River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-09-16
"FoREvER, ri BE TRUE"
How the Sentiment Is symboIized the
world Over.

Commonplace and unromantic lovers
still cling to the ring, with its old
fashioned symbolism, when they prom
Use to be true to each other, while those
who banker after the sensational find
enough in the accepted fads of the day
to satisfy their craving.
Tatooing is regarded as the proper
expression of love and fidelity Just now.
y New England swain not long ago per
suaded the girl of his choice TO have a
bracelet tatoOed on her left arm. She
was willing. and an artist was called in
who burned pretty Cupids and fam
ing hearts in medallion form upon the
lovers respective wrists. To make it
more effective, it was done with blue
and red ink. The couple exchanged in
itials, the girl wearing her lovers and
he those of his sweetheart in one of
those medallion-shaped etchings.
In New York lives a young Cuban
woman who is very proud of her little
feet. She insisted that her lover pre-
sent her with a golden circle TO wear
around her pretty ankle in place of the
customary engagement ring. The hoop
fastens with 4 peculiar lock, to which
| the fiauce car les the key on his watch
/ chain.
/ a well-known athlete wore during the
time of his engagement a costly belt
/ set with brilliants and locks of hair of
4 his wife-to-be. The lock was of red
enable, in the shape of a heart, and
was inscribed with the lady's initials.
/ In England il is fashionable just now
/ to have engagement rings and bracelets
made of the hair of the beloved object,
and men and women exchange their
/ hirsute tokens indiscriminately a
romantic son of foggy London wears a
/ chain made OF the nair of his betrothed
around his neck. At the end a golden
/ | cart is fastened which he drops into his
vest pocket like a watch.
\ young American woman and her
| lover had diamonds set into their front
4 teeth during their engagement as a
/ token Of fidelity to each other. After
the wedding they had them taken out
and set into rings.
/ y certain famous tragedian gave to
his fiaucee as a bridal ring a golden
1 finger nail. Through accident she had
! lost the nail from her left ring finger.
/ TO replace this with as valuable a
"scratcher" as he could, the lovelorn
I Thespian went to famous surgeon and
/ offered him large sum of money for
| performing the operation of insert ng
/ the golden finger nail. The exact meas
ure of the nail was taken; il was shaped
/ just as the original had been by taking
an impression of that of the right hand,
4 and when il was finished the romantic
/ lover had it engraved with his initials.
/ The operation of inserting the nail was
trife painful, but the lady cared not
in view of this costly and unique gift
and the devotion it expressed.
/ In Austria gold-hooped bracelets are
very popular. They are worn to the CN-
clusion of rings by engaged couples.
4 The lover locks upon the arm of his
bride-to-be the golden circle and peck.
/ cts The key, and she does the same with
4 the man of her choice. 1t is said that
/ there are fewer broken engagements, in
/ view of the fact hat these bracelets
must either be filed off by a locksmith
! if the engaged persons change their
minds, or that the ceremony of unlock.
4 ing it by the respective persons leads
to a friendly adjustment Of their quar-,
rels, and often heals the breach.-St.
+ Louis Republic