Show SOME OLD MARRIAGE CUST CUSTOMS OMS peculiar ceremonies still exist in parts of europe in Switzer switzerland lanI the bride oti on her wedding day will permit ho fio fiaone one not i even her parents to kiss her upon t the lio lips in many of bf the provinces the cook pours hot water over the threshold after tile the bridal couple have g gone 0 ne in order to keep it warm for another bi bride ide A favorite wedding day in scotland is dec 31 so that tilie the young couple can leave their ol 01 old 1 life with tile old year and beg begin in their married life with the new one surely a pretty idea the italians permit no weding giffe that are sharp or pointed from rom which practice emanates our superstition ion that the gift of a knife severs friendship one of the most beautiful of all in marriage arrIage customs is that of the bride immediately after the ceremony flinging her boquet among her maiden friends she who catches it la Is supposed to be bb the nea bride Differ different eni social CLI customs S tom s A recent writer bays the chinaman bends bendi to the very grou ground rid when lie he salutes the russian farther west takes off his hat and scrapes with it his very path in prussian an honigs berg always farther west the pass easby cr c r aby salute each other by taking off their hats or caps very verk low in berlin the head raised but little in paris still less lessin london dan riot not at all or with a Al difference ffOrence the american keeps his hat on immovably and nover never bonds bends but all civilized nations of course take off their hats to the ladies i van M lav lacave america accod according 0 rumor in ili now naw port james arnea J J T van vail alen is planning ilip I 1 to dispose of nil all his hia property propel ty in t e united states his intention being ap live in an 1 england which he is credited with having said is the aly fit place for a gentleman gent lonian to alvo in mr van vail alen bitterly resents tho publicity which has been given to his private affairs ansby aff by newspapers and has f fio declared that some lay day lie he would take up ulf permanent reside residence abroad itis understood that h lie would have done so ere now but for foi the f fact act that it is doubtful whether vh other his daughter miss may alay van vail alen would consent to leave her native land fai 01 gooce lof college youths state historian hugh augh hastings says that a tow few mail months ago t a young prof professor es in union college entered a cloth ing store in ili ccady and ordered a suit of clothes clot lies ho he was astonished when the dealer s said to him shall f T send tho the bill to your ybur fattier father ill make it 50 and give you yon the balanco balance now investigation 0 tile the fact uial a number of college I 1 D stude students fits in this way raised the wind whal they d exorbitant bills to bo be sent to fathers and pocketed the differ once new Y york ork times italis king a N numismatist urn i matist king victor of italy has n passi passion oll for fol coin collection and ht lias ts the most valuable assortment in the world aside from that ot of the british museum ho kings icings passion for numismatics bega began 11 rt at tile tho age of twelve and was wa s ins inspired PIA ed by his english governess miss lee who collected coins on ildr her own a account c when in rome his collection collect ioli MIS fills some twenty tour four cupboards in one of the rooms looms of the quirinal and not even the cares of oc kingship can jck app op him away from them js i the oyster industry in du stry nineteen states and canada have within a few years boosted the oyster industry franf something over bivalves valves annually to a production of over 12 says harpers av weekly beekly at an average retail alico ace of oner half cent per oyster r at it sen that it probably costs us at t least 4 per year to in ift otilge in bi the 1 e luscious sea fruit par tio when most of us have hav to pay 25 cents fala stew or shell of at six outers jf unwelcome gratitude gratitude for past favors is sometimes embarrassing A an AA A english author anthor alio 0 has written some interesting t articles on pu jm male ale prisons ins and pair boners was once 1 rather ather embarrassed by tho the gratitude of a reformed bur buit glar aar and asking tile tho burglars wife how lie ho was doing the attoh author or was ailshire assured ail d that the man was out picking pockets wit with a view to making some small return for what lie considered much kindness shown i to himself and his family 1 how adam would act now 1 I sees said brother dickey dat ono one er cr de preachers is in trouble bout de sar pint what tempted eve now dats mighty fur back to go hunting hun tin fer trouble tio uble but I 1 adam must feel lak re achin over an shalan hans bans wid im de preacher im bout li lieve in do de snake inako story hub but lay do de blame on de man adam cant help bisset now en hit looks on fair fain ter be at im 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