Show A 1111 9 old austrian aiu clat custom the quaint old austrian custom of a i bride brida being cast off as it were wera by her countrymen when she takes to herself a foreign husband was an interesting fea ture at the recent marriage of the archduchess louise of tuscany the archduchess cut entered ered the church followed by a long train of royal and noble austrian ladies they stood in a semicircle around her until the moment the brid bridegroom e placed the ring upon her finger ainge r then they turned and left her for she was no longer a cou countrywoman woman of theirs for a moment the princess stood alone unattended then a number of saxon ladies ranged themselves behind her she had bad become a saxon at the marriage of marie antoinette this custom which in her case was observed only on en the french frontier had a pathetic denouement when the aus attempted to leave the new Dauphi nesa of france she refused to be left and as it if foreseeing what her fate I 1 would be in liff her adopted country clung to theland the mand entreated them to take her i back to austria again actual force had bad to be used to separate her from her i attendants atten danis paris letter |