Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-03-03
FOR BETTER OR WORSE.
Some OF Che Quaint old Marriage Gus
 toms and Expectations.

 Some os Che ouaint old Marriage Gus
 tons ahd Expectations.
 According to an old writer, the wedding E was first designed by Pr3methu and fashioned out of aia;umt i iron by THihal Cain, The same Nrisor says that it was given by Adam ;o his son to this cud, that herewith he should es- pouse s wife When paradise had suite rece5o.i from view, men, who axe decGvers ever, got into fash ion of wedding with a ring made of rr he8. to mako their NOws the less bnurr Bat in 1917 the bishop of saEshury cGNaally put bis foot Gown on thH rrsc,ioo Wedding m $ were lacde as of,en of silver as oi gold aAd of fantastic shapes, wi,h "p1sio- inside, one of which ran:
 Fortune doth sosd yoa, hap it well or ilL Ills r.sia geld ring @ wed you to ycuT VII.
 rho welding cal-e is the remains or Roman custom h ancient Rome a bri5e held in her left hand three wheat e-Fs; the attendant gi.ls threw corn. either in grains or in email hits of cake, ,iy'on the heads uf tha newly married pair. and the guests picked up the pieces and ate thom In the eighteenth century the woa5ing cake came into general use, T. was chen composed of solid blocks lfl together and iced over with sugar When 1t was served, # was hold over the brides head. and the otter cru15 was broken. Then the cakes inside fell on gthe floor and were distributed to the company.
 Throwing theslipper has an origin the rcveIae of sentimental and is roininiscence of those barbarous times when thelelations of man and wife were much akin to those of master and slave The shoe was an Ang'o-Saxon emblem of authority end vas given by tae brides father to her husband in token of tran fer. eucc of power. which the groom ac- inowie'eej ly tepping his bride lightly on the head with it as sn earnest of mastership.
 The supcrsitions connected with entering the married state arc nu- merous end curious, and most of thom ere purely feminine posses sion. As 9 preliminary there IS a Lt5ediMculty about choosing day, if this little verse is To be belieyed:
 Monday for wea'ts. Tuesday for health
 Wednesday tlio los5 day of au.
 ThvrslAy for crossss. F-iy For losses.
 Sau-rJsy no luck as all
 If a day has finally been chosen, then comes the question of 60 son. Marry in Lent, and you'll live to repent, takes that period oEt of consideration. Then each month has certain unlucky days. on which marrying and giving in marriage is not to be'th0ught of. Then there ere other sibylline utterances to which the prospective bride should pay heed. She must know that ito change the name and not the letter is to change for the worse and not the better also that to marry and yet to keep her own name is to keep her condition forever the same.
 When all these little obstacles are overcome, a bride in arraying her | self for the ceremony must be sure to wear
 Something old and something new, Something borrowed and something blue.
 The sun must shine on her we'd ding day, and she must not trip on 1 the way to the church or cross the threshold with the left foot first The same applies to the bridegroom. No one must open an umbrella while the bridal pair are in the house. That would bring the worst of i'll luck. A horseshoe and a wishbone hidden in the flowers under which the pair stand to plight their troth have a most saiutary influence on their future life
 So, if those who are contemplating matrimony wish to secure the prize of happiness in that lottery of lot teries. they have only to follow faithfully all the directions here given. Newark Advertiser.