Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-22
FOREVER, I'll BE TRUE"
How the Sentiment Is SymbOlized 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.
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 golden circle to wear
around her pretty ankle in place of the
customary engagement ring. The hoop
fastens with a peculiar lock, to which
the fiance carries 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
his wifeto-be. The lock was of red
enable, in the shape of a heart, and
was inscribed with the lady's initials.
In England it is fashionable just now
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made of the hair of the beloved object.
and men and women exchange their
hirsute tokens indiscriminately. A
romantic son of foggy London wears 4
chain made of the hair of his betrothed
around his neck. At the end golden
Ieart is fastened which he drops into his
vest pocket like watch
A young American woman and her
lover had diamonds set into their front
teeth during their engagement as a
token of fidelity to each other. After
the wedding they had them taken out
and set into rings.
A certain famous tragedian gave to
his fiancee as a bridal ring a golden
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
Thespian went to famous surgeon and
offered him large sum of money for
performing the operation of inserting
the golden finger nail. The exact meas
ure of the nail was taken; it was shaped
just as the original had been by taking
an impression of that of the right hand,
and when it was finished I he romant IL
lover had it engraved with his initials
The operation of inserting the nail was
a tritie 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 ex-
clusion of rings by engaged couples
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
| the man of her choice. 1t is said that
there are fewer broken engagements. in
view of the fact that these bracelets
must either be fled of by locksmith
if the engaged persons change their
minds, or that the ceremony of unlock
ing it by the respective persons leads
to friendly adjustment of their quar-
rels, and often heals the breach.-St
Louis Republic.