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Show HIGH HOME COSTS DETER MANY LOVERS BERLIN. Aug. 10. "Feathering i one s pest" Is a formidable proposition proposi-tion for the young Gorman of today (who contemplates matrimony. Furniture Fur-niture and I u 1 1 I in r COSt! have risen i to such heights ami wages relatively have sunk to such depths that the strains of wedding marches fail to have much of a siren appeal for either Hans' 'or f,r ti hen." Tradition has long decreed that the young man in Germany Is expected to provide a house for hla brlde-to-: I be before marriage. The latter, for' j her part, should approach the altar With a dowry sufficient to furnish her. i new home with everything from' broom to bedetead. Silverware end ; special comforts for the household I ordinarily are contributed bj relative! I or by guests attending the wedding ; eremony. |