The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-01-06

Most Young People Ars Very Natt~r
Fact When Choosing the Baad.

Most Young People Are Very Natt@r af
Fact When Choosing the B.ad-
Just think Of il, One iewslTy store on
the Bowery claims 70 sell over 400 we'd
ding rings a year. And yet We hear the
cry that men are not marrying II
one out OF the many stOres that srppiy
these golden fstters OF mzfrimony can
dispose Of snch 4 number within a year.
what must the sales amount 70 when al
those that are supplied BY other firms
are addeds
Surely somebody's getting marriei-
Down on the Bowery, near Grand
street, there hangs 4 golden hoop large
enough 10 marry al the brides on that
SIDE Of town II Is hung above 4 Jew
elry store. and can b seen as wei from
the elevated rosd as from the sidewalk
L Was from the window Of down town
tram that first caught sight Of Il A
young country looking couple tla5 sat
uear byaiso noticed the gisntiiks emblem
Of wediock. and I heard the siri wins
Der. .sOh. Willie, there's where VA eat
our ring.- But Willie didn't loo,- until
the car had passed th= sforr. then he
raised his eyebrows httie and saiI. u
So, indifersutly, aud 'lrued again to
the paper he had been perusius- The
girl bit her lips and looked down AZ the
gold band upon her Engloved hand.
Al the next station left the tram and
visited the store where Willie had
bought the ring. One Of the ssilesrneu
said, IA answer % a question. There
isn't as much sentiment IN the blsiness
as one might suppose. By the time the
happy couple arrive here they have got
beyond the biushing stage Of hear
disease, and they buy the ring IN the
most matter CT fact way Sometimes
the man and woman come together bur
usually the gentleman CONES alone %
get the ring.
DO women ever select aud pay for
their own wellins rings No very
often, although there was a lady here
last week who did 81 When q couule
come IN together the man picl-s our a
ring and asks his 'friend' If IL VIII do.
and she invariabie answers -Tes.- Then
he pays for i. and that's al there T.
about T.
WHAT size Of ring Is usually r.
quire,is- I asked. In tins Yart Of the
city replied the practical salesman.
from SIX and quarter 10 seven are the
usual sizes: but they run smaller Up
town on Broadway.
Upon the counter he then placei two
trays containing welding rings. some
Of them appeared too large for anv frser
but that Of a giant; yet IL happens some
times that these are not large - l-.lf f1r
q would n purchase Il Is crs-1ularv
among the Germans for both the man
and woman 20 buy ring AMI make
mutual sifr on the wedding Gav.
The price of wedding rin- on the
BoweTy ranges from eight % twenty
five dollars. the avera-- pTice beng tn
OF fifteen dollars In STYLE. the oll fash
ionel plain round circle Is esners sliy pr
feTresl. because II Is a. oomfo-tabls Ia
the dishpan as in the drawing nom. aui
the sentimental little wife ueed never
take Il u for fear OF its being spoiled
When asked how long il usually touk
TO purchase wedding ring. tile s..lts-
nan laughed and answered thai IN his
fourteen years experience II had never
taken a couple longer than half an h0rr
10 select one. usually ten INMATES T5-
woman seems 70 think its best % hurry
N the buying. or her esru-t's mind n,al
change on the subject
we have never, said he. '-ha5 q ring
that wzs bolsht returned because I'll
marriage didn't come Of Sometimes Z.
gentleman Orlers a ring made t-la1 j. TO
heavy for the slender finger that is
wear IL. and then he brings Il back and
We take of some Of the goIj. Frequen.-
II. TOO. people bring Us old rings % b.
melted and made over. bHt this We re-
fuse % do
-Whys- I asked. "Because We car
uoc promise % give them hack the same
gold that they brought Us. hesnswe--d-
OF course we send TIE article 20 D.
made over 10 the workmea. bu- i- l.
thrown into the same cruclhle as all the
other gold. and who knows after that
which was 'gTandul's ring OF the 'ba5y's
spoon. not We. surely. New I 1rs Al
verrlser.