Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-09 | Page 4 | The Miracle of the Garter

111' THE MIRACLE OF HTi THE GARTER. Kg? j Here is something out of the ordt- aary in omens, and Is taken from,the Hljjj Helena Independent: i"1" "Chicago newspaper writers are fairly falling over each other in an j effort to discover adjectives enough I 5n the American language to describe how the old superstition "she who jljjjljj the garter of a bride will wear shall ljj married be within a single year" has Hil made good. There are a lot of Yolks who don't, or say they don't, believe in signs or superstitions, but it will be noticed whenever thero is a wedding wed-ding tho girls fairly break their pretty necks trying to grab the bride's bouquet bou-quet when It is thrown from the stairs. Likewise the moro Intimate girl frionds of the bride appreciate highly a garter as a bridal present. Well, down In Chicago less than a year ago a young school ma'am married. mar-ried. After tho wedding she gave six elaborately frilled pink clrcleta of silk and elastic to six of her girl friends. Five of these garter wearers wear-ers have boon married within the year and tho Bixth Is to wed this week. Even a widow In the party got married, but that Isn't especially hurprising to those who know widows." wid-ows." Now, If an enterprising merchant will induce a few brfdos to contribute a hundred or more garters to his stock of goods, what a business he will do. With a little faking, a now Industry might bo established.