| Show much preparation to wed in greece when a grecian lover sighs marry me he can scarcely be depressed if th the prospective bride looked something less than delighted delighted preparation for a marriage in some parts of greece is a matter of years according in to director of the near east industries dus tries in athens A trousseau just a wardrobe for the brides honeymoon in one section of greece it must include all the clothes she will need for the rest of her life the director told the brooklyn eagle brides from the island of must have three dresses in their trousseaux a wedding dress of cotton heavily embroidered a second best dress and a mourning dross dress of dark green embroidered in gold which is to be worn at all funerals including her own in another section of greece the bride has to prove herself eligible elig iole as a daughter in law by spinning weaving and fashioning her husbands wedding shirt if tier her prospective mother inlaw in law approves the shirt tile the wedding proceeds ds it if she does not lot the e hapless m maiden alden must go back and weep and spin and weave again custom on one island dictated that a bride must make her ow own a w wedding dress out of linen thread so fine fille that it could only be worked in a very damp room tile the task tool tooh months and as a result of the damp dampness nebs the prospective bride usually finished with chronic rheumatism N nor tor was that tile the limit of her hardship when tile the cloth was finished she had to embroider it with designs so fine that they could only be done in a darl dark room in which a single ray of 11 light ht was allowed to fall on the embroidery which affected tier her eyes the women finally rebelled |
