Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-22

Here are some bridal don is:
TIE bride must never. never wear
her complete bridal outfit until arrayed
for the ceremony.
She must also put on the right shoe
first and try on her wedding ring only
at the altar. never removing 1t after
wards.
She should not neglect to weep ut
,1e on her wedding day. no matter how
happy she is.
She must be careful not to look AT
herself in the glass after her costume
fs completed and before she is actuailE
married
The bride must not take any hand IN
sewing her wedding gown or in max
ing her wedding cake.
ON the other hand. if bride should
nv chance see a coffin as she starts on
har wedding tour she should order the
d,;yer of the carriage to turn back ana
start over again. She may miss
train by so doing. but if she neglects
the precaution she will rue it, AL
least so saws Dame Superstition.
If during the marriage ceremony the
weddinr ring should fall down. the
brides fate will not be an enviable
one. :.
Never get married on board ship: II
Won can't be married on dry land
stay single.
Never give telegram to n bride or
bridegroom on the way to church; TINS
is sure omen OF evil.
Wells and orange blossoms are the
accepted symbols of the bride. Inc
bridal veil, it is said. is survival OF
the canopy held over the pair on their
way to church; this practice still sur
wives in Oriental countries.
Another explanation is that it en-
t,lematjzes the linen cloth which was
,,;d on the heads of both bride ana
Groom. and remained there until after
tho henediction had been pronounced.
AWAY back in the days of the prlml-
tive Rritons the bride wore no veil. but
har luxuriant locks were allowed TO
N,a, about her shoulders. Brides wore
thei.. hair in this simple style even as
late as the reign of Henry VIII. and
writers tell us that the tresses OF
Anne Doleyn noated about her on the
day oM'er ill-starred marriage with
the kiel>'of many wives.
A pretty legend is connected with
the wearing of orange blossoms at a
wedding. An African king. so the
story goes. presented Spanish king
with a splendid orange tree. whose
creamy, Why blossoms and wonderful
fragrance Oallenged the admiration
of the ent1 court. Many begged for
branch 1e plant. but in vain.
foreignFFoassadOr was fired with
the desir-o introduce so great a
curiosity his native land. He eX-
hauste" ty means. fair or foul. to
acccr his purpose, but was
forCeH up in despair. The falr
yOut FIX er of the court gar
denk21HA)Ardently beloved by GER
taESy3se& artisan. but alas! lacked
tkaHot Which the family considered
Necessary to a bride. One day. how
tver, the gardener, CHANGING to break
off a spray of the orange blossoms,
thouchtlessly handed it to his daugh-
ter The willy ambassador. seeing the
' coveted prize entwined in the young
girls hair. offered her n sum sufficient
for the desired dowry if she would
agree to give him the branch and say
nothing about it. The result was that
she soon married her devoted young
artisan. and in grateful recognition of
the source of all her joy. she secretly
broke off another bit of the lucky tree
To Irvine amid her tresses. Whether or
not the poor gardener lost his head be-
cause of his daughters action. the
hgened does not say. but ever since
mat wedding day orange blossoms have
peen considered a symbolic decoration
for a bride.
lhe'e aye many other superstitions
connected with bridal finery. The find
.ns OF spider on the wedding gown
os bride is considered sure token
OF happiness to come
otner lucky omens are:
1he bridegroom who carries a