Show WHERE 1 W IS WRO WRONG no fellows fellow of oxford university england in certain circumstances circumstance are penalized for wedding much la Is heard of the taxation oil off bachelors but little Is ever said ot of the communities wherein matrimony Is deemed a punishable offense perhaps the most extraordinary ideas with reference to this subject may be said to lie held at oxford university sity in england there for or instance a fellow of all souls college forfeits his fellowship if when studying the classics he be should take unto himself a wife in such event he must not only pay a penalty but must also present his college with a memorial in the shape of 0 a silver cup with the further farther condition that on this cup shap be inscribed in latin he backslid backslide back slid into matrimony there Is an aristocratic club in london the bachelors of piccadilly Pic cadBy whereof the members who so BO far torget their loyalty to the club as to marry marr are actually expelled and ostracized the only saving feature of such expulsion la is that by the payment of a line fine of one hundred dollars the offending one may retain an honorary membership but so BO far as active membership is concerned he be la Is strictly out if it for the rest of his life there Is a similar organization in germany the club whenever there comes to the officials of this club any intimation that a member contemplates matrimony he be Is immediately summoned for trial in the club court with the president as judge the culprit js is allowed to plead in extenuation of his hie offense and upon his bis skill in presenting such plea depends the amount of his fine which ranges from one hundred to one thousand dollars the humorous feature of the fine consists in the application made the money Is devoted to a dinner whereat all members appear in ino mourning attire at the conclusion of the repast the president solemnly reads the sentence of expulsion pul and the delinquent Is led from the he room amid the groans and lamentations amen of his erstwhile club fellows the sunday lif magazine agazine |