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Show 30 TO CHURCH BY BOAT w . 8:Divine Service Made Social Affair in k Finland, and Large Parties Travel Together. t? Attending divine service in certain Mparts of Finland is a social affair, r. since the cliurchboat is an institution ,n that northern possession of the czar. -This craft is of such size that in soma ""Mses no fewer than 100 .persons may Upe rowed to church at the same time. Twenty or thirty take the oars together, to-gether, and it is deemed the proper filing for everyone to serve his turn t them, since the church is frequently juite a distance from the houses of !l;he parishioners. In the event that ' he boat has a long distance to travel, fit is not unusual for a party to start jjjSn Saturday night. Then may be j;een the peasants going down to the .vaterside in the evening, in order that imihey may be ready at the time appointed. appoint-ed. With them they carry little bunches, bun-ches, in which are contained their best Clothes. lj: Service lasts some hours, and when 't is ended, the women turn up their ikirts or more often take them off .. tnd make up the little bundles again, tnd the churchboat starts for home. |