The evening world. Newspaper, January 12, 1900, Page 5

MARGE UM UE Common-Law ons Must Go, Sa, - Assemblyman. DISGRACE 10 OUR STATE. ‘ John A. Weekes, Jr., Declares | System Also Fosters Blackmail. “Comman-law marriages are @ dis-) grace to the Btate of New York. The) Bystem leads to all kinds of blackmail It lowers the standard of morality. It put premium on immorality, People mate Mike birds under {1. It ought to ‘These strong statements were made (o- | @ay by Assemblyman John A. Weekes, | Jr, of the Twenty-ffth District, of this cliy, in discussing the bill that he had introduced In the Legisiature at Albany to abolish common-law mart lages. ‘The bill ts an amendment to sections 1) and 11 of the Domestic Relations act. | 1; will, 1f passed, strike out thowe words | of section 1 that legalize common-law marrtage, and tn amending section 11 requires marriages to be celebrated in one of four ways tn order to be legal y a clergyman, | « act. “In the fourth way,’ Mr. Weeks said, clergyman or other officer celebrate the} marriage. ‘The persons interested will! act aud be man and wife. ot of the new law is to get rid . Under it Bo marriage will be legal unless it {se contracted in due form. “One of the principal objections to the present system ix that under ft a man does rot know whether he is mar- ried or not, ‘A man of wealth, supposed to be a bachelor, dies to-day, and to-morrow | | ore oF two women appear and claim him common-law husband, Litigation | follows and the whole question as to whether the man was married or not depends upon veroal evidence as to whether he lived with a woman in the n of wife, introduced her as his) ind matters of that sort, timony of that kind {9 easy to manufacture, and the result is jvomen are appearing all the time and in of deceased persons. This causes great wrong often to people who have bought real estate from supposed bachelors. “Then {t ts as hard on the woman as ep the man, A women thinks wife and some day wakes uj that she is not. And the result of liti- whole family declared tilegitimate. e system leads to all kinds of black- never seen them before. Again, Woman will turn up when a man et# married and threaten to ee him with bigamy. In such cases ¢! 4 Mire Deutsch is a raving mantac in Bellevue because of the los of her post-| | twill not be necersury to have any! ion ay a designer of ladies’ waists | its contract, and she brooded till she went crasy In answer to all questions she now repeats the contract word for word. Her condition to-day was no better. WOULDN'T STOP CORSET HABIT, KINGSTON, N. Y., Jan. 12.—Rev. Will. bome cases successfully getting estates tam Burton, of Port Ew up Me fight. Corsets have won the day.|a telegram from Chicago announcing ‘The parson lays down his arms and|the marriage resigns the pastorate of the Reformed, lard and Sfrs. Lottie Thompson, of Church of Port Ewen. The young women of the congregation are about today with wicked emiles Linge cag a Le eae rca Peispevine +.) upon thetr faces, and the men are sigh-| Was ¢! wife of a lem Fation sometimes is to have & man’s! ing with relief, for now they wil! be able|mam to indulge the sinful but incurable pen-|because he drank, she sald, and Lk ¥ chant for the wicked game of euehre,|lard did not love his wife because setlon bie jeter Me ptiod and the euchre club formed by membere/was unresponsive. Mr. Pollard is « of the flock will resume its seamions. Reverend Burton made a bard, releat- to reform his congregation. | Since that time Mrs. hompeon has been i ihe teacheni laa a ald das at ll ETT —— : - THE WORLD: FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1000, LOSS OF HER PLACE DROVE HER CRAZY. {| Story of The } \ ssa) \ enters new as on the first day of the sale. V7, 50% choice of MEN’S FINEST e OVERCOATS which formerly sold at $27.50, $30 and $25. This assortment contains some of the choicest fabrics in vogue this season—the costliest rough- surface Vicunas, as well as smooth-surface over- | coatings, In modish shades of black, blue, brown, sage and olive, as well as Oxford and Cambridge mixed, lined with the best quality of pure silk toer reve; and tailored by the best journeymen tatlors. x) 00 for choice of MEN’S OVER- e COATS which formerly sold at from $15 tq $20. This assortment contains coats made from the best quality of Castor Kerseys, in blacks and blues; also rough English coatings in the new shades of Oxford and Cambridge mixed, with natty | worsted body linings, topped at back with best satin duchesse, 6. 50 for cho'ce of MEN’S OVER- le COATS which formerly sold at from $10 to $14. This assortment contains winter overcoats of smooth surface, all-woollen black and blue Ker- sey cloths, Oxford mixed and gray Irish frieze coatings, in the stylish box coat and the more conservative longer styles, with sleeve linings and top yokes of gvaranteed satin. HELEN DEUTSCH. | She said the firm who employed her broke | POET POLLARN’S HARLEM BADE. Clearance Sale of Men's Fine Neckwear. id offerings for to-morrow: 100 dozen Men's 26c. NECKWEAR, tecks, puffs and four-iu-hands, to be closed out 1 (210 | Pastor Burton’s Flock]}Weds Mrs. Thompson, at, beg gee mae ee Drew the Line at Co-Respondentin Wife's ee tae Ferien lvamery rey His Edict. Suit for Divorce. closed out at, CMCh.....0eseeeeeeeeeeee e x NECKWBAR, ia ia pet agg 9 protest bberg aboriregeeor magnificent collection, to be owed ont at, each. ......4+. Pe ck 50 Men's Reversible MUFFLERS, pay atyle, in tterns, worth $2.00 to Servota ‘saturday at, each x I8e | A sequel to the Pollard divorce suit, tried in this city last year, 1s told in » has given ot Joseph Pereive! Pol- this city. lis her oult Mrs. Pollard named Mrs. Dress Linings, Frese” eat | Pere ie, por yard; epectal pre. --: Aebg@ Fancy Striped value 16e. yard; Bhe did not love her hudband poet and story writer. Mrs. Pollard was granted @ divoree. a Cutlery. You will do well to take ad- ~ in South Dakota, where she secured @ Gecree several days ago. | tim will often pay up rather than go to he went to Chicago this week vi 8 gry 4 ; etre pre | pated ie” wag sed ta ei | tionally low wa a we telleve them to ‘ “The present system pute a premium sworn to his wife he | Leicry A ¥ oa tmmorailty, ax it allows men and without Mrs. Thompson. They were mar! | the lowest named eoods of equal merit in Women to agree (0 live together as man| Is. and the men to euchre. Almost COT aaa | many a day. j and wife, and then when they get tired @eparate with nothing to bind them. GIRL OF 14 DIVORCED, Sadie Glamnesa Beats All Records of New York Courts. . Married and divorced at fourteen! That is what happened to Sadie Gian- nosa, and it beats the record for the New York courts. ‘The case wag tried yesterday before we 442 >! every member of his flock was guilty of one or the other or both of these of- fenses, but the parson was determined. He pointed out the utter worldliness of such practices. He declared they must stop. There was a low murmur from ‘he pews against the edict, and after a feeble opposition the parishoners made an honest effort to reform. The village fiddier remonstrated when| invent some cause for their feoling he realised tha: gone, and the dancing-school was «t-| ble to some habit they may have that tended only by the ungodly. \ Cards disappeared from the periors.|the real cause. For instance, Heads of families dosed by the sitting- | time that we were using coffee on our room fire, and then awukened enough | table I was subject to occasional ter- 1 |to0 go to bed Im fact, the people of the| rible headaches, and my husband was Reformed Church at Port Ewen were! hal lapsing into an ideal pilgrim fathers’ He delivered a philippic against the} fore tried in every wey to think that 414 it. They Aatly refused . They wouldn't go around bags of meal with a otring the middle for any parson; no, not if thelr eternal salvation de-| head Were thrown out to Rev. Bitten Merry Deetares the Rev. J. M, Henderson ‘aligned Mer from the Polpit. Ellen Murry, colored. te outng the Rev. |. M. Henderson, of the Bridge street & § k concave and $2.00; will be on sale at DINNBR. KNIVES AND FORKS, with cocoa or eteg Dandies; remalerty sold at $2.00 per set ill be on seed 95e | “It is strange bow will try to his occupation *! bad, rather than to charge the trou-| | they have good reason to be! (Gable Cloths. ‘All Linen Bleached Damask TABLECLOTHS, in 6 different beautiful patterns— The 3-yard length for... + 450 ‘The 2%-yard length for. 1a The 2-yard length for... : 400 Also NAPKINS to match—at proportionately | low prices. sick with nervous troubles. “We felt satisfied that coffee was the cause, but were afraid we wouldn't like Poatum Cerea) Coffee, and there- ° of corsets. The| something in the food, or some other ndemned because the|reason, was the real cause of our trou- were wont to|bles, After reading several articles of the girls in the|in regard to the evil effects of coffee “balance “| drinking, and the merits of Postum Food Coffee, I became convinced of Saturday. 1,000 dozen white Honey Comb TOW- to please me, said we would give Pos- tum atrial, so he procured a package :}and I made it, but the milk we were us- ing wasof thekind that produced little cream, and that did not give us as rictly pure linen, at, each after 400 dosen TOWELS, st ‘and spiritualised out of j ; on having coffee in the house better, we con- the coffee again, but fil hk 8 ATG ae 53883 +f ible existed. W. 52 3 Sunday. an yn RN, = “ ” 12 Stat ‘my headaches came | a wen s Won 2th St, r Our Annual Sanuary Clearance Sale of Wen’s Overcoats and Suits 90n its seccnd wee's to-morrow. Assortments have b:en strengthened by itions, so that you can pick and choose to practically as good advan:age now Even if you do not need a new overcoat or suit for the present sea:o, it would pay you to purchase for next winter, as then you will | undouttedly have to pay double or more for any of the styles now offered at Clear- anze Prices. Look over the list of offerings—or, what's better yet, come to the store Saturday and we'll show you the greatcst clothing bargains of th ¢ year. & 0 for choice of MEN'S SUITS fe bey! perce sold at $12, $15 and $18 apiece. ‘There are many hundred sults of all styles avd makes in this assortment, embracing the remain- ing lines of some of the choicest and highest cost goods of the season—through and through wore- teds, fine soft cassimeres and imported Scotch mixtures, all of the most stylish designs and best workmanship. 3. 00 for choice of BOYS’ SUITS e bey) formerly sold at $5, $6 The assortment includes 2 and 3 garment styles for boys aged 7 to 18; Blouse and Veatee Middy | Suits for lads aged 3 to 8, all made of the choicest of high-grade materials. 6.00 Viatse st all our YOUNG 0 MEN'S SUITS AND OVER- COATS which formerly sold at $10 and $12. These suits embrace some of the finest and cost- Hest youths’ long trouser suite in worsteds, cessl- meres, cheviots and tweeds, made in the most fashionable atyles of the season. The overcoats are made from high-grade kersey cloth, Irish frieze coatings and the stylish rough-surface over- coat materials, in all the most wanted shades, and are perfect as to style and workmansh | ——y Men's $2.00 and $2.40 | Derbys and Fedoras at $1.00. Clearance sale of all our odd lines of Men's | De.bys and Fedoras, excellent in Q conservative sty!es, in shades of black, | Hector and pearl. Some of the lines | ase somewhat broken in sizes, but you will | find every size in some of the styles. special for Saturday: BOYS' WINTER CAPS, wi eae XTH AVE, 247 25? sn sence! A Wonderful Shoe Event Monday. A great surprise and * chance to get si, 6 te silk linings. ke peer ome ea = | Sewelry and Silverware. For reasons of ous own we will close out several lines of sterling silver at half t FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, igoo. price to-morrow. Don’t miss the chance Manicure and Desk Pieces,\ All Miver Files, Blotters, Stamp 2 oo : Boxes, Button Hooks, Seals, ‘at saraers Poakven, Nal) Qi RO MOF g b Cuticles, Shi wie ombe, . \oe- Horns, &c., &e., ae. 39e MHiso for Saturday: | Ladies’ fine RHINESTONE IPADOUR COMBS, mounted on imitation sbell, 19¢ | sizes 7 to 11 inches; here to-morrow at Ladies’ RHINESTONE SIDE COMBS, to | match the pompadour combs, worth 19¢ 48. each; here to-morrow at, per pair.. ( Seturds consist of | Cigars. several lines of grade goods, ee ale amen’ Raves | will be selunded if goods are not satis- | a MANHATTAN, highest grade clear Havana | Cuban hand-made cigar, equal to the im- ported, Puritanos Extras, per box of 0 J. 50 | LA SIMPATICA, clear Havana wrapper ani | filler, band made, two sizes, exceptional in valu: | at these reduced prices: PURITANOB, per box of 50 268 LONDRES, per box of 100. 450 | HAVANA SPECIALS, Havana wrapper and filler, actual 10¢. values, Conchas Fepectales, per box of 60............ 495 CHAPPIE, Sumatra wrapser, Gnest long com- bination filler, Puritanos, per boz yi) 90 WDD ir rccccccccrersscecessoonsseece 'e LIBERTY GIRL, Sumatra wrapper, fine, long | rey filler, $2.25 value, per box 125 of . pdaceaeoee seseesensees ° 6,000 CIGARS, Havana seed wrapper, fine mixed filler, Conchas and Invincibles; closing price, per box of 50 ‘4 65e | 1 | Vania in Almon | ly favored). Saturday nuts) Ti: CORNER WEST BROADWAY, NO EETRA CHARGE FOR IT. Advertnements te THE WORLD vii woreda any learn | | 4 ii an tb ‘ \ le FRIDAY AND BATU | itHtereootch lantya yu i ateoiens se aty and 10¢ Nut ee ameade tro Special for Saturday, San 13th. 250 Sirls’ Recler Jackets, of plain of rough materials, with or without a braiding, ‘ithe 6 to 14 years, value $3.50 to Stat 95 Speeral for Saturday, January J3th, 100 Sirls’ Sretchens, is sine heres ie, ms Keen ee ae Special tor Saturday, January /3th 150 Wisses’ Jackets, | ame Som the tee 8 cate ant hes ee trimmed, all colors as styles the season, formaerty sold at from $10 to $15, at...» 6.75 TSE ye | Camere Supplies. We carry a full line of | cpu Se | | Sr ae on pees il Towed totethe | | iathnyneengey of | lowest on the market. | doned qua! | Three-Fold TRIPODS, made never tee | of _ hardwood throughout, lence | fmmed ight 'and strong: | | Mack worth $9.00 each; , {roa pa and 6-in. | Diode; special at... O@ TRAYS, of glass or berold, size 4x5 inches, l es | here to-morrow at eid | | | at, each...... cate: similar 2 NEGATIVE RACKS, stse 4x Sharpe regu ' larly worth e.; ee special at seessseses 6060 PLATE HOLDERS for Wis- CHISELS, ot 1%, rf i ard, Poco, Premo or Monroe | Cameras, sise 4x6 ttyle, — regularly | inches, st, each... GOW | worth 1288; we 7 9 IDBAL TONING SOLUTION Glad at ...-00006 1 he or DEVELOPSR, &-¢s. bet- Brase |: seta MOULDING Rr ae ; per desen, special IDEAL PLATES, ; | See ii eA inches, por doo.” PS 0'| | Cuno acts, ta = | M. @. DEVELOPER tor Ve- ee ea tee Joz or Dekko paper 2. cal at S tubes ina don at 00 | | ‘ial at............ on Ge MOUNTING ALBUMS, % ae oe oe pages, 1x9 inches in Steel TACK HAMMERS, bia SSe alte hor a a reer : i eh By Cramray ee | | Steen meee | bevel edge, for Velox or Dek- | éc.; epecial at........ Je ko papers, size 4x6 SPARKER MEDICAL BAT- 0c inches, per dosen., TERY, complete “with DOUBLE PRINT ROLLERS, battery add two brass trimmed, with handles; | 2 rubber rollers, at.. 200 J DE revecree = camel's hair, all elses, worth $1.95 each, PW. e serves tral color, sl ee, worth We eadhs rheed tenet, Se feeve ined, ail aes, worth We. Soc, tenant ee” SS@ | hore tan HALy HOGR, all discs, worth a per pair, reduced Wee ee ee lig 4 ie day World, 22 oS ce Lanes Oo 5 THE - NEX - oA PEARS IN SUNDAY'S | 4 FIRST