Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-02-22

HOW THEY ARE MANAGED IN Nxw YORK.
VINO s,s s,s5g, man ~, ana R not
journal that early marriages are the fashion OF
the day. Boys from sixseen to eighteen apVeaI
in our courts with wit OF habeas corpus g.
get possession of child wife. Signals hang out
from fashionable boarding schools. which the
initiated understand. Our frss-class hotels are
kept in a state Of alarm over missing maidens
who run of with iads, NO punishment. NO Il
valid a marriage. Though divorce is dii1icult
thing in this state, the pathway to matrimony Il
as broad and the gate is as wide As that road
trste, or justice can marry party, whether any
of them reside In the state or not. Marriage 4
civil contract, and IL entered into by the par
ties In the presence Of witnesses, il is Is valid
and binding as if performed by the Rabbi at
Jerusalem or the Holy Father ut Rome
just oat.ide Of Brooklyn Is teautiful suburb
known as Bay Ridge. One would travel thsu-
sands OF miles without finding o prettier ssof.
Ii les on . high ennenee, Overlooking New
York bay, ana Is occupied by the elesan MT dwell
iings q the merchant princes OF our city. The
by wedding that has just come OF. The par
ties belong to ar stocratsc households and their
ages are Is and r.. The bridegroom u an an
dersized lad, green and retiring. Ne walks
regularly 20 schoo2 with his books under one
arm and his luncheon under the other in a tin
box. He bears a little appearance of . young
man matriIaonially inclined as a cosset grazing
on the hillside.
The intimacy between the two was not pleas
ant TO the young lady Is family, and she We for
hidden to keep company with her adorera This
only intensified matters, and led to clancestine
meetings The young lady was sent to Eueope.
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 aud
her family reached the dock at Liverpool the
hrst sight they saw was the form OF the terrible
Young man awaiting the arrival OF the party
His vessel was the swifter. and reached Liver
pool first. He quietly but Professionally followed
the company through their continental wan
behring's. He was always bound to the same
placc-was ready at the exact time-never miss
ed 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 a seat at the same table,
and by an adrOit feeling of the steward had his
tea and toast en- fapaiie. 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. The family fastened back, and
the young man. nothing 10th, followed. The
clandestine interviews were renewed, and the
family gave at last their reluctant consent to
the marriage. The announcement contained
the Ominous words, s'No Cards" The child
wife followed the boy-husband to his home.
The .youngster has left school and given up
snowball:ng, and the parties will soon settle
down to the sober business of housekeeping.
The mischief is that the example is contagious,
and rumOr has it that half a dozen young ladies
are locked up in their chambers to keep them
from an elopement.-N. J.. Commercial.