Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-27
Miss Florence Minis Writes Of
Contrasts in Aurora.
Dear Advertiser:

Lear AQVerClSer: M
Aurora is town of paradoxes,
where the least expected thing. should
be the most expected and where low
standard of civilization lies along the
side of very high civilization. The.
laws of temperance and prohibition
have hardly penetrated this far north
as yet, and the old world love of
strong drink still has a mighty hold
on these people whose names end in
"vich," and such like combinations of
the letters of the alphabet.
Last night party of eight of us
walked a mile out to the Mohawk
mine location which place is small
thickly settled community of miners
We had heard that an Austrian
wedding celebration was to, take place.
at certain home, and never having
seen anything of the sort, we thought
it might be interesting.
| 1t was easy enough to find the
place of the festivities, for a huge
crowd was gathered inside and out
side of the small house, where there.
were many lights and much merri-.
ment. We were foolish virgins with.
our lamps untitled with oil, since we
had come unlimited. We first walked
to the front gate and peeped in, and
then got so bold as to go down the
front walk and almost on the porch
There we met several Aurora STU
dents whom we knew, and thinking
that they had enlree into this society
we went in under their special guid-
ance and protection to see, as mat
ter of interest what might be the
Austrian custom of celebrating such
universally interesting occasion as :
a wedding.
The celebration was dance, not
dance out on the green in peasant
costume, as they probably would have
done in their own land, but dance
in crowded room, with plentiful
wine served to make the occasion
more lively.
"a custom may be. beautiful in the
right setting d-world Aus-
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nothing IS more sordid and maj roposs
than such celebration in America.
In one corner of the room sat the mu-
sician Of the evening, playing huge:
accordion, with a certain humping
melody that the dancers kept time.
to.
In contrast to this foreign life here,
there are the school functions which
are as up-to-date and decidedly COR
rect as social affairs can be made.
On the eighth of April the Junior
Senior banquet took place. This was
an elaborate affair, given by the.
school board. The lower hall, down
the entire length of the Hearding-
Building, furnished the setting. Near
one end of the table the orchestra sat-.
and played during the meal. The Sc
nior colors are rose and gray, and
the Juniors blue and fawn. The pro-
grams were gray booklets tied with
rose ribbon, and the name of each
guest, the date, ETC., on TIE outside
in rose print.
The nut baskets were rose and gray
and roses were arranged down the,
length of the table. Rose and gray
and blue and fawn streamers deco
rated the entire hall. An elaborate
course dinner was served by the do
mestic science department., and at the
conclusion of the meal program
took place, the principal of the High
School acting as POSTMASTER.
The school sets an example and an
ideal, so that no matter how unworthy
the customs and ideas of the country
from which the parents came, the.
students have different world open
ed up to them at school, and live in
modern America for at least seven
hours out of the day.
The school is one of the most tan
gible factors of our civilization, and
is aggressively helpful to these people
who have been so newly transplanted.
They were but weeds in their own
country, with no opportunity to be-
anything else. In America they have.
"a chance to become flowers. ~
FLORENCE MINIS I;
Aurora, Minnesota.
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