Show I r Next Time You Go to a Wedding I Bear These Odd Facts in Mind I r OR on ages the tho wedding ring has been beena I- I F FOR a token of or binding authority The gold symbolizes th the thO purity of or affection af at- the circle the endless love tho the price paid for it takes tho the place of oC the ancient purchase mone money If It the ring is lost tradition sa says s it Is a warning that the husbands husband's love will soon pass away If broken that he ho will die lie soon It Is customer to wear tho the ring on the tho third finger of or the left hand because because because be be- cause tho the third finger Inger of ot tho the left Idt hand has been supposed to ho connected di directly dl- dl with the tho heart by a vein called the the theena vena ena amoris Do you ou know wh why brides wear white In olden days das a 3 bride of or the poorer classes wont vont to her wedding in fn white whito as ns a n warning to the public that thal since silo sho brought nothing to the marriage her husband wa wag not nol responsible for tor her debts At tho the beginning o of tho the eighteenth elgh- elgh century brides began to Introduce Introduce Intro Intro- duce duco touches o of color into their co cos cos- Blue was ivas for constancy constanc and antI green reen for youth Yellow was wan nover never worn WOIn us as It SOtol 1 tot for Jealousy jealous Not Kot until Shakespeare's ares are's time says sas the Chicago Tribune did ld English wives wl wear veils Until then the tho custom had been heen for tor the bride to go to the wedding with her hair as aN a signor sign of or treed freedom om Immediately however upon entering her new homo she bound up her hor h hair lr This was a sign of ot sub sub- m mission I ss Ion Wedding gifts girts in olden times were I mere loans to be he returned when th the couple were well established in the their new home But when the feudal lord lore increased In Jn newer he gr grow w to expect presents for his newly wedded children from tram those dependent upon him Later Late laws were passed compelling a a. present present presen In value up to twentieth one-twentieth of or th the yearly earl rent of or the tenant tenant Marry In Lent and you will live to re repent re- re pent Marry MalfY In May Ia and you ou will rue ruo th the tho day May 1 and February held hed by the ancient Romans to be the two months In the year which were certain to bring III ill luck while even oven the tho church before tho the time of or the thc reformation placed a a. aban aban ban upon all an marriages contracted at such times limes There are other traditions which It If itou you ou are superstitious It will be bo well won to observe One pf Qt f these IB is that Ma May 1 11 brings Ill luck for tor all tho the rest refit of ot tho the year ear A wedding on the tho last da day of ot the year is IR also said to be bo productive o ot of great groat misfortunes |