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Show j GO TO CHURCH BY EOAT Divine ServAce Made Social Affair in Finland, and Large Parties Travel Together. Attending divine service in certain parts of Finland is a social affair, since the clmrchboat is an institution in that northern possession of the czar. This craft is of such size that in some cases no fewer than 100 .persons may be rowed to church at the same time. Twenty or thirty take the oars together, to-gether, and it is deemed the proper thing for everyone to serve his turn at them, since the church is frequently quite a distance from the houses of the parishioners. In the evtUt that the boat has a long distance to travel. It is not unusual for a party to start on Saturday night. Then may be seen the peasants going down to the waterside in the evening, in order that they may be ready at the time appointed. appoint-ed. With them they carry little buni dies, in which are contained their best clothes. Service lasts some hours, and when it is ended, the women turn up their skirts or more" often take them of? and make up the little bundles again, and the clmrchboat starts for home. |