, 1889-09-24
SO eAsHFuL ANo so SHY.
Connected with the Issuing Of
Marriage Licenses


Marriage licenses.
The marriage licenses will average
aboutsix day the yearround. The win
ter holiday season is when there is the
greatest rush. The days of the week
have their special preference among
most people, yet some young men
never stop to think about the day of
the week or the month, as to whether
it be considered lucky or unlucky.
Some prefer an odd number in the
date of the month, for odd numbers
are considered more lucky than the
even. Many will not take out a Ii
cence on the thirteenth day of the
month. They are prejudiced against
the number, notwithstanding the fact
there are thirteen" clubs who at their
banquets defy all superstition. Friday
is always a light day in taking out
marriage licenses. 1t may only just
happen that way, but the better rea-
son would seem to be that there is a
general prejudice against Friday as q
unlucky day. The license is usually
taken out the day before the wedding,
yet some wait till the last day. When
ever you see a young fellow with n
kind of bashful look walking up to
the county clerks desk late in the af-
ternoon and Just before the closing
hour, with hesitation in his manner
the clerks in the Office can usually
surmise is-mission. A man with a
deed TO file or who wishes to examine
an abstract will walk in a hurried or
business like way. But not so the av-
erage prospective bridegroom. He
will often, after having obtained the
license, ask the clerk to have it kept
out of the papers. The request is com
piled with by the clerk writing across
the names of the couple in the mar
riage license book, "Don't publish. "
This book is daily examined by MEM
bers of the Denver press, and the re-
quest is usually complied with, for
nine times out of ten a license marked
Don't publish" are names not gener-
ally known.
One day a reporter was at the desk
when a young laboring man made
the request not to have the license
published.
"Why do you not want the license
published3" asked the reporter, wish
ing to learn the reason why some
people are so anxious TO have their
marriage licenses kept secret. In reply
he said:
II am a poor man and can't afford
TO have it published. The boys would
all see it in the paper and it would
cost me $40 to set up the drinks. That
is the reason why l don't want it pub
lished."
A good, square, honest reason, was
it not1
Well, how many marriage licen-
ses today1" asked a Denver gentleman
of a Republican reporter one day,
glancing over his shoulder while copy
ing the names of prospective bride
grooms and brides.
did you take out a license7" was
the query answer of the reporter.
mo, sir"
What is the interest you take,
then, in these things2" asked the re-
porter.
Il am" he replied, ian insurance
agent. Young men, when about to
get married, are good subjects for life
insurance agents. By keeping a list
of the marriage licenses we know the
names of men who are quite likely to
take out life insurance"
Every man understands his own pc
culiar business, doesn't he7
There is another interesting feature
to this question. Sometimes a pretty
and fair maiden comes in and asks in
in a quiet don't-you-tell kind of way if
Charley, Harry, George or whatever
the name may be, has taken out a Ii
censo Young ladies are cute, and
when they think there may be n rival
in the field, they are on the lookout,
and so, young man, If you are play
ing a double game, beware.-Denvor
Republican.