Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1905 — The Wedding Ring. [ARTICLE]

The Wedding Ring.

In France there is a peculiar significance iu the ways in which the ring Is held at the precise moment of the utterance of the fatal words of the marriage vow. It the bridegroom slips the ring at once over the second joint It is a sign that he gives of the sovereignty of Ids own house, but if ns he repeats the words be merely holds it over the end of the finger, but does not let it slip down till afterward, it declares that he Intends to remain master and protector. Abroad the absence or presence of the wedding ring Is much more noticed than In England. In Norway it is considered dishonorable for n man not to bear the sign that be Is married. In modern Greece the husband wears a gold circlet, the wife a silver, a reminiscence of the ancient sun and moon worship, which still prevails In India.— London Madame.