The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, September 05, 1912, Page 2, Image 2
DUTCH WEDDINC
DIFFERED
Strange Old Customs Th
Different Proceed
Wife in Forei
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In America a girl is only called a '
bride after the wedding, while in
Holland she is a bride no longer
when the wedding is over. A girl;
becomes a bride in Holland two or I
a-optc hefore the wedding day, I
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or as soon as she and her intended
have signed the register at the town
hall, signifying their puorpose of getting
married on a certain day. Their
names are then printed and put up
for public inspection outside the town
hall. This is an equivalent to reading
the banns in England and is done I
for the same reason?to give any
one objecting to the union a chance to
say so.
Meanwhile when the young couple
have gone off quietly to sign their
names the bride's mother and the
rest of her. ralatives decorate the
house with green plants and flowers, i
so that when the "bride and bride-1
groom,' for such they then are, re- j
turn the whole place shall present |
a festive appearance. All this gen-1
erally takes place after dinner, which '
in Holland is partaken of at 6 p. m.,
so it is just tea time, or about 8 j
o'clock when the young people come |
back.
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The tea tray is set out with the'
very best china in the drawing room j
and little dishes full of "bridal su-1
gars"?sugared almonds and other
special sweets. These "bruid suikers,"
or "bridal sweets," have to be j
kept on hand during the whole bridal j
period and are offered to all visitors. I
It is considered rude to refuse to par- j
take of them. These sweets are a
very ancient institution, but gradu-1
ally they have become of finer quali- j
ty, losing some of their original par- j
ticularity. For instance, the smooth- :
ly coated sugar almonds were meant j
to symbolize the bride, while the
roughly coated almonds represented ;
the bridegroom. .
Formerly it was the general custom
and it still is so in some towns:
and villages, that on the day of becoming
a bride the girl should send
lace paper bags tied with green and
white ribbon and full of bridal su-;
gars to all her relations and friends, j
The maid servants of the house take!
these bags around in baskets decorat-'
ed with green bows of ribbon, and at j
every house where they present the
gift they receive a small gratuity
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ior meraseives. xut: &amc rvmu <-?j.
"bridal sugars" in silver papers bags
or in gold paper bags, tied with sil- i
ver and gold cord, are presented by j
silver and golden wedding couples to;
their friends and relatives.
Every one who receives bridal sugars
or an invitation to one of the
many parties?either evening or din- i
ner?given during the bridal period
by the parents of bride and bridegroom
must, according to custom.;
give a weeding present to the young
couple. All these presents are timed
to arive before the grand reception,
which is generally held at the bride's j
parents' house on the Sunday preceding
the wedding. The presents, |
which are always very numerous and ,
often consist of costly silver and crys-1
tal articles, are arranged in one of j
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tilt? IOUI1I5 UU IUI15 wuJca aiiu iut
bouquets and baskets of flowers that!
are often more numerous than the j
presents are placed in all the rooms ;
where the reception is held and thei
presents are displayed.
In the largest room a bower of!
palms and flowering plants have been ;
formed and there the bride and bride-!
groom sit side by side on a sofa or j
stand up to receive their guests. The ,
near relatives of the bride stand in
a row by the bridegroom's side and
his nearest relatives stand in a row
next to the bride, and'all guests are
formally presented to the parents of
the young couple and are then led off
by the bridesmaids "to see the presents."
The bridesmaids or the little
brothers and sisters or cousins
of the couple offer "bridal sugars"
to the guests and waiters
or the man servants of
the family bring around trays with
the bridal refreshment, "hippocras," 1
or "bride's tears"? a kind of liqueur j
?although nowadays more generally |
port and sherry are served.
Such a reception- generally lasts!
from 3 until 5 o'clock p. m. The
bride dons her wedding dress, with j
the wreath of orange blossoms in her
hair. The only part of her wedding
finery she does not wear is the veil,!
which she puts on only for the mar
riage ceremony at the town hall and
in the church. The bridegroom and
relatives wear evening dress for the
reception, and also for the wedding
ceremony, which always takes place
between 11a. m., and 2 p. m.
All weddings are not celebrated in
church; very often the ceremony at
the town hall is considered sufficient.
No marriage is legal that has not
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taken place before the civil authorities
at the town hall, and no clergyman
or priest may consecrate a marriage
that has not been thus carried
out. The religious ceremony is
therefore looked upon more as a
benediction of the union than an actual
joining together in matrimony.
The town hall ceremony js very
brief and "cold" and there are many
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brides who would not consider memselves
properly married without the
marriage service in church. The
Roman Catholic services are, of
course, very much the same all over
the world, but the Dutch Protestant
service differs considerably from the
English services. In front of the pulpit
a semi-circle of chairs is arranged
for the bridal party. Exactly opposite
the officiating clergyman two easy
chairs are placed for the bride and
bridegroom. These, already legally
husband and wife, drive to church,
together, and enter the church together,
followed by the bridesmaids.
Then come the parents and the other
relatives. There is no "best man"
at a Dutch wedding; and no waiting
by either bride or groom for one another
for the bridegroom on the wedding
morning goes at once to the
bride's house and drives in the same
carriage with her to the town hall.
Another peculiarity of a Dutch
wedding is that both Driae ana oriaegroom
are given a ring, which the
clergyman places on their fingers.
The clergyman generally presents the
young couple with a Bible after the
services is over, and to the strains
of a wedding march all the party proceed
to the vestry to sign their names
in the register and to receive the congratulations
of all those present in
church.
After this is over the party drives
home to the bride's house, where the
wedding breakfast is served, at which
only the closest relatives and the
dearest friends of bride -and bridegroom
are present. Many "toasts"
are given and speeches made wishing
the newly married couple good luck,
and telegrams from absent friends
are read aloud. When the breakfast
is well on its way the young couple
quietly leave the table, followed by
the bride's mother, who helps her to
exchange her bridal robes for a travelling
dress. The bridegroom, too,
lays aside his evening dress and puts
on a travelling suit. Then their car
riage is announced to take them to
the train and they drive away quietly,
while the wedding guests continue
to make merry at the banquet.
?Chicago Daily News.
Swiss Proposal of Marriage.
In remote Alpine hamlets and villages.
especially in the Bernese Oberland,
there still exist ancient and
pretty customs of proposing marriage
by the language of flowers.
If a maid accepts a bouquet of
edelweiss from a man she at the
same time accepts him as her fiance,
the idea being that the man has
risked his life to obtain the flowers
for the woman he loves.
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Another method which exists in the
Canton of Giarus is for the young
man to place a flower pot containing
a single rose and a note on the window
sill of the girl's room when she
is absent from home and wait, perhaps
days for a reply.
If the maid takes the rose the
young man boldly enters the house to
arrange matters with her parents, but
if the rose is allowed to fade away
the proposal is rejected without a
single word having been exchanged
between the couple. Sometimes a
fickle girl will keep a young man
waiting a day or two for an answer,
but whatever it may be it is considered
final.?London Standard.
SEVEN DIE IN FLAMES.
Woman and Six Children Die, Husband
and Son Escape.
Rutherford, N. J., Aug. 30.?Mrs.
Emilio Debaro and six of her children,
ranging from five months to
12 years, met death early to-day in a
fire which destroyed their home.
Debaro, the husband and father,
and the seventh child, a boy of 13,
escaped by jumping from a second
story window.
Debaro and the boy tried to rescue
the woman and children but a wall
of fire checked them. With their
night clothing blazing they jumped
from the window.
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Five ooaies were xuuxxu xii <x iiea^x
near the center of the building, the
! woman with the baby in her arms lay
near the window.
Firemen believed a spark from a
passing locomotive may have started
the fire.
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LIKED THE FAMILY.
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(.ill .Jilted a Youth; He Married her >
Mother.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 28.?Clarence
C. A. Voss, twenty years old, of No. 1
5605 North Market street, consoled t
himself, when his boyhood sweet- c
heart, Miss Myrtle Schultz, nineteen \
years old, of No. 4365 Evans avenue, f
jilted him, by marrying her mother, t
thirty-five years old, a divorcee who 1
goes unuer Ilex maiucu uauic, i?iai- v.
garet Reeder. Miss Myrtle and the
successor to Vose in her affections,
Frank A. Bids, stood up with the
bridal pair at the ceremony.
The facts of this curious marriage
developed Wednesday after the bridegroom's
father, A. F. Voss, manager
of the Washington Hotel cafe, called
at the office of the recorder of deeds
in Clayton. On account of the disparity
in the ages of his son and
daughter-in-law the elder Voss announced
he would take steps at once
to have the marriage annulled.
When a reporter called at the s
Evans avenue home Mrs. Voss, Jr., ?
and her daughter, a tall blonde, who
looks as old as her stepfather, told
the story of the romance.
Mrs. Voss admitted at once that
she had understated her age ten
years when applying for the marriage
license and that her husband
also had overstated his. She said
she gave her age as twenty-five so
the disparity would not be too noticeable.
She said she first got acquainted
with Voss more than two and a half
years ago. She had a tailor shop at
No. 5625 .Easton avenue she said, j
when- Voss began coming there to
call upon Myrtle. The two appear?
ed to care for each other, but there
was a quarrel.
Instead of discontinuing his visits
she said, Voss kept coming to the
house. But he talked to the mother ~
instead of to the daughter. When he
first declared his love Mrs. Voss said
she told him she was much older than
he and a marriage was not to be
thought of.
Recently she went automobile rid- "
ing with Voss and he again propos- ^
ed marriage to her. "When I again
told him the difference in our ages
was too great," she said, "he told me
that I would have to promise to marry
him or neither of us would leave S
the auto alive. From this I saw I
he was honest and sincere in his J
wish to be married, and consented. {
I wanted him to wait until Novem- ber,
when he would be of age, but 1
he was too impatient to wait. So we '
went to Clayton and were married.
If his father brings suit to annul it
I shall certainly fight the suit." <
As the mother talked the daughter ^
helped her out in the recital. She A
said she was glad Voss had married (
her mother. As for herself, Miss
Myrtle said Voss was ""too bossy")!
to suit her. "Does he try to boss
you as step-father?" was asked.
"Sometimes," she replied with a
laugh.
After the ceremony reporters met
the party in the office of Justice of
the Peace Werremeyer and asked
them if they would make a statement
about their marriage.
Voss made no reply. His bride answered:
"I should say not," and the j party
walked to their automobile and ;
drove away.
The father declared the first he;
knew of the wedding was when he |
read the name of his son in the mar- j
riage license notices. He never has;
3een the daughter-in-law, but spent
some time making inquiries. He de-,
clared the boy was too young to
marry.
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WOMAN* DIES OF WOl'XDS.
ihot by Husband, who Also May li
come a Suicide.
Columbus, Ga.. Aug. 27.?Mr
Andrew M. Roberts, shot throug
he lungs by her husband to-da
lied late this afternoon. Robert
vho shot himself in the head, aft<
atally wounding his wife, while si
vas standing at the 'phone in the
lome, is in the hospital in a critic
condition to-night. He says that 1
s sorry that he shot his wife, bi
jives no explanation for the killin
In addition to the killing of Mr
Roberts and the attempted suicide <
ler husband, there has been one ot
>r suicide and an attempted suicic
lere this week. Hiram Predergras
l policeman, shot himself dead Sui
lay night. Joseph Kent, a mill worl
it, took poison with suicidal intei
donday night and is still in a serioi
:ondition.
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