Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-06-29
LIKE COMIC OPERA
is SCENE OF WEDDING IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
open-Handed Hospitality the Order Of
the Day, and Everybody Welcome
Canned corned Beef the Chief Dell.
cacy Served.

A wedding in the Philippines is like
scene from comic opera I have
In mind one that took place at Caga
van, Island of Mindanao, in a pic.
turesque house curtained with jasmine
and inhabited by three charming sis
ters. The bride--the eldest--was a
soft-eyed plump beauty, with skin
like brown velvet. Her white muslin
gown would have passed muster in
New York, and she wore a veil of
costly and delicate pima gauze which
would have turned an American BRIDE
elect green with envy. Several neck.
laces were hung around her neck,
while bangles loaded her wrists, and
her fingers were stiff with gold and
silver rings.
The roads were in deplorable
state, being knee-deep in mud in
places, and many of the guests wore
top boots. They began arriving early
in the morning, on horseback, on BIZ
cycles, and driving the famous trot-
ting bulls of the country, or the rough
coated island ponies hitched to carts
or ancient victorias. The majority
came on foot, though and everybody
was welcome. Long tables made of
planks on empty barrels and guiltless
of linen were spread under the trees
in the front yard, as 1t was too hot to
eat indoors, also the house was not
nearly large enough to accommodate
the guests. Directly over the brides
tohln ms Ia
fuego) dropped its flaming blossoms.
Every kind Of native dish was there,
and many imported from the United
States by way of Manila, but the chief
delicacy was considered to be canned
corned beef, which occupied the place
of honor usually accorded to the we'd
| ding cake in other countries, and was
fanked by onion omelet and ham and
eggs. Other dishes were chicken fried
in cocoanut oil, dried fish made in a
kind of stew with rice, potatoes, and
red pepper enough to raise 1t to the
rank of a curry. Caribou steaks, jam,
honey, various kinds of sweet cakes,
cocoanuts in the she'll, and wine
much wine-completed the menu.
| While the feast was in progress the
| hens scratched industriously under
| the tables, and bold rooster flew up
among the plates, pecked at few
stray crumbs, and crowed until driv.
en- off by Antoine, the brides brother
The marriage was performed by q
very fat priest, who wore a suit OF
bright red calico under his flowing
robes, the wind blowing through open
doors and windows lifting his vest
ments and revealing the incongruous
attire beneath. The ceremony was
followed by the supper, and that In
turn by dancing, the music being fur
nished by a harp and piano After
supper man and woman entered and
caused much merriment by singing
impromptu verses about the guests, in
PRODUCING themselves on mandolins
Spanish fandangoes were danced, also
the spirited yotas, which is like a con.
stantly shifting kaleidoscope when
danced by girls wearing dresses of the
rainbow-colored native cloth. The
| brides mother, Sonora Felicia Sulun.
ga Qiterally Happiness-go-along-now)
did skirt dance and did it well, de-
spite her forty odd years and avoir-
dupois. The festivities were kept up
until long after daybreak.-Lippin-
colts Magazine.