Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1891 — The Engagement Ring. [ARTICLE]

The Engagement Ring.

The girl with a ring on her first finger is not to be found any more. The engagement ring is worn on either the middle or fourth finger, but never on the first, says the Jewelers' Review. At a recent wedding in New York the bride removed her right glove and the ring was placed on her righthand, instead of the left. The reason for this change is not known. The fourth finger of the left hand has been known as the linger for the wedding ring from the earliest times—it being supposed that the veins from this finger went straight to the heart. Perhaps the young ladies' hearts are changing nowadajs. The winter girl is marked by two characteristics — she has her hair frizzled all over her head, and she wears a ring on her little finger. He Can’t Do It.—A man may be moral without being religious, but he can’t be religious without being moral. You may be able to get rid of a bad cough or cold without Dr. White’s Pulmonarla, but tills medicine will cure your cough in half the time required with any other remedy. It is entirely harmless and pleasant to take. Three sizes—2sc, 50c, and sl, and every bottle warranted;