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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1906)
THE MORNING ASTOMAX, ASTORIA. QREGON. THURSDAY, JANUABY it, leo. "WHEN A MALAY WEDS SOME REMARKABLE FESTIVITIES DE SCRIBED BY AN ENGLISH VISITOR. AMul ellaa; Day rm44 ht eYk Xlaatly Fmatiac Aatr Kaia hk Orera.rn.iai BathUs, aeacl Avert 1U Lara ' A. sreet: of nightly festivities seneral- ly precedes the actual weddluf day, - and tn tfa rase of a rajah two months of festivity way follow It. In 8lnfa- pore, where cornopolItauuin baa In fected everything, the guests will I in vited to feed om night on srhite man's fart and yet anothr on curry, Malay fashion, with their fingers; the brld will appear one night hi an Kugllxh sown, the next aa a Cfcluese lady, and then gray robed, gay sashed, aa aelsha alri: the bridecroom will be driven around town la a buggy. But ap country In Malaylaad proper, wbert toes corruptions bava hardly aa yet crept In, there will be only the decora tions of houses with curtalua and Ho an. feasting, the staining of flnger tips, palms and aolea of tbs feet red with henna (a performance without Bag import and borrowed from the Arabs, whoM ladlea consider sneers so colored beautiful and always affect this henna dye); and there will be the brushing of forehead and handa with rice paste, which forma aa lndiapensabla ingredi tat of the medicine man's pot and .which ta need on so many occasions to toM HI lack. Tata Is preliminary. -, Finally the morning before the sand tag, waka Is the essential lay part of tbe wedding and the part I waa to sea, the legal and reUgtoua rite la perform ed, a kind of registry office business, where the dowry Is paid orer, conduct ad before the kith I, or Mohammedan priest, and in the absence of bride and women folk, lbs sword dancs by the two Patanla finished, the bridegroom waa escorted away, and the people turned homeward; I a bo, to don native dress and be present by Invitation at a Malay dinner at the rajah's house and the subsequent marriage ceremony or sanding. About 9 o'clock the wed ding procession collected to escort the bridegroom, attired just as he had been in the afternoon, in a pilgrim's flowing . Arab robes, across to the bouse of bis bride. After describing the ceremony the writer proceeds: On the next day at 4 o'clock la the. afternoon the mar riage party reassembled, this time for the ceremonial bathing, mandi tolak bola, or mandi aampat, to avert ill lack. The bridegroom, dressed in his holiday allks and escorted by his , friends, went over to the bride's bouse, where be has to live awhile under the eyes of bis mother-in-law. There be changed his attire for the shabby clothes that are alwaya reserved for ablution and, with a towel over his shoulders, passed into the Inner room, where his newly wedded bride, also dressed la old clothes, awaited bis com ing. Amid the bossing, clattering and htnghlng of 'the mothers of the kam pong the pair grasp each the end of a handkerchief and so united march out Into the passage. The narrow passage with the split bamboo floor Is crowded with excited women, and every one ex cept the mased victims la laughing and talking. They, poor things, sit with down turned faces, dumb, mo tionless, walking, sitting, standing, not of their own accord, but mechanically and under the compulsion of eager hands. - Bowl after bowl of water Is poured aver the bedraggled pair, strained through the cocoanut fronds and the cloth. Tbe milk of the young cocoa nut la emptied after it. Tbe coconnut shoots and cloth are soaked and drip ping. Two women continue to drench the couple, but for the sheer comedy enacted by the rest I bud not been pre pared, though I had expected some thing from seeing my friend tbe rajub doff his official European khaki for something less ehtltorate than bis silks of yesterday. I was soon to lif.cn. Tbe excited women having finished with the victims in chief, turned their attention to the audience and vented their feelinpi by dousing every one within reach, the rajah and myself In cluded. We could only retort with In effectual bnmlfulH. while they were of practiced arm and er;ulpNd with basins. However, fortune fuvored us. Often bamboo squirts, salted or pep pered water or rice water are employ ed. Tbe women lead the bride a way for a fresh toilet Tbe groom dons his silks again nnii waits, no short time. In the pu.sago till bis spouse shrill have had ber toilet completed to the satis faction of the matrons. Once more the bridegroom la ushered Inside, and be and his bride are seated side by side, as on the previous evening. Tbe nasi daml or lice of accord la brought in and placed before them. They Juxt taste it, tbe circle of women Indulging the while in piquant reflections on the mar ried state and tbe newly married couple to particular. Ad old bttab woman is galvanized Into grotesque activity, clapping ber handa and chuckling In a gruff voice. Tbe audience shriek with laughter, their attention diverted for a moment from tbe embarrassed pair. Tbe wedding is over. It only re mains for the bride sod bridegroom to tembah or lift folded palms to brow In salutation of tbe rajab, who baa honored them by his presence and pro vided entertainment for their bridal. Temple Bar. Csaee Far a Rebate. A colored undertaker was requested to embalm tbe body of a colored man. The wife of ths deceased asked what the cost would be. lie named bis usual charge, to which she quickly replied. tZJJiink that'! too much." "Dot It la ttST'refuiar tee, protested the unoer- ttker.- -That may be," assented the widow. "but this ain't a regular corpse. My husband bad a wooden leg." 8AVINQ "OLD SOUTH." Tee DeM Wktek Iks raits States Own to Mr. Measeawar, The ground on which the Old South aieeiuig house la Boston atauds was the dwelling place of Governor Wla throp. Benjamin Franklin waa bap Used ta this meeting house. Tbe voices of Adams aud Hancock and Warmu aud Washington have been board with in Its walls. Yon will see back of the pulpit platform and below the quaint eld souudlug board the very window through, which General Joseph Warren cams to deliver bis famous oration on the anniversary of the Boston massa cre, because the crowd lu aud around the church waa so great be could aot enter by ths door, la this church were held soma of the great meetings lesdlng up to the fa moua Boston "tea party." Indeed, It was from this "sanctuary of freedom,' as It baa beea called, that ths band of men disguised aa Indians started for the wharf to board ths ships and throw overboard the taxed tea. lld yon ever bear the story of how the Old South waa "saved r Rever ence for historic landmarks did aot run so high years ago aa it does today, aad ta our centennial year of 1878 It waa proposed to sell the OKI South simply for ths value of Its bricks and timbers and tear It down that a modern busi ness block might be built on its site. Indeed, It was sold "knocked down' ai auctua w a muaer iot ins meager sumoflUW! - RtvIiIbiiIt war of natrlittle fcollnel swept over the city of Boston. Ths papers and sums of the people began nmtMt aralnat th tparlnr Aawn of the old "sanctuary of freedom." and a I movement was set on foot to raise funds to buy the church from Its pur- chaser and to buy alo tbe ground on which It stood. Thl good plan might for one noble aud loyal woman In Boa- ton. Mrs. Mary He.nenw.y. of bal- lowed memory. When the difficulty of securing tuuds for the purchase of the old meeting house became known to her she came forward with a gift of I100.0U0, and thus the old meeting house was saved to stand aa an object lesson to tbe children of future gener- atlons. Having given' such a large sum to help save the Old South meeting bouse, sirs. Hemenway felt that It should be something .more than a mere allent monument She determined that It should be a real, living force in our country, and particularly to ths call-1 area or Boston. tne oeierminea wai It thould renew aud Increase Its fame aa a temple of freedom and that Its sa cred walla should again echo and re echo to tbe sound of patriotic utter ances and that tome of these utter ances should come from the lips of tbe boyt and girls of Boston, and thus tbe Old South lecture course and the Old South prises were established. Each year a prise of $40 aad another of $33 are given to the graduates of the Bos ton high schools who write the best es says on historic or patriotic topics. Tbe committee bavlug this work In charge announce tbe subjects in June, Just be fore the schools close, and the competl tors must submit their essays tbe fol lowing January. Then on Washing ton's birthday there Is a patriotic gath erlng of tbe school children of Boston In the old meeting bouse, and the names of the prize winners are an nounoed. St. Nicholas. Lot-atlas; Avlcaaa. Sir Frederick Pollock used to tell this story of the dilettante society: The qualitlratiipii for nicnilicrshlp wns that the cumlidiife bad 1nin met In Italy iy tiie prupoting uietiiix'r, but owe it happened Unit a Cituilidnte wu elected wlin hud Ihtu met at Arleuon. The error was discovered and the so ciety procccdi-d to vote "that, in the opinion pof the wlety. Avignon Is lu Italy." Thin, however, seemed s tic- kllb precedent to estublinh, so they gravely luid their beads together and solemnly resolved In a further motion "that. In the opinion of this society, Avignon It ths only town In Francs hlch It in Italy." iir. Jieamt sent out and kd'ed a lion to prove that he is qtmliiled for I the presidency. So there, now! 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