Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-01
BUYING WEDDING RINGS.

/ A shy young man went into Broadway
/ jewelers. store yesterday and looked at
| gentlemen's rings, lingering them and ask
ing questions about them, and yet appear.
ing to take only forced interest in them.
The jewelers. clerk whispered to by.
stander: By and by he will come around
to the wedding or engagement rings That
is what ne has come after" Sure enough
the young man presently pointed to tray
of fiat, gold band rings. "What are they
for?" he inquired. The clerk said that
they were merely fancy rings worn by
ladies and gentlemen, and that some folks
bought them for wedding rings. The shy
young man tried two or three on his little
finger, aud finding one that would not quite
60 over his knuckle, said, "Give me this
| one. How much is it?
:" It's five dollars. said the clerk, "but
If you want wedding ring l would advise
you not to buy it. Every now and then
We sell them to people who insist upon hav.
ing them, but as soon as they find out the
fashion they come back and have them
melted up and rolled up into this old fash.
Toned round form, The only wedding ring
is the round ring, plain and simple"
Gimme a round one, then; same size
as this"
He got one and went away. The clerk
laughed, and said he could tell when a
young man wanted wedding or engage.
ment ring every time; though some times
they ask to be shown clocks, bracelets, or
anything rather than what they come for.
Very many come right to the point, though
they stammer aud falter about it quite
painfully. Others again ask frankly and
boldly TO see what they want. "There
never has been change in the fashion of
wedding rings" said the clerk " the plain
round gold ring has always been the only
correct thing. Men sometimes choose
other kinds, but women never make that
mistake"
do women choose their own wedding
rings?"
"Oh, very often. frequently they come
in alone, tit ring to the right finger and |
leave it for the prospective bridegroom to
pay for. Sometimes they pay for it and |
take it away, and of course the young man |
reimburses them. Quite often, too. the |
brides come in with their mothers. Very |
serious and grave the mothers are and |
show neither timidity nor sentiment. They
ask for wedding rings, they look them |
over, buy one and go away. Irish and
German girls often bring their lovers as
well as their mothers. There is not fun.
nier sight in the world than to see a clumsy
fellow hanging behind and looking unut-
terably foolish while his sweetheart and
her mother discuss the purchase. Tney
pay no attention to him until they come to
the final selection. Then they tell him
how much is to be paid, and he pays it and
they all go out. Irishmen are apt to be
close buyers. They will scarcely ever buy
anything without knocking something off
the price, but no Irishman ever haggles
over wedding or engagement ring. 1t
does not matter If the wedding ring he
chooses comes as high as nine dollars. He
pays the price without a murmur. Many
foreigners, particularly Germans, exchange
wedding rings. The bride pays for the
groom's ring and vice versa. At the altar
they exchange rings. They come in to.
gether to buy them"
'Wbat is the present fashion in engage.
ment rings ?"
"Oh, there is no fashion in them partic-
ularly. Any pretty ring set with small
stones does for the purpose. Turluoises
and pearls are popular just now, and SO are
pears by themselves. Diamonds are the
rage with people who can afford them, and
from that the precious stones range down.
ward in price to amethysts Engagement
rings cost from SIS to Sis; wedding
rings from s. to Sl5. Very many persons
have initials, dates or notices engraved in
their wedding rings. 'Mzpah, or Thine
forever, are favorites, but the commonest
custom is to have merely the initials and
date. S. to S. j., Nov. IL, lSS3'-cut
in the inner surface of the rings. The
manner of wearing them has changed, how.
ever. They used to be worn on the index
finger of the left hand, you know, but the
ladies' think that a little too much of an
advertisement nowadays, and they wear
them on the third finger of the right hand.
That finger of the left hand is still the one
On which wedding rings are worn. u New
Ork SIM