| Show TUGBOAT MARRIAGES THE san francisco has an aa editorial treating on tugboat mar biages 21 which it appear are very frequent on the pacific coast when a couple who cannot comply with the requirements of the state law regarding matrimony desire to get the knot tied they charter a tugboat proceed beyond the marine league and there get buckled by the captain who it seems to is then priest king and patriarch A recent case occurred in which a girl of 14 was the bride in california 15 is the age of personal responsibility for young women entering matrimony but by the tugboat system the young girl ot of 14 became a lawfully wedded matron this ease attracted considerable attention and helped to illustrate the anomaly of the whole proceeding the marriage was characterized as a scandal and a disgrace verging merging on criminality conservative and moral citizens ace clamoring for preventive measures whereby the tugboat should be restricted strict ed to its proper function it to is said that two legislative sets acts will be required ono one of congress and the other of the legislature the congressional not act f hould prohibit the masters of american vessels from performing a marriage ceremony under any circumstances cum stances under penalty of forfeiture of 0 license the state law should forbid the courts of california to recognize for any purpose or in spy any proceeding marriages solemnized in such a way whether the matter involved be one of property of the legitimacy ac y of children or of the status of the parties il an electrical clock has been invented which has a dial made to to represent a human face A phonograph calls the ibe hours and for an alarm to beset at any hour the shouts time to get up jl repeating it several times as has been found necess necessary art with the old fashioned call calk A brands brand lobed rawhide raw hide bide to 19 the obay improvement to be suggested |
