Show A PEASANT WEDDING mrs alee alec twee die in her through finland appears to have bava displayed a happy aptitude f for r f forming or ming friendly relations with nith at all sports arts ini ana conditions c ons of people at one peasant cottage of the poorest sort where she sha stopped to buy a bowl of milk she tell fell into conversation with its mistress a very clean and apparently iery ery aged ft woman oman clad in a short serge skirt a loose white chemise and a striped apron of many colors these simple garments being all of her own weaving over her head she wore ore a black blach cashmere eie keichler keich lef her face might have belonged to a hojian of 0 a hundred or a witch of ancient times it 1 was so wrinkled and tanned her hands bands were hard and and yet after halt half an hours hour s conversation wit w discovered she was only about fifty it five ve hard work poor food and lit in dark ill M smoky cotta gei ago age the peasants fast at seventeen seven teea many a girl begins to look like an old woman the old or middle aged woman was a cheerful and fri tr lendl endIS soul nud and was soon beguiled by chi th visitors comments on a woven band ban hanging in sight into narrating al ai episode of 0 family history it had beef one of the presents given by her soi BO on his marriage to his groomsman lie ile had bad married a girl of another vil lage age asking list hei hand in with immemorial I 1 annish custom through a pu duhem hemes es or spokesman lesman i kind of preliminary best beit man wh must do all the talking while the suit or himself sits dumb being accepted he exchanged rings with his bis betrothed betrothal and gave her father the usual what Is that the visitor asked why it is a sort of a deposit given ta t the girl girls a father to show he bealli means to marry the girl a cow ol 01 something of that sort A tw tm 4 years engagement during which till th young people taming their house housa hold equipment was followed by i grand wedding Ned ding celebrated as usual ill ii finland at the bridegroom B H house it Is a very expensive thing to got gel married said the mother and mi son had to give many presents to thi th father fabber in law mother in law brides maids maid a and groomsmen en I 1 lo 10 0 all chi th brides bride a maids lie he gave stockings being the fashion of 0 our country t the groom groomsmen groomster he gave shirts to hit mother in law a dress to the father inlaw in law a belt and to other friends aeao nea handkerchiefs in short she confes confessed seIl that the occasion was mas a very serpoui dapin upon the family resources but bu oh ob it was a lovely time she aldeia A w beading e ding la Is a splendid thing W had a feast all one day and tile the next next and then the priest came and thea the m bera era married every one we me knevi kne came from miles around som bi brought ought a can of mil milkana kand some of then brought corn brandy and otherl brought broi ight porridge and johansen had been to to so BO he brought back watt him some white bread aye it was waa I 1 grand feasal we danced and ate and sand and made merry for two days anil and then we all vall cl with my sou bou and ani hla his bridi to that little cottage on th other side elde of the wood ind and left talen there where here they have lived evet since elace |