The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08
WE'D BY PROXY IN SICILY.
AsSE TEE BARGE
OFFICE THIS TIME.

70 FIND Hina-He Accepts hAer anu her
Amt aud "EverJsedS IL All Night"
,.. Nsonrealn Of Sicily. the bride OF n
=" nro,r NJ Bnrtolo CarapeSra OF East
mon'n - ,o,, Tho Barge oHico in triumph yes
NC" -, her husbands homo. Six months
' Cs.,n. camo from Sicily TO tho Barge
o,.S "a v,s turnod back.
T,o.. 4. rco.on TO believe that thoro was less
80 II The motive for the proxy marriage
,,ar ,bore was of desire to dwell in America,
80. ~. Immigration inspoctors' stern in.
.sSpno,,,ion of the laws.
,vho, CnttorIna came here before she at
tracted tho favorable attention of the immIEra-
tion anthori'ies' Sm
full OF life and intelligence ana sho was neatly
dressed. But her father. Dominica Monreala. q
decrcpit old man, was win Nor no ""sa u-
To Tho examining board it seemed quito i'm
,o.s,hio for Catherine to support both. She had
no friends here VINO Wouiu Do responsioie ior
her safc keeping. Disconsolate the Monrealas
~ hoct IN SICILY.
The immigration people oio not think Oh her
again until last Monday, whom she appeared be-
fore them again with an aged aunt. One of the
matrons picked Catherine out OF ono OF the
compartments and took her before the board as
" MT SUBJECT Vi speoia. ~. -
much OF the Eirlishness that had characterized
her RiT mOnth0 DeIOTc, OuL In6y I6InGUlU9T6u
~
her, ,.,,,.,
surprised whom she told them she was married.
p,t nation Tint ber huahand lived In
but ner eNpian".,on nm t ~ """Ns - LIZ -
Brooklyn and that she mad married MIN oy
proxy interested them. They told her to send
y 1850 ,.hn ua. .ho eta por,o,o
LOT. ner hu'o"nu, wy ~ . $500
Carapezra, and lived at "a Jamaica avenue.
Brooklyn. Ho was willing to caro- for her aunt.
La..n,.oa shave
IL 'hohs
Yesterday Bartolo came. He was introduced
to his wife and looked her over with approval.
i CIV - . Vi 'ooN
at him shyly. and it was also apparent that she
thought p him good 70 io9k AZ, M T she might;
blue eyes and aggressively bristling mustache.
he had the look of II man well able to take care
win you tako this woman to be your wlfef y
asked the Interpreter: -.
Bartolo said, with voluole ampliticntions. that
he would. The examiners laughed and said that
as to that they were satisfied. But the aunt;
Bartolo, Never should she starve or suffer from
cold while he livod.
hoard did not recognize proxy marriages. and
that they must go with q missionary to. the
Church Of Our Lady Of Pompeii, in Sullivan
street. and be married again. Bowling and
uttcring thanks Barto'o went AWAY with Cat
tcrina and the missionary. After a while the
missionary came back bringing q certificate of
the marriage signed by Father Lorcnzino.
The records OF the entrance of Catherine into
| tlc lhIu VI II I z NCIGN eIy phlc VI iClAilo U
gardinR the most interesting part OF the matter
the marriage by proxy. Father Lorenzino.
when n reporter went to him. said that the
cou le had said nothing to him abou. the proxy
marriage. Such marriages. he said. were not
infreuucnt. and were recognized by the Church.
He was n little panied by the tacit deception of
Catherine and Bartolo.
At 81 jamaica avenue an Italian shoemakcr
was found busily rapping at his last. He was
fish. Bartolo was down there. He pointed TO
tho floor of his shop and resumed his work:
| He nauSCd to admit shortly that he knew Tint
B.rtolo had been married. He declined alb
solutely to enter upon the, mental gymnastics
necessary to comprehend what the reporter was
trying to explain as the meaning of IA marriage
by proxy. He listened through one or two COM
plicnted indirect marches upon the idea. Then
he snorted in disgust.
See Bartolo.' he said, pointing to the floor.
How y asked the reporter, somewhat mys-
tilted.
Outdoor. down, basamcuta,'' growled the
shoemaker, withoutlooking up.
Outdoors, down into the basement went his
questioner. There he found Bartolo kneading
dough. He had hold OF one end of n long piece