The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-12-20
"A BANNER CHRISTMAS >x,
In THE LICENSE COURT
The Coming Holiday Season Will Eclipse All
That Have Gone Before in the Number of
Licenses Granted at the Court House-Canton's
Present Prosperity the Cause.

court house corridors Is the pair of
true lovers who come together to get
their license. They
are in love head over LOVERS WHO
heals and they do not
care who knows it APPLY.
They come hand in
hand, their coun,e- TOGETHER.
nances aglow with
pleasurable anticipation. Just such a
couple appeared the other day. The
young man was just little bashful.
The girl was radiant and rosy. She
saw only her lover, cared only for
him, and was utterly oblivious to the
crowd of gaping people who were smil-
ing broadly at the happiness of the
two.
The smiles were not those of diGra-
spect, for "all the world loves a lover"
Entering the main corridor, hand in
hand, they walked toward the elevator.
The elevator man was there, and with
smile as sweet as d May worm, the
girl asked, Can you tell me where it
Is you get marriage licenses?" The
door Of the probate Judge was pointed
out, and, still Joined hand In hand
shNy VhtNhNu oiu uhoNtltG tnc ntStS-
sary questions and receive TIE papers.
In spite of the fact that lie has had
experiences, the widower is one OF tn
most self-conscious of mortals when he
applies for license. He is as Lad as a
boy in his teens, and the older he Is the
more Juvenile his actions. With the
widow 1t is different. She is Just n
little defiant. She has right to get
married again II she wants to, and It
is nobody's business. And it isn't.
Another character who is rather rare
appears at or about Christmas time
Many lcneiy anniversaries have come
and gone without bringing any of the
joys of home surroundings to the old
bachelor. But at last he has found
courage to declare his love for some
maiden who has seen many summers
of discomfort go by. They are no
longer in the heydey of youth. There
is becoming modesty in the appli-
cants manner as he quietly seeks a
license. Once received, he slows It
away snugly in an inside pocket and
goes just as quietly to his. waiting
maiden. Their marriage is not sound.
ed from the housetops. There is nc
attempt at display. The ceremony is
performed quietly at the home of the
bride, or in the parsonage parlor and
they take up married life in the same
quiet way.
There is the giddy couple. They are
marrying because the notion lust hap- |
pened to enter their heads. They have
imbibed a lot of ro-
mantle notions about SOME OF
love and matrimony
from novels and light THEM
papers. They are so
youthful that papa has ARE GIDDY.
to come along and
give his consent in order that the Ii. |,
cense may be secured. While the old |
gentleman is securing the license and |
Incidentally paying for it. the two
silly children simper and giggle like
the children that they are, vainly try
ing to look like grown up folks. The
girl is not yet through school and the
lad has little down on his upper lip
that he vainly imagines is the badge
of manhood. The future is sealed
book, but the divorce courts are me-
cifully open to correct just such errors.
The dawning Of the realities oftentimes
means an awakening that brings dis.
ruption and estrangement and eventu-
ally legal separation. The record Of
the county show seven divorces grant
ed to every hundred that are married.
At the probate Office this is expected
to be a record-breaking Christmas time
In the number Of licenses granted.
The year SO far has been such. Young
men have good jobs and are making
fair wages. They feel that they can
afford the luxury of a wife. Some
have been waiting for years until
they could get in the proper financial
condition to marry. The time has
come. Linger about the court house
and you can see them coming in. They
need no crier in advance to tell their
business. The observant citizen is
next"