Austrian Marriages

1 he quaint oíd Austrian custom of a bride being cast ofl, as ít wcre, by her countrymen when she tokes to herself a foreign husband, was an interesting feature at the recent marriage of Archduchess Louise of Tuscany. In describing the ceremony the Brooklyn Citizen says: "The archduehess entered the church followed by a long train of royal and noble Austrian ladies. They stood in a semi-circle around her until the moment the bridcgroom placed the ring upon her finger; then they turned and lef t her, for she was no longer a country woman of theirs. 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 this custom, which in her case was observed only on the French frontier, had a pathetic denouement. Y hen the Austrian ladies attempted to leave the new dauphiness of ITrance she refused to be left and, as if foreseeing what her fate would be in her adopted country, clung to them and entreated them to take her back to Austria again. Actual forcé had to be used to separate her from her attondants."