Show MARRIED TO THE F FATHER THER OF HER DEAD HUSBAND Minister Says Ceremony Performed by Jersey City Mayor Was Illegal NEWARK N. N J. J Feb 1 Julius I. Julius H. H I Wolff pastor of the German Presbyterian Presbyterian Presby Presby- t terian church of this city makes public public public pub pub- lic a statement in which he questions the legality of an unusual marriage which occurred the other day In Jersey Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey City After referring to the newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper accounts of the marriage of Mrs Roslanna R R. Solomon to her dead husbands husband's father by the Mayor of Jersey Jersey Jersey Jer Jer- sey City he says In a small circle of friends the matter mat mat- ter was discussed and I would like to propound a question In circular No 79 Issued by the State tate Board of Health of New Jersey I find the following under under un un- un- un der the heading headings Who May 1 Not Marry e It js ja not lawful for any man to marry his sons son's wife It is not lawful awful for any woman to marry her husbands husband's father As the case reported seems seems to be a clear clear case case case of transgression of the above la law w who is is responsible Who is to enforce enforce en en- force the above law when even a Mayor performs the ceremony In a case clearly prohibited by our laws SMALLPOX INVADES ES THE u Home of Member lember of Mrs Astor's Set Quarantined Quarantined Quarantined tined by Health Officers WOMAN SERVANT STRICKEN AND SENT TO Afflicted New York Family Has Been Out In Society Very Frequently VACCINATION IS FASHIONABLE NEW YORK Feb 1 Smallpox I.-Smallpox has Invaded Fifth avenue and there Is great demand on fashionable physIcians physicians clans for vaccination The house No 1 I East Forty-fifth Forty street occupied by H. H Mortimer Brooks has been qu quarantined quarantined ran tined by of the Health de de- de- de I A servant Annie Rattigan was re removed removed removed re- re moved to the Willard Parker hospital I suffering from smallpox There was I much concern in the millionaire district district district dis dis- when the wagons of the Health department were up in front of of Mr Bi Brookss Brooks's home There were anxious faces at the windows of mansions mansions mansions man man- when the servant was carried out outto outto outto to the pest wagon and it was driven away There was great anxiety when the Four Hundred heard of the case for Mr Brookss Brooks's family like other fashionable fashionable fashionable fash fash- folk has been on the go as they say every night That there is cause for alarm will be understood when the statement of the Health department department department de de- de- de doctors is read saying that the servant has been ill with the dreaded disease for two weeks While there is little damage damage- of infection infection in infection in- in In smallpox cases for ten days after the disease has attacked Its victim victim victim vic vic- vic vic- tim the fact that the have been attending balls dinners receptions receptions recep recep- musicales or the opera every night except Sunday for the last two weeks will serve to cause a great amount of retrospection as to the last time the vaccination took It is safe to say that every everyone one In Inthe Inthe inthe the inner set of to Mrs Astor's Astor's Astor's As- As tors tor's list list except except those absent from the city have city have greeted the members of the Brooks family The Include besides Mr and Mrs 1 Brooks a daughter Gladys B. B and a son Reginald who Is a yachtsman Both Mr Brooks and his hisson hisson hisson son belong to many clubs and are ale constantly making g the rounds of these organizations Among the clubs of which the elder Brooks Is a member are the Metropolitan itan and Racquet Reginald Brooks Isa is isa isa a member of the New York Yacht Knickerbocker and Racquet clubs |