Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-27

feel" To this mute appeal the clerk lends an ear
which hears not and in the end the victim pus MN
self up with jerk and glares about with baleIu eyes
and maevolent manner, which say:-ConIounu ~ y,
for a of wooden images guess it amt SO Dau!
Besides you'll all be here some day yourselves! 10
your worst nowp'
AS for the American BRIDE she is complacent.
Where her Italian sister is shy and her Slavic sister
mpassive she is generally speaking alert ana equai
to the occason-superior to 1t, I'M fact.
Rather exception to these rules Is the next
couple The is Californian and the out OF door
type-sandy hair forid complexion, shrewd blue eyes
His attitude is of cheerful and voluble good VIII
toward every The bride stands back ana ne ooes
all the talking He viii always DO all the e. taxing
His affidavit is satisfactory, and he knows It. he IS
cocksure of himself, of the girl and of everybodys
good wishes.
whats the damages?" says he when it is over
"Going back to Los AngelesT queries the clerk,
sympathetic in spite of himself.
"Sure Why, that's home that isF and somehow
the way he says the word "home" makes you feel
that this BRIDE if she be of wholesome fibre and not
Of too delicatey poised sensibiites will be happier
than most who have come this way to-day.
Here comes the Directoire bride! An deliberately
tailored suit large hat with willow plumes-the re-
plica of Mrs Newlywed, sans Napoleon The bride
groom, however, is a good looking young chap. The
only break in the of their action is occasoned
by the discovery that the bride has omitted to make
a statement to her age.
well Just won't do it." she declares with real
toss of her pretty head Its all right now but how
do / know how old I'll want to be when I'm really
old? And here it would be always against me!
think it's mean She is persuaded, however, and her
age at last appears the document in the awful sum
of two and twenty years.
1t is small wonder that the masses of ignorant
people make mistakes when the ministers and rabbis
find difficulties in carrying out their part Here at
this Office in exchange for their affidavit, the happy
couple receive a blank certificate which they are
told to hand the minister, priest rabbi magis
trate who performs the ceremony He fills it out in
testimony of the that he sOlemnized the marriage
between blank and blank, giving date, &c. This he
sends in to the Marriage License Bureau and it goes
on file there and becomes matter of public record.
In several these certificates have come in most
peculiarly set up. In one case, I solemnlzed the
In another. between eight and eight-thirty 2. M.
Here is the girl born in Sparta, not yet eighteen.
Her father and mother must appear and give
formal consent. Here is the youth not yet twenty
one His parents reside in Russia, and they must give
their written consent his marriage certified by the
American Consul Here is the divorced woman.
certified copy of her decree must be produced to be
attached to the certificate and left file in the office
And so delay and disappointment await not few
who make their application here.
Comedy and tragedyit has been a busy day and
is only of the five whole days and the Saturday
half day in the busy week at the office of the City
Clerk.