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Title: Plain home talk about the human system--the habits of men and women--the cause and prevention of disease--our sexual relations and social natures
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Foote. Edward B(liss), 1829-1906. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Medicine, Popular Marriage
Publisher: New York : Murray Hill publishing company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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r see each other until their nuptials are prepared. Marriagesare never made while either of the parties are in mourning. Widows aroallowed to marry again, except in the case of the ladies of honor of theempress, who are expected to live in celibacy the remainder of their lives. The wives who are bought are entirely at the mercy of their liege lords,who can treat them as they please, and put them away on the forfeiture ofthe purchase-money, A celestial is forbidden to marry a person bearing 686 MABKIAGE AS IT IS. tlie same name as himself, a musician, or an actor of any kind, or a widowwhose husband had distinguished himself, or one who has been convictedof any crime. The bamboo is the penalty attached to all violations of thistaw. Those in matrimony who cannot agree are allowed to separate.Divorces are also granted for the following causes: theft, a jealous temper,sterility, immorality, contempt of the husbands father or mother, propensityto slander, and habitual ill-health. Fig. 158.
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CHINESE MARRIAGE. The marriage ceremony of the Chinese is fully described by a contributorto Harpers Weekly. While staying in Shanghai, he says, I was invitedby the compradore of a mercantile hong to visit his house upon an occasionof this interesting nature. The bridegroom was a man of thirty-five, oneof the agents of tho firm at Ilakodadi; the bride was twenty years of age,and daughter of a wealthy Shanghai native merchant. All the companywore their best dresses: long loose coats or pelisses of dark purple silk,lined with skins or embroidered, under which they had lighter gowns of MARRIAGE IN THE OLD WORLD. 087 blue silk; their heads were covered with silk or velvet hats, topped withcolored glass buttons and tassels. They sat at several little tables, sixguests at each, and feasted on twenty-six different dishes. The bridegroom,Who was distinguished by wearing a large necklace of crystal and greenjade, assisted the host and other friends in serving the company. Afterdining, smoking,

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