The Archive · 1926

Marriage Customs

Strange folks, these of the uplands, with strange morale and str ige customs! wriaye is, indeed, a somewhat} affair in Turkistan.—"One marry and divorce with frequency that is alarming. Armagements among these Moslems ere largely temporary, a divorce being prepared at the same time is the wedding service. On the ether, hand, they punish infidelity— aspects to i wrong. impress jon. And so we hasten to pay tribute to Mr. Thompson Seton's extraordinary knowledge of animals and his instinct for_getting inside their minds. Thei habits and adventures are told an_ exeeptioi cresting and one' ima they will appeal to readers of every azo. i 'y that the other wi ye marred by such a fault as this Had Jake held off ther she would et have Inid down and died." good up over the "ie" and "lay," perhaps the mest offend {sive of all vulgurisms:

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