Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-12
A Spanish MARRIAGE Custom.

A Spanish Marriage Custom
In some parts of Spain the marriagt
ceremony has one feature peculiar to
itself-that of the velacione. During
the mass said after the marriage cere.
mony the couple. with their godfather
and godmother. kneel at the foot of the
altar. A slken cord is thrown around
the neck of the bride. and the bride.
groom holds the ends of it. Then a
long strip Of silk cloth Is thrown over
the heads of the newly married pair.
and four lighted wax candles are hand
ed, one to the bride, one to the groom,
one to the godfather and one to the
| godmother, who stand to the couple
| in much the same relation that best
! man and maid of honor do with us I'M
der the same circumstances. Then the
priest sprinkes all four with holy wa
| ter blesses them, and the ceremony is
| over A Spanish woman does not con.
slider herself thoroughly married with.
out a velacione.
Napoleon as Subaltern.
| AS larky subatern Napoleon ap.
pears in the memoirs of the First
Empire" by General Girois. The Lit,
| tie Corporal himself when emperor told
a party of officers. among whom was
the writer how he played practical
| jokes on his colonel when he was a
| lieutenant Of artillery. I'VE had a
! neat way of astounding our chiefs by
I the accuracy of our gun practice said
| Napoleon. I'VE just tied Il string to
the target. and after the shot, before
the smoke had risen. n gunner crept up
and pulled the string. overturning the
| target. Thus all our shots We're hits
| We also had colonel who was stone
deaf and we used to fire blank car
| He would spend hours hunting for
traces OF the shots" One wonders
what Napoleon would have said if his
own subalterns had served him with
| the same tricks.
The Wrong Prescription.
"A we'll known physician was telling
friend of the humorous phases of
the practice of medicine when he was
reminded Of the sad case Of patient
who was suffering from hay fever
"Now. it is fact" said the physi-
clan, that in hay fever there is no
absolutely infallible treatment. Sending
| one patient to q certain climate may
result in cure which would not ma
terialiZe in the case of another. AS a
rule | advise the one afflicted to take
a sea trip. In this connection | once
! encountered Il great surprise. a large,
fine looking fellow came to me one day
suffering from hay fever in its most
aggravated form. made the usual
suggestion that he take Il trip at sea.
"He gave me look of disgust and
prepared to depart. 'Doggode id" he
exclaimed. I'b dee capdid of ad Ocead
lider. lib ad sea!" New York Trib-
une.
Astiematism From Reading In Bed.
Astigmatism, which is a condition
where the retroactive powers differ in
the different meridians of the eye, Is
! in most cases hereditary, but it is often
acquired. The error of acquired astig-
| matism often takes place during and
after severe illness and can be avoid
ed by proper precautions. The whole
system is in weakened condition. and
the person so afflicted, being confined
to the house, will resort to reading to
! pass away the time, and this is often
practiced while in reclining position.
There can be nothing more injurious
than this practice. Reading under these
,~Jo Eo al
and the action of these muscles upon
the form Of the eye causes an irregu-
larity in the curvature Of the cOrnea,
which Is known as astigmatism. This
Is detrimental to distant vision and
makes reading and near work difficult.
Health.
Her Reason For Departing.
The housekeeper is missing from
certain New York millionaire estab-
lishment. and her former employer is
bewaillng the departure Of such q
tr,..sdred aid without In the least un.
Outstanding why one so we'll paid and
so well treated should have chosen to
leave. The former housekeeper is ex-
planning to q few her singular reason
for departing.
II didn't mind looking after thirty
servants" she has told those who are
in the secret, nor running a house In
which every detail. from selecting the
menus to ordering the sash curtains,
fell on me l did think l was called
on to do too much, however, when the
mistress OF this great house used to
get so lonesome in her grand dlning
room that she invited me every day TO
come and lunch with her. That was
not part of my duties as housekerp-
err and l had to go."-New York Sun.
One Omission.
zone of the most striking characters