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Zurich Herald, 1921-06-23, Page 3JUNE, TOE REST M4NTE! DFTHE YEAR SUPERSTITIONS HOARY WITH AGE. Curious, Quaint and Beautiful Customs of Various Lands Are Here Described. Why are May weddings regarded ae .unlucky? Why are June weddings specially 'propitious? And why, oh, why, should old shoes be flung after and, indeed, at the bride? What say the.•lioets? • Marry in May, And rue the day. But, on the other hand:. Marry in June, All life be in tune, All three of these superstitions are hoary With age. They were already antiquated when the legend about St. Swithin's Day was invented. It might be toa much to say that they are as old as marriage itself: But they cer- tainlY antedate the classic age. Thus Ovid; in his "Pesti," refers to what he deeciibes as the familiar belief that Viay'is a bad month in which to marry. And the ,same poet, after careful in- vestigation, of the various months of the year, selected June for the time of his own daughter's wedding, be- cause; as he said, it was "good to the man • and happy to the maid." That June should be a favorite month for weddings is explicable from its character as the month of roses and other flowers; although the be- ginning of May was the time, of the Fioralia festival of the old Romans. Still the partialty for June has never been as marked or as general as the avoidance of May, While the Romans preferred June, • the Greeks greatly in- clined to January. The Russians have long had a belief," said to have come down from the early klastern Church, that weddings at Easter bring wealth, at Ascension Day health, at Whitsun- tide domestic felicity and at Trinity Sunday many offspring. Shoes Take Prominent Part. tiseinent, The ,sante epetom'of early, walk, about the town Until his Wife, lug.a slipper or.sandal'has preve,iled saw fit to run after him,,avertake WM, from ancient times' among other Ori- • and lose him; when he was• 'relieved ental pe'oples; and' is still` feleitliar: - of 'his burden. The distance` which 4.nzong the Nestorians it was (nee the his wife Jet him run before releasing, custom for the groom to kick the bride him was variously interpreted as in aid for her then to remove from his dicative: of the strength of her affec- foot the sandal with which he `'lzad tion for him, of • her, bashfulness, and', kicked her: Some Jews struck their, of her:. sense of humor, This custom br ides light blows with a slipper, as a was strictly enforced; the man who token that they mast thereafter be was last "creeled" having charge f submissive to their will, In Russia directing and superintending its :nil s tion upon the next who was married. Burdensome and even painful as some of these ancient customs were,; it may be that some couples of the present day would find them less grievous and embarrassing than some', of the more sophisticated practices of the twentieth century, it was an ancient custom for the grootn on the wedding night to require the bride„ to kneel 'before him and pull off his boats, In one of the boots was a small whip, and, in the other a purse of money. If she pulled off first the. boot containing the whip, he struck her with the lash, as a token • that iahe night thereafter expect frequent flog- gings ; while if ; sho first disclosed the purse, he would lavish gifts upon her and their domestic life would be hap- py. A variant of this was practiced by Martiu Luther, who, after perform- ing the wedding ceremony, took off a shoe of the bridegroom and placed it upon the bride's pillow, as a remind- er that she must always be subser- vient to her husband. The custom of throwing old shoes after the bride is of comparable an- tiquity, though it has assumed' many different forme. Among the Jews, probably before our .era,, it was cus- tomary to_ carry a slipper, preferably one well worn, at the head of a wed- ding procession, in token of the com- ,plete submission of the bride to her husband; though it is' not known that !it was indicative of his use of it after the orthodox manner of inflicting, elms - History of Wedding Ring. The wedding ring, now so essential a part of the service and so indispens- able an object, seems to have come in- to use at a comparatively recent date, and . to have had at first less signifi- cance than now. It was given as only one:. among various presents and, as an embletn of eternity, was meant to indicate the lasting nature of the mari- tal vows. Among our Anglo-Saxon an- cestors it was the custom for the pros- pective bridegroom, on becoming be- shows how old you are. Pinch it and trothed to his intended bride, to give you will see. If you are young the her certain presents called a "wed," or 'skin will almost instantly become pledge; from which word the word smooth again. Later in life, if pinched "wedding" is derived. As essential I;p, it will retain the crinkle for some moments. In youth the nailsare smooth and usually have a ,slight rosy tint. As Age Shownby the Tland. It is ouly within very recent years that women have thought it worth while to give proper care to their hands. Nowadays the average shop-. girl bestows more attention upon her nails than did . the "fine lady" of a generation or two ago, Thereis much other care given. to the hands, including massage—the lat- ter of special importance because it tends to keep the flesh plump and dis- courages wrinkles, Wrinkles common- ly appear on the -bands before the face shows any, and thus a woman's hands may betray her age. One might even say that the hands grow old sooner than the face. The fatty tissue that lies immediately be- neath the skin gradually shrinks with the passage of years; the skin be- comes loose and falls into folds. The skin on the back , of your hand part of this "wed" was a ring, which was placed upon the girl's right hand; in brief, an engagement ring, as we now know it. That ring was never re- years go on they lose their calor and moved, under pain of breaking the en- somewhat of their delicate texture, gagement, until the wedding, when the often exhibiting in later life minute bridegroom himself removed . it and placed it upon the left hand, to serve as the wedding ring. Then he placed It upon each of the four fingers in suc- cession, saying at the first "In the name of the Father," at the second "In the name of the Son," at the third "And in the name of the Holy Ghost," and at the fourth "Amen." An old Scottish custom, now prac- tically if not 'entirely extinct, was that of "creeling" the bridegroom. It was practiced on the day afer he wedding. Early in the morning, often before the newly -married couple had arisen, the neighbors flocked to the" door, and summoned the bridegroom to appear: Then they seized him, bound upon his back a large creel, or basket•, and filledit with stones. Thus laden he was compelled to run, or' at least to S n ame5 mad Thar Origin BENNE,iT Variations—Bennis, Bennison, Senn, Benedetto, Di Benedetto, Bennewitz, Benedict, Benedict. . • • • .. ,Racial Origin—English, German, !tali- ' an, Slavic. Source—A given name. Family names in this group are quite widespread, not only among Eng- lish-speaking peoples, but among vir- tually all the countries of Europe. So many variations are there, in fact, that it is not practicable to discuss thein all in one article. The group, of course, is the out- growth of the given name of Benedict, or, to give it the original 'Latin form, Benedietus. This given name has a meaning of "blessed," or more literal- ly, "well spoken of." it naturally rank- ed high in the Middle' Ages as a given name, and quite logically there de- veloped from it a host of family names. Bennett is the survival as a sur - tame of a Norman diminutive of the given name. Bennis represents a short- ening from Bennison, which in turn Was a development of "Bennettson." Senn is a still further shortened ex- ample. Benedetto and Di Benedetto are Italian forms, the latter being closer to the original, the "di" mean- •ing "of" and standing for "son of." In this country there has been a strong tendency to drop the "di" from trans- planted family names. Benedict appears for the most part to be a straight English development from the given name, while • the "k" in Benedikt betrays German influence. Bennewitz in its ending, which also indicates "son," comes from farther east, in view of which it is interesting to notice the similarity of this ending and the old Norman-French prefix "Fitz," with exactly the same mean- ing. corrugations lengthwise. Careful manicuring will do much to obviate any such appearance of change. A SMILE IN EVERY DOSE OF BABY'S OWN TABLETS E TO EAT "WHAT YOU WANT Stomachs Can be Restored to a Healthy 'Condition. Not to be limited in diet, but to eat whatever he pleases is the dream of every dyspeptic. No one pan honestly promise to restore any stomach to this happy condition, because all people • cannot eat the samo things with equally .satisfaptory results. But It if,possible to so tone up the diges- tive organs that a pleasing diet may be selected from articles of food that cause; no discomfort. When the stomach lacks tone there is no quicker .way to restore it than. to build up the blood. Good digestion, without rich, red blood is impossible, and D. Williams' Pink Pills offer the best .Way to enrich the blood. For thisreason these pills are especially gook to stomach,. trouble attended by thin blood, and In attacks of nervous dyspepsia. . Proof of the value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in cases of indi- gestion; le given by Mr. John A. Ma- Donalyl, Tarbot, N.S., • who says: "Ever,, sufferer from -indigestion has my heartfelt sympathy,.as I was once myse7 a bond slave to it. Eating •at all became a trial, and as time went on, r;hecame a mere skeleton of my former self. I took all sorts of re- commended, medicines,- doctors' and advetised, but to no avail. Then a friend .said to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. ':I got a box and I thought be- fore'hey were done I could feel a change. Then I got six boxes more, and; by the time they were used I was eating my meals with regularity and enjoyment. My general health is now good, and it is no wonder that I am an. enthusiastic advocate of Dr. Williams' Pick Pills." Yon cam'procure Dr. Williams' Pink Baby's Own Tablets are a regular joy giver to the little ones -they never fail to make the cross baby happy. When baby is cross and fret- ful the mother may be sure something is the matter for it is not baby's na- ture to be cross unless he is ailing. Mothers, if your baby is cross; if he cries a great deal and needs your con- stant attention day and night, give him a dose of Baby's Own Tablets. They ire a. mild but thorough laxative whieh will:.,quiekly .regulates the: bowelsand stomach and thus relieve constipa- tion and indigestion, colds and simple fevers and make baby happy—there surely is a smile in every dose of the Tablets. Baby's Own Tablets are sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. SELLERS. Variations -Seiler, Seeier, Sadler. Racial Origin—English, Source—Occupation. It is not possible to tell with ac- curacy in the the individual case Which of two sources these family names have come from, with the ex- ception xception of the last named. It may be taken for granted, how- ever, that, like, Sadder, the rest of them in ,the vast majority of cases come from the occupation of making saddles. The assumption, that there is any connection with our modern word "seller," .or salesman, is erron- eous, for the medieval English did not use this, word to. designate trades- men.. Sadler is a form of the name trace- able to the Anglo-Saxon word. "Sell," however, was the word most often used by the Normans in the early period to denote a saddle, and it en- dured for a long' time. In fact, it did not become obsolete until after Spen- cer wrote: - y "He left his loftey steed with golden sell, And goodly gorgeous barbes." The form Sellers, Seller and Seeler, however, may also be derived from the old word "seler," which was the ap- pellation of ' those craftsmen who. manufactured seals. • Saves Time -Saves Healt Here is a table drink made aS qpickly as you can pourapt water into the cup x delights the taste, and utsCS none of the harm. that 'often ochres front tea and coffee. e 4 y�f infkyr kiwi A DEVERAe5 ,{ IM..ri.11 p.,lt.n.f tf.l.••t r '. MM.,. i'. l Coin pry.. slusriiaroo P ¢p UAe. panr MiraM , N. `"im :stir "r 4Y M r�. :A YeeCS2+'.7N3'F:d7.CW:k.:.«a1:e."este The Path of Labor. Never in a costly palace did I reet on golden bed, Never in a hermit's cavern have I .eaten. idle bread, Born within a lowly stable, where the cattle round me stood, Trained a carpenter in Nazareth, 1 have toiled anti found it good. They who tread the path of labor fol- low where my feet have trod; They who work, without complaining do the holy will of God. Where the many toil together, there am 1 among my own-, Where the tired workman aieepeth, there am 1 with him alone, I, the peace that passeth knowledge, dwell amid the daily strife, 1, the bread of heaven, am broken in the sacrament of life. -Henry Van Dyke. Ask for Minard's and take no other. A Poem. Seeing,, it is a gladdening thing; White birds against morning sky. Blowing poppies, nodding grasses, Light that grows and fades and passes, - Young leaved poplars shining high. And God be thanked that gave us hear- ing For children's laughter, . sweet and bold, For winds that whisper old hills round, For every intimate sweet sound The quiet golden evenings hold. • But oh, 'tis scent that makes immortal The Tittle lives of mortal igen! Roses with haunting sweetness riven,. Incense, to lift 'men's hearts to Heaven, Lilacs, to draw themhome again. --Margaret Adelaide Wilson. Pills: through any dealer in medicine or they will be sent you by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing' direct to The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville. Ont. Old Man. Old man, old man, sitting in the sun, What was the struggle worth now the race is run? How does life look to you now its all behind? Under your bald pate what lingers in ,:your mind? I wonder if you cherish still The, blue day on the windy hill When- first your eyes met hers, and ' things, Bright as a pigeon's sheeny wings Flashed through you, and delight Burned' you with kisses white. I weal,der,do you dwell with pride thrall** rough days •- in which you led K M ,•es 'Your strength. against your fellowmen, And won and lost and won. again— .; Good Joke; Few Clothes. 1.1e --"Will you marry me?" She—"Do you think you could keep me in clothes?" He ---"Well, partly in. You wouldn't want to dress out of style, would you?" In the Good Old Summer Time. "How's this back to the farm move- ment progressing?" "Pine right now," said Mr. Cobbles, eyear "All the . town kin I've got want to. come out an' pay me a visit" Not So Fast. Uncle Hayseed: "Then city folks ai'n't so fast as •I was s1'tpposin'." Aunt Furby: "How's that, John?" Uncle Hayseed: • '`I went to one of them theatres and, they were still a- pi.ayin' 'Hama' that I seed ten years ago., Parting For Ever, He (tremblingly) "I have one last wi-wish to ask you be -before we part in anger for ever." She (sobbingly) : "Wha-what is it, Geo -George?" Ho: "Wi-will you me -meet me next Th -Thursday as us usual?" She: "I wi-will, George." Father Knew. After correcting Tonttny for the thousandth time for talking in school, his teacher decided to speak of this fault to the lad's father, She there- fore .:added ,this remark to her hest Mort! "Tommy talks a, great deal." "It two days the report came ,back, correctly Signed by Tommy's father, with the cSntniett: „Pratt aught to hear his mother!" >zappy to toil and strive That you should be alive! Is gladness hid in moonlit eyes When, love cornea sighing through the leaves? Or is''it garish, stressful days To which your hungry fancy strays— Green seas, the busy mart, Which wrote upon your heart? • Have you regret for marriage ties? Did children make you sad and wise? What mattered much? What not at all"? And, prithee, what would you recall And leave undone, to reap Sounder and sweeter sheep? Old- man, old man, drawing near the night, Speak wisely through your beard, an- awer me aright— That I may have good dreamings when life is done, Leaving me to bide as you, cold in the sun. —Dale Coiling. Explorers Advance Toward Mt. Everest. Somewhere in the tangled maze of the southern Himalayan Mountains three parties of British engineers are working their way through unexpleeed, gorges and passes toward the base ,of Mount Everest, says a despatch: from Darjeeling, Bengal. They are 'blazing the, way for the expedition that will at- tempt later this sumaner to scale the granite walls of Everest and conquer the highest peak ou the globe. •The first party'to leave Here was commanded by"Majorr Morshead, which Definitely Located. An emigrant ship was wrecked, and many survivors landed on the Falk- land Islands. When the news reaehed home, the minister of a church to which some of the emigrants had be- longed included in the service a prayer for the victims of the wreck. Being a very cautious man, he worded his prayer in this way: "Be with our brethren stranded in the Falkland Islands, which are situ- ated in the South Atlantic ocean." Following Advice. "He's perfectly quiet, ladies," re- marked the man to the two girls who were about'to hire a pony and trap. "Only you must take care to keep the rein off life tail." "We won't forget," they said. When they returned he asked them how they got on. "Splendidly," they explained. "We had one sharp shower, but we took it in turn to hold the umbrella over the horse's tail, so there was no real danger." AFRAID TO GO OUT ON STREET ALONE MRS. BEVERAGE LIVED IN FEAR OF ATTACKS. Dizzy Spells Overcome After Taking Tanlac and Doesn't Feel Like Saine Person. . "Taniac has relieved me of my sut fering and I just can't praise it enough.," said Mrs. Margaret Beverage, 305 Hughson St, Berth, Hamilton, Ont. "For two years my appetite was very poor and I. suffered a greeis deal from formation of gas on my stumach. I was also troubled with frequent at tanks of dizziness end w,as actually afraid to go out or even get away •' from something to hold on to. One of these dizzy spells came on while I. was calling onone of my grandchild- ren one day and I just fell .right down. on the lawn. Last spring, when I started taking Tanlac, I had been con- fined to my bed for a month and was so weak I could not walk. "Tanlac helped me from the very start, as I have not had a weak spell since I started taking it and I feel so good I can hardly realize that I'm the same woman. The dizzy spells are gone, my appetite is fine and every- thing I eat agrees with me peefectly. I have recommended Taniac to any number of my friends and, 1 am glad to say, it has benefitted them all. I just wish I could tell everybody who suffers as I did what Tanlac did for Inc.,, Tanlac is sold by leading druggists everywhere. Adv. New French Stoups. The French recently held a com- petition far designs intended for a new issue of postage stamps. Nearly all of the designs submitted were sug- gested by the war; the best ones show a splendid Gallic cock crowing in triumph, the heed of a pallet in a steel helmet and a head representing France in a winged cap. None of the designs won the highest prize offered, for none was thought sufficiently orig- inal or striking to merit it. It may be that none of the three prize-winning designs will replace the present grace- ful design of the Sower, though the matter has not yet been decided. Minard's Liniment Relieves Common Taters! A country clergyman was preach- ing on an obscure point of theology, which he explained in an original and striking manner. He concluded by Saying, "Tills is enti Sly my own view Gommentators'"do not agree with Tile' The next day he was informed that one of his parishioners wished to see him. • Going into his study he was greeted with cordiality by one of his sidesmen, who happened to be a mar- ket gardener. "IVIorning, sir," beamed the caller. "Heard you say yesterday as common taters didn't agree wi' yer, sa I've brought a sack of my best. Hope you'll get on better with them," MONEY ORDERS. Send a Dominion Express Money Order. They are payable' everywhere. • Why He Was Late. Amongst the many stories that are current concerning the new Unionist leader, Mr. Austin Chamberlain, is one about an incident that happened at Highbury, his father's seat near Birmingham. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain had laid out a plantation of younger fir trees in the grounds, of which he was exceed- ingly proud, notwithstanding the fact that the majority of the sappiings measured no morn than two or three feet in height. One evening it chanced that Mr. Austen turned up late at a dinner party to which. a number of notables has been bidden. The son entered in fear and trem- bling, for he knew that unpunctuality was the one unpardonable sin in his father's eyes, "You are very late, Auste," said the cyhicaeid. Neuralgia It's good to have money, and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while, and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money won't buy. There is one divorce for every seven marriages in Japan, one for every ter: marriages in the United . States, and one for every tell thousand in Eng- landa America's Pioneer Dog Remad3em Book on BOG BOSEAST3 and Row to Feed Mailed Free to any Ad- dress by tho Author. IL • Clay Glover Co., Ino, 112 West 21st Street New York. U.S.A. ASPIRIN "Bayer" is only Genuine Warning! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting genuine Aspirin all: In every Bayer package are directions for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheu- matism, Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug- gists also sell larger packages. Made in Canada. Aspirinis the trade mark (registered in Canada), of Bayer Manu- facture of Monoaceticacidester of Sala latter reprovingly. "Yes, I'm sorry," replied the culprit, at a loss for a moment for a suitable excuse. Then his face brightened and a proceeded up the Teesta Valley and twinkle tains into his eyes. over what is known as the Kangrila Couldn't possibly get here before, father," he said. route. The other two units, "I lost my way in com- manded by 'Colonel Bury, intend to your new forest. meet the Morshead party at Iihamba Jong. Then the combined expedition will strike westward toward the vil- lage of Tengri Jong, which is about thirty miles north of the Everest group. A permanent base will be se- lected near that village and from it alit start the party which will try to reach the summit of the dominating peak of the range. f work o theactual wo 1 Before scaling Be Everest can begin, however, engineers must survey all approaches to the mountain and try to find the most practicable route to the top. This re- connaissance work le the chief task assigned the men now working their way rota the mountains. Communities of ants have their warrior class, and two fighting ants of.rdiif4leit ;tribes w,iii put upa great ' w bakile, aii:;,t>i,',4th n, powerffd tup- The.ysun.gives ''800,000 flame more tiers z i ke• short woele of one another Light than the moon, • once they get to 17:,1ds, "Milk," manufactured from chop- ped oats, ground peanuts, and a little water, is said to resemble the cream- iest product of the cow. Rural Route No. 1, Maseouohe, Quobee. 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Well, I tried it and kept at it for •exactly two months, with the result that• it has entirely removed• all trace of the tumor, and were it Beit that theyhad been, qut. fifteen, years ago: no mark wotild,abeseeii ,1 have pot been asked for• thit.teati oniti,l e,nd• you Sen .See . t tS f ou tt, use it y • (Sgnetl) irl2x+D C. ;LtO'C3"iNSUN any'r' farmer tttit1 intentrticlir^' 1liinarc1 4 1,iniment on mare for a strairn.l Itendon, atad airs ho,ing for r1 meresults. All over baby's face„ Cance in water' blisters and then formed a solid scale. Began to tele and burn: so lead to bandage his bands as be wanted to scratch. Face cva sbad badly disfigured. "Trouble lasted months. Began Lasing Cutiu'uruSoap and O1nt•- sneaat. Used one cake Soap and one box Ointment when he was healed. Front signed statement of Mrs. Albert Mils, Wettetiberg, N. S. For every purpose of the toilet • Ciatiettrca Soap, Ointncant atad Tal.- • Jewel are srtpreme. Soap 2so,' Ointotea.2 eeci mace. 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