Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-03-05

months of the year, but even then she
must avoid the 18th day, says an eX-
change.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
are considered the best days to be mar
ricd On if assurance of happiness is de-
sired, for
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health,
Wednesday the best day of all.
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses,
Saturday no luck at ALL"
All brides-elect rejoice when the mar
riage day dawns brightly, remember
ing the old adage:
'Blest is the bride upon whom the sun
doth shine"
And all are equally certain that
ITO change the name and not the letter
Is change for the worse and not the
better"
The day following the wedding be-
longs exclusively to the husband and
AOA AllLl IL ~ 10 ltlll
In earliest times among the Jews the
fourth day of the week was considered
unlucky for maidens to wed and the
fifth for widows. The Romans con-
sidered the nones and ides of each
month as unlucky.
The postponement Of wedding is
even now regarded with such horror
that many will be welded on a sick-bed
or in house Of mourning rather than
change the date.
1t is an overbOld woman, indeed, who
will let her vanity so far get the better
of her as to don her bridal robes in their
entirety before the hour set for the
ceremony, as such an act presages death
and dire misfortune. In fact, the
brides toilet has great deal to do with |
her future happiness. and it is a wise
girl who remembers all the supersti
tions pertaining to it.
She should always remember to put
her right shoe on first, for to don the |
left first portends an unhappy married
life.
White Is the color usually chosen for
bridal robes, signifying purity and in
nocence, but others may be chosen wise
ly, as the following rhyme asserts:
Married in white,
You have chosen all right
Married in gray,
You will go far away.
Married in black,
You will wish yourself back.
Married in red,
You'd better be dead.
Married in green,
Ashamed to be seen.
Married in blue,
You'll always be true.
Married in pearl
You will live in whirl. II
Married in yellow, e. Il
Ashamed of the fellow. - j.
Married in brown,
You'll live out of town.
Married in pink,
Your spirits will sink"
Then no bride must go to the altar
without something old and something
new, something borrowed and some
thing blue" Neither must she, after
her toilet is complete, look at herself
in the mirror. She must see that no
bridal guest wears costume entirely
black, as that would bring her sorrow.
On changing her gown she must throwl
away every pin used in the bridal att
tire. rtg sa, IN
No girl who would be happy brided
must take hand in the making of her
wedding cake or the sewing Of her
bridal gown. To try on the wedding 3
ring before the ceremony is unpropl-
-ieus. Should the shaking hand Of the
groom drop this symbol Of love in the n
act of putting it on the brides finger
The ceremony had better be stopped
right there. To lose it is prophetic of
evil, and many fancy to remove it after
it is placed on the finger is unlucky.
The breaking of a wedding ring is
surely prophetic of the death of one of
he married twain.
There is an explanation to this super
;tition-
"As the wedding ring wears, ,l .-
So wear away life's cares"
which is of the same theory that time
will cure all ills.
The throwing Of rice and old slip
1ers (which should never be omitted is
descended from antiquity, rice mean
ing fertility and plenty, while the old
shoe is supposed to invoke the favor of
he tickle goddess of fortune.
No bride or groom must turn back
after starting, and the bride must be
sure when she leaves home to place in
her pocket a silver coin, so that in fu-
lure years she may not come to want.
In the Isle Of Man it is customary for
The bride and groom to go to the altar
With pinch of salt in their pockets, to
insure a life of prosperity.
Above all things should a bride weep
IN her wedding day, no matter how
happy she may be. She must squeeze
out tear or so, for the bride who
leglects to weep will be very unhappy
indeed,
Religious Drty.