Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-06
ABOUT WEDDING RINGS.

and It's comparatively Insignificant In
tfirHic value. ! suppose few products
Of the Eold-smlth's art exert greater
influence than the plain gold wedding
ring. recently raid an old clerical ac-
qunintnncc OF the writer.
Setting aside altogether the wider
questions of lifelong veal or woe. OF
which II IN 70 Htrikingiy significant. II
n remarkable how large n collection
OF ideas and Incidents connected with
the wedding ring one accunulatcs In
the course OF lifetime spent IN chris
tening. marrying and huryinE the In
hnbitnnts Of nopuious parish.
Incidents IN which the marriage ser.
vice has To be temporarily suspended
while bridegroom aud best man tnin.
bic over one another and murnur
strange nothingr az they vniniv search
FOR n miralnH ring are by no means ~
uncommon na one might imagine. Thlf
lasco u usually brought about through
an cxccrs Of caution.
The groom. bcink afraid perhaps 60
trust 10 his own memory upon such
momentoua occasion. hands over thu
precious clrclct TO the best man for SAFE
custody. The latter who. by the way
no more In the habit Of carrying
loose wedding rings about than II the
groom hlmscif. places the ring Tor safe
~ IN M out. f-tho-way place nr he can
possibly think ~ o. the brief time at
Via disposal. Before he has had time
70 properly commit the hiding place to
memory he II seized by haif doacn
unfortunate small Try and hurried off
TO- attend 20 somcthinR else.
The consequence II that the ndmonl-
tory stage whisper of the officiating
minister 20 have the ring ready" falls
upon him like bolt from the blue.
Where the dickens dii he nut ~ n
was somewhere close. handy he ~ sur,
u that. Hut where. oh. whcrcf--nnd
q cold Precipitation breaks out all over
him NJ he realizes that the service has
stopped. and the rcpronchful glanccH
u the whole company are turned upon
him. the rnscaily culprlt, who has mis-
laid the ring,
II ~ useless 10 pursue the scene fur
Their Any one poaFrafed % the slight
est fund ~ Imagination win readily pic
ture 10 himself the frantic scene ~ fur-
~ which inevitably follows. more c1-
pcclnlly n the contracting parties nrc
sufficiently well known 60 secure
large and fashionable attendance nj the.
church. Suffice Il TO say that IL " a
position In which not Few best mon
nnd Themselves IN tho course OF year.
ana many nrr the expcdienta by which
they ondcaVor to cNtrlcatu themselves
from what ~ nt the best OF times "a
particularly unpleasant dilemma.
one case which occurred quite ~
Gently at fashionable West End
church ended In particularly ludlcroua
manner. A. usual the best man was
the culprit. But although he aud the
groom turned out their pockets several
times and CROPPED along ut the foot
u the altar ralilngu ON their hands and
knees In vain attempt TO discover the
missing trinklct. the lady had finally TO
be welded with ring borrowed from
an onlookrr
No sooner. however, had the party
reached the vcNtry than an cNcinmn-
tion from the best man caused all eyes
10 be- turned upon him. Then Il was
seen that. IN order 10 keep the ring ~.
cure. he had carefully passed the folds
Of his white scarf through II. lie had.
IN fact. ranrackcd his brains ana pock-
cts 10 discover nm article which had all
along rcposcd literally beneath his nose
In the temporary capacity % harm
less, necessary scarf pin.
In the above ease the ceremony was
performed with the conventional ring,
other brides, however. have not always
been 20 Fortunate. The duchess 81
Hamilton N said To have been married
at Mayfair with a curtnin rlngi whll,,
some years back. "A bridal party az col.
chester were forced to fall back on the
ring Of the church key. Even this case.
however, was capped by one witch oc-
'WlffN w NWNINlh ~ VNlNhflf lNNlt
whom tho only ring ohtainnbie was an
"Ntompora one ~ MD cut upon tho spot
from the hridsrroom'r glove.
East End cnunioa hrc particularly
improvideni In this respect. ono cou-
nile who were nj their wits ends what
10 do for a ring. were considerably re-
llcvcd by the inHpirntlOn ~ the best
man. Calamity plucking forth huge
horseshoe scarf pin from his tie ~
many colors, he broke on the pin. bent
the soft metal shoe around his finger,
ana, with an air OF an Angelo admir-
Ing his chef d'oeuvre. handed the bra.
zen olrclet 20 his pal. Another couple
got over the difficulty by using coin
from which the center had been re-
moved. ana which, curiouHly enough
the groom was carrying In his pocket
At the time.
Tho most curious ring OF all. how.
aver. wnr that employed by n dock la
borer, who. by some means or othct
had mlflnlh tho most conventional mr.
on his way 10 church. cnaiinE about
In his perpleNltv for n suitable article
whcrewith to cmbciish the finrer ~ hIs
char'ner hls eyes suddenly fol- an one
~ tho duoits with which no and the
hest man we're subsequently matched
TO play for the price Of the deIeuner NJ
a neirhhorlng tavern.
Desnlie the nrote-ia Of tho lady nnd
the runaws NJ his companions. tho
Groom Insisted fnon roiNT through the
ceremony with tho nld ~ this nonder-
ors piavthlng; ard, slnce the only al
iernptlve wna 90 indennItn'v nnstnone
the event. tho lady mt the hest face
on the ma''er by accepting the quolt-
and the docter.
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