2,000 BACHELORS WANT WIVES.
Two thousand bachelors from all parts of Belgium, many from Franco, and some from Germany, swept down on the village of Ecaussines-Lalainw to find brides yesterday, (says the Brussels correspondent of the 'Daily Express'). It was the sixth yearly marriage, mart as established by the maids of Ecaussines. There we're all sorts and conditions of men. One man of seventy-two had travelled all the way from Luxemburg to find a wife. At noon the bachelors were formally welcomed at the gates of the village by the Spinster Committee. All marched to the Grande Place, where there was an open-air concert. A vacant chair was left beside each girl and, at a given signal, the men with matrimonial intent made a rush to secure the seats. Then coffee and a sweet cake were served. Dancing in the open air ended the programme of the festivities.
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Evening Star, Issue 14117, 21 July 1909, Page 3
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