Show The Decay of Romance There is after all a deplorable lai k of romance in this progressive age fours f-ours paid a gentleman in om of our jewelry store yesterday In days gone by the betrothal r ng was considered consid-ered as a sort of lovetoken and the maiden who received it wore it and doted upon it because of the s irit in which it was given Now however the girls are very particular and it is no unusual thing for them to come here with their engagement engage-ment rings and have the settings changed an alteration made in the inscription in-scription or some other matter that dont just suit them corrected And the wedding wed-ding ring is no longer held so sacred as it used to be Why do you know it has not been long since a prospectivo bride came in alone and selected her own wedding wed-ding ring had it fitted to her finger left the order for the engraving to go within the band and then had the cost charged to her fiancee Now that sort of thing is calculated to knock romance higher than a kite IVilliamfport Ctiil |