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Show RUSSIAN WEDDING UNIQUE AFFAIR Wedding guests tore her lovely white veil to bits. But the new Mrs. Moody only smiled. Guests always tear veils in her native Russia. Valentine Smirnoff and Sgt. Herbert W. Moody, Richmond, Va. skipped none of the picturesque Russian rituals in their Paris wedding. wed-ding. Since custom said Sgt. Moody Moo-dy must be dressed for the ceremony cere-mony by his mother, he had to name a godmother to do the honors. At the ceremony in the Russian Orthodox church, the heavily-robed heavily-robed priest led the couple, carrying carry-ing lighted tapers, three times around the altar and American buddies of Sgt. Moody took turns holding jeweled crowns above the couple's heads. Later at the reception, re-ception, the couple with oats, got their pieces of veil, then danced and drank champagne till sunup. |