Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-07-23

- particularly considered the most
ouitions for matrimOny, while in Rome,
gI.rwherc. it was and is still, regarded
most unucky. In China marriages
certain times and seasons arc by law
Inhibited for this same reason. And
II constantly hear certain days Of the
al. cited us "lucky or unlucky.n No
gbt the rhymes in which they have
an clothed have done much TO per-
&taatc the superstitions: thus:
Wednesday the best day Of all,
Saturday no luck at all,
Who maITies 'twixt sickle and scythe
VIII never thrive.
From the marriage IN May
Abide AMI decay.
Marry IN lent
And you'll live TO repent
In regard TO the brides attire, too, we
I've the following rs necessary to good
Hnunc in the marriage estate:
Something borrowed,
Something blue
Something old and
Something new"
And however the brides Of our time
tout these superstitions. the days handed
8own as lucky" remain the popular
Bnes, while May is generally avoided
~ large proportion Of those led to the
llar stand in the silk stockings-if not
\ be shoes Of another; while some
tiding detail is loaned by the "dearest
friend and dainty blue ribbons, how
her limited in width or quantity, fasten
ornament some part of the lace
trimmed linen underwear. As to the
new proportion-ask the paternal
eatiyes who settle the bills for the
bridal trousseaux to testify.
d In some countries colors which fade
sasily are neither worn by the bride or
Bridegroom, nor permitted in the we'd
aLng garments of the guests or wit.
8esses
B Purple, for instance, is tabooed in
Japan, as is also lilac or lavender. Black,
Ryeu now, in those countries where it is
Indicative of mourning, worn at a we'd
8ng is resented as inconsiderate in
quests, believing as it is, to foreshadow
'rouble in the lives of the newly-married
anir
superstition, too. must even NEEDLE
|eith the name, making it misfortune
hat the brides family name should be-
pin with the same letter as that of the
husbands.
ltyou change the name and not the letter,
You will change for worse and not for bet
teri
But it is quite an omen for good when
he initials of the welded couple spell
word
We all know how anxiously every
|bride-eleet watches the indications" of
the weather for at least two or three days
|in advance of that fixed for the happy
Federation. Is it, we wonder, on ac-
count of the lines:
Blessed are the dead the rain falls on:
Blessed is the bride the sun shines on
Then follow the customs of throwing
alter the happy couple an old shoe, or a
Folley of them, as in Scotland, where this
Is famous practice or an old horseshoe
always carrying with it the idea of luck
-or now still more in vogue. handfnls of
nee. The use of the latter article pos
lbly originated from the fact that IN In
ana It Is used in the marriage service, the
priest sprlnkling il upon the heads of the
ende aud bridegroom, and that in many
lands it's emblematie of fruitfulness and
Oenty.
But we forbear quoting countless
others crowded into a long vocabulary
contributions from every quarter of the
globe and all ages. Those instilled by
aearsay into the minds of girls of all ma
uonailtles are fruitful sources of trem-s
enngs and forebodings, as in anticipa-
aon or realization they acin the crown
ing events of their live launched out
n an unknown sea, witRnAe knowledge
mat only the lapse of til in can disclose
- them the reliability of these supersti-
IONS american Queen.