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751TH
YEAR.
THE
ST.
CROIX
AVIS
is printed
and published
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and
Holidays
excepted)
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%
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May
26th 1917 at the Post
Office at Christian-
sted,
St. Crowe.
V. I of the U.-S.
4.,
wn-
der the Act of March
3.
1379.
Contribution
to this paper will be glad-
ly received
when the same
deals
with mat-
ters of general
interest,
and is
accompa-
nied with
the author’s
mame,
as
a quar-
antee of good faith.
The editor cannot
be
responsible for the views of his correspon-
dents nor does he necessarily endorse them.
DIVORCE BY CANDLE
If
the
Burmese
husband
and
the
Burmese
wife
come
to
the
conclusion
that
they
are
not
suited
to each
other,
their procedure
is simple and direc
.
The
wife
does
not
go to her solicitor,
but to
the
tallow
chandler.
From
him
she
ok-
tains
two little candles.
These
she brings
home,
and
che and h~r husband
sit down
on the floor, placing
the
candles
between
them.
One
caundle
represents
the
hus-
band,
one
the wite.
They
are
lighted
at
the
same
moment,
and the owner of
the
one
that
goes
out first leaves
the
house,
taking only his
or her
clothes,
while
the
owner
of the
more enduring
candle
re-
mains
also
the
owner of
the house
and
all that therein is.—Everyday Life.
EVERLASTING LEAP-YEAR
Qo
far
as
proposals
of
marriage
are
concerned,
in
New
Guinea
it is
always
leap%ear,
for in that island the
men
con-
sider it
beneath
their
dignity to
notice
womnen,
much
iess
to make
overfuies
of
marriage.
Consequentiy,
t e
propousing
is left to the women
to do.
When
the ebony belle fails in love with
2 man she
sends
a
piece of string
to
his
sister,
or, if he has
no sister,
to his moth-
er,
or another
of his lady relatives.
Then
the lady who receives
the
sfring
tells the dusky
masher
that
the
particu-
lar damsel
is in love with him.
No court-
ing follows, however,
for it is cons:dered
beneath
a New
Guinea gentleman’s
dig-
nity to waste
time in
such
a pursuit.
If the
man ihinks he would like t» wed
the lady, he meets
her
alone,
and
they
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V.II. U.S.
A..
FRIDAY,
13rH
FEBRUARY
1920
decide straight
aw:y whethertomarry
or
dropethe
idea.
"
in the
< rmer case
the
betro:hal
is
an-
nounced.
The
man.is
then
branded
on
the
back
with chareoal.
while
a mark
is
cut into the woman’s
skin
No breach-of-promise
actions
are
pos-
sible in New
Guinea,
:‘hough
if the lady
is jilted her
friends
may
hunt
her lover
up and
‘'‘go’’for Bim’’.
On
the
other
hard, if the dark
damsel
proves
faithless
she
is liable
to be beaten
by her betroth-
ed if he catches
her
- Ihid.
BRIDAL CUSTOMS
The Japanese
bride follows the
custom
which prevails
in the Western
world. that
of wearing
white
at:ithe
mariiage
cere
mony, although
the significance
attacled
to the color
1s quite
different.
White
is
the
mecurning
color’ in
Japan,
and
the
bride,
upon
leaving her
parents’
howe.
considers
herself
dead
in a certain
sense,
to that
home,
as
she
never
expects
to
return.
The
Japanese
first
dons
a
gown
of
white silk, the texture of
which dependse
on
the station
of the family.,
The
entire
gown
is exquisitely
hand
embroidered.
The sleeves
of the
¢ostume,
one
nf
the
chief
featu
es
of
the
gown,
are
about
three feet
in
length
anc
hang
in
long
graceful
lines
from
the
shoulder.
An-
other distinct feature
is the sash,
and in
importance
corresponds
to
the American
bride’s train.
The sash
when
undraped
measures
about eleven
feet
in length.
After the
exchange
of the loving
cup,
which
1s the
most igportant
part
of
the
wedding
ceremony,
the
bride
chang:s
her
costume
for
a red robe.
This
color
is
supposed
to have
a
purifying
effect
and
cleanses
the new home of evil spirits
The pretty
dark haired
Hevrew
bride
always
wears
a yellow veil.
If the bride
has
come from
among
the peasant
class-
es
upon her wedding day
she
binds
her
hair
high on her he"?d for the
first time,
signifying
her
submission
‘o
her
nhus-
band’s
will
upon tntering
his
home.
Heretofore
her
halr
has
always
hung
loose
as
4 symbol of her freedom.
Thg
customs
of the
Roman
brides
are
very "similar
‘to
that
of
the
Hebrew
maidens.
The
yellow veil is also
worn,
and
the hair bound
high upon
the
head
with the
same
significance’
With the
Furopean
bride flowers play
an
important
role,
much
sentiment
is
hidden
in
the
bride’s
bouquet. - The
Greeks and Italians intertwine myrtle and
olive
with
white
and
vurple
flowers,
No. 35.
while among
the English,
roses,
myrtle,
ana
rosemary
are
given the
preference,
and pansies
are
sometimes
worn.—lbid.
NOTICE.
l'l‘
is
hereby
made
known
that
owing
to
no
business
before the
« ouncil the ordinary meeting
which
was
fixed for
Monday,
February
16,
has
been
postponed
to
MON-
DAY, MARCH 1, 1920,
at
1 o’clock
p.
m.
ROBT.
L. MERWIN,
Chavrman.
Colonial
Council Office,
St.
Croix, Feb-
ruary
10,
1920.
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