A Turkish Wedding

An artistic mistress of the ceremonies, being cougratulated on the success with which she had managed the details of an English wedding, remarked impatiently that there had been oue blot on the scène - namely, the bridegroom. She only wished it conld have been arranged for him and his black coat to remain ontside in the brougham till the thing was over. Had she received an invitation to a Turkish wedding, as once by good lnck 'did a party of English ladies, among whom was the writer of the present sketch, herwish mighthave been gratifted, as it is quite possible to attend such a function without even catchinp a passing glimpse of the crimson fez of the husband elect. The latter spends the honrs of his Dridal day in getting married to hiinself - that is, he visits the priest and ;he notary, takes out and signs his marriage contract, attends a religious service at the mosque, partakes of a sumptuous breakf ast with his friends, and as the ceremonies cover a considerable portion of the week I should not be surprised to hear that during the time he even goes on a wedding tour in solitude