Show A quaint old custom Cu the quaint old austrian custom of a bride bein being cast off as it were by lier her countrymen when she takes to herself a foreign husband was an interesting feature at the recent marr marriah marriage iao of tho the archduchess I 1 louise of tuscany the archduchess cb entered the church followed by a long train of royal and noble austrian ladies they stood in a semicircle around her until the moment the bridegroom placed tho the ring Alier glicr finger then they turned and left her for she was no longer a countrywoman of theirs fora for a moment the princess stood alone unattended then a number of saxon ladies ranged themselves behind her she had become a saxon at the marriage of marie antoinette ant billette oil lette this custom which in her case was observed only on the french frontier had a pathetic denouement when the austrian ladies ladie 8 attempted attempt ea to leave the new Dauphi nesa mesa of france she refused to be left I 1 e ft and ns as if foreseeing what her fate would bo be in her adopted country clun clung to them and entreated them to take back to austria again actual force had to bo used to separate her from her attendants paris letter |