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TEACH MORMONISM
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THE CUSTOM IN SALT LAKE
IS TU lIOI.D RELIGIOUS CLASSES
AFTER DISMISSALS.
Thin W Bronnht Out In tlie Sen
ator Smoot Investigation—Super
intemlent of I’uhlte limtriietion
\Vn ill*' Witness—Testimony Ad
dneeal to Show the liillttenec of
Ecclesiastic Court* Upon Civil
Matters.
Washington, Dec. 19.—The Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections
was in session all day taking testi
mony in the Senator Smoot investiga
tion.
Interest was evinced by members of
the committee in statements by A. C.
Nelson, superintendent of public in
struction for Utah, concerning the use
of school buildings for the teaching of
the Mormon religion.
Apostle John Henry Smith was on
the stand for two hours.
Two other witnesses were Isaac Bird
sail, a Mormon, who said that his
daughter was excommunicated because
she would not obey a decision of a
bishop's court, which had deprived her
of a piece of property to which she
held the lawful title: and William
Balderson, editor of the Boise. Idaho,
Statesman, who testified in regard to
political affairs in his state.
Apostle Smith said he had never
heard of any president of the church
authorizing plural marriages since the
manifesto. He denied emphatically
that he had said there had been rev
elations that a* certain political ticket
should be supported.
Apostle Smith, however, admitted
taking an active part in bringing about
the repeal of the territorial test oaths
which practically excluded Idaho Mor
mons from voting. He said he had
made political speeches, but appealed
to the voters as a citizen, and not as
a member of the Mormon Church.
Apostles anil Plural Wives.
Senator Dubois asked Apostle Smith
if an apostle could take a plural wife
now and retain his sftinding.
"Unless perchance he were handled
by the laws of the country,” was the
response.
"You mean that some Gentile would
have to make complaint?”
“No, sir; if submitted to his coun
cil, I think it would deal with him.”
Apostle Smith said that the sus
pension of the practice of polygamy
was the result of a revelation and that
it would take another revelation to put
it in force.
“Then the president of the church
might put polygamy in practice by
receiving a revelation?”
“Not unless the people should re
ceive it. Nothing is forced on the
Mormon people,” he replied.
Church's Inflnence in a Law Suit.
Isaac Bird sail was examined con
cerning a civil trial in a land case in
which he and his daughter were de
fendants. The case was heard in the
Bishop's Court of Monroe ward, in
Utah, where Birdsall and his daugh
ter were charged with un-Christian
like conduct. James E. Leavitt brought
the action to obtain possession of land
which he is alleged to have purchased
from the Birdsaljs. tout to which he
did not have title. Mr. Birdsall lost
the case.
Before an appeal to the first presi
dency was attempted his daughter was
given notice to carry out the verdict
of the church courts or the first presi
dency would take action by cutting her
off from the church. Records in the
case were introduced, showing that
Cora Birdsall. daughter, was ex
communicated in June, 1903. Mr. Bird
sall said that the decision so wore on
his daughter < that she neither ate,
slept nor drank hnd appeared to lose
her mind. Her condition was brought
to the attention of the president of
the stake and her parents were told
their daughter would be tormented and
led by evil spirits until she had com
plied with the decision of the church
in regard to the land. In which event
re-baptlsm was promised her. Later
she was re-baptized In the church, and
then made the deed, conveying the
land to Leavitt.
Budge Krfnted This.
William Budge of Paris, Idaho, was
recalled by counsel for Mr. Smoot. He
said that as a bishop of the Mormon
church he had neved entertained a
case involving the title of land, for
the reason that presidents of the
church have given Instructions that
bishops and presidents of stakes should
not hear such cases.
Editor Balderson said that polygam
ists living In Idaho have Increased de
spite the fact that there have been
few plural marriages within trfe state.
He said that up to the last campaign
both political parties in Idaho were
disposed to go to Salt Lake to “get a
straight tip" as to which would get
the Mormon support. Mr. Tayler ask
ed if they got this tip, and received
the response: “Yes, but they never
knew whether It was straight.”
‘t was brought out by Mr. Tayler
’hat the Idaho attorney general le re
puted to have taken a plural wife
within the last two or three years.
1 "I'd School Buildings for Religion.
A. C. Nelson of Salt Lake, state su
perintendent of public instruction, and
a Mormon who Is now making an in
vestigation of tie extent in which re
ligion classes are maintained in the
schools, testified that classes are hefd
■ n about 300 buildings. These classes
ni'e assembled after the adjournment
"f the regular school day. Mr. Nelson
, ® that the school teachers usually
’ ** le teliglon classes. Mr. Nelson
s? ii.i, he bf,|l cved 'the use of the school
buildings for religious purposes was
contrary to law.
The hearing was adjourned until to
morrow.
I rL’S* MURDER
Ered Stratton Has Been Arrested la
Count), VV. TANARUS,
Huntington. W. Va., Dec. 19.—The
nuthorltles of Logan county to-day
placed under ariest Fred Htratton,
charged with being the murderer of
Uosu White, the Ik-year-old girl, who
was found with her head almost
•a vered from her body Haturday morn
'hg. Htratton was hiding In the woods
w hen captured, but he surrendered
wjthoht resistance.
The bloody weapon* found near the
•cene have been traced to Htratton,
his Initials being engraved on s razor
h|<h was found near the body.
’ll* alleged murderer was taken Ui 1
E-'Can Ja||. | >u( likely be brought
hers te- I narrow for safe keeping. He |
belongs to w|| known family. I
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NAN SAID SHE
DIDN’T SHOOT HIM.
Continued from First Page.
to marry Miss Daisy Lelter of Chi
cago.
Nan Patterson, her eyes red with
weeping, took her chair on the stand
composedly. She was evidently ner
vous, but the self-control which has
ever characterized her movement did
not desert her at this trying hour. She
was attired in a plain black gown,
which strikingly set off the pallor of
her countenance.
She gave her name as Nan Randolph
Patterson, aged 28, and said she was
married in 1898 to Leon James Mar
tin, from whom she has since been
divorced. She said she first met Young
in the summer of 1903, while she was
on the way to California as a member
of a theatrical company and that
their friendship soon ripened into love.
She told in detail of her many meet
ings with Young in various parts of
the country and of trips she took with
him.
Swore She Bought no Revolver.
Coming down to June 3, she was ask
ed about what she had heard that day
about Young's intention to go abroad.
She replied:
"He called me up on the telephone;
asked me why I did not come over
to the races. J asked him why he
could not come to see me, and he
said he couldn't; he was straightening
out his business affairs.
“I went to the Gravesend track and
remained there until after the sixth
race.”
J. Morgan Smith was with her.
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SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 20. 1004.
She said she got to New York at
6:15 o’clock and went to where her
sister was living. This testimony was
important, because it was alleged by
the prosecution that it was at about
the same hour at which the sixth race
was run, that the revolver with which
Young was shot was sold by Pawn
broker Stern. The prosecution sought
to show r that the revolver was pur
chased by J. Morgan Smith.
“Did you visit a pawnshop on that
day?”
“Never.”
"Were you ever present on that day,
or any other, when a pistol of any
character was purchased by Mr.
Smith?”
“Did you ever see Hyman Stern, the
pawnbroker, before he appeared on the
witness stand?”
“No.”
Wasn't In the Restaurant.
"Were you In Pabst's restaurant that
night?”
“I was not.”
“Were you anywhere near that place
that night?”
“I was not.”
“You heard Joseph Hewitt testify
that you came out of that restaurant
with a man; th; ' a cab stood by; that
he said, ‘You must:’ that you said, ‘I
won’t,' and that* he struck you in the
face? Is that true?”
“It is not.”
She told of her meeting that night
with Young and denied the testimony
of William Luce. She said that she
neither quarreled with Young nor
c> ied, and that Young did not strike
her.
“Did you say you would prevent him
from taking passage on the boat?” she
was asked.
“No,” she answered.
Was Only Petting Her.
When they left the saloon they walk
ed over to One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street and Eighth, avenue, where
Lucy hailed a cab. She continued:
"I wanted Young to go home with
me and then drive back, but I wanted
him to leave Mr. Luce behind. As I
walked back, he caught my arm. and
as he helped me to the cab he play
fully put his hand up to my face. That
was a way he had of petting me. He
never struck me.”
Miss Patterson said that next morn
ing she was awakened by Mrs. Smith,
who said Young had telephoned her to
meet him at Pabst’s, in Columbus Cir
cle She took her hand bag, contain
ing a handkerchief and calling cards,
and started. Young was angry, she
said, because she was long In arriving
at Pabst’s. She also said he felt the
effects of what he had been drinking.
After taking a drink, they started In
a cab. She denied that she knew they
were on the way to the steamship
pier. Young stopped at a hat store
and then went into a saloon, where
they had two drinks of whisky. Mr.
Levy showed the witness a postal card
which Young had given her, containing
her name and address.
“You saw him write this card?”
“Yes."
“He gave It to you?”
“Yes, he said, 'Take this. It is some
thing that you may need.’ ”
Suddenly Ilcnrd n Report.
“We then got Into the cab and start
ed down. We talked about his going
away, and he kept questioning me
about my going away, too. I told him
to go away and leave me for a while.
He said I could come over after him
when things should have quieted down.
He said that he might not see me
for a long while, and said also that he
might never see me agujji. He was
getting more excited and put his hand
around me. He grabbed me roughly
and kind of pushed me over towards
the side of the cab. All of a sudden I
heard a report. There was a flash and
then —the end.”
“Did you see the pistol in Young’s
hand?” asked Mr. Levy.
“No."
“What happened after the report?”
“He fell over In my lap. He raised
half way up and fell down again. It
seemed ages before any one earn#."
Hb<’ then denied that she shot Young
or that she ever owned a revolver.
Kill He Crusa-Esnnilned.
This ended the direct examination
and court adtourned until to-morrow
morning, when Mr. Hand will com
mence the cross-examination.
Having waived the privilege qf mak
ing an opening addinas, 'Mr. Levy
lulled aa in* first witness Ms y
Townsend. Mbs sold that on June I
lust, she was employed aa a telephoto
operator al the lit. Paul Hotel, where
lhe defends ni and lbs Kin 11 la realded
Mhe said that on that evening Young
.ailed up and gv# her a inaaaug*
which was delivered to Miss Patter
eon.
Edward S. Grossman, a clerk In an
Eighth avenue confectionery store,
said that Young used the telephone in
the store shortly after 7 o’clock on the
morning of June 4. According to the
witness, when Young got his connec
tion through the central office, he
said:
“Good morning, how do you feel this
morning. Hurry Up and get dressed
and meet me.”
Say* Young Hud tlie Revolver.
The first alleged eyewitness of the
tragedy In the cab called bv the de
fense was Milton W. Hazleton, an in
ventor, of Oneonta, N. Y. Mr. Hazle
ton said he saw a cab approaching
which contained the defendant and a
man. As the call nesared him he saw
the flash of a revolver.
“Did the man have the revolver in
his hand at the time of the report and
the flash?” asked Mr. Levy.
“He did.” replied the witness. “He
had both his hands raised above his
left shoulder. As the Ishot rang out,
the man’s head fell into the woman’s
lap and she placed her hands on top
of his head.”
Mr. Hazleton said the shooting was
seen also by a stranger, who was a
Freemason.
PLATT STANDS BY DEPEW.
Calls a Meeting on Hehntf of His
Colleague.
New York, Dec. 19.—Senator Thomas
C. Platt has called a conference of Re
publicans to meet in the Fifth Avenue
Hotel on Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock, io take measures for the re
election of Senator Depew. More than
fifty invitations have been Issued to
leaders and legislators.
Senator Platt says that this confer
ence Is called largely for the purpose
of neutralizing the effect of the reognt
conference at which Gov'. Odeil and
many other prominent Republicans
were present, and which showed its
effect strongly in favor of Frank S.
Black’s candidacy.
When asked to-night whether he had
invited Gov. Odell to consult with him.
Senator Platt replied: “Of course I
have not done so. The Governor is
backing the other man.”
FIRE AT PHILADELPHIA.
Damage to the Extent of $200,000
Was Caused.
Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—The large
three-story building at Nos. 919 and
921 Walnut street, occupied by about
a half dozen business concerns, was
totally destroyed by fire to-night, en
tailing a loss estimated at $200,000.
Among the occupants of the building
were Henry T. Coates & Cos., book
publishers; Loughead & Cos., printers;
H. E. Schultz & Cos., millinery and
dress trimmings; A. K. Billstcln, mil
linery goods, and D. Klein & Cos., tail
ors. The Irving House and the Rac
quet Club, which adjoin the burned
property, were damaged, principally by
smoke and water. All the losses are
partially covered by Insurance.
obituary!
J. B. Hnnnleatt, Atlanta.
Atlanta, Dec. 19.—After funeral
service* conducted at his residence on
Washington street, the remains of Dr.
J. B. Hunnlcutt, who died last night,
were taken to Turin, this afternoon for
Interment.
Dr. Hunnlcutt, who wa* a well
known Confederate veteran, had been
editor and proprietor of the Southern
Cultivator for the* last six years.
Prior to that time, for nine years, he
was professor of agriculture at the
State University. He was one of
Georgia’s best known agriculturist*.
I.emmnl t.rlfltn, Nashville. ’
Nashville, Oa., Dec, 19.—Leonard
Griffin died at his home near Lenox
yesterday from typhoid fever. He was
M son of J. Hob Griffin, one of the
M'illhlist farmers in the county. He
was sn exemplary young man and
very popular wherever known. The
Interment was at firuahy Crock
Churchyard.
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THREE VESSELS
WERE WRECKED
SIXTEEN OTHERS DAMAGED
BY THE STORM ON THE NEW KMI
LAS D COAST.
\o Known Fatality. but II Is Feared
the Entire Crew of the Schooner
lit'-hnrtl S. Learning Were Lost—A
List of the Known Stripping: Dis
asters Embrace* Many Vessel*.
Woods Hole, Mass.. Dec. 19.—Yes
terday's gale off the Southeastern New
England const left in its wake, accord
ing to reports received here up to a
late hour to-night, three vessels to
tally wrecked, sixteen damaged and
five with lost anchors.
No known fatality has been reported,
but it is feared that the entire crew
of the New Jersey schooner Bichard S.
Learning, wrecked on Long Shoal, Nan
tucket sound, has been lost. The crew
probably numbered ten men.
To-night for the first time since the
storm broke telegraphic communication
between this port and Boston was es
tablished. East and south of here
the wires were still down to-night.
The list of known shipping disasters
Is as follows:
Totally wrecked: Schooners Richard
S. Learning of Dennisvllle, N. J., on
Long Shoal, Nantucket sound: George
B. Ferguson of Belfast, Me., on Nan
tucket Island: barge Albertus of New
York, on Fishers’ Island.
Ashore at Vineyard Haven: Schoon
ers Loduskla. Franconia, Fly Away
and Rothesay (Br).
Damaged by collision at Vineyard
Haven: Schooners John J. Perry, D.
J. Melanson, Eva May, Rhoda Holmes,
Uortensia, Luganla, A. Heaton, Frank
and Ira (Br), Edna, Ella M. Mitchell.
Damaged at MonSmay Point, Eliza
Jane.
Wreck of the Lea minor.
Woods Hole, Mass., Dee. 19.—(8y
Special Messenger from Nantucket.) —
The three-masted schooner Richard S.
Learning, Capt. Hatfield, lies sunk on
Long Shoal with her mizzenmast brok
en off half way. There are no signs
of the crew. The Learning went down
In Sunday’s blizzard. She was bound
from Windsor, N. S.. for Philadelphia.
The crew of the Muskegate life-sav
ing station, which put out to the ves
sel yesterday, found no one on board.
The schooner’s boat was missing, but
the life-savers have little hope that
the men from the vessel could have es
caped in such a storm. She carried a
crew o£ six.
The Richard S. Learning was built at
Dennisvllle, N. J., In 1880 and hailed
from Philadelphia.
Have no Information.
Philadelphia, Dec. 19.—Neither A.
Henry Doughty of Haddontield, N. J.,
nor Coleman F. Learning of Dennls
vilie, N. J., part owners of the schoon
er Richard S. Learning, have any In
formation on the sinking of the schoon
er beyond that contained In the As
sociated Press dispatches. Mr. Dough
ty, the principal owner of the schoon
er, said the vessel carried seven men
—captain, mate, cook and four sea
men. The captain's name is Nelson
E. Mills. Capt. Elmer Hatfield, who
commanded the schooner on the trip
north, became 111 at Windsor. N. S.,
and Capt. Mills was sent from here to
command the schooner on the trip
from Windsor to this port. Neither
Mr. Doughty nor Mr. Learning knew
the names of the other members of the
crew.
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.
So Demoerntle Workers Were Ad
judged In Colorado.
Denver, Col., Dec. 19.—The Supreme
Court to-day adjudged Leonard Rogers,
William G. Adams, Louis Hamburg
and Thomas Kinsley guilty of con
tempt for conduct in precinct 2, ward
7, in this city, at the recent eleetion,
In violation of the court’s injunctive
order. Each was given a Jail sen
tence and fined.
The court announced that the evi
dence showed that Rogers, Adams and
Hamburg had prevented the appoint
ment of a Republican clerk, and Kins
ley had ejected the Supreme Court
watcher from the polls. Rogers is a
deputy sheriff and was a candidate on
the Democratic ticket for the State
Senate. Kinsley is a pugilist.
CHADWICK AND DAUGHTER
SAIL FOB NEW YORK.
New York, Dec. 19.—A special cable
dispatch to the World from Pari* say*,
that Dr. Leroy S. Chadivick and his
daughter. Mis* Mary Chadwick of
Cleveland, Balled from Dover, England,
for New York Sunday night as sec
ond class passenger*, on the steamer
Pretoria of the Hamburg-American
Line.
Steel Billet Prlrea.
New York, Dec. 19.—The leading
■teel manufacturers were In session in
Jersey City to-day, and reaffirmed the
present price of s2l per ton for steel
billets. It Is believed, however, an ad
vance of $2 per ton will be made in
this product soon after the new year.
Following the meeting of the billet
manufacturers, members of the struc
tural steel combination met In this
city, and, according to the best Infor
mation, reaffirmed the present price for
their product*.
Morning Democrat Sold.
Lexington, Ky. t Dec. 19.—The Morn
ing Democrat, owned and edited by
W. P. Walton, was sold to-day to Des
ha Breekenrldge, u son of the late W.
C. P. Breekenrldge. Mr. Brocken
rldge Is owner of the Morning Herald.
Tuesday will be the last issue of the
Democrat, as the paper will be discon
tinued.
Fire on Loreli Street.
Fire was discovered at 1:30 o’clock
this morning In a house occupied by
a negro family In the rear of 309 Lorch
street. Mounted Policeman Hmlth no
tified engine house No. 4. and (he hook
and ladder truck responded. The lire
wa* a mattress, which was thrown
out of a window. The flre damage
was alight.
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ATTACKS THRILLED
PEOPLE OF JAPAN.
Commander Yesoe anil I,tent. A’nkn
linrn the Herne*.
Toklo, Dee. 19.—Although accustomed
to hearing of acts of bravery on the
part of their soldiers and sailors, the
people of Japan have been thrilled by
the details of the series of desperate
torpedo attacks agalußt the Russian
battleship Sevastopol.
Comander Yezoe and Lieut. Naka
hara are the heroes of these attacks.
Commander Yezoe’s flotilla of torpedo
boats was undergoing repairs when
the 'attacks were planned, but he suc
ceeded In putting one of his vessels
into condition for a fight. On this
vessel he promptly steamed to the ren
dezvous, and, finding that the other
flotilla had gone, begged and gained
permission to Join In the attacks. Then
he steamed through the snowstorm
alone and succeeded In locating the
Sevastopol, to which he was able to
get close enough to hear the Russians
talking.
Yezoe fired a torpedo and then went
closer and fired a second torpedo, when
a shell from the Sevastopol struck hint
In the abdomen, cutting his body in
two. Portions of Commander Yezoe's
remains were saved and brought back
to the fleet.
Lieut. Nakahara went to the rescue
of the disabled torpedo boat, e which
had been under the command of Lieut.
Nakahorl, who, with five others, was
killed ami submitted to a deadly fire.
Niakahara's boat was hit repeatedly,
but he succeeded In rescuing a major
ity of the crew of Nahakort’a boat.
It Is probable that Admiral Togo
will soon return to Japan, leaving a
Junior admiral to conduct the final
operations and to continue the block
ade. It Is expected that Togo will be
Summoned by the Emperor to Toklo,
where he will be given splendid pub
lic receptions.
WANT NO ORGAN
IN THIS CHURCH.
Lexington, Ky., Doc. 19.—Depositions
to be used in the suit to prevent the
introduction of an organ Into the
Nashville Christian Church were taken
here to-day. The deponents were Pres
ident J. W. McGarvey of the Bible
College of Kentucky University; Bur
ris A. Jenkins, president of the Ken
tucky University: Prof. H. L. Cal
houn. and Prof. B. C. Dweese of the
Bible College.
The purpose of the majority of the
congregation to install an organ and
to co-operate with missionary societies,
led to the suit which is to restrain
them from using the church property.
Until recent year* this denomlnaton
ha* discountenanced Instrumental mu
sic in public worship.
Demonstrations nt Moscow.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 19.—The Empe
ror’s fete day passed without any un
toward demonstrations in St. Peters
burg, but was marked by a continu
ation of the Moscow disorders, though
they were not so serious as on Sun
day.
The feature of the Moscow demon
stration was the distribution of a vio
lent proclamation of the Social Demo
cratic Labor party, describing the
whole country as being In a state of
mourning and tears for the sacrifice of
life In the Far East for the aggran
dizement of the Romanoff, picturing
the government as driving the people
to starvation and calling upon work
ingmen to enter ceaselessly upon a
war for overthrowing tyrants.
Other demonstration* are reported
from various localities.
Schooners Un re ported.
St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 19.—Several
schooners belonging on this Island, and
which were driven off by the gale of
Dec. 11. are still unreported. Their
crew* total sixty men. It is feared
they have been lost.
—Rev. Dr. William 8. Ralnsford, the
well known New York clergyman, has
gone abroad for an extended rest, his
physical condition having given way
because of overwork. It was greatly
agnlnst his wishes that he obeyed the
order* of his physician, who Informed
him that unleaa he dropped all work
at once he would aoon be past mend
ing.
—Rev. J. W. Wellman, the ven
erable clergyman, of Maiden, Maaa.,
baa Just celebrated hi* eighty-third
birthday, He la •till actively engaged
111 literary work, having at preaenl
two Important undertaking* under
way, a genealogy of the Wellman fam
ily and a history of lha Klrai ‘‘hurih
of Cornish. Mr. Wellman having been
born at Comtek, N H.
TWELVE WERE CAUGHT
BENEATH A WALL.
II Is Believed They Met Death in
Minneapolis Disaster.
Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 20.—8 y the
falling of the east wall of the O. H.
Peck building, destroyed by fire last
Tuesday night, twelve persons, occu
pants of the Crocker Hotel, are
thought to be dead, and the hotel is
now burning, the fire having been
started, It Is thought, from gas in
the building.
Those thought to toe dead include
William Crocker, landlord, Mrs. Lec
tae, Jennie Morris, William Morris,
William Bray and Hans Anderson.
Uutll the fire is out It will be Im
possible to tell definitely how muny
people were killed or,lnjured.
Four bodies have already been tak
en from the ruins of the hotel, in three
of which life Is extinct and a fourth,
an unknown woman, is barely breath
ing. The latter was taken Immediate
ly to the hospital and the three dead
removed to the morgue.
The fire In the hotel is slowly being
drowned out, and the firemen are work
ing underneath the fallen wall trying
to extricate the people known to have
been In the hotel.
MAIDEN MARKET O>”bODONY.
From the Pilgrim.
|The girls were mostly handsome,
well proportioned Magyar types, who,
In their rustic artlessness, did not seem
to find anything improper in the short
cut of their skirts, which barely reach
ed below their knees. They wore shirt
waists of light material, dark shawls
crossed over the breast, aprons and
.thick red or blue stockings In low
shoes. Home were bareheaded, while
others had large, gay kerchiefs tied
over their heads In a peculiar fashion.
Mixed with the Hungarian crowd
were also visitors from a neighboring
German village and some gypsies bent
on pilfering.
On both sides of the village street
gingerbread bakers and gewgaw deal
ers had erected canvas tents for the
sale of their wares. There were acro
bats and fakirs, and a hand-organ
grinder turned the crank of his instru
ment with the rapidity of the merry
go-round In front of which he was
stationed. The cars of the merry-go
round were filled with giggling girls,
while others strolled about In small
groups among the tents, admiring and
commenting on the goods and being
followed by their elder relatives.
The young fellows, with their friends,
lined the street, eyeing the girls and
exchanging remarks about them.
Whenever a group of the latter stop
ped in front of a stand, which happen
ed quite often. In order, as It seemed
to me, to give the lads a chance to
approach, one or the other young man
would step up and begin a conversa
tion with a girl who had attracted his
attention.
I was much Interested In the pro
ceedings, in fact, enough so to spend
several hours In Bodony, during which,
with the help of my Ratfa host, I
learned all about this annual maiden
market, the main features of which
are the following:
The preliminaries, generally, consist
In the young man buying the girl who
has made some impression on him a
gingerbread heart or something simi
lar, and an Inquiry as to what village
she hails from. He addresses her with
the familiar “thou,” while she uses
the conventional "maga," correspond
ing to the English "you.” The con
versation which follows Is not very
clever, being more or less restricted
to good natured banter.
During this conversation the girl Is
critically eyed by the relatives of the
young man, who carefully inspect her
whole appearance. After a while they
Join in the conversation. If everything
seems to be satisfactory the young
couple walks off arm in arm. while
further negotiations are carried on by
the two families interested, for the
girl's relations are present to con
clude the bargain. These negotiations
turn about the household articles, such
as furniture, feather beds, etc., live
stock and land which are to form the
dowry of the girl, and the dickering
lasts sometimes the greater part of the
day.
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