Show Marriage in Sumatra Boston Journal In Sumatra marriage customs are somewhat quaint but on the whole things are arranged very comfortably for the Che women For instance the hus bus husband husband I band settles a marriage portion on his wife before the I nuptials are ard celebrated and though he may subsequently get geta a separation from her he can oan neither alienate this portion nor touch any of the property she the may have brought into the marriage contract Husbands and wives live in separate houses the former visiting the latter every evening If there are children the boys bo Sonly only live Uve with their mother until their fourth birthday when they take up residence with their father The girls live with their mother until they marry which hl h they do at an early age when they remove to tn a small house close chose to the maternal dwelling d When a woman becomes a widow she plants a flagstaff at her hr door from which a flag flies files That flag is of no importance In the widows fate for so 80 long as It remains by bythe the winds she slie Is compelled by etiquette do eto remain main r unmarried When the first little rent In the flag appears and It may be most minute she is free to accept the first suitor who offers |