The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-19

other wife Of the groom, VINO did not
know anything about Il divorce, which
the groom claimed TO have secured, be-
fore entering his second marriage.
Use Of Secret Marriage.
And yet the judge Of Dakota county is
of the opinion that the secret marriage Is
d necessity and Il justiilable arrangement
owing to the peculiar needs of the time,
Which sometimes embarrass a young man,
and makes it necessary for him TO keep
the matter quiet until he can make such
financial arrangements as will enable both
bride and groom TO quit work in the shop
and open a home of th2ir own. This is a
common excuse given TO Judge Eimers for
desiring a secret marriage. Another one
is the old time worn COLLECTION on the part
of the girls parents" while one of the
very common reasons is that the young
woman has many gentleman friends.
whom she does not want to shock by the
sudden announcement of a wedding 10 enc
of her choice.
Men Are Hypnotized.
Judge Ei1aers has no objection TO mar
rying people who have secured divorces,
just so they are not in contempt of court
by getting married too soon. He says
he is a little particular about the age
of couples, and would not stand for mar
rytng Il pretty American girl to various
varieties of the Malay race, but ordinarily
when men and women decide that they
want to marry, it is his opinion, they will
get married by someone. somewhere. and
there is little need to put in an objection.
Along with his experience, Judge Eimers
has evolved some extraordinary ideas
about marriage and the things which lead
to the sudden decision TO drive across the
Missouri river to his home il South Sioux
City, and have II over with" Usually
it is because the youns man is simpl,-
hypnotized by the young woman n the
case. 1t seems to be the experience of the
judge that a woman can hypEoti2e any
man, from the prince at his giided poker
table to the peasant scattering worm
poison in the lowly cotton patch and re-
volving in his think tank" the advant-
ages of the 9 cent fare law.
What Happened to Adam.
Man IS not a fires moral agent in mat
ters matrimonial, according 10 the experi-
ence of Judge E.mers, who is a lawyer of
no mean standing.
Eve hypnotizcd Adam ard made him
throw away the earth for = 5cldbby apple,
and ever since mon have been initiating
their remote forefather's folly.
Men hasten to the Gretna Green across
the Missouri river to call on Judge lIimers
at the rate OF 300 or more Il year, who are
hypnotiZed by no ordinary methods. There
is no bright button nor brand new dime
to look at-only dimples in a sea Of beauty.
Women dazzle them for a moment with
the dreamy splendor of their eyes, the
l:nchpin slips out of their logic, and they
are gone-gone to a secret marriage which
the newspapers of Sioux City are sure to
IND out SOc1@r or later.
Judgment on Vacation.
Judge 1Iinlers has turned these young
men from his home, after performing the
ceremony, when he has suspected that
Judgment has taken wings and gore on
an everlasting vacation; and when he
felt that the man did not know whether
he was a red liquor democrat or a hard
cider prohibitionist. but the wedding had
to happen. somewhere, and why not in
Dakota county, where there is a possibili-
ty Of keeping 1t quiet for a day or two