The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-05-08
90A TIE LADIES.
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The longest engagement on record,
says the New Turk World, is rs years
aud 1t took place IN Bohemia, where
engagem nts OF Is and even 20 years
are 81 common as to cause no remark.
Tie names OF the woOer and woocd
We're respectively Franz losner and
Annu Iscnner and they had bee n
cuu!tlag cinlLinuo;i l., fur rs ycats,
hut had repeatedly deferred the bridal
day. At ] ST Frll z bee; me fata "
I'll and was married on his deatll-bcu
on the eve nT his Que bundredth birth
day, tll'' age OF the bride and widow
being ~.
In Russia long engagements arc not
relished bY betrothed young men, al
though The ladies usually ale not ut
all averse to them. Indeed, thcs"
latter not infrequenLIy use all sorts. (
articles In order to stavc Off the wee I.
ding day to as distant date ls pos
Sible. Perhaps the custom which
DEGREES that the Russian bridegroom
elect must send his sweetheart pres.
cnt every day. no matter whether The
engagement last for ten week or ten
years, miy have something to do with
this anomalous state Uf aiTAirS.
The regularly recognized length or
Il SiamcSe engagement is exactly tn,e
u onth. For The bride to ask for an
extension beyond That limit is held
TO SAVIOR OF rcprclcnSiblc prutlery.
Moreover in Siam, old maids are Ii :
known, as all gills marry. The r.;..
son tnr tisis is pr1DaiJIy 10 D,. tDuni IN
The low estimation in witch uiil,l;lr-
rier women arc held. iii are not
only locked down upon; they are All
sulutrly III no accuint whatever a.,
soon us tile marrlnEe ceremony is per
formed, however, the llitrcltu nc tleut-
ed and dtspistd little female atom be-
comes distinctly Il 'somcbDdy.'' Peo.
pie who would not have dcigncd to
even recognize her existence while in
tho state Of single "blesscdnesS, ;" now
admit her willingly 10 their houses
and even go out of their way to seek
her friendship. Still, it is not until
SHE has become Il mother that she is
held TO have reached her highest
estate. Then She has attained the
| PiuiloCic VI iiollOT, Can claim as q
right presentation at court aud is ad-
dressed by the coveted titled Of The
Matronly One.''
/ In the Argentine Republic an en-
gagged man who dalies beyond rca-
sonable time ere leading his lance 10
the altar is heavily tined; that is If he
Is over 20. Moreover, he is not per-
mlttcd by the State after attaining
that age To enjoy tree the pleasures
Of baclclOrhoUd, even al hough he
may not have committed himself SO
far as To have promised marriage TO
any maiden. In oLllcr words every
Argentine Jack must choose his Jill lis
soon Us he arrives at years OF discrc.
lion. he fails TO do SO the penalty
is Il payment by the derauler uf So Il
month IT, the national treasury, aud
This Is Increased as the years 60 by up
to no fewer tLan $40 per month.
Only when he has celebrated his eigil-
tietn birthday, If lie ever ,eo So is he
held exempt, The legislature probably
regarding him then rs il hopeless
case" So far as the matrimonial market
is concerned. There is, however,
even as Il young man, one lynplol.. OF.
escape provided for him. lr he c:ttl
prove tnaJ lie has proposed and been
re used three times IN unc year he Is
1Iheld to have. as it were, done his
best, and to have earned immunity.