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Remember (wojman, that
you are dust, and unto dust
you shall return. You may
be painfully aware of the
transitories of life as you
try to remember the thou
sands of things you abso
lutely have to get done before
the big day (your wedding,
not the Resurrection, you big
dummies). Here's a calen
dar, compiled by "Woman 's
Day "magazine and reprint
ed from last year 's wedding
guide, to help you schedule
your wedding plans.
Six months before
wedding
Decide on a wedding date and
style traditional or modern. Plan
your budget.
Choose a reception location.
Make reservations.
Talk to your clergyman or of
ficiant. Choose your attendants.
Tt" Pick a color scheme for the
wedding.
tAt Begin a guest list.
Shop for your wedding dress or
arrange to have it made. Order your
bridesmaid attire.
Select a caterer.
Select a florist.
7 Book the musicians and decide
on the music.
Select a photographer andor
videotape company.
Start planning your honeymoon.
-pf Start looking for an apartment
or house.
TT Register with bridal registries.
Three months be
fore wedding
Finalize the guest list,
Order wedding invitations,
announcements and stationery.
Begin shopping for your trous
seau. fa Shop for the mothers' wedding
cit t i rc
ir Order wedding attire for the
men.
it Arrange for at tendants' fittings.
Schedule physical examinatioas
and blood tests.
-jSr Finalize all details of reception.
Make your honeymoon reserva
tions. Tr; Sign lease on new residence.
Two months be
fore wedding:
fa Mail invitations.
if Arrange for the wedding re
hearsal and party.
fc Buy presents for each other.
fa Order the wedding rings.
fa Reserve rental equipment, if any.
fa Arrange for the wedding por
trait to be taken at your final fitting.
One month before
wedding:
fa Apply for a marriage license.
fa Order flowers for the ceremo
ney and receptioa
fa Order personal flowers.
fa Shop for shoes.
fa Decide on jewelry.
fa Go for your final gown fitting
and wedding portrait.
fa Plan bachelor party and bri
desmaids' party.
fa Make hotel reservations or
lodging arrangements for out-of-town
guests.
fa Arrange transportation for the
bridal party.
fa Make beauty salon appoint
ments for the wedding party.
fa Send wedding announcement
and bridal portrait to your local paper.
fa Look into new insurance cover
age or make necessary policy changes.
Two weeks before
wedding:
fa Confirm the final guest list,
Inform the caterer.
Decide on seating arrangement
for reception. Write place cards.
fa Try on your wedding gown and
veil with wedding hairdo and makeup.
fa Change your name and address
on all credit cards, charge accounts,
bank accounts and important docu
ments. fa Notify the post office of your
new address.
fa Set your new home in order.
fa Confirm honeymoon reserva
tions. One week before
wedding:
fa Finalize all details with the
caterer, musicians, florist, baker, pho
tographer and limousine service.
fa Tell your attendants the date
and time of rehearsal.
fa Inform the best man and maid
or matron of honor of any special
responsibilities.
fa Check to see that attendants'
wedding attire is satisfactory.
fa Prepare the wedding announce
ments for mailing on wedding day.
fa Start packing for your honey
moon. fa Have the bachelor and brides
maids' parties.
One day before
wedding:
fa Relax and enjoy!
ings popular throughout history
NEW YORK (AP) - The history
of the ring, like the ring itself,
literally has no beginning and
no end, research by the Jewelry
Industry Council shows. Excavations
have turned up rings from as far back
as 1400 B.C.
The French digs at Enkomi,
Cyprus, in 1930 unearthed a massive
ring of electrum, a light yellow alloy
of gold and silver, with two figures on
it. It depicted a draped seated figure
on a throne approached by another
wearing a lion's skin and horns.
"While 3,400 years ago may seem
astounding, consider that some histo
rians venture to guess that Neander
thal man wore rings as early as 30,000
B.C.," says Kae McCulloch, fashion
director of JIC.
Rings have long played an impor
tant role with humankind, she points
out. They have served as door keys,
money, even validity of citizenship. In
Roman times, key-shaped rings were
either worn on the thumb, or sus
pended from a girdle. Free men and
freed slaves in Rome were privleged
to wear gold rings denoting their citi
zenship around 40 B.C.
Roman gladiators wore heavy wide
rings forerunners of today's brass
knuckles, and used for the same
purpose.
Satirist Juvenal (50-130 A.D.) des
cribed "summer and winter" rings:
open filigree "for hot weather" and
heavily gemmed ones "best for
winter."
"Surely vanity inspired the thumb
ring of Hindu women that held small
mirror so milady could easily check
her coiffure," McCulloch says.
Watch rings made their appearance
in the 17th century, making up in
beauty and design for their shortcom
ings in timekeeping, she adds.
"Today, we are most familiar with
wedding, engagement, cocktail,
school, birthstone and eternity rings,"
she notes, "but throughout history,
rings have included everything from
the infamous poison rings of the bor
gias to innocent perfume rings.
Memorial rings with a strand of the
deceased's hair commemorated the
dead and were given to family and
friends. Posy rings, sometimes called
gypsy rings since gypsies sold them,
carried mottos: "For a kiss...take
this."
Signet rings, coronation rings,
ecclesiastical and religious rings, are
all part of the ring story. Many rings
have historic significance, McCulloch
points out. Caesar learned of the
murder of the great Roman general
Pompey when the general's seal ring
was brought to him.
An early diamond engagement ring,
from Maximilian of Austria to Mary of
Burgundy in 1477, can be seen today
at the State Museum of Vienna.
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