Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-23
That's all right" he interrupted, I'm exhibit
your corpse; l guess therell be a. much
money in it"

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money in it"
wRAf SHALL WE DO WITH Our BOYS?
What relief it must be to the aristocratic
iatner OF young verisopht when that scion Of
ms house is fairly married 10 . suitable wife,
The question what shall we do with our
ooyS is serious one with some parents. even
"neh those boys are over twenty one and not re-
CURED to earn their own living. The English
marriage law being what il Is, is il much wonder
that now and then young man with his peck
cts full OF money, and leading an idle life,
should treat papa to such a surprise the one
LORD Clancarty had about year ago? When
nrst came to England il struck me as very
Iunny that girl might go out to choose the
fish for the family dinner, and on her way
home pass to the registry office and get married
to any boy who happened to have caught her
fancy, provided he was Of the age required by
law. NO papers, no consent Of parents re-
CURED; nothing but couple of Witnesses
The Dunlo divorce case has brought home to
me afresh the fact that red tape is an exec llent
thing In moderation. Il cannot be much of q
treat for British earl to wake one morning to
ma himself the father-in-law Of a lady whose
photograph In the airy costume of music hall
star is on view In London shop windows, and to
whom he may reasonably have far graver OBJ
1ections than that OF professional costume.
HOW THEY MANAGE 1T IN FRANCE.
They manage these things better in France
In that country mesalliances are sufficiently
common to disprove the English notion that
Frenchmen marry for money; in fact they are
much more common than in England. In the
bourgeois class you may constantly see men
marry penniless girls who work for their living
at some honest employment. or course there
is opposition from NJ. and Nine Prudhomme,
who had other views for their son, blu: that is
Inevitably overcome at the birth of the rash
sons hrst baby If not before. But in the aris-
tocracy one never hears OF a glaring mesalli-
ance like Lord Dunlo's Our aristocracy ia an
old one and proud. With the exception OF a
few families, such as the Towards. the En-
glish aristocracy 10 mushroom growth
compared with the French one. Robbed
OF their power they cling all tho more tena-
cously to their family dignity, and the duty of
keeping 1t mp ia inculcated into her sons by
every French grande dame as soon as the boys
are old enough to understand one thing from
another. Backing up the mothers of authority,
which, believe, would in nine cases out of ten
be all sufficient, there comes the law which
compels man. even after he Is Of age. to ask
his parents consent to his contemplated mar
riage. If they refuse, he must three times at
stated intervals. serve them with a notice of
his intention to marry. If Lord Clancarty had
only had one such notice he might have sent
his son to Australia before instead of after his
twenty-tirst birthday.
THE HERO, ACCoRDISa TO THE JURY
England is such free and busy country that
three notices might prove irksome to intending
bridegrooms and ambitious parents alike. but
when the registrar undertakes the solemn BUSH
ness OF joining two people together for life the
most ardent ater of red tape might surely for
give him for asking for a certificate Of birth or
some SUCH proof Of identity. l should not be
surprised to find Lord Clancarty setting to
work next session to try and get the English
marriage law improved. Meanwhile one moral
to be drawn from the late trial is that q COM
moner may give lesson i'll nobleness to men,
bers OF the nobility, for. assuming the finding
or the jury to be right one. Mr.. Wortheimer
who came to the rescue of the forsakeu Lady
Dunlo, is easily the hero of this little comedy
Here Is actually nob!eman practically say
ing to his son: Leave that wife of yours; 90 to
the other end OF the world and let her live as
best she may without YOUR support or company :"
And the son goes. When, for want of her hIls-
bands purse. she accepts the pecuniary help of
another man. the two noblemen bring against
her an accusation of unfaithfulness. taking it
Tor granted that a man would not come to the
rescue OF forsaken woman except for base
motives. But they had reckoned without the
British jury.
For the future, il earls want the sympathy of
their august institutions i'll their domestic trou-
bles, they must at least behave as honorably as
the average Briton who serves on the said Jury
would behave under similar circumstance.
OFF TO THE sEAsHoRE.
/ am off to the seashore and have chosen a
little town on the English coast You must not
believe that go to enjoy myself. If we're on
pleasure bent would 90 to a French watering
place. whore there is holiday look and feeling
about the whole place; where the people seem
to imbibe some OF the sportveness of the waves:
where children actually play together without
being introduced aud the grown-up folks SUP
PIGMENT promenades and sea baths with con-
certs and dances at the casino. and young and
haU htrf Al,nN
good time. No, l want to get through
some work. and at the English sea-
SIDE one Is sure of meeting with
no distractions. One moments thought settled
1t. The solitary, solemn morning plunge. the
morning walk past the same staid, straight. stiff
promenade. The same thing repeated in the
evening and. day after day. varied by an occa-
slonal serenade from the local band or a we'll
meaning fanatic who awes and lures the dear
children away from their pals and spades to
Join In bout OF hymn singing on the beach.
NO temptation to anything more dIstractin z
than sail or o game of tennis. That is the
place for me.
ENGLISH CHILDREN.
Dear children. all the little warmth and color
of the tame picture centers in them. If thew
only had free play! saw truly British sight
the other day on IA beach. lovely and beauti-
fully dressed little girl of about five was dane
ing about alone, watched over at IA little dis
lance by her nurse. Presently she stopped her
gaInbols. and going up to two other children
standing beside a sour. prnn person, she evil
IDENTIFY asked them to play with her. The two
looked at tho female griffin. and the next thing
l saw was the little darling who had made the
advance going sadly away toward her nurse
If it is 50 with childhood, whose sweet face
ought to be sufficient Introduction, the rest
is easy to imagine. 1t will be the very environ
ment | want, and / am going to throw myself
into the spirit OF the place. look askance at
everybody and John Bull it tor whole
month
And SO, goodbye, MAX O'RELL
Written for The EVENING STAR