The Washington times., 1920-04-27
LANDLADY SPO|[S
BOYS HONEYMOON
Bridegroom Of IS Can't Pay
Rent in Advance e-Father Has
Union AnnuIIed.

NEW YORK, April 27.-A romance
that received it's first rude disillu-
sionment when an intensely practical
Brooklyn landlady told fifteen-year-
old John OToole he would have to
pay his room rent in advance IL he
desired to spend his honeymoon be
meath her roof was shattered beyond
repair when Justice Faber, in the
Queens County Supreme Court told
John to go back to his schoolbooks
because he wasn't married any more.
OA eAe application OF the youthful
bridegroom's father. Lawrence OToole
of Corona, Justice Faber annulled the
boys marriage to Helen Shea, seven
teen, of Astoria The ceremony was
performed November 25 last by Re-
.corder A. c. Carsten in Hoboken.
And So They Were Married.
One day last fall John and Helen
got permi ssion to visit friends in Ho-
boken. They say that when they
emerged from the tube there one or
the marriage runners" that Unrest
that city approached them and asked
them II they wanted to be married
The idea hadn't occurred to them be-
fore, but it sounded reasonable and
they told the kind stranger they
would think 1t over. He gave them
his address. John and Helen talked
it over on their way home and de-
cided they'd take the leap as soon as
they had sufficient funds.
This juncture had arrived. they fig
ured later, when they had Jointly
saved up something over 50. SO on
November 25 they journeyed to Ho-
boken, told the Marriage Bureau clerk
they were each twenty-one, were
given a license and prevailed upon
Recorder Carsten to tie the knot
Helen meanwhile had fonud room
ing house in Brooklyn she thought
suitable for a temporary nest. She
and John went directly there from
Hoboken. When they reached their
intended abode the landlady explained
that a very essential preliminary 10
taking possession of lodgings was the
payment of a weeks rent in advance.
Johns face fell. Fees TO the kno
Judge in Hoboken, the Marriage Bu-
reau clerk and a tip for the runner"
had all but emptied his wallet
bridegroom Hunts for Job.
There was nothing to il but for the
newlyweds to withdraw gracefully
At the corner they held conference
"Tll have to get job. that's all,
John declared. "You go on home and
SOIL /, and don't say word for the
present"
This agreed upon. they parted. and
John returned to the parental root.
He continued at school, but atter
hours each day made the rounds look
ing for work that would enable
man to support wife. Word OF TINS
reached the elder OTooll. He aues-
toned his son, and John told him the
whole story.
I'm going to get a job, too" John
insisted.
His father said they'd see about
that and the next morning a Chill
dren's Society officer called for John
and took him before Judge Ryan in
the Jamaica Children's Court.
BIacksmithing His Downfall.
81 understand" said the Judge,
"that your father planned to make a
professional man out of you, but since
YOU have a wife to take care of you
will have to go to work right away,
and have decided the best thing for
YOU will be to learn the blacksmith.
ing trade. / will find blacksmith
who makes his apprentices work very
hard and in a day or so l will let you
know.
John, who had maintained his
sturdy resolve up to this time weak
ened. He informed Judge Ryan, his
voice shaking, that he guessed, after
schooling. The upshot was that
o'Toole filed his suit for an annul-
ment.
Helen, having waited what she
deemed a reasonable time, got job
as n telephone operator. She says
she Is corNent to be single again.