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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
By RUTH MoNRo AUGUR.

n EABERS of the College Women's
MI club forgot for the afternoon
L u that they were dignified pro-
fessionaI women. Or matrons and
housewives, and enjoyed college songs
their college days at the annual
luncheon OF the club Saturday after
noon.
The luncheon was given IN the
auditorium Of the Women's club. with
the guests seated a ten small tables.
sttractiveIy decorated with daffOdills.
One Of the club members presided as
hostess at each table The hostesSes
were Mesdames a 2. Averill, Fred W.
Norton, Charles B. stevens. John W
Tappan. Van G. Wilson. Olga kohlberg.
Robert Townsend. D. p. Stewart, Frank
Feuille, IT. and George r LeBaron-
Between the courses of the luncheon
familiar college songs were sung, LED
by Mrs Charles /. Overstreet, who
played the piano compartments
Following the luncheon. the women
gathered in the auditorium seats and
enjoyed program Of stunts. The
Egg" a witty. bright little Skit- writ
ten by Mrs. Branch Craige. was clever
u presented with Mrs Craige acting
the role of the husband Mrs D. V
Fennessy. the wife and Mrs William
W Hay. the other man The action
of the play was a satrical burlesoue
on the high cost OF living and the sub
Sequent change Of values The scene
discloses the wife preparing the table
for the evening meal Ihere were
flowers and silverwsre and cut glass
and all the fancy accessories for the
table, excepting food Then the hus-
band with great caution. removed
from A wall safe one onion. one potato
and q little bottle of milk The milk
was dropped into wine glasses by
medicine dropper, three drops to per
son. The onion was merely smeled-
But the potato was allowed 70 be eaten
The "other" man had tried in vain 70
lure the wife away from her husband
with gifts Of diamonds and flowers,
to which she was quite Indifferent, but
at last he tempted her with an egg
and won her At this point Of the play
the husband manifested his protest by
assaultinss the ''other' man In the
scuffle the precious egg was broken
and the curtain deSceded upon the con-
sternstion of the three, over the loss
Of this valuable article.
Girls as they were in college and as
they became ten years later, were then
impersonated by group Of the pro
fessiona1 women of the club Miss
Winifred Smith was in charge
The first to appear was the college
social butterfly. acted by Mrs Joseph
NJ NeaIon. This frivolous little person
later develops into suffragist stump
speaker and member Of congress.
Miss Eula Harper portrayed the col
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berry. Clara Hinsley and Helen Har-
Miss Hazel Billet as a covby. and
Miss Kate Hanley as his sweetheart.
made lots of mirth-
Miss Elizabeth Goff was the balloon
peddler.
Hawaiian songs were sung by a
group OF girls in white dresses WITH
yellow floral chins about their necks.
the girls accompanied themselves on
Ukuleles. a Hawaiian dance was given
hy Nellie Mae Beauchamp. Marie Kerr
and Nineta Lindauer. in Hawaiian cos
tune that was heartily encOred- The
ukulele PLAYERS were Marian Howe
Lydia Harper. Margaret Neff. Har-
riet Heermans. Frances Duggan. Helen
Dunn. Eryline Vowel and Ruth Raw
iuEs-
The final stunt was a confetti battle
Peanuts and lemonade were sold q Z
the side stands and there was GA loan
art exhibit from the metropolitan M
scum which was arranged By Mes
DANES H T. Bowie. D. H Huffaker.
William HoSarth and T. c. Lea.
In the Hogarth collection. a Good
Driver" was represented by ham
mer. Bust Of a Great Commentator
was the label attached 10 a potato
which had been separated into two
sections. a Common swallow was
the label on 4 water glass. "A Swim
ming Match was match floating in
In the Bowie collection. sweet Six
teen" was suggested by Is pieces of
candy Just For Today by the date.
March 10. The Sower." was illustrated
bv n needle and thread.
Tn the Huffaker collection was
Spring" a little wire spring; Scene
al Bath" a cake Of soap a Column Of
Greace' a candle. and An Absorbing
Subject a hlOtter.
In the Lea collection Il Cause OF
Tears was the label of an onion The
Four Seasons were represented by
salt. pepper. vinegar and mustard.
The Home Of the Colonel" was an
empty peanut shell. and n postage
stamp was named Going To be Licked
Miss Hazel Billet and Miss Blanche
Campbell were in charge of the circus
Miss Kate Lewis entertained the
Westminster Presbyterian auxiliary al
her home on Noble street. Saturday
afternoon. Officers for the coming
year Were elected. Miss Kate Lewis
was made president. Mrs ". VI. Neal
vice presId dent. Mrs. John Mobley. sec
retary- Miss Anna lverSOn, treasurer
Miss Addie Kerr, secretary Of foreign
missions. Mrs H T. Huff secretary
secretary Of young peoples work, Mrs
e.. ". Peale. secretary of ChristiOn ed
ucation and ministerial relief and Mrs
W N Farley. secretary Of literature
The society decided 10 Join the Pres
byterial and elected Mrs. John Mobley
TO attend as delegate The Preshy-
teriaI will be held at Carlsbad. y NJ.
and the hostess served refreshments.
The auxiliary VIII meet on April i.
at the home Of Mrs. John Mobley. ON
California street
The Triangle Missionary society or
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lege = W. c A secretary, who. after
ten years. has developed into YAM
pire. of the lurid type portrayed in the
movies.
Miss Winifred smith vas the quiet.
retiring. little college mouse, in her
first appearance Later she represent
ed the base ball fan OF the noisiest,
slangiest sort
Miss Anne Elizabeth Rue was the
college grind bookworm and high
brow, who ten years later was driving
a jitne for her living
Miss Emma Wingren was the col
lege missionary, who developed into a
bridge fiend-
Mrs Dora :. Waldron recited The
Village Gossip" by Kate Douglas Wig
gin. and little dialect piece, I'm
Humm.
The song of the University Of Texas
was sung by the alumni OF this uni
versity-
The luncheon was served by the
Woman's club. with Mrs. Fred c. Knoll
lenberg in charge. Assisting her in
serving were Il girls from the do
nestle science classes of the high
school These Were Eva Stevenson.
Marion Young. Janice Still, Villas Sim
mons. Katherine Shotweu. Myra Pear
son. Josephine Peach. Florence Nc
Kinney, Maurine Garrett, Dorothy
Crane and Ethel Amstater-
Mrs. a J. Norris was the chairman
Of the program committee which con
sisted of Mrs Fred ". Norton. Misses
Winifred Smith. Elva Sly and Helen
Becker.
The committee in charge OF the
whole affair was composed OF Mes
DANES c II. Campbell, =. ?. Stewart
and George Drummer
The guests of the club were Mes
danes Joe Plaunt. OF New y ork. VIII
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Weddings.

That il pays to advertise or rather
il pays 10 b- in the advertising bust
ness. was exempt fled Saturday after
noon in the marriage OF W G Salmon
and Miss Doulah Parker. both OF The
Herald adverJisil- department.. The
wedding occurred AZ Las Cruces. y NJ
the ceremony being performed by the
Rev. l. l. Lallauce- Nlr. and Mrs
Frank Campbell, Of the Amador hotel
arranged the details Of the wedding
and after the ceremony invited the
wedding pa u and guests Of the hotter
20 the buffet wnere toasts 70 the new
T. Weds were drunk Just as the we'd
ding ceremony started to the accom-
panimenr of Believe me II all those
endearing young charms played BY
me OF the guests az the hotel, little
Maxine Mcbride who was IN the we'd
ding party. added "a touch OF real hu-
man interest 10 the occasion In the
salon Of the hotel Is q large cage con-
tanning about 50 canarIes- The little
girl opened the cage and all the ca
naries filled the room. and. being in
spired by the strains from the piano.
all Joined in the musical beuediction-
The bride was charmingiy gowned in a
grvs de iondres tan silk trimmed in
green and wore a hat 70 match The
young people were accompanied to Las
Cruces by Mrs. Hugh Mcbride, Maxine
Mcbride and Bob Page
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
Out Of Town Visitors.

Mrs Pearl Sommers OF Wichita Falls.
Texas. is visiting her s1s-er in High
land Park.
e Mr. and Mrs. George \. Knight had
as their guests last week Mr.. and
Mrs. J. n. Pruitt. OF Bowie. Ariz-
Mrs William Lindenthal and her lit
tie baby, Of Chicago are expected
shortly 10 visit Mrs Lindenthars par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. 3. Blumenthal
Mr.. and Mrs VIM NJ Piatt at their
home in Tcbin place. hs~e as their
guests Mrs l. : Winterstesu and
daughter. Miss Helen Wintersteen. OF
Park Ridge. Ill
Ms. Ray Fulton. and her son. Lee
Fulton. left Sunday. for their home ia
san Francisco. Mrs. Fulton has been
visiting her sister. AIRS Charles L
Levy. at her home in the Cole apart
meuts
Mrs Oscar Richey and Mrs. Irvine
BlsntOn. Of IrontOn. Ohio, are the
guests OF Mrs. L. :. Moore, of 1919
West Missouri street. They viii he
here for a week Mrs. Blauton is Mrs.
Moore's sister and Mrs. Richey IS he
aunt
Mr. and Mrs. sam Watkins and Mrs
Watkins's mother. Mrs NJ B. Ament.
left sunday for their homes in Dem
ing. y. NJ They were in FL PasO
for the Cattlemens convention C. A
Ament has returned 10 his home IL
HillSborO. y. NJ
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Girls of Y. w. c. A. Do Clever
Acting In "Seus Sisters Sircus"

sters danced with . splendid amount
Of spirit and were Enthusiastically en-
cOred- Miss g COncha accompanied
them on the piano
Antics by a group OF clowns kept the
audience highly amused The clowns
were Mrs David Hogarth. Mrs ID. H.
Huffaker. Misses Kate Hanley and
Sarah small
A troupe of clownlets did funny
clown dance. which was ourlesQued by
the older clowns. The clownlets were
EloiSe Jones and her little dog Han
nah Gmelin. Cora Slater. Mary Viz
ginia Seamon. Stanley Bevan. Adelaide
Overstreet. Ethel johnson, Jessie
Clugston and Marguerite Bishop.
Miss Elva sly was Mile. Theresa
Pussy Foot" horse trainer and with
her talented eight footed horse. made
a great nit.
Fairy dances. -Pizzicati' and
Spring were gracefully presented by
Nellie Mae Beauchamp and FREDERICK
kipp Of the high school in ballet COS
tunes OF green and yellow. represent
ing daisies Miss Greta Palmer played
the piano accomplishments for their
dancing.
Mrs l. O Hines a. a ne gro preacher.
gave burlesque sermon and for an
encore. dressed as a picanniny, she re-
cited Trouble"
Statuary Of the various nations was
III aAiTdfAlNE AteAA VI MISS Anne LAilst-
beth Rue was Mexico Miss Elizabeth
Kuhlmann. Holland Miss Caroline
Moureaux. Italy" '-Sweder was
represented by Miss Margaret Hansen.
and Miss Virginia Cooper was Amer
lea America was played on the
piano by Miss Lucille Day while she
was posing and the audience arose and
sang il
\ pretty aesthetic dance was given
by Rose Cadona.
-fr1e he residence
led by Mrs Maude Crosby. acted A
little stunt dressed in d variety Of
costumes In this group were Misses
Dorothy Eastabrook. Edna Quiesen-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12

general weakness that was so hard to
bear ! am able to do my work during
such times and am recommending lydia
T. Pinkham'e Vegetable Compound to
ny friends who suffer as | did.'-Miss
META TIEDEMANN, 1922 jefferson Ave.
Brooklyn, n. Y.
To know whether Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
viii help you, just try il. For
advice write to Lydia E.Pinkham
Medicine Co. confidential LYNN.
Mass. Your letterwiIl be opened.
read and answered by woman,
and held III strict confidence
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
Parties.

The younger students OF the FL PaSO
School FOR Girls enjoyed a very happy
party Saturday afternoon. IN the recre-
alton room Of the school building
Games Of various kinds were played
The children were entertained with
stories told by Miss Marion Maddocks
and Miss Hazel Damon Of the school
faculty Dancing was enjoyed later in
the afternoon and refreshments were
served The faculty members giving
the party and assisting in the children
entertainment were Misses Ora W l.
Slater Olga Tafel GeOrzina Martin.
Marion Msddocks and Hazel Damon
Among those attending the party were
Violet Sorrells. Marion Dancree. Grace
Brown. Louise Wilson, Mary Olga Nc
Clintock, Caroline Dixon. Betsy Dixon.
Mary MossOn. Clara Woodbridge Eve
Iyn Jameson. Mary Laws, Dorothy
Whitaker Edith Garrett, Elizabeth
Kerr Caroline Cooley. Marionit-
Cooley. Kate Leaveu. COrinne Wagner.
Nell Rhea. Julie Hawkins, Eliza beth
Hawkins. Genevieve Murphy Dorotnet
Reinburg. Amada Sisniega- Maria Do
lores SisuieEa. Ruth McNary. Marjory
NIs-- NcNarv Jeanette Rawlings. Helen
Weckerle. Rachel Weckerle, frances
Brown sarah Goodman. Katherine
Sutor. Eleanor Veale. Esther Goodman.
Lillian Harms. Anita Andreas, Portia
Andreas. Jeanette Brown. Romains
Stafford Catherine Coles. Frances
Davis. Elizabeth Finley Bessie Leven-
son. Esther Pickett, Mary Elizabeth
Pelham. Edith Anne Walthall Mary
Josephine Evans, Mary Dunn, Jose
phine McClin-ock. Margaret King and
Eugeuia Smith
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
LODGES and Clubs.

The monthly social meeting vf tn
Royal Neighbors will be held Tuesday
night. at 40 Trust building.
\ miniature tom Thumb wedding
Will be given by the primary depart
ment Of the First Methodist church
Friday evening March %. Mrs W. 4
Price and Mrs. Fl l. Newton are direct
ing ths affair
Irish Hearts,. a clever drama on
the order Of the Parish Priest" Will
be presented BY the dramatic club OF
the Knights of Columbus. on the eve
ming Of Wednesday. March q. in the
Texas Grand theater- The play viii be
given in celebra ton Of st Patrick
dav itself Right Rev A J. Schuler-
bishop Of the diocese. and Martin r
Sweeney are directing the entertain
Irent. IN the play. David Aulcahy viii
rrt th.- leading part. Rev Father
Whaien-" Frank Lyons will be DR.,
Edward WEIGH" Frank y Farmer VIII
act the character of "Dr Cassidy
Joseph Held viii b. James WEIGH"
Frank R Porras Will act the part OF
Frank DOugher, young attorney and
Joseph Beatty will be Michael" the
servant Miss Margaret Hines viii be
Miss Agnes Cassidy" Miss Grace GRAY
will have the character OF Nellie Dur
kim niece of Father Whaleu- Miss
Nae Duggan will BE- Kate Corrigan-
the girl from Ireland The action Of the
play IS laid in the mining district OF
Pennsylvania In addition 10 the play
there will be 2 concert OF Irish music
The Elks quartet will give several Sc
lecrions. Carroll Roman Will sing solos
The boys chorus from st. Mary's school
will sing The Wearing of the Green
ir Irish costume The girls Of St Mary
school and St JOseph's academy viii
sing Erin" and viii present an Irish
tableau- The play is for the benefit
OF the ST Patrick's cathedral building
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
Large Attendance At Purin1
Ball, GiDen Sunday Night

- YER 10 children and a large
number Of grown people at
~ tended the annual Purim ball.
which celebrates the feast Of Esther.
given Sunday night in the gymnasium
of Temple Mt. Sinai. The opening
march was led by Errold LapOwski
and Ruth Jacobs. During the inter
mission period Rotations were given
by Mirium Auer. Johanna Schwarz
gave an imitation of Charlie Chaplin.
Miss krsma Deane danced a Russian
folk dance in costume. At 10 o'clock
the children marched from the gymna-
SUM to the community hall where
refreshments were served. The chill
dren were seated at small tables. deco
rated with pink carnations and ferns.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
FL Pasoans Returning.

Mr. and Mrs. Myrti Coblentz have
returned from a trip 10 the east.
Mrs. T. g. Phillips has returned from
two months stay in Phoenix Ariz-
d. NJ Smith has returned from bus
mess trip to jefferson. Texas While
IN east Texas Mr.. Smith visited rela-
tives-
Miss Alice Care who has been Wis
ltinS for several months IN Admission.
Ala, Will return to Fl Paso about the
middle of April Miss Csrre will be
accompanied by her sister. Miss Ma.
Carre, and her brother. Robert Care.
They VIII reside at 1872 East Rio
Grsnde street. with Nj and Mrs W
L Care
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12

he ice course and candies carried out
pink and green color plan. The COM
mittee in charge consisted Of Mrs Mar
tin ZielOnka. chairman. MesdameS j.
lehman. g. Auer. T. Ziabovsky. VI.
Mayer. Julia Kaufman, Esther Gross
blatt Henry Hatz. F. Neufeld, J. H
BrOmberg Marcus klsusman. Misses
Edna Matthias and Lillian Jacobs. The
grown people enjoyed dancing after
the refreshments were served.
The West Tsleta country club Will
have special music Thursday evening
al the weekly dance. Tex" Griffin's
orchestra will play.
The University club VIII entertain
with a dinner dance. Wednesday eve
ming. al the new club rooms in the
Martin building
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
The GOSSIP CORNER
ny RUTH NIONRO AUGUR.

woman. since the European war be
gan, after women replaced men in all
the various activities Of factory and
munition plant. almost the first thing
en- 10 discard skirts for the more COM
Portable and safer trousers skirts
We're in the way in many Of the plants
and a danger TO the wearer's safety
Women working in the fields found II
a handicap TO drag skirts around. These
first We're shortened. then dispensed
with and trousers substituted. Then
the women found that in homework.
sweeping and cleaning il was much
more comfortable and more sanitary
TO do the work in trousers than in
skirts. which had 10 he pinned up to
keep from collecting the dust and dirt
The idea has spread 70 America
through photographs and already IN
the east a number OF firms have
adopted the use of trousers for their
women workers.
Don't YOU fnv0luntarily connect n
big palm-lesf fan with large pOrtly.
rather flOrid faced. slightly bald. over
heated man, But palm-leaf fans are
the only kind OF fans that are associ-
ated at all with men. that is outside
Of China True. men do wave them
quite energetically before the feminine
object OF their admiration between
dances. but ian Is a very foreign
thing 10 the masculine makeup Fans
seem TO have very feminine per
sonality and to be a most intrinsic
part Of some women The women Of
the Latin races and the Romance Ian
guages have reduced the use Of Il fan
TO a fine art that we colder-blooded
AnglO-Saxons cannot grasp Fans are
going 10 be discussed al the Woman s
club next week. ans II ought 70 be
very interesting study. TOO. Think Of
the possibilities
Now is the time for all good men
and true and all women and children
into the bargain. 10 hunt IN the ny
swatters and administer good. sound
death-dealiHg blows 10 every fly with
in sight or sound. A fly put out or
business now Is better than a thousand
killed later in the summer Get huss
and Swat the Fly,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12

-UN of the most hilarious order was
~ enjoyed by over 800 women ana
l. girls who attended the second an
nusl sells Sisters Sircus, Saturday
night, at the Young WoInen's Chris
tan association down town rooms. The
audience was seated around a large
ring, where the performance was given,
which opened with the usual march.
led by the Sells Sisters VINO were
Mrs Laura E PeniwelL Misses Lily
Belle Barnett. Heda Moureau and
Katherine Griffith Miss Ruth Monro
Augur was the ring master.
The country band made a very big
hit and the antics OF its leader. band
master Babbling Baboon. was alone
worth the price of admission. Mrs
Lily :. Howard was the band leader
in a very clever monkey costume and
mask Her musicians were Misses
Elizabeth Roe, Frieda Rheinheimer.
Eva Stapleton- Della kiefer. Alice
Bishop. Vera Hunt, Ruth Riggs; Mes
danes Frank Liebendorfer. II Keith
and Frank Miller They were dressed
in overalis or Bingham dresses and
sunbOnnets. and wore comical masks
Three frolicsOme frogs. in clever
green costumes, entertained the crowd
with tricks and antics These were
Katherine NJ Mulcahy. Nellie T Null
cahy and Christina L. Moelich-
An Indian pantOmime. showing the
process Of making sausa ges from pup
pies, was acted by the Camp Fire cir
Gle girls all in Indian costumes. Mrs.
David Cathcart and Miss Mary Cannon
were the leaders. The little Indians
were Edna Murdoch Amelia Harper.
Margaret Van Den Brock. Adeline
Marsh, Rose Stearn. Sophie Mae Sch
maIhausen, Jessie Schmalhausen. Helen
Kuhlmann- Katherine Ellis. Rose ca
done, Ella Nay Smith and Laura Bur
dick.
TWO tiny little children. Nanuela
Concha and jamie Concha, danced la
Jota'' in Spanish costume. The young
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
About Pasoans.

Rev Henry Easter. who mas been Sc
riouslv i'll since early IL February. mas
recovered sufficiently TO be about a
little
III Al his home on North Florence
street. following an accident. is inn
proving.
AR and Mrs. Joe Walcoti. of 900 East
Missouri street. are the parents Of a
baby daus hter. born March s at their
home Ms. WalcOtt's sister. Miss DAISY
Eouseu. OF Silver CITY. y A.. Is here
with her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12
Fat That Shows
Soon Disappears

Prominent lat that comes and stays where
il q not needed is burden; a hindrance
TO activity. curb upon pleasure. You can
axe off the fat where II shows by taking
after each meal and at bedtime. one Mar
rnola Prescription Tablet These little tab
lets are as effective and harmless as the
famous prescription from which they take
their name. Buy and Try case TO-DAY
Your druggist sells them at - cents. or 4
YOU prefer YOU may write direct 10 the
Nsruola Co ss4 Woodward Ave. Detroit
Mich You can thus say goodbye to dieting
asercise and fat--Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12

very weak and mis-
cradle. [ remem-
bered how my moth
er had found relief
from pain by using
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e & 2 table Com
pound and / decided
TO try it, and thanks
to the Compound it
helped me just as it
did my mother, and
| am free from pain,
backache and that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-12

"HERE must be a strong psychic
current connection between some
- OF the women who attend the
dinner-dances OF the Toltec club. for
they viii simultaneously appear IN
costumes OF the same color. If they
were all worn by the members Of the
same dinner party. one might think
it was prearrsnged. but 1t appears TO
be sort OF haphazard thing. Some
time ago the majority Of the women
were in gowns OF black net with 1et
ornaments At the next dance every
one seemed TO have selected a par
ticularly rich shade Of purple. At the
dance Thursday pretty rose pink
seemed 10 be the popular thing Mrs
Mrs James L Collins. Mrs. ". W.
Turney and Miss Virginia Semple all
wore gowns OF this color
NJ one quite knows when or where
the vogue for wearing finger rings
began, but il is certain that as a mat
ter OF physical ornamentation. they
date hack to a period in the life Of the
human race when clothes were re
garded as unnecessary Impedimenta.
Maybe the cave mans wife might have
tied a cord Of some kind around her
lords finger TO remind him to bring
IL
He probably was an absent-minded.
prOcrastinatinE sort of creature and
became so accustomed to having a cord
around his finger for some reason.
purpose OF other that eventually he
perpetuated il in metal. ivory. amber.
iron bronze, silver and gold The
evolution OF the ring seems 10 have
been universal with all tribes of peo-
pies. In addition 10 being an orna-
ment. the ring was a sign of authority
and was conferred by the PharaOhs
upOn their officers as symbols of au-
thOrity- 1t also became the special
token Of lovers. as every body knows
The love ring of the HOpi Indians Is
always made Of silver, because that is
the metal OF the moon and has more
tender and rarer significance and is
therefore more precious with them
than gold. In the 18th century it is
said that there VS. a cial schedule
for rings Doctors wore rings on their
thumbs merchants on their first
fingers. and court fools could only
wear rings on their middle fingers.
Students wore rings on their third
The placing Of the wedding ring upon
the third finger of the wOman's hand
is supposed TO come from an early
English tradition of invoking the bless
ing Of the Trinity while transferring
the ring from one finger TO another,
letting II remain on the third finger
with the naming OF the third person of
the Trinity. the Holy Ghost Rings
were used for all sorts of evil pur-
poses during medieval times Poison
rings were made hollow. and filled
with q deadly fluid. which was slowly
eNuded into the body OF the victims
wearing them through a minutely
small opening with a Jagged edge.
that would prick The skin or the
wearer's fingers