Show A NOVELTY IN MARRIAGES New York Times s Two young oung people who arc are not young oung enough however to plead youth as an i excuse for tor the eccentricity of their conduct conduct con con- duct were made man and wife last night in the lions' lions cage at an animal show In Manhattan The presumed solemnity and sacr sacredness oC ot such a 0 ceremony emony were burlesqued b by a 0 gaping crowd who had paid so 80 much a head to witness tho the spectacle and by a D. bra brass braas s band that played a wedding march with witha a 0 swing and ad In a style that was waa strongly strong strong- ly and strangely y e suggestive of ragtime An Episcopal clergyman lent himself and his surplice to augment popular In Interest Interest In- In terest est In the entertainment and th the fact that the he bride and groom received a 0 check for O OO for tor making a n public exhIbition exhibition ex ex- of ot themselves was advertised with a freedom Worthy Worth orth of or a better pur pur- pose There Is no law preventing shows of ot this particular sort oft The participants In that of or last night noted acted well within their rights and privileges as Individuals A marriage o ceremony mony Is as binding when performed In a no don donor of or lions which Boos which In this cas case was nothing but a a. steel-railed steel arena arena its as though the pledges es were exchanged d In Jn Grace Graco church or St. St P Patricks Patrick's cathedral but It Itis itis Js is is a hame shame that clergymen can b be found who will lend tend themselves s to what hat Is practically y the time reduction or f a sacred and serious ceremony to a point far below below below be be- low the level of ot an aner average er ue vaudeville turn n. |