The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-28
SCENE IMPRESSIVE
 AT NEW SYNAGOGUE First Orthodox Wedding Cere-
 mony Performed in City LARGE CROWD PRESENT
Joseph Rastus and Miss Mollle Wein- stein Are Joined Together in the Bonds of Holy Matrlmony.
 Reception Is Given.

The first marriage ceremony performed at the new orthodox synagogue of the Congregation KNesseth Israel, on the corner of Seventh avenue and Seventeenth street. occurred at 7:SO last night, Rabbi Yasgour officiating.
 Joseph Kartus of the firm of Kartus & Weinstein, and Miss Mollie Weinstein of 1516 Eighth avenue were the contract ing parties.
 The attendance at the synagogue was large, and a representative number of the most prominent Jews of Birmingham and Bessemer was present. A number of Gentiles were also there whose mission was probably curiosity to witness the ancient Mosaic marriage ceremony.
 The Ceremony.
 The rabbi took his stand beneath Q large silken canopy held above him by four supporters. At a signal from the rabbi the orchestra struck up Mendels- sohn's wedding march and the doors of the synagogue were thrown open and the bridegroom with his attendent, s. Kartus, advanced down the middle aisle, while the bride with her maids of honor, Miss Rosie Berger and Miss Etta Kartus, took the left hand aisle, the entire bridal party meeting beneath the canopy in front of the minister.
 With solemn mein, uplifted eyes and in a voice that was clearly heard by all present the ceremony commenced by the rabbi chanting a commemoration of the death of the brides mother and the parents of the groom. Following this was the first conservation of the wine which was handed to the groom first and impressive address was delivered to the bridal couple.
 Rabbrs Address.
 With the orchestra softly playing the intermezzo from Caveleria Rustcana and amid a silence that could almost be felt. Rabbi Yazour reminded the bride and groom of the gravity attached to the step they were about to take. ''The hap piness of your lives" he said, 'is staked upon the proper ordering of your rela- tions as man and wife, and will depend wholly upon your own discretion for bearance and mutual love.
 Your love must be pure and strong, your motives and resolutions honorable. There must be no distinction between you as man and wife; both must be on a level. commanding and serving at the same time"
 Continuing the rabbi assured bride and groom that the path of welded life would not be all smooth, rugged places would appear, but as they realized each other s strength and weaknesses, such moments of untempted felicity would only cement their hearts in closer unity. Reading the Contract. The contract was then produced and read by the rabbi and accented to by the couple. Wine was again consecrated and handed this time, first to the bride and af- forwards to the groom. The vows were then made, the ring placed upon the brides finger and then declaring them man and wife. the rabbi pronounced a sol emn benediction and the interesting cere. mony was ended by the breaking of the glass used for the wine.
 A noticeable feature of the service was that during the whole of 1t. the men re- mained with covered heads
 After the nuptials a reception was beid at the brides old home on Eighth aye nue, where elegant dinner was served A fn1