Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-10-08 | Page 16 | Married on Friday

MARRIED ON FRIDAY. One Lone Couple Defy Superstition and Secure a License. "And on Friday, too!" oxclalmod tho girl clerks In tho office of tho County Clork yesterday when a. solitary couplo appeared yesterday seeking permission to wed. All wcok long Cupid's rcprcsontatlvo In tho Clerk's office has Iwen passing out from ten to twenty marrlago llcensos por day to out-of-town couples desiring to bo married In the Templo during conforenco. Thursday ho issued six. Today ho may lssuo a dozen. But yesterday Fred R. Pool of Willow Creek, Ida., and Beatrice M. Lano of Ogdcn wero tho only candidates. candi-dates. It was all on account of tho day. Not only at conforenco time, but all the year round tho demand for licenses on Friday Is co raro as to excite comment among tho clerks. The old pagan superstition lingers, despite Christian teachings and tho spread of knowledge. Tho onlv consistent con-sistent opponent of Friday marrla'ges Is tho old bachelor, who declares that tho other unlucky days are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.