Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1888 — Mourning Rings. [ARTICLE]

Mourning Rings.

“Did you ever see a mourning ring?” asked a Maiden Lane jeweler of a Mail and Express reporter yesterday. “Well here, is one.” It is a heavy gold band, perfectly plain and with a seal in the shape of a coffin. It has a glass face, through which can be seen askeleton in gold. On the inside of the ring is the inscription in black enamel giving the initials of the deceased and the date of death. y “These designs were used over a century ago, and now they are to oe revived as the latest fad. Some young widows who find it difficult to indicate their bereavement when indoors with hat and flowing veil remove.i, take, advantage of the ring to announce to susceptible young men that they have returned to the matrimonial market. They need not look melancholy. A turn of the finger and the sad news is told.” “Do men use them?” “Most assuredly. Widowers have no way of announcing their loss except by the band on their hats. With a mourn tng ring all embarrassing inquiries, regarding the deceased wfie maybe avoided, and knowledge of the widower’s restored eligibility quickly and neatly imparted.”