Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

consent Maryland fixes the respective ages
at 16 and Is. New Jerseys laws require lapse
Of two days between issuance of license and per-
Torrance Of the marriage Maryland's licenses
are good as soon they're issued. Delaware
requires residents to wait "a hours and non-
residents SO hours after getting their marriage
licenses Maryland makes no discrimination
agains non-residentss
The transactions at the license clerks once
consequently, usually proceed smoothly and
rapidly with each couple being prompted b.
their volunteer guide"
RACK on the courthouse steps again, clutch
ing the document which licenses any min
lister in the county of Cecil, State of Maryland
to pronounce them man and wife, the couple
invariably halt in indecision as to what 70 d.
next
They are in that situation Of doubt when am
suggestion sounds good.
And right at that stage Of the game charges
"Old Reliable" Rev. Moon. is where the ne.
farious tactics usually begin In the first of his
two pamphlets he gives his version of the affaiI
from then on. The words in capitals are Of
his own choosing.
IF you want your marriage service COM
MERCIALIzED, then allow those chaps on the
streets to lend their help to you. just allow them
70 take charge Of your being directed. They
VIII do it and you will wind up with yoas-
pocketbook turned inside out and empty. The,
are after EASY MONEY Not much real vorl
to 1t, Just to show you how to get the minister
who has sold himself out to that bunch so that
he gets not over per cent of all you pay into
their treasury, but the fellows that directed
you to that place get the great BIG END OF
THAT TEN DOLLARS that you are politely
informed is the REGULAR FEE. In Other
words that lady who acts as CLERK for en-.
pediting the business of getting you married
viii kindly tell you, as she hands YOU youl
marriage certificate, "the REGULAR FEE listen
TEN DOLLARS YOU SUPPOSE THAT THE
MINISTER, OP COURSE, GETS 1T. FOR
HAS HE NOT DONE THE WORK? Bw
If you could be there in the once of thad
bunch OF men, in the evening you would fine
that TEN DOLLARS is split in two parts. Sup
pose that 1t is MIR. who guided you to that
minister well, on the edge Of that marriage
license is placed the letter b. and after you and
your bride have left the once the amount al
your fee Is placed under that letter so that
II It was TEN that you paid, he gets one
half, IS, while the regular heads of the
COMPANY get the other S."
"A FTER the publication Of his first pamphlet
however, Rev. Moon claims to have dis
covered 8 still more fraudulent practice He
says he has learned gullible couples have been
taken to another minister's house In the b.
lief they were to meet "Old Reliable" Re-. ,
Moon
Il found out all about it." he said RECENTLY
A young fellow wrote me just what happened
to him, and IN bet IT'S happened to lots a
others He told the taxi man that he wanted
me to marry hum and his girl, and the taxi
man said 'Sure'-just like that-and started
'em OF up the street, but not toward my house.
He took EN- to that other minister and walked
EN- in the door and said: Reverend. these
young folks said they wanted to be married ~
Rev. Moon, 50 here they are
AND the other minister went ahead ana
married EN- and it wasn't until they looked
close at the license several days later that tkee
found hadn't married 'em after a1lr