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Show Emaciated Drlde Considered Deau'lful. Javnnese mnrrlnge customs Include a period of religious Instruction for both the bride ami the groom. The young man starts Ids Instruction by paying dally visits to the priest of the village, and learning all the com-plicated com-plicated phrases which ho will hnve to utter on the day of his wedding. The pupil Is placed In a tank of cold water and slays Ihero submerged up to his chin while the priest bends over him mid reads the Koran, tho perform-jince perform-jince taking place I n front of tho church. Tlw girl begins her preparations for the great day by soveral weeks of pinl-starvntlnn during which time she takes only sulllclent rice nnd hot wilier wil-ier to sustain life. Hocause of this hunger strike unforced by custom, she Jows coiisldenihle weight, nn umnel-utud umnel-utud bride being considered n thing of beauty on the Island of Java. Detroit De-troit Nows. , |