Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1883 — How Japanese Pop the Question. [ARTICLE]

How Japanese Pop the Question.

When a young man lias been “scotched” with an almond-eyed beauty he ties a branch of the eelastra alatus, or species of mistletoe, to the door of her house, which, if allowed to wilt and die, implies that he is rejected, but if it is taken in and done for, so also is the young man. To give proof of her sincerity in the premises, the young lady at once blackens her teeth. After a marriage has’ been agreed upon, the friends of the contracting parties meet and settle the question of dowry, and appoint a day for the meeting of the lovers and the day for the wedding.— Cincinnati Enquirer.