Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-17
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clerk of the Supreme Court Of the
District of Columbia. "A great many who
apply to US for such licenses are at first
unable to furnish the name of the person
who is to perform the ceremony IN each
case. We have to send all such applicants
off to hunt up and make arrangements with
a minister or Justice OF the peace.
THE provision of the law relating TO the
matter l speak of is a wise one. Each
license we issue authorizes a certain in
dividual. who is named. to Join in wedlock
the couple who have secured the license.
The law requires the person named, under a
$50 penalty to make return to the clerk
of the court within ten days certifying
that he performed the ceremony. If it was
not for the provision requiring applicants
to give the name of the person selected to
perform the ceremony in each case 1t
would be impossible to maintain an accu-
rate record of marriages in the District
of Columbia
do you happen to know" said con-
ductor on one of the street car lines to a
Star reporter today. that all the talk about
the end seat hog that was common a
year or so ago seems to have resulted in
getting the men out of the habit Of stick
ing to the end seat in the open cars and
| to have taught the ladies' to do it them
selves
Now. all this is really odd. When the
agitation in the newspapers was begun it
was all directed toward the men, and those
who talked and who wrote against the in
convenient habit were to large extent
women At that time it was seldom
note ed woman keep the end seat when
any one entered the car. They were ac-
custo.ned to move up. 1t was the men. for
one reason or another. who insisted on
having the ladies crowd by them and the
ladies resented the Inconvenience.
Il have carefully noticed the men In this
L seldom forcing a
lady TO crowd over him to a place in the
car. or course, there are exceptions. but
they are rare. But with the ladies' the
case Is different They have become very
persistent end seaters' and it is the COM
monest thing to them hold on to the
end seat and make 2o0-pound men crowd
by. The other day I noticed a lame man
drag himself by a lady who chung to the
end seat tenaciously. He could hardly get
by with his crutches. 1t turned out that
| the lady was going farther than the Grip
pie. and SO he had to drag by her a second
time in order to get out of the car On
that occasion noticed several ladies change
countenance In a way that indicated their
disgust with their sister, but one said
anything.
Yes 1 believe 1t is a fact that. after
having reformed the men to a large eX-
tent in the matter of the end seat, the ladies
have taken up with the bad habit the men
left off"
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Cockroa ches have invaded American war
| ships to such an extent that 1t has been
found necessary to institute a of ex-
termination. A vigorous campaign has
been arranged with a view to making the
war short, sharp and decisive An expert
cockroach killer has been Engaged as an
auxiliary, who contracts to rid the navy of
the pests at the rate Of $50 a ship. He
asked double that amount for the work, but
the department deemed the rate excessive,
and he finally agreed to undertake the work
at the figure stated. Cockroaches are in
troduced on board the warships principally
by means of the subsistence stores, and
they breed rapidly 1t Is reported that
there is veritable cockroach plague on
the warships at the League Island navy
yard, and the first battle will be fought at
that yard.