Ogden Daily Standard | 1907-12-27 | Page 1 | A Rush to Marry in New York City

A RUSH TO BEFORE THE NEW LAW GOES INTO EFFECT ministers arc kept buoy uniting couples in bonda of matrimony new tork dec 23 cupid la having an inning in new york just now beginning january 1 a new law requiring licenses to wed will be in force and hundreds of couples are rush ing to the ministers to escape the publicity which will follow the recording of all marriages there are commonly about marriages a day in the city but 0 o r the number has been increase in ed three told and the next week the biggest matrimonial rush the city has ever seen one minister announces that he harried couples baat week n nd has engagements to unite twice that number in the days between now ana january 1 there are many on je alons to the new law voiced by mart and others the objectors say that the lai makes marriage more difficult while they believe that alla difficult les in the way of matrimony should be smoothed away they believe that the new law will induce elopements elope ments