Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-31
Father Publishes Death Notice
for Daughter.
HE DOESN'T SEE ROMANCE
Declares His New Son.in-Law Had
Yellow Streak.
REQUIRED CLEAN, WHITE MAN
Some Brains Necessary, Too-No
Excuse for "Wretched Business.
Misconduct Is Charged.

BERNARDSVILLE. y. j.. August 81
| Unwilling to share the romantic senti
| ment of his nineteen-year-old daughter
| Florence. who eloped August - witt
| the village market man. Editor l.. r
| Trumbull proclaimed the marriage of tn
| pair as an obituary in the current is
sue of the News.
Florence. who is a handsome, blue-eye'
young woman, was a great fayorite will
her father. who has reached threescor'
years and ten; but the veteran editor dit
not view kindly the lovemakir-3 of Fred
erick w. Compton. a good-loOking. pros
porous and we'll educated young maj
who conducts the village market.
So. when the pair sought to escape tn
Interference of the brides i~-her by elop
ing to Truckemin, where they were mar
ried, the editor was angry, and tins il
what he said about it in the News undo
the heading obituary"
mo; congratulations arc not in or
der They never are on funeral &C.
casions.
1T is case of daughter lost; not
of son-in-law gained.
Forced Upon Him.
I'VE had not though to mention the
subject in print, but it is forced upon
lished in a Newark yellow and the
gross misstatements circulated ver-
bally about town for months past.
We care less than nothing for what
carrion-loving gossips think or say.
THE facts are simple and We state
them solely for the enlightenment Of
clean and fairminded whit people. our
friends, and for no other, who will
kindly note:
Il. That the clipping pair could have
been married decentiy at The girls
| home, and she could have passed from
her parents into her husDand's care.
| as cherished daughter should do.
The wedding outfit was prepared, Sc
| lected by herself, and a suitable mar
| riage by the girls former pastor was
| arranged.
80. The young man, though not a
desirable parti, in any sense, was per-
mitted to come and go at will, in the
beginning, until he shamefuily abused
| the hospitality extended to him. pro-
! famed the home in which he had been
! received. and was forbidden the prem
| ises-except by day. After this he
prowled about nights until he induced
| the girl, who was in school until last
year, to tarn her back on her home
| people and go to his people, who aided
| and abetted in the outrage, and kept
her secluded, denying admission to her
parents when the came seeking her
on Sunday, and keeping them in ignO-
rance that she was to be married a
few hours later.
This "Wretched Business"
SO. There was absolutely no excuse
for all this wretched business, save
that, after his gross misconduct, the
girl was not allowed to go out with
the fellow-by night. No more demo-
cratic people live than her parents,
who, if the love were mutual. sought
only in a husband for their daughter
white man. clean Of body, clean Of
mind, of clearly habits and with some
small modicum of brains-not a mere
mop of hair-under his hat. This one
did not come up to even these modest
requirements.
Il. No use to quote how all the
world loves lover and prate about
Young Lochinvars and all that, for
1t doesn't fit the case at all. There is
no more of the glamour of romance in
the affair than there is in side of
beef or a peck of turnips. 1t is SIM
ply that a coarse fellow with a broad
yellow streak, opportunity ring has
succeeded in poisoning the mind Of
foolish girl and enticing her from the
best of homes and to descend to his
level, without possessing the first
quality to make her life happy one
in the days that are to come.
"AH the above we stand ready to
maintain. in or out of court. on the
street. anywhere. at any time. in any
form-and May God defend the
| right