Polish Wedding...

According to the Polish custom, the marriage ceremony usually occurs on a Sunday, this being the day to permit the men to attend without losing any time from their employment, while the bride Is supposed to maintain the greatest secrecy concerning her wedding until she is actually clad in her wedding garments of thin white and bridal veil. Then she goes from house to house, regardless of the conditions of the weather, and invites her friends to her wedding, which, of course, is paying them a very pretty compliment.  Again, according to custom, and during the course of the reception, a China bowl is placed In the center of the table upon which the feast is spread, and each man whom the bride honors with a waltz understands that he is to throw with all his might and main a silver piece into this bowl, the Idea being to break it, and the man who la so fortunate as to shatter the vessel is entitled to the farewell dance and a kiss from the bride. While the custom is curious it is none the less practical, as it is not an infrequent thing for the newly married couple to receive three or more hundred dollars at their wedding feast