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Show WEDDING RING; FACTS AND FANCIES OF THIS I SYMBOL OF MARRIAGE r By ROSE ANN ASTILL Do wedding rings tell tales? This Is one of the many and uncommon questions ol which one would hardly I think, yet it has a score of answers, each particularly interesting In its own way. But have you ever thought about li seriously? What does youi 'wedding ring mean to you? Did it , rat occur to you that a persou, acquainted ac-quainted with the various types of rings the passing years bav brought, can Just about guesB how x e 1 ii married l glanc-I glanc-I Ing at your wedding ring? I Facts concerning the origin of the w pdding ring were either lost or stolen In their transport from Hie earh history of the world to the proa ont month and day, Ool 10, 1920, as 'lis previous history is practically un-I un-I i on 11 Proo ihlj soim-one will stumble stum-ble upon ihe definite (Into of its birth ' in a long unused encyclopedia, yel-j yel-j lowed by age and mantled with dust, or perhaps the date has teen well buried and lost forever like Captain IKldd'S 'pieces of eight' WHO FIRST USED THEM? Known fads claim thai the Jews were tho first to establish the custom cus-tom of a marriage ring, but. it Is ; thought, their true history begins In (the streets ol Rome when the glories and fame of that dlslanl c ity were sung far aud wide In (hose days when a hero knight was practically practical-ly minus of future prospects and I sweethearts, and brides were beyond j acquaintance, he donned his best '; loga and sought the slave market. Here he critically surveyed each girl, (purchased one which pleased his ' fancy, and led her to his dwelling by means of a large woeden ring passed over ihe head anil fastened about the neck. She was then made his wife e.nd n smaller ring was placed upon Iher finger to "take the place of the ! larger ring As the custom passed j down in history, the head or neck i ring was disposed of and tnd&vj njly I I he fiii'-er rlne iS worn. I WOE TO THE GROOM Time has also wrought changes in I old lime customs of love and court-Iship. court-Iship. Today the modern girl, unlike Iher sisters of the past, is not led to tho altar ol matrimony The mod-iern mod-iern hero must storm her heart with j flowers, books, fancy bon-bons and jewelry, he must own, above all, a jear, and must earn a siulicii ni al iary to dress her In the 'nth degree !of fashion before she consenfs to I of ler her hand for the marriage ring. And undoubtedly the wedding ecu -moiny would not be complete without the ring and woe betide the groom, I if he appears without it. owing to the wonderful progress 'that ihe modern WOBtes has made in !lhe present day, it's a wonder she IhasD'l changed the custom of wear-ling wear-ling her wedding ring on the left 'hand, for the left hand implies her complete subjection to the wishes of hex husband. The wedding ring is always worn on the third finger, for .l.e simple fact, that it i.s said to be nearest the heart. .Science has proved that a vein from Ihe heart tnds Into the third finger of tho hu hand Hut. in all probability! time, custom and form have decreed J that a woman shall wear her marriage mar-riage ring on the 'bird finger of her left hand, even though she win world Wide suffrage, invade the political po-litical field to her heart's content, establish her own business and rule her own home. , Various customs of wedding ring ceremonies are observed in dlfiereni countries In many nuptial services a ring la worn by both the bride and groom. In Russia, the groom wears , B gold ring representing the sun and I implying his supervision, mastery and 5 sway over his household The brul- j wears a silver ring, characteristic of the moon, and implying her subjection subjec-tion to her husband's will. Hindu 1 couples exchange ring- The English ' bride wore a narrow banded ring J With a perfectly rounded- surface sug-g sug-g tive of thin gold wire. The first s brides in the United States used t wide bands of gold with a flat surface. sur-face. Gradually these rings were 1 cut. from time to time, to narrower , designs. But undoubtedly, the truly ; wide wedding ring lost its popular- ' ity about 1905 Since that time Ogden Og-den brides have been more interested in the newer types of rings, made on I a decided original basis. These are J sugared with delicate cuttings of orange blossoms and dainty leaves. ' Green and red gold are two of the most popular metal used, with platinum plat-inum following as a close second. While gold Is used to a certain cx-tenl cx-tenl Eighteen karat gold has been found lo be harder than elthei twenty-two karat or fourteen karat gold, and employ t-d to the greater extent. The newest type of engagement and wedding ring has nor yet reached Ogden. Doth rings are worn on the same finger, the wedding i inc fii-. fii-. o close to tho engagemeui rin thai it can be hardly detected, 'this ring has been named the Bngawed ting, coined from the two words engage" and 'wed' About 890 wedding wed-ding rings were sold in Ofden during the last year. QUOTES GIBBER 'oh' how many tormenis lie in tho small circle of a wedding ring," wrote Coller Gibber, which is a true saying it the rlnv has been presented by the wrong heio. Someone else said, Aud wedding rings aru perfectly per-fectly lovable If given by the om-and om-and only loved ono " It's up to ihe younger generation In Ogden to make each wedding ring hold its own world ot mean ing, for they will undoubtedly be In fashion until the last chapter of the Revelation" as recorded in the Bible by St. John. Kings th-.it. loop their gold band around two hearts thai beat as one with loi e and periect un. j derstandiug will fully appreciate the lines written by Gerald Mnssey on ' A Wedding Day." 1 "Cling closer, closer, life to life, Closer, closer, heart to heart. The time will come, my own wed 1 wife. When you and I must part! Let nothing break our band but death ' For in the world above, 'Tis the breaker Death that solderelh ' Our ring of Wedded Love oo |