The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-16

BUYING THE WEDDING PING.
Habits OF reupIs. In Choosing Golden
Fetters.
just think Of II! One sr~Alry store
on the Bowery claims to sci! over four
hundred wedding rings a year. And
yet we hear the cry men are not
marrying" II one out OF the many
stores thai supply these golden letters
OF matrimony can dispose OF such a
number within year. what must the
sales amount to when all those thu,
are supplied by other firms are addedl
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. It IL hung above
jewelry store and can be seen as
well from the elevated road as from
the sidewalk. twas from the window
OF downtown train that I first caught
sight OF It A young country looking
couple that sat near by also noticed
tho giant-like emblem OF wedlocx, and
/ heard the girl whisper: 'Oh, Will
lie. there's where we got our ring"
But Willie didn't look until the car
had passed the store; then he 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 tho gold band upon her ungloved
hand.
At the next station / left the train
and visited the store where willie"
had bought the ring. One OF the sales
men said. In answer to question
There Sn't as much sentiment in the
business as one might suppose. BY
the time the happy couple arrives
here they have got beyond the blush
ing 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 got the
ring.
"Do women ever select and pay for
their own wedding ringsp Not very
often. although there was q lady here
last week who did SO. When couple
come In together the man picks out
a ring and asks his friend II 1t will
do. and she invariably answers Yes
Then he pays for 1t and that's all
there Is about It,"
what size OF ring Is usually re-
quiredp" ! asked. I'm this part OF
the city," replied the practical sales
man. from six and quarter to
seven are the usual sizes; but they run
smaller uptown on Broadway"
Upon the counter he then placed
two trays containing wedding rings.
Some OF them appeared too large for
any finger but that OF giant; yet it
happens sometimes that these are not
large enough for would-be pur-
chaser. 1t is customary among the
Germans for both the man and woman
to buy ring and make mutual
gift on the wedding day.
The price of wedding ring on the
Bowery ranges all the way from IS to
$25. the average price being $40 or
$l5. In style, the old fashioned plain
round circle is generally preferred, be-
cause 1t is as comfortable in the dish
pan as In the drawingroom, and the
sentimental little wife need never take
1t off for fear OF it being spelled.
When asked how long 1t usually took
to purchase wedding ring. the sales
man laughed. and answered that In
his fourteen years experience it had
never taken a couple longer than half
an hour to select one usually ten min
utes. 1.-THE woman seems to think
it's best to hurry In the buying or her
escorts mind may change on the sub.
ject."
I'VE have never" said he ''had
ring that was brought returned be-
cause the marriage didn't come of.
Sometimes gentleman orders q ring
made that Is too heavy for the slender
finger that 10 to wear It and then he
brings It back and we take of some OF
the gold Frequently too people
bring US old rings TO be melted and
made over. but this we refuse to do. /"
..WhyP" asked. Because we can.
not promise 10 give them back the
same gold that they brought ua he
answered .Of course We send the
article to be made over to the work.
mon. but It is thrown into the same
crucible as all the other gold and who
knows after that which was grand.
mas ring or the 'baby's spoon; moi
we, surely" He then told a story
of two couples who had ordered -four
rings made that weighed three ounces
altogether. They were brothers wha
married sisters and Notwithstanding
the well-known superstition in regard
to such marriages-that one OUT q
the four will die before the year 10 past
these people are alive and happy.
and they have been married sir
years.
A Woman Tries IL
Husband (sick at home)-- did you
mail that latter Oava vOtIpw