CHOSEN BY CHANCE.
An ancient custom of tho Russian Christmas associates the festivities with ope of the most important events of life—tho choosing of a wife. Some person of importance in (lie district announces that the annual feto will be held ut liis house.! Thither hasten tho young people of the countryside. At the propert hour the hostess gives a signal and withdraws into an apartment, accompanied b.v all the girls. Tho lasses aro ranged upon long benches. The hostess, with long strips of broadcloth, wraps up every girl. Then one by one, in an order determined by lot, the-young men-of the party-enter the room. Each in turn approaches the veiled row and examines it. The puzzled suitor feeks to penetrate the baffling folds and detect the personality of his idol. When at last lie has mado his choice, ho is privileged to remove the wraps and behold the identity of his prize: It. is the law of-ciistni" the couple shall be;ome man and wife.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 12
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165CHOSEN BY CHANCE. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 12
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