Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-31
BUYING WEDDING RINGS.

Fact When Choosing the Band.
Just think of it! One jewelry store on
the Bowery claims to sell ever 400 we'd
ding rings year. And yet we hear tho
cry that smen are not marrying" II
one out of the many stores that supply
these golden fetters of matrimony can
dispose Of such a number within a year,
what must the sales amount to when all
those that are Supplied by other firms
are added2
Surely somebody's getting married.
Down on the Bowery, near Grand
street, there hangs golden hoop large
enough to marry all the brides on that
side of town. 1t is hung above jew
elry store, and can be seen as well from
the elevated road as from the sidewalk.
1t was from the window of down town
train that first caught sight of it. A
young country looking couple that sat
near by also noticed the giantlike emblem
of wedlock, and I heard the girl whis-
per, "Oh, Willie, there's where we got
our ring" But Willie didn't look until
the car had passed the store; then be
raised his eyebrows little and said, 81
see," indifferently, and turned again to
the paper he had been perusing. The
girl bit her lips and looked down at the
gold band upon her unglovet hand.
At the next station left the train and
visited the store where Willie had
bought the ring. One of the statesmen
said, in answer to question, "There
isn't as much sentiment in the business
as one might suppose. By the time, the
happy couple arrive here they have got
beyond the blushing stage of heart
disease, and they buy the ring in the
most matter of fact way. Sometimes
the man and woman come together, but
usually the gentleman comes alone to
get the ring.
''Do women ever select and pay fol
their own wedding rings? Not very
often, although there was lady here
last week who did so. When a couple
come in together the man picks out q
ring and asks his friend if it will do
and she invariable answers Yes Their
he pays for it, aud that's all there il
about it."
"What size of ring is usually re
quired?' / asked. ''In this part of the
city," replied the practical salesman
"from six and a quarter to seven are the
usual sizes; but they run smaller W
town on Broadway"
Upon the counter he then placed two
trays containing wedding rings. Some
of them appeared too large for any fingel
but that of giant; yet it happens some
times that these are not large enough fol
a would be purchaser. 1t is customary
among the Germans for both the mar
and woman to buy ring and make Z
| mutual gift on the wedding day.
The price of wedding ring on ths
Bowery ranges from eight to twenty
five dollars, the average price being ter
or fifteen dollars. In style, the old fash
ioned plain round circle is generally pre-
ferred, because it is as comfortable il
the dishpan as in the drawing room, ant
| the sentimental little wife need nevel
take it off for fear of its being spoiled.
When asked how long it usually tool
to purchase wedding ring, the sales
| man laughed and answered that in hi
fourteen years experience it had neve
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to select one, usually ten minutes. Tn
woman seems to think it's best to hurr.
in the buying, or her escorts mind ma,
change on the subject.
"We have never" said he, chad q rim
that was bought returned because th
! marriage didn't come Off. Sometimes
gentleman orders ring made that is to
heavy for the slender finger that is Z
wear it, and then he brings it back an
We take off some of the gold. Frequen,
ly, too. people bring us old rings to b
melted and made over, but this we r.
fuse to do"
"Whyr I asked. because we car
not promise to give them back the sam
gold that they brought Us, he answered
"Of course we send the article to b
made over to the workmen, but it
thrown into the same cruciole as all th
other gold, and who knows after tha
which was 'grandma's ring or the baby
spoon;' not we, surely."-New York Ad
vertiser.