Wedding Ceremonies On The Alps

Thera ara, stilt many of the cld piistoins remáining, of which ofie of tl ■■ roost peculiar is the woddingj whicb ';■■ ome of the features of thhse ii I northerd part nf Gefmany. An oratrr i the bearer of invítationá who rhe village Bcfioolmaátei'. lío miíkos formal speech before house, all tilt; peóple run to bsiih Ön fl rtíornitig of ifie wedding lfi ■ nies the bridegrooin nu to the house ot tho bi i breakfast togèther; RÜer wliien makeá : speech to the fai or, ii qualities of Lhö bri : '-;: echiug ihem to give willinglj; aWay, a'a h ■ of hafipiness is n store for her. A tv orator then " take=i the v dents the dafk si;! oí I the dUficiiltie of the tip virtues of the brifii ■ f4iliiiinentary dtimi }r.:v s wi'li lier betrrtthed fo ;i mi.lst pruver-i and f.'Hl's i ; and to keep up h r p sieians cheer her way with s