. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across en it is over, the young couple go to their own home, ifthey have one; the next morning all the parents and relatives go and takecoffee with the newly married ; then there are dinner-parties at the housesof both pairs of parents; other parties and dinners follow, and sometimesthe feasting is kept up for a week or more. It is a trying ordeal for allconcerned, and there is general rejoicing when the festivities are over. Among the peasantry i
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across en it is over, the young couple go to their own home, ifthey have one; the next morning all the parents and relatives go and takecoffee with the newly married ; then there are dinner-parties at the housesof both pairs of parents; other parties and dinners follow, and sometimesthe feasting is kept up for a week or more. It is a trying ordeal for allconcerned, and there is general rejoicing when the festivities are over. Among the peasantry it is the custom, at least in some parts of Rus- U2 THE HOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. sia, for tlie bride to present a wliip to lier linsbancl tlie day after the wed-ding. This wliip is Imno; at tlie liead of the bed, and, if report is true, itis not unfreqnently used. I remember seeing a wliip lianging at the head of tlie bed in some ofthe houses we have visited, said Fred, and wondered what it was therefor. The curious thing about the matter is, the Doctor continued, thata good many wives expect the whip to be used. The same lady I just re-. MAKING CALLS AKTKU A WKDDING. ferred to says that one of her nurse-maids left her to be married. A shorttime after the marriage she went to the ?ui</ialnik, or justice of the peace,of her village, and complained that her husband did not love her. Thenachalnik asked how she knew it, and the young wife replied, Because he has not whipped me once since we were married !Among the peasantry the married couple goes to the house of theowner of the estate to receive his blessing. He comes to the door andwelcomes them as they bow in front of him till their foreheads nearlytouch the ground. The steamers whistle recalled the party, and in a little while theywere again on their voyage. Mr. Hegeman resumed the story of his ridethrough Siberia as soon as all were seated in their accustomed places. WEDDING FORxMALlTlES. 343
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