Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1894 — Sparking in Greece. [ARTICLE]

Sparking in Greece.

When a young Greek determiiM to take a wife to himself he does not go a-courting, but he takes his oldest femalo relative into his confidence and they at once go hunting for a suitable mate for him. Marriageable maidens are visited and silently appraised. They receive the old dames courteously, answer all their questions and never venture to ask the nature oi their errand. As soon os the visitors have mado a choice the wooer disputches them again to the maiden's home with instructions to ask her hand in marriage*