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Show EXPLAINED ONLY BY THEORY Origin ' of Band Called the Wedding Ring Is Wrapped in the Deepest Deep-est Obscurity. Why Is a wedding ring? Why does a man slip a ring on the finger of the woman who becomes his bride? Why doesn't he give her a bracelet or a necklace, neck-lace, or a pair of earrings? Why is a ring the universal symbol used at weddings? wed-dings? And what is it a symbol of? Ever stop to think about all this? Probably not. When you were ready to marry, you hustled off to the nearest near-est Jeweler's and bought a ring for your bridu, and, as fur as you were concerned, that ended the matter. The origin of the wedding ring la wrapped in obscurity. A number of theories have been advanced to. explain ex-plain it. One harks back to ancient Egypt. .Before the time of mints and coinage in Egypt, gold money was made In the form of a ring, nnd the fingers of a man's hands were his most convenient bonk. lie wore his ! money. When an enamored swain slipped one of these money rings on J his bride's finger, he did it to sym-' sym-' bollze that he gave her not only hlra-self, hlra-self, but Ills fortune. He meant, In fact. Just what the modern bridegroom ' means when he says In the ceremony of the ring at the altar. "With all my worldly goods I thee endow." ;, The styles today are bands of gold 'J or platinum, pluln or engraved, for ' wedding rings, and solitaire or cluster 4 rings of any kind of gems,' preferably 1( diamonds or pearls, for engagement il rings. |