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Show WODDINOB IN JAPAN. Old (rrrmrny In Ilia IaiiiI nf Ilia lliryaanllriiiam. W hen a young nan baa Died hi aire ai-re tlnna upon a maiden of aullable aiamllng he derlarM hi lor by fattening fatten-ing a hranrh of a ertln bmb to th huiie of ihe damsel a parent If th branrh lie neglected the ault la re Jirted If II lie ai -apled o la Ihe aultnr At the time of Die marrlane Ihe brl le groom ai 11 la pmaenia in hl brine aa cully nd hla mnana will allow which aba Immediately uffira in her parenta In a knnwlidament of I heir klndneea In Infuni) and of the palna bmtowed upon hir rluratlon The wedding takea pi e In lh erenlng The bride li drmaril In a long while allk kimono and white yell and be and her future huaband alt facing rarh other on th floor Two table ar placed cloae lie on the one la a kettle with two apn Ha a bottle of aake and mpa on Ihe other table a miniature fir tree-algmlying the alrengtb of lh bridegroom a plum ire-, (Unifying the beauty of the bride and Uatly h lork standing on a tor-tolee. tor-tolee. representing a long life and hap-plneM, hap-plneM, iltalrM by them both At the marriage feaal each gueat In turn drink three rupa of the aake and the two-aiwuted kellle, alao containing aake la put to the mouth of the bride nnd bridegroom alurmtely by two attendant at-tendant "Unifying lhat they ara to linre together Joya and aorrowa Tha bride keepa her yell all her life and after death It la burled with her at her ihroml The ihlef duly of a Japane woman all her life la obedience while unmarried to her parent whtn married, mar-ried, to her huelMmt and hi parenli, when widowed to her aou |