on put
ting the book aside, he said: well,
this writer possesses great ability, but
I should say, despite the name,
that George Eliot is a woman
Marriage in Sweden and Norway.
How dull and colorless appear the
weddings in fashionable life, even
those of Bradley Martin, beside the
gay picturesqueness of many peas
ants, The Swede and Norwegian
marriages are real festivals, where
usually several couples marry at the
same time, practice approved by the
people on the score of economy, and
by the clergy because it minimizes
the drinking that always follows a
marriage. The minds of both bride
and groom are fully made up; they
have often been engaged for years,
and unfortunately sometimes ought to
have been married before In these
cases the bride may not wear ''the
linen wimple of married women, and
above it the triangular hood of the I'M
married woman. This coveted crown
is high and of metal or tinsel overlaid
with jewel or crystals, and its pres
ence is a proclamation of its wearer's
probity. 1t is often of great value,
and is always the property of the
church. from which it is hired for
something like S. for the occasion.
Besides the crown, the bride wears
dress of bombazine, with short sleeves
and lace mittens, aprons trimmed
with ribbons, necklaces and chains of
silver; sometimes the chains are of
silver dollars; the brides dowry.
The trademarks are dressed in green,
and their hair is made into two heavy
braids, which hang down their backs,
tied with gay ribbons. AS for the
bridegroom, he wears a cooked hat,
trimmed with ribbons, new trousers,
and new, tight jacket, very short.
From the shirt front dangle a number
of silver filigree balls. On his right
arm a fine, white handkerchief is
carefully tied, and he ties a silver
mark in his garter for luck just be-
| fore he sets out to meet his bride.
| On the occasion of a wedding the vari-
Gus professions form into one large
one, and set out for church, preceded
by band of fiddlers, who play live
ly tune; next walks the clergyman in
his gown; then the married men and
the bridegrooms; the bridemen, who
wear buckskin breeches, white stock
ings and short jackets; then the
trademarks, and last of all the brides
\ The fiddlers continue - play until the
brides ana grooms kneel in the chan
eel, and as soon as the service is over
strike up again, gayer than ever, and
| all go to the new home to dance, and
the bridegroom takes his leave OF the
unmarried men. He dances first with
one and then another until he has
danced with them all: then they lift
| him high in air and run and jump
with him over chairs and tables, and
finally out of the door, followed by all
the married men in the room, and
married men and bacheldfs fight to
keep the bridegroom, the married men
always winning him at the end Then
the bridegroom remains among the
married men, while the bride pro-
ceeds to dance of her crown" The
bridesmaids blindfold her. and form a
circle around her, and dance faster
and faster, while the bride lifts the
crown and tries to put it on the head
of one of the girls. and the one whom
she finally crowns steps into the ring,
while all sing She will be married
next" This game goes on until
every girl has been crowned. Then
the bride steps on a chair, and her
trademarks lift chair and bride on
high. and she drinks a toast to them
wishing them and every unmarried
! woman speedy wedding. Then fol-
lows drinking and jollity the night
/ through. Who can think of this pic
turesque end quaint merry making
and contrast il with the laces and
/ diamonds, decorated church. hired
singers, floral displays and formal
/ feasts, without giving preference to
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