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Show A Turkish Wedding. An artistic mistress of the ceremonies, being congratulated on the success with which she had managed the details of an English wedding, remarked impatiently impa-tiently that thte had been one blot on the scenes namely, the bridegroom. She only wished it could hare been arranged ar-ranged for him and his black coat to remain re-main outside in the brougham till the thing was over. I Had she received an invitation to a rri-.vv, CT-ilrKiir' as once bv cood luck ! xiuiusu o' - did a party of English ladies, among whom was the writer of the present sketch, her wish might have been grati-fi(KL grati-fi(KL as it is quite possible to attend such a function without even catching a 1 passing glimpse of the crimson fez of the husband elect I The latter spends the hours of his bridal day in getting married to himselfthat him-selfthat is, he visits the priest and the notary, takes out and signs his marriage mar-riage contract, attends a religious service serv-ice at the mosque, partakes of a sumptuous sump-tuous breakfast with his friends, r-nd as the ceremonies cover a considerable portion por-tion of the week I should not be surprised sur-prised to hear that during the time he ven goes on a wedding tour in solitudf tnd on his own account - - |
