Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-12
MARRIAGE oMENs.
Rhymes That Jingle to the TinkIe of
Wedding Bells.

| To every woman the subject of mar
riage is interesting, and, therefore, M
apology Is needed for recalling some
| Quaint sayings and customs relating to it.
When a maiden is asked by her lover ia
name the happy day which will make her
his own, of course she thinks of what will
| be suitable time. She avoids the season
| of Lent, for if married in Lent YOU are
| sure to repent; and then if she be pru-
dent she remembers the following anci-
ent adage:
Monday for wealth,
Tuesday for health
Wednesday the best day of all;
Thursday for crosses,
Friday for losses.
Saturday no luck at all.
There are countless sayings about mar
riage which have come down to us from
long ago, many of which still find favor,
such Marry in haste and repent at
leisure and though ii is not so well
known. Great joy shown in a bride s
face presages misfortune" In the latter
saying, praise of that old-fashioned vir-
tue, reserve, is evidently intended.
Happy is the bride that the sun shines
on, is a saying often quoted by anxious
gazers at the weather on the morning of
the day when some fair friend of theirs =
to be married
Thrice bridesmaid never BRIDE IS
remembered by many a fair damSel who
has twice acted 4 bridesmaid. and who
is again asked to attend a bride to the
altar. but modern girls are strong minded
enough to defy fate, and to undertake the
office of a bridesmaid as often as may be
desired. The choice Of color in the matter
of wedding dress is most important, not
merely because one color is more becom-
ing than another, but because
Married in white you have chosen all
right;
Married in gray. you will go far away;
1!ar in will 81
back;
Married in red, you viii wish yourself
dead;
Married in green ashamed to be seen;
Married in blue, he Will always be true;
Married in pearl, you will live in a Whirl.
Married in yellow, ashamed of your fell
low;
Married in brown, you will live out OF
town,
Married in pink, your spirits will sink.
Speaking of marriage reminds one OF
the bride orange BLOSSOM and of how
the custom of wearing it originated. The
following is an ancient Moorish tradition,
\ Moorish king sent new orange tree
in magnificent blossom to a Spanish mon
arch. Never before mad such a wonder
full plant bloomed III the royal garden.
Everyone wanted 4. slip of it, but in vain;
the slips were too precious.
At last, one day, IL spray of the glossy
leaves and beautiful blossoms was acct
dentally broken off. and the gardener
gave it to mis- pretty daughter, who was
betrothed to a poor man. The girl had
no dowry, and accordingly her engage
ment seemed n hopeless affair. Still she
was not too out of neart TO take delight
in enhancing her charms, so she fas' ened
the spray OF orange blossoms in her hair.
Just then a foreign ambassador was
walking in the garden. and notirg the
lovely spray of flowers and leaves in the
girls duSky tresSes, he desired to have
it. In exchange for the flowers he gave
her a sum of money sufficient for her
dowry, and soon afterward the marriage
was celebrated. Since then the blossom
has been in such favor for bridal wreatlis
that it has almost ousted the bridal rose
its Greek rival-from popularity.-Ph,t
adelphia Inquirer.