The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-12
MEN MUST NOT MARRY.
That is the Edict of u New Society
just Formed.
From the Netc YOrk MercnrN.

just Formed.
From the Neto York Merc,rg
A sad-eyed man made Applicant ton last
Sunday for the rental of Columbia Build
ing and Loan hall, on Jersey City Heights,
for Thursday night, but whom asked what
he desired to use the hall for refused to say.
nor would he givs his name. II is one Of
the rules of the ASSOCIATION not to let out
the hall to any but respectable parties, and
the name of the person hiring it is always
kept in their books, SO when the man re-
fused to tell f T what the hall was to be
used, or to give his name, he was
told he could not have it. On Wednes-
day night the man was at the
hall as carly as O'Clock, though tine place
was not open. He stoJd on the opposite
side Of the street, where he could watch the
door, and when any one approached the
building and tried to get in he would hasten
over and say something TO them, and then
the party would eros; the street with him
and wait for some one else to come along
and try 10 get into the building. This
thing was kept up until little after 9
O'Clock, and by that time seven men had
been got together in this way. The
party then left tho place and walked
over Garrison avenue until they reached
broad field. Here they crossed fence and
made their way 10 little red-paiuted
shanty, which stands almost opposite Vroom
street. The men were in he place about
two hours, and during that time they made
scarcely any noise, only the murmur of
their voices being occasionally heard.
A Mercury reporter who had teen
informed Of this hastily made his way
to the building. and was in time to
see the men coming out. He accostei on e
of them and asked him what the gathering
meant. The man answered the question by
asking the scribe il he was married, and he
said he was not, and was then asked if he
intended to marry soou. The reporter re-
piled that he did. "Thel," said the man,
II will talk TO you. The gathering here to-
night meant that we were organizing a new
society, and its object is to persuade men
not TO marry"
my name," said the man, sis John s.
Howell, aud my home Is In the northern
part of Indiana. When | was a young man
fell in love with girl Of IS, aud as pretty
as Mary Anderson. / married tie girl and
we went to live on ranch, where L made
enough money to live comfortably for the
rest of my life, and thea we moved to Cleve-
land, .. Here l hired big house on one of
the tony streets and was as happy as man
can expect to be in this life, with two bright
little boys to look aite. Bat one night l
4
didn't say anything only to tell her that
wanted her TO get out of the house in less
than an hour, an then | we It and slept in
the room with my two children, she un-
derstoGd my nature well enough not try to
play with me, and in short time l heard
her going down the stairs, and / have not
seen her 81 ce. got divorce without the
least trouble.
"Now, young man, the thought struck
me that there " as many poor fellow who
was being fooled just as | was, VINO would
never learn of it, and concluded to do all
| could to persuade young men not TO
marry. IL is failure. IL blasted my life
and thousands of others. With this CD
iect in view l have been travelling
about the country organizing societies y
do this work, and thus far we have met
with wonderful success. l go to a city
and Immediately look over the records
and pick out the names Of the men who
have been recently divorced. l send them a
note askiug them TO meet ME at a certain
place on certain night From these ten
letters about SIX respond. and that is enough
to start with. Whom the society Is started
| go on o another town and do the same
work over again. / have started societies
in most all of the big towns. and before
ming to jersey City | organized the
biggest club in Newark. | sent out
ten letters there and all OF them responded,
and have been informed that since then
Gig names have be % added to the roll.
was afraid at first that people would think
me crank but tho manner in which others
have responded to my call mas caused me t.
feel that | arl doing the right thing,