Gunnison Valley News | 1926-12-16 | Page 3 | Marriage Rites that are Old as Humanity

':-i-x-s-Z':-xsixa-xii-x-z'X-:-xz-ivz-:-S':-3:-:-x-:-x-:-X':'Z-:'SC-Marriage Rites That Are Old as Humanity In the married state. Eileen Bourne. ' In Liberty Magazine. j The girl who today treads the aisle to the tune of the wedding march is still the victim of certain marriage rites so old that the Idea originally underlying them has been forgotten. Her wedding veil, for instance, Is a relic of the canopy that used to be held over the bride lo seclude her from profane gaze. The ancient Romans attached great importance to the custom of veiling the bride. Its primary object wns to protect her against the evil eye, a superstition current cur-rent among many tribes and nations. With some people the veiling was re-i re-i quired because the bride's own glance was considered to be dangerous. Misfortune Mis-fortune would surely befall Huy person per-son or animal the bride looked at before be-fore she had seen her husband on her i arrival at his house. From the early Romans is hande.; down the custom, not Infrequently ob served by an American bride ot to day. of being married In a previous worn marriage veil Great luck 0 supposed sup-posed to attend the practice, especiallj if the former wearer bad been 1W7 j