Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-26
CONNUBIALTTIEs.

One divorce to seven marriages was the
record in Indiana for the year ending June
SO 1902.
A number of the female members of the
Clerks union In st. Paul, Mimi, have or
ganized a league, all the members of which
pledge themselves to marry none but union
men.
When a woman of the mature age OF Is
years decides to get married she should not
neglect to at least inform her ,s,da1S ,ss,ena11ol
town, N. Y, had observed this. wise pre-;
caution she would not have been exposed
to the modification of visit from the
diate spanking If she failed to return to
school. Fancy truant ofncer ,spanklng
young bride in the midst of her honeymoon!
Wouldn't 1t jar your 'F
1t is always pleasing to see things done
with a due sense of propriety. Giovanni
sbagnole was married by contract at Rye,
miles away in Italy, because she refused
to come to this country alone But as soon
as she was married Mrs. sbagnole sent
cable message to her husband that she
would sail at once. Mrs. Sbagnole probably
appreciates the fact that married woman
can do with propriety things that girl
| cannot.
A young widower of Snidlinger, near
Wiesbaden, was about to enJer upon we'd
lock for second time; ana tns arTanse 1n!sfei
ceremony. Suddenly, the day before the
wedding, messenger came from the rev.
erend gentleman to the budding bridegroom
| to say that the ceremony must be post
poned for three weeks as, in publishing the
banns he had given out the name of the
mother-in-iaw instead of the intended bride.
| Persuasion was of no avail. The only al
| tentative for the bridegroom was to marry
the mother-in-law Il he insisted on the
| originally fixed, and as neither he nor his
| fance was disposed to accept this solution
the pair had to wait the prescribed time Of
| A young man in Elmira, n. Y, recently
proposed to the girl of his choice, making
the declaration by mail. because he thought
| justice. He was in his office a day or two
| later when a messenger boy arrived with
| Ewers. The place from which the dis
patch came was the residence of his in
| amorata and he was convinced that the
posai, But for the life OF him he could not
decipher IT, AS any other sensible young
man would do. he went to consult his
over once or twice, shook her head and
then read It aloud. But what she said said
sounded oinSsa IKE ! love youmyoTrs The h'c
mothers hand and read 1t once more. Then
he shouted; ITS all right, mother" and
sent a return telegram.
Standing in washingtons pew in old
! Christ's church. Alexandria, Harry Bectal
Winch and Matilda Jane Alloway were
Washington from New Philadelphia, o., tC
see the Grand Army encampment. Like
| the rest OF the VISITORS VINO nave peer
filling this city since the beginning OF the
week, they did not limit their sightseeing
to the Grand Army, but seized the oppor'
tunity TO visit every place of historic inter
est In the neighborhood. Alexandria /!
on the itinerary of those who came Il
Washington, and in due course Mr.. Winef
and Miss Alloway found themselves in the
famous old church, which contains Wash
ington's pew. Mr.. Winch was much i'm
pressed and, turning TO Miss Alloway, n,
said; Wouldn't II be a fine thing to q
back to New Philadelphia and say w,
became Mr.. and Mrs. Winch in Washing
tons pewY" Miss Alloway's surprise a
the suddenness OF this proposition wal
quickly abated. and the couple went fortl
ana ,i secured & the necessary ne permission iron
Tested reluctance. She said that both sh,
and Mr.. Winch were Methodists, and tn,
pew was in an Episcopal church. Mr
Winch finally Overcame the dificulty an
they were married.