Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1911 — Apples to Court Girl. [ARTICLE]

Apples to Court Girl.

Boston. —A Greek folk custom by which young men of that country were wont to propose to the blushing maidens of their choice by handing them a shining apple and, if their affections were reciprocated, receive in return a rose, is to be revived for the first time in America at a big Greek picnic here. So hopeful of success are the churchmen that a staff of Greek pastors Is to be on hand to tie matrimonial knots.