The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12
SUPERSTITI0US Bah.
GOES INTO THE DETAILS OF TIP
WEDDING RING.

Varied Values of the "WOrIdIy
GOOds"-FrOm Victoria 10 the Cos
termOnger II Worn a similar Badge
of MifehOOd-MOre Romance At
tached to the Engagement Than
the Wedding Ring-ItaIians stud
the Wedding Ring with n Sym
bOIfc BirthmOnth Gem-The Mum-
my's Ivory CircIet.
New York May 11.-Everybody has beer
getting married, and. consequently, ev-
erybody is immensely interested in the
ring which doth wed these two people and
endow one Of them with all the worldly
goods Of the other. Sometimes the world
" goods are not worth having. Sometimes
the amount Of love given could be banded
by the golden circlet. and sometimes and
think this is the oftenest, there is enough
gold and enough love to make two PEG
pie happy for a while at least l have
always been able to understand the wo-
man who loved to wear rings. She doesn't
see necklace, or a tiara, or a wonderful
brooch; but, when everybody is stupid
she can spread out her hands and gaze
upon her rings and find wonderful pleas
ure in the beautiful stones, and in the
fact that they make their background
look even whittier than 1t is. don't
know which is the most important, the
engagement or the wedding ring, but
there is more romance about the first
than the last. Nowadays every woman
wears the same kind of wedding ring
which has become a badge OF honor In
America one occasionally sees a young
girl wearing plain gold ring, which, in
my opinion, is in very bad taste. In
England one looks at a wOman's left hand
ana knows right away whether she is
the missus" or not, and from Victoria
queen OF England and Empress of India,
the plain" gold band is the badge of wife
hood.
long time ago the wedding ring was
worn on the forefinger, and was thickly
studded with precious stones. People
VINO nave seen the old pictures of the
madonna in Rome, will remember that
IN one or two of them there is glistening
ring on the forennger of her right hand,
but with Christianity came the wearing
OF the wedding ring on the third finger
rather than the first The old story OF
Ihere being vein that runs from that
niger to the heart is nonsense. Its use
originated in this way: The priest first
put II on the thumb, saying, in the
name of the Father" on the forefinger,
adding, In the name of the SON; on the
second finger, repeating In the name
OF the Holy Ghost" and on the third
iAiSNAf CHUNG WIN AUlGNf anu IneTe
IT stayed-a badge of true love and of
belief In Christ
Among the Italians, those people 50
| devoted to color, permeated with sym
bolism, was born the idea of having the
wedding ring set with a stone dedicated
to the month in which the bride first saw
the light of this world. The months TO
winch the gems belong vary but close
study on my part has resulted in giving
this as the proper calendar The bride
of January has the garnet. the stone of
consistency Va oh ofr q,
her not only the ability to attract others
but to keep them. She of February has
the amethyst, which brings to her sin
certify in speech, freedom from Islander
and the certainty that If an enemy gives
her poison n will have no more effect on
her than If it were pure milk. However.
! do not think any bride of to-day would
like to be experimental on with arsenic
simply because she had an AMETHYST
ring. She of March assumed the blood
stone, or to call II by its prettier name
and the one given to in the Bible, the
Hyacinth. This gem brought her wis
dom and courage and gave her patience
to control her household and make the
ladies of the kitchen subservient to her.
Apriis bride was given a diamond, ami
just as long as the stone remains clear
she retains her innocence, and remains
That means good health for her who
wears II, and a certainty that she will
be happy wife. June, with its sum
shine, ITS golden days and it's bright
req roses, brought to its daughter the
ruby, which kept away from her the
mean vice of Jealousy, and made he's
affectionate in her love. July introduces
to its child the coral, the stone that
kept her free. from fevers, and gave her
that great blessing, a contented mind
August offered to hers the unconscious.
and assured her of happiness in her mar
RED Ire. September's gem is the sap
phire, the preventive of madness the gen,
of Christianity, and the stone on which
the commandments were written Snc
who wears II viii never quarrel with her
husband. october finds for her girl the
carbuncle. which presents to her the d.
vine gift of song, makes her lOw-voiced
and gives great love to her home. To
the November bride alone be-
longs the opal She viii be
changeable like the stone. but at
ways viii she be cheerful and able to
the days may be. And December, the last
month of the year offers her Offspring
the beautiful turquoise, which saws,
He who hath turquoise, hath a friend. l
and which only changes color when the
giver COWS cold and the health is poor.
among the peasantry Of Germany the
the betrothal ring, so that the beloved
one can always tell whether her SWEEP
heart is true or not.
The most curious wedding ring I have
ever seen is exhibited in the British Mn
scum, and was taken from the finger Of
a mummy, who was. just the hight of
from the number of jewels upon her a
great lady. 1t was of no precious metal
Instead, it was carved out of ivory. and
the design showed two clasped hands
the work being excessively fine, so thai
one could easily distinguish from their
shape and size that one hand was meant
Tor that of woman, and the other for
the hand OF man. In digging apon@
the old Roman graves similar ring was
found, the difference being that the Re-
man ring showed a single hand claspinq
heart When Mary Stuart was wedda5
to Darnley he put four wedding rinSs ~,
her hand, but these four did MOI kaen
her faithful One was band of diamonds
one 81 ruoles, one of pearls. and one Of
sapphires. This fancy for having MN
Der of rings grew, in Italy and France 70
such an extreme that history tells Of
young bride who had twelve rings. one for
each month of the year, and as they wera
an put on one finger, it was Impossible
for her to bend it, POs9iOIe
IN ~ book on etiquette in England
announced very gravely, that the 6riri
lege was given to the bride of selectino
the nnger upon which the ring siho6id he