The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-05
WOMAN TO WE'D
HER S0N-IN-LAW
Jersey City Matron Says
It's Nobody's Busi-
ness at All.

NEW YORK. Jan. 3.-From Jcr-
scy city comes the Intelligence that
"a Brooklyn man Is going 10 marry
his mother-iu-la
Monday afternoon a man, who
said he was william - Brocr. a
carpet cleaner, lving at 40 roth
street. Brooklyn. entered the city
hali In Jersey CITY with cOmpan
ion, who described hcrsolf as Mrs
/ Kate Schorling. Same address TO
! tlty Ciork Frank Dolan. l.rocr con
, fidod that he wanted marriage a.
3 consc. lie said he was Mrs. Schor-
1 linR's sDu-iu law
"Is that right?" asked Dolnn.
"Ncs.' said the woman, II am his
| mother iu-lhw."
Mrs Schorling said she camc
from Jersey city licight8 prior to
her husbands death In. March. 1901
and had lived In Jersey city many
years
In tho application for a license
II is sct forth that Mrs. Sghorliug
rs 81 years old ana her soH-in law
is a. Brocrs wifo died ia Sep en-
Der. 1913, and he has been making
his home with his muther-iu- law
since his wife's death, lie has no
children.
P, a reporter stood Ia the vcstibulc
~ Mrs. Schorling's home In Eay
Ridge yesterday and discussed the
mothcrlu-law question with her IN
many OF I'I phases.
"Why Notp" Asks Mothcr-in- Law.
"Why should not % man marry
his mothcr-iu-law II lac wants tof'
asked Mrs. Schorliug. "Ill admit
9 that all mother ln-laws are not
alike. had two OF th'm. one. |
. liKcd and the other I did not care
- for"
4 Then ihis viii be your third
- MARRIAGE asked the reporter.
81 am not going to say word,
T. said Mrs SChOrliug Whose husi-
noss is 1t II a man and his mother
r in-law care to marry %
Mrs. Schorling would not say
when she was to be married.
Il am not oven admitting | am
! going TO be married 10 my son.in
law" said Mrs schorliug. YOU
! never can tell. you know"
"Iou mean that there's many a
u slip between the solitaire aud the
, solid gold band?"
I "Exactly." she replied. You
L know. this is not the first time
have been reported engaged to my
Do son in law -Four years ago, In Jtr,
sey city the rumor was spread
broadcast | traced il to tho churcl
attended. Tho pastor said he did
$ not believe H. | found out later tina
tho story originated In the Ladies
. Ala society. since then ! have MOI
= had much to do with Ladies' Aid
but surely there's no doubt th'
y time. is there" Mrs. Schorling wa
. asked. How about the license p
I'm not going TO say q wore
about the matter said Mrs Schor
ling ITS uobOdy's business. lf yo'
were a woman would you stand "A
~ the front door and discuss your mar
:, riagc with "A reporter
81 .If | were a woman | don't know
a single man I'd marry said tn
" reporter. 80 you see, really '--
well, my marriage, II I am goinl
TO be- married, Is nonudys nusi
ness" said Mrs. Schorllng. The
le she said Good day" and closed IN
!" door
a. Rrocr "WillIng." hut ENaSivc.
er TO the reporter who talked with MI
1d Brocr on thr telephone last nigh
ct ne said he "only wished his molher
at in-Iaw would marry him.
81 think darn lot Of my mother
ir.la,v." ne said. shes fine won
an. know all the jokes abou
st mothcr-iu-law but they are ne
~ true In TINS case. hlbW N''''' D. ~
in about mothers in-law and for Wv
5t. ia be willing TO write "a story aoo,
Them. However. there must !
something wrong In this story "bo'
'el my going 10 marry Mrs, SChot W
ne II she'd marry me ia take her In
81 minute" -,
in Sir. Broer.eald he did not app
for a license in Jersey city and r.
fused to conjecture WOW any OF
could imagine he had ever dor
n such a thing. Also. he said h
ell mother-in-Iaw had never lived
n Jersey CITY. 49,.
= "Rut she told me she lived the
for wears" said the reporter.
"oh. maybe she was excited ga
Nr Urocr. Another thing; no
at could a man and a woman, resld'n
he W brooklyn, be married IN Je'S'
II. city," =,
RIM Tho reporter "cSpiaincd' to NJ
,25 Rroer that non-rcsidents may O