COSTLY WEDDING CUSTOMS.
MOVE 3Y JAPANESE WOMEN. To eradicate extravagant wedding customs the -Women's Association of Miyazaki prefecture,. Tokyo, has formulated regulations for wedding expenses which all ' members are pledged to observe. According to theee, the cost of a marriage should not exceed 30 per cent of the bridegroom's annual income. The betrothal money which the bridegroom sends to the bride is to be one-third of the whole expense of the wedding. Onefifth of the money is to be returned to the bridegroom, and of the balance onethird is to buy the furniture, a small item in Japanese homes; and the remaining two-thirds is to pay for the bride's trousseau. Wedding receptions are to be abolished. The regulations add the Spartan 'proviso that all men who have enjoyed a middle school education should earn their own marriage expenses instead oi depending ou their parents.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 261, 3 November 1932, Page 11
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144COSTLY WEDDING CUSTOMS. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 261, 3 November 1932, Page 11
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