, 1879-05-04
NUpTIAL PRELliliNARlN.
Efforts to Have Names Omitted
and Ages Changed.
Advice for the Benefit Of the Mythical
Sensible Woman.
The Young Man Who Threw the Re-
sponsibility on the Paper.

| 4 Suspicious Uase-The Record for the
past Week.
There is no one thing published In The Bum
DAY TRIBUNE, not even the society gossip nor
! the SherifI's sales, which meets with as much
! general acceptance, and Is as eagerly sought
| after as the record Of marriage licenses Nor is
this unnatural, for nowhere is there so much
| and so varied information given In SO condensed
! 3 form. Here is geographical knowledge IN the
] form Of house~numbers, combined with statis-
tical matter in the shape of ages, together With
curious names, with instructive notes regard
ing those who a1e widowed and remarked, and
| thosr who are divorced and remarked, aud vari-
] GUS odds and ends Of interest, from which the
statistician and the philosopher may draw valt-
able conclusions.
But, Judging from one or two little facts, that
part Of it all which is read with the most eager
ness IL that which gives the ages OF the ladies'
! who marry. This conclusion Is arrived ut from
| the iact that three or four times week persons
come in aud send n asking, first, that the license
| in certain case be omitted, and It that c2pnot
| be doue, thatfsomc hocus-pocus be played
| with the lady's aye for the purpose, probably,
/ OF preserving appearances, and moi ngME 100 100
! been telling her friends and ncighbors Tor tlic
last twenty or thirty. years. In all these cases
| the parties thus applying have been refused on
| the high moral ground that 1t wouldn't 90 Tor
the paper to muttlate public records But since
| there appears to be natural yearning on
| the part Of Young ladies to nave their
| ages appear less than they really are
| though no one can tell the reason why, since
! they look older than the ages wn!cn fhey assl1n
themselves, aud POSSESS faces which accuse tnen
| nf the fa1sehoO6-the DaOcr will klnUty
SUGGEST a WAY
in which they can get around the difficulty. It
| is thing very easily done, and must be put on
| the shoulders OF the young man: .se lt IS mno
goes to get the license. He 1t is who Is asked
| by the Clerk In that cold nnd indifferent man.
ner which has shocked so many q
! Young heart just trembling and ualp-
| tating on the verge ot its uttermost
bliss, What is the womau's age, sir3" All tint ~,
he is required to swear to is TINT she is over IL.
| Being over Is, he gives her nge to the best Of
his knowledge and belief All that is necessary,
then, is for tic young lady to direct him by the
| love he bears her, by the tcuder hopes OF the
future and the fond recollection Of the kisses Of
when In reality it is "a. Before marriage man
will commit any yenial and many mortal sius
for the sake OF the woman whom ne
loves. After marriage the case changes, and 1t
IS for other peoples wives that he sins. SO,
then, the wise woman will tnke time by the fore
lock and get her age officially enrered.on the
county Clerks book ut just that particular ng-
ufe which she fancies she would like TO adhere
to the next ten years. 4 compliance with these
suggestions will save girls many pangs OF NOR
tifcation, will save their lovers many useless
trips to the newspaper Office, and will save the
newspaper itself the panss OF refusal.
Aud yet the woman who Is sensible always
gives her age as more than 1t really is. To call
oneself 10 and to look % gives rise to remarks.
To look Is and to call oneself ~ IS to be the
object Of lattering comments. How aomlra-
~ r. hnr ftHf Il
constitution she must have. She owns to 80,
and she don't look day over 25." But no
sensible women have yet been around to have
their ages increased. In short, 10 this n1sttcr
quence than '*to bc.'' Ages are not to be meas
urcd by family Bibles aud baptismal records,
but by the faces and the forms Of girls
NO SUPPRESSION.
With those persons who asS for the total sup
preston of i marriage license the paper has no'
SYMPATHY The person who is ashamed Of the
fact that be is about to lead to the altar the !
visest andmost beautiful Of her sex deserves
no compassion. The only exception made Is in !
to the effect that be is about to elope with
young lady, and that it would seriously inter-
fero with his plans to have the license |
Published. . There came in, the other |
day person who said he was going to o take t out
ted in tho Sunday list. He was asked as To the |
reason why, ard stated that, while he intend
ed to marry the girl right OF, yet they were not
ready to 20 to housekeeping for q couple OF /
months, and, therefore, they should not live ]
together for that time; but, il it were known |
that he we're married, and were THUS liv-
ing separate from her, his relatives and |
friends would joke him on the
subject, and her relations and friends would !
joke her, and the result would be 3 great deal
Of misery. He was Informed that, under the
circumstances, no exception could be made in |
his case. Whereupon he said, apgrily, that
under tlose circumstances, he shouldn't take
out any license at all, and that if The newspaper !
chose TO take the responsibility OF prcaKuis VI
q matcn between two people VINO toVeq one
another, It could just do SO aud be hanged, too.
As for himself he considered that he, was freed !
from all responsibility in tile matter. He had |
done bis duty. OF he went, and he hasn't yet
tdlcn ont his license
~~' e'~ .
-. MATING SEASON
For some occult and unknown renson, the
first week OF May seems to be favorite time for
perpetrating matrtmony. It may be that the
mania for house-rentinr affects 1naideus as we'll
as w;vcs and th;at they too arc nnxfons to taste
a9 10 Se1;@h+a I ~ 1ndging' g'dsv ,yhich include
~ tLc oe.s.s ~ - o. ~ a,,'r 1872, h,,sh'nd
c1aeheu 1hafo!s, los1 aess. al a"s!y nuau.a, 80 =