Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-20
BUYING WEDDING RINGS.
The Observations OF Jewellers Clerk who has
Sold Them to All Sorts Of People.

| A shy young man went into a Broad
wag Jewellers. store yesterday and
looked at gentleinen's rings. lingering
them and asking questions abor, them,
aud yet appearing to take only forced
interest in them. The jewellers clerk
whispered to a bystander, "By and by
he will come around to the wedding or
engagement rings. That is what he has
come after.' Sure enough the young
man presently pointed to a tray of flat
gold band rings. "What are they forP''
he Incurred: The clerk said that they
were merely fancy rings; worn by la
dies and gentlemen. and that sotiie folks
bought chem for wedding rings. The
shy young man tried two or three on
his little finger, and, finding ore that
would not quite 90 over his knuckle,
said, .'Giye me this one. How much
is it?''
Its five dollars" said the clerk,
".bpt if you want wedding ring would
ad9iss tou not to buy it. Every now
and then we sell Them to people who
insist upon having them, but Dis soon as
they find out the fashion they cofhe
back and have them melted up and
rolled up into this old-fashioned round
form. The only wedding ring is the
round ring, plain and simple.
He got one and went away. The
clerk laughed, and said he could tell
when a young man wanted wedding
or engagement ring every time; though
sometimes they ask to be shown clocks,
bacelets, or anything rather than what
far 1. a
TO the pout, though they stammer and
falter about it qtfite painfully. Others
again ask frankly and Boldly to see
what they want. "There never hGs
been change in the fashion of wedding
rings" said the clerk; ''the plain round
gold ring has always been the only cor
rect thing. Men sometimes choose other
kinds, but women never make that mis-
take
'.Do women choose their own we'd
ding rings?'
..0h, very often. Frequently they
como III alonej fit a ring to the ring
finger and leave It for the prospective
bridegroom to pay for. Sorhetifhes
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 MOI 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
funnier sight in the world than to see
a clumsy fellow hanging behind and
looking unutterably foolish while his
sweetheart and her mother discuss the
purchase. They pay no attention to
him until they come to the final selec-
tioh. Then they tell him how rstuch is
to be paid. aid he pays it and they all
go out. Irishmen are apt to be close
buyers. They will scarcely ever bh9
anything without knocking something
off the price, but no Irishman ever
haggles over a 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
murmur."
"Many foreigners, particularly Ger
mans, exchange wedding rings. The
bride pays for the groom ring and vice
versa. At the altar they exchange
rings. They come in together to buy
them -Netc York Sun.