The Washington herald., 1908-02-16
FORBIDDEN TO MARRY
Chicago License Clerk Posts
Ineligible List.
NAMES ON BULLETIN BOARD
Reasons Assigned in Each Case.
Making Ii Harder 40 Get Married
Makes Ii Easier 20 Keep Married,
Is His Theory, and the Bench Sup
ports HIS View of 1t.

Morris salmonson, dispenser OF mar
riage licenses in the city Of Chicago. is on
the warpath
He says there are men and women who
are trying TO take advantage Of Cupid.
That IS why he has installed a bulletin
board in his Office en which he keeps
posted a list OF persons to whom no
marriage permits shall be issued.
Under the Ban.
This is the way the bulletin board
looks:
ISSUE no MARRIAGE LICENSES To THD
UNDERSIGNED.
Robert Hastings. he IS a young man not Of age
and his mothe. objects Untn he secures her con
sent refuse him a permit
John 3Iorel Said to be wanted in New York on a
charge Of biEuuv
Albert KindIson. Is separated from his present
wife but has 10 divorce from her.
Mary Hauisoa. Not Of age. Parents object 70
her mauiage
Harry FORBES, He is paroled convict and has
been ordered by the governor not TO marry until he
is released from parole
Jennie Cook Not Of age Her uncle. who is her
guardian, objects.
John Richards He was denied permit IN April.
have letter from PittsbJug informing me that
be is married.
Harry Nloryic. Not OF age Parents object.
Mrs May CUmmith. Divorced less than ore
month ago at Springfield. III.
John Sl0TinskL He wants 20 marry a girl who is
yet In Poland Wait until she gets here
NiTs. Joe BubiHitz. Desires TO mary an old man
named PaulIns. who IS said BY his relatives to be
demented
John Wells He Is eighty.f,ur years Old and
wants to marry a girl seventeen years old. His rel
atives object on the ground that plot has been
formed Wells is rch
John Smock. he wants % marry negro girl
and his relatives have requested that permit be
withheld a few days.
Mrs, Andrew Morgan. She has divoE,e pend
ing Make sire that She does not get permit. az
I understand she wants TO marry young boy,
why II Was Done.
Salmonson said he was forced TO take
this precautjon by the large number Of
applicants for marriage licenses who were
without a legal right 10 be married. He
does not gain anything for Cupid, the
license clerk says. IL married couple
are fighting IL out IN the divorce courts
soon after they afo married.
In the marriage license office the new
bulletin board makes the old maxim that
''an ounce Of prevention IS worth pound
Of cure" q law. salmonson says he IN
tends TO make the applicants como to his
window with clean records hereafter II
they hope TO get the permits
Hundreds OF persons want to marry
nowadays" says Salmonson. purely
from q bushes standpoint. Some young
man sees a chance TO get some old
woman's fortune by marrying her, and he
thinks that all he has 10 do IS 20 walk
up 20 the window and ask for his license. /
"Of course all citizens have rights, and
II some Of those who are denied licenses
care TO fight it out they could compel
me TO give them a license. Such a course,
however. might cause them 20 get their
names into the newspapers, and that Is
what they are anxious 10 avoid.
Angered by Lack of Love.
1T makes me angry when see
couple come in here asking for license
when I can see by their faces they have
no love for each other Marriages are
not TO be trifed with, and here there are
any number Of people who are trying to
make a comic opera out Of the sacred |
custom"
Sometimes. Salmonson says, parents |
are so set against their children getting /
married that they will perjure themselves
10 prevent the issuance Of a license. Not !
long ago a woman appeared at the win 1
dow TO protest against her son marrying. |
When the license clerk asked her on I
what grounds her objections were based |
she replied that he was under age a few |
days later the young man showed up at'l
the window with a request for a permit /
To SalmOnsons experienced eye he ap-
peared to he at least thirty years old. 1
and when he was told Of his mothers |
objections his mouth and eyes flew open /
and remained in that position for a /
minute.
Under age?' he exclaimed. why, /
man, Tn thirty-one years old
Brings Round Bible Record.
Regardless of the fact that he looked /
every day Of that limit be was told his 1
mother had sworn he was not yet twenty, /
and there was nothing to do under the |
but refuse the permit.
A few days later the same young man
appeared at the window with big Bible /
lnder his arm, and a few minutes later /
be had the book opened 20 the family /
history" page and was showing Salmon
son whore his name and date Of birth,