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Show .tit Kt.DDIN0 RlrtO Attached to the us of tha ring In wedding and other ceremonle from tha earliest time there have beeo mys-! mys-! tie meaulsga. Whether tha plain hand or the oiotto-lnacrlbed article which tha changing time brought Into fash-Inn. fash-Inn. tha ring haa retained tha algnW-cauca algnW-cauca attached to It ai a aacred am-f am-f blem or an emblem typifying sacred ceremonies. To tha devoutly religious or (ha careles acuffer at religion the lltila circlet haa Ita charm. From the earlluat period mystic alg-niuiani alg-niuiani haa been associated Willi tha ring. In Ha clieulur coulluulty It wa accepted a a type of eternity and of (ba stability of art lion Tha Jawa Ciaka It aa Important frntura of tha etrothsj In tha marriage ceremony. Tha rings used In the Jewish marrlaie rite were souirlltnet of Isrge alte and tnuch elaboration of workmanship. It la necessary, scrupling to tha Jewish !' 1 law, tliut ma rings ha of a oarUIn val ue. It I rusiiilned and certified by tha olucltillng rabbi mi4 chief officers Of ttio rynsgogiio when It I3 received from tha bridegroom, wluiae absolute property It ru'mt. bo, anil not obtained by credit pr gift. When this la properly prop-erly rfrtWed tha ring la returned to biro and ha plicea It on the hrtda'e ; flnisee, rallllK attention Mi the fart that . , ahe la, by nifiaiia of thia ring, enn,a- trafed to him, and mi cornpletely hind-lug hind-lug la this action that, ahonld the marriage mar-riage not he further con-icrialcd, no other could he rontrneted by either party without a lei:al divorce, Polemn bitrothai by nienna of the rlnx often prircJ'd niiitrlinony In, the DihtdUi ajte and wan Biiiiintliuc ailopt-d ailopt-d between lovers who were ahiut to sepprato for luna: )iTln,U. Hhukofpenre tiaa more thtin onre nlludi'd to the cua-ioui, cua-ioui, whiili la nlixi'lutt'iy oiui. tr, 1 In hli "Two Ocntlemea of Verona," where Julia flvea I'roleua a ring, laying: "Keep you Ihla remembrance for tay Julia a aake," and he replica: "Why, then, we'll aiake airhange. Here, take you thla." Tha fourth finger of tha left hand haa from long uaage hcen conaerratrd to the wedding ring, from an ancient hellnf that from thla linger a nerve went direct to the heart. Ho completely complete-ly waa thla fanciful piece of pliynlology rounded In by tha (Ireeks and Roraana that their pbyalclana terra thla the med'cal or healing finger and ueed It to atlr their mliturra, from a notion that nothing noiloua could communicate communi-cate with It wltbuut Ita Klvlng linuin-illale linuin-illale warning by a palpitation of the heart. Tbla auperatltlon la retained In full forca In aome country ple. ee, notably not-ably In ICurupe, where all the IHiRcra of the band are thought to be Injurloiia eirept the ring finger, which Is thought to have tha power of curing any eore or wound which la stroked by It. |
