Show Plain lain Iron Band Thrilled Fiancee of Ancient Days Abduction Once Popular THIRTEEN couples applied for 1 marriage licenses at the tho We We- Weber Weber Weber ber county clerks clerk's office here on ona ona a single June Juno day Issuance of or five and six licenses per day since the months month's beginning beginning- has been beena a common occurrence Securing of the license is only one of the duties befalling the bride and groom many of the functions hav hav- having having ing a II remote origin Betrothing the intended wife wIre is first In tho the second century B. B C. C the risk of being turned down had less of a II financial significance Fiancees lo were thrilled with plain Iron bands The Th Inexpensive cum cum- cumbersome cumbersome cumbersome token served both as en en- engagement engagement engagement and wedding ring With the dawn of or christian the era the first gold rings came Into exist exist- existence existence existence ence to be worn only outside the house while the Iron ring was fashionable within the home i Today the prices of or engagement rings greatly greally vary Jewelers say that the average price for a ring ring- is It is the one item that thata a a. man must select without femin femin- feminine feminIne feminine ine assistance and marks mas mas- masculine masculine masculine culine taste exclusively Corres Corres- Correspondence Correspondence lessons should bo be given youth In Jn artistic appreciation of or orthe the diamond Without artistic rings some men may moy be at ill luck and It Is not fashionable to offer the same ring to more than one ona girl girl although although it is saId sold It has been done FOURTH l FINGER Ovid refers to the fourth finger as the place for wearing tho the en en- engagement engagement engagement ring because It was S then thon believed that this finger was connected directly with the heart by a II vein eln Although this super super- superstition superstition has been discredited the custom still prevails The early Germans were adept In robber marriages Young Toung Loch- Loch Lochinvar Lochinvar of Sir Walter Scott origin is isa Isa isa a famed character of tills this type A strong arm was more necessary than any other requisite for a bridegroom of those days das The groomsmen assisted In the ab ab- abduction In Saxon times the duties of the bridesmaids Included making the brides bride's wreath dressing her and setting setting- the table for the wedding feast Today It Is a task of not little attention to fit tit out a a. brides brides- maid mald The bridal veils of the Old Testament were probably mere pieces of cloth such as worn to today to- to toda today day da by the Moslem women The material WAS thickly woven and very different from the tho fragile cloud of tulle tullo or lace which lends an ethereal touch to the modern bride In place of the probable abduction abduction abduction tion of ot the bride in early German Germ n history there is 13 today toda the possibility ity ty of the bridegroom at the tho wedding reception About two weeks ago a group of Ogden friends to a 3 bridegroom attempted taking him from his bride fol fol- following fol- fol following lowing the ceremony It took tool a police car filled with plain clothes men to accompany the newly newlyweds weds to safety BANQUET BASQUIT OF WHEAT nEAT Throwing of rice is a symbol be be- betokening betokening betokening prosperity and happiness for the newlyweds The old Romans Rom Rom- Romans Romans ans threw wheat at the bride and groom as they were whisked away In ln horse-drawn horse vehicles The Rom Rom- Roman an bride used to carry a bouquet of ripened wheat on the stems In tn place of the beautiful flowers given given given en today i I. I Even en the wedding cake has been subject to change During Durin Queen Elizabeths Elizabeth's time the cakes were made of eggs sugar cur cur- currants currants currants rants and spice and every spectator sp tor armed with one threw it at atthe atthe atthe the bride as she crossed the thres thres- threshold threshold threshold hold of her new home To hit the bride on the head or shoulder marked a cake as a a. token of good fortune and the spectators eager eager- eagerly eagerly eagerly ly scrambled for them During Charles II reign the bakers con con- concocted concocted concocted many delicious cakes and the custom then originated of sleeping on a a. part of the tho wedding cake calc In early American history the newlyweds weds were generally the recipients re recipients re- re recipients of simple pieces of or furni furni- furniture furnitUre ture from neighborhood families The couples of or today are not sat sat- satisfied satisfied with a a. log cabin and second sec sec- second second ond hand furniture but set their eyes eu on op O the very best It seems that the days of log cabin presidents presidents presidents dents are past as well as the day I of Iron engagement and wedding rings |