The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-20
LOVE AND RED TAPE.
Brazil O Poor Placo for Courtina
Young Couples.
Marriage Curious Combination of Com
pncntcd Questions, Revenue Stamps
aud Difficulties In
General.

marringo curious Combination of Com
pncatcd Questions, Revenue Stamps
aud Difficulties In
General.
An American lady resident ut 10
Janeiro writes OF the difficulties attend
ing wcdlocl III Brazil. This is her story
of it, says the New York Journal:
They were lovely young couple,
just the embodiment Of Burns ooh,
happy love, where love like this Is
found" He, O rising young man with
good prospects, hnd seen her grow UP
and develop into lovely woman us
rose In q tropical garden. How could
he help loving her3 And sho-sho re-
turned his love; and her father and
mother were willing, nay happy In tho
prospect Of their dnrling's complete
happiness And why weren't tho
couple happy Why didn't they go and
get marriedP
This lovely young couple, 1.-TWO souls
with but single thought" and oil thaa,
lived In Rio de Janciro, one Of the most
beautiful cities In the world, where Ill
nature seems to speak of love; wheso
the bills, with all tho disturbance Of
their tropical verlure, reflect their
their glory in the deep blue of tho bay
and all nature Joins In grand anthem
to the Creator Of the universe; In this
beautiful place even the creature, mon,
has nude things difficult
In the good old days In Brazil when o
young man saw protty girl and fancied
her he got his godfather to confer With
her godnothcr, and If they were agreed
they had fiesta" for the betrothal;
then the bans wero published three
times, and they were married and
happy. Dut not 50 in these enlightened
days of tho republic, as our young
friends found There was the civil
marriage, which is obligatory whether
there Is n religious marriage or not
Said John to Lucy as they were I'D
ing along the lovely buy ono beautiful
day In July: 1--WE will be married
quietly next week and remain Mt homo
for time and take trip later in the
year when the worm senson cones on =
Her answer was o smile Of assent
which he understood. It's remarkable
how few words pair of lovers need
Then he went on: 81 must get the
necessary papers for the civil marriage,
but don't suppose that Will take much
time"
1t Is well that there ure young pco-
pic and that they havc the hopefulncss
of youth. So he went, end tho first
thing that amazed him wns that the au-
thorities objected because they both
lived in tho same house (the young mon
boarded with her family.
"Well. l can call my Office ray resi-
dence." sold he
THAT Is bettcr," said the judge.
"Now, where is your certificate Of
baptism9"
II haven't any," said JOHN II never
was oaptised."
Here was q. difficulty that the Judge
hnd not foreseen, not being accustomed
to the heathcnish ways of North Amer
leans Who was your father? Who
your mother2 Are they living? OF
what did your mother die? ton being
told that She wns dead). How long do
you expect to live il Brazil?
These and many other questions had
to be testified to by witnesses before O
notary public, and dear Lucy was
obliged to have one paper witnessed
md signed declaring that She was viii
ling to marry John-thc idea of such O
thing!-olso papers from her mother
md father declaring that they, too
Were willing, also who they We're, who
their mothers and fathers were, what
their business was, etc. And thus the
days heightened into weeks md the
weeks into months, and still the proper
papers were not finished, and October
came and still they were not married
Anyway, our case is not so bad oe
Smiths" said John, as they were re-
turning from the judges house for tho
tenth time, having found him out or 90
cupted.
What IS that?~ eslred Lucy. irnrnc-
diately Interested
Ellis bride elect came out from Eng
land to him, and was obliged TO return
IN order to get the necessary papers.
'@Oh. how dreadful" said she, md
continuing: IL am glad I am not In
Miss Browns place. You remember
seeing her, don't you? She is to marry
a young man eight years her junior. and
only think how embarrassing to have
to produce witnesses to declare that she
Is thirty three" md Lucy really looked
sad, for she Is just seventeen, and can
not realize the idea of anyonc's wish
ing to marry ut three and thirty.
''But the hardest of all Is the case OF
Senior jose" continued John, "for he
wished to marry that pretty young
widow. and the complications are
greater still, for not only must she have
all the papers from father and mother
of birth and baptism, of willingness (?)
to marry, but u physicians certificate
OF her late husbands death, and, If 1t
| were DO6Sible 81 Testimonial from him