Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-26
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Youthfni STarrIasss.

now THEY AnE MANAaED IN NEW YoRK.
Burleigh, who Is clergyman, and not a
..statesmAn," writes from New York to the BOs-
ton Journal that early marriages are the fashion
Of the day. Boys from sixteen to eighteen ap-
near in the Courts with writ of habeas corpus
Ii get possession Of q child-wife. Signals hang
onf from fashionable boarding Schools which
the initiated understand. The first-olass hotels
are kept In state OF alarm over missing maidens
WHO run OF with lads. No publishment, no
license aud no certificate are necessary to make
valid marriage Though divorce Ia 3 difficult
lining in that State, the pathway 10 matrlmony
n as broad and the gate Is - wide % that road
tbat leads TO destruction. Any priest msgis-
trate or Justice can marry party, whether any
Of them reside in the State or not. Marriage ID
a civil contract, and II entered into by the par
tsa in the presence Of witness, II Ia as valid and
binding as II performed by the Rabbi at Jerusa-
lam or the Holy Father at Rome. s9 a-
Just outside of Brooklyn is beautiful suburb
known as Bay Ridge. One would travel thou
sInds Of miles without finding prettier spot.
IL lies ON = high eminence, overlooking New
York bay, and is occupied by the elegant dwell
inqA of the merchant princes Of the city. The
plsoe has been stirred to its profoundeet depths
by wedding that has just come OF. The par
Ties belong to aristocratio households, and their
ages are eighteen and seventeen. The bride
groom is an underslzed lad, green and retir-
Ing. He walks regularly TO school, with his
hooks under one arm and his luncheon under
the other, in tin box. He bears a. little ap-
pearsnce Of a young man matrimonially in
clined as a cosset grazing on the hillside.
The intimacy between the two was not pleasant
tothe young lady's family, and she was forbidden
TO keep company with her adorer. This only in
tensihed matters. and led 10 clandestine meet
ings The young lady was sent to Europe. The
father Of the young man, who favored the
match, sent his boy abroad on the steamer that
sailed the day after. When the young lady and
her family reached the dock at Liverpool, the
first sight they saw was the form OF the terrible
Young man awaiting the arrival Of the party
His vessel was the swiftsr, and reached Liver
pool first. He quietly but persistently followed
the company through their continental wander
ings He was always bound to the same place
was ready at the exact time-never missed .
train nor was late. He not only went In the
same train but, when he could bribe the guard,
got into the same compartment, lodged in the
same hotel, had seat at the same table, and by
an adroit feeling of the steward had his tea and
toast en- faulile He was ignored and snubbed.
and treated with disdain but all to no purpose.
He stood against the car door when the party
got out, and was in sight when the train stopped.
pothingtloth, followed The clandestine inter-
views we're renewed, and the family gave at last
their reluctant consent to the marriage. The
announcement contained the ominous words
mo Cards" The child wife followed the boy
husband to his home. The youngster has left
school and given up snowballing, and the parties
will soon settle down to the sober business Of
housekeeping. The mischief is that the exam
pie is contagious, and rumor has it that half q
dozen young ladies' are locked up in their cham
bers to keep them from an elopement.