Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-07
SOME QUEER RINGS
ODD SUBSTITUTES FOR The GOLD
BAND WORN 6y BRIDES

One Titled Lady Married with = Curtain
Rfns-A se2rfpin which WAS Used IN an
EmerSency-An Instance whore Quot
Was Pressed Into Service
Incidents in which the marriage
service has TO be temporarily sus-
pended while bridegroom and best man
tumble over one another anu miirmar
strange nothings as they vainly search
for missing ring are by on means 50
uncommon as one might imagine
This ffasco is usually brought about
through an excess of caution
The groom. being afraid perhaps 10
trust 10 his own memory upon sheh
a momentous occas sion. hands over the
precious circlet TO the best man Tor
safe custody. The latter, who. by the
way, is no more in the habit of carry
ing loose wedding rings about flah
is the groom himself, places the ring
for safety in as our-of-the- place
as he can possibly think of in the brief
time at his disposal Before he mas
had time TO properly commit the nlu-
ing place TO memory he Is seized ny
half a dozen importunate small Try
and hurried off to attend 10 something
else
The consequence Is that the admoni-
tory stage whisper Of the officiating
minister to have the ring ready fails
upon him like a bolt from the blue
Where the dickens did he put II: 1t
was somewhere close handy. he Is sure
of that. But where. oh. where and
cold perspiration breaks out all over
him as he realizes that the service has
stopped. and the reproachful Chances
of the whole company are turned upon
him, the rascaily culprit who has mis-
laid the ring.
II is useless to pursue the scene FUR
Their Any one possessed of the slight
est fund of imagination viii readily
picture to himself the frantic scene OF
furry which inevitably follows. more
especially if the contracting parties are
sufficiently we'll known to secure
large and fashionable attendance at
the church. Suffice il to say that il is
position in which not a few best men
lind themselves in the course of yeal
and many are the expedients by which
they endeayor to extricate themselves
from what is at the best of times
particularly unpleasant dilemma.
The duchess of Hamilton is said to
have been married at Mayfair with
curtain ring; while. a bridal party at
Colchester were forced to fall back up
on the ring of the church key. Even
this case, however, was capped by one
which occurred at Stratford when the
only ring obtainable was an extern
pore one of kid, cut upon the spot
from the bridegroom glove.
Some couples are particularly i'm
proyident in this respect. One couple
who We're at their wits end what TO
do for ring. were considerably reiiey-
ed by an inspiration of the best man.
Calamity plucking forth huge horse
shoe scarf pin from his tie of many
colors, he broke off the pin, bent the
soft metal shoe round his finger, and
with the air of an Angelo admiring his
chef d'oeuyre, handed the brazen cir
cIet to his pal Another couple got
over the difficulty by using Il coin from
which the center had been removed
and whicl curiously enough. the
groom was carrying in his pocket at
the time.
The most curious ring of all how
ever, was that employed by dock la
borer. who by some means or other,
had mislaid the more conventional ar
ticle on his way to church. Casting
about in his perplexity for a suitable
object wherewith to embellish the fin
ger of this charmer, his eyes suddenly
fell upon one of the quoits with which
he and the best man We're subsequent
" matched to play for the price of the
dejeuner at a neighboring tavern.
Despite the protests of the lady and
the guffaw of his companions the
groom insisted upon going through the
ceremony with the aid of this ponder
Gus plaything; and, since the only al
Tentative was to indefinitely postpone
the event. the lady put the best face
on the matter by accepting the quoit-
and the decker.