Show serbia always markets brides through broker many of the younger serbians Serb Ser ians blans wish elders would abolish the custom of buying and selling brides but the older generation cant see it that way and the authorities are helpless to stop the practice too because negotiations between the parents involved are carried on in secret by a marria marriage e broker called the and no one Is wiser until it Is settled the supporters of the old order claim they are put to great ex expense perre in rearing their daughters and it Is only right and fair that the bridegroom should pay for the added help he thus obtains for his household in taking a wire wife prices vary greatly in this serbian bride market some fetching as high as ainars about others as low as 2000 ainars A brides w orth Is measured by her health strength and knowledge of farm and household affairs beauty Is a secondary consideration era tion but should the prospective wife possess it her value Is enhanced in many instances when a suitor has been too poor to pay the price asked b by Y tile the girls parents he has abducted his bride with the aid of friends and as only the spilling of blood can wipe out the deep humiliation and disgrace 0 of having a daughter snatched feuds lusting lasting through generations have in this way nay begun pathfinder magazine |