The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-13
MARRIAGE RHYMES.
Some Quaint Sayings and Customs
Cleaned From Various Sources.
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To every woman the subject OF marriage
is interesting, and. therefore, no apology
is needed Tor recalling some quaint say
ings and customs relating to il. When
a maiden Is asked bY her lover 10 name
the happy day which Will make her MS
own. OF course she thinks of what Will
be a suitable time. She avoids the sea-
son OF Lent. for If married in Lent you
are sure TO repent: and then il she be
prudent she remembers the following an
clent adage:
Monday for wealth.
Tuesday for health.
Wednesday for the best day OF ALL
Thursday for crosses.
FRIDAY for losses.
Saturday no luck at all.
There are countless savings about mar
riage which have come down to US from
lon ago. MANY of which sun find favor,
such as Marry in haste and recent at
leisure" and. though ii is not so well
known. Great JOY SHOWN IN pride
face presages misfortune" In the latter
savings praise of that old-fashloned vir-
tue reserve is evidently intended. Hap
pY is the bride that the sun shines on,
Is q SAYING often quoted by anxious gdZ-
ers at the weather on the morning OF
the daY when some fair friend or theirs
Is to be married
Thrice "A bridesmaid never bride" is
remembered by manV a fair damsel who
has twice acted as bridesmaid. and who
Is again asked TO attend bride 10 the
altar but modern girls are strong minded
enough 10 defy fate. and 20 undertake the
office of a bridesmaid as may be de-
sired The choice of color in the matter
of a wedding dress is most important,
not merely because one color Is more
becoming than another. but because
Married in white. YOU have chosen all
Married in gray. you will go far away;
Married in black. YOU will wish yourself
Married in red. YOU will wish you We: :
dead;
Married in green. ashamed to be seen;
| Married In blue. he Will always be true
I Married IN pearl. YOU Will live in whlrl;
Married in yellow. ashamed OF your Eel
low:
Married in brown. YOU will live out OF
town.
Married in pink. your spirits will sink
Speaking of marriage reminds one OF
! the bridal orange blossom. and of how
| the custom OF wearing 1t originated. The
] following Is an ancient Moorish tradi-
! ton: A Moorish king sent fine orange
/ tree in magnificent blossom TO Spanish
/ monarch. Never before had such a won
/ derful plant bloomed In the royal gar
| dens. EVERY one wanted a slip of it,
l but in vain: the slips were too precious.
At last one dav a spray OF the glossy
I leaves and beautiful blossoms was ac-
I eidentallv broken off. and the gardener
/ gave il to his pretty daughter, who was
/ betrothed 10 a Door man. the girl mad
no dowry. and accordingly her engage
ment seemed a hopeless. affair. Still she
! was not too out OF heart 10 take delight
| In enhancing her charms. so she fast
/ ened the spray OF orange blossoms In her
hair. Just then a foreign ambassador
was walking in the garden and noting
/ the lovely SPRAY OF flowers and leaves
/ in the girls duskv tresses. fa desired to
! have IT, In exchange for the flowers he
/ gave her a sum of money sufficient for
/ her dowrv. and soon afterward the mar
/ riage was celebrated. Since then the bios
/ som has been in such favor for bridal
J wreaths that IL has almost BUSTED the
bridav rose-its Greek rival-trom popu-
| larit-