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Description: Marriage License Clerk Page 7
Date: March 27 1915Newspaper published in: Washington, D. C.
Washington Times March 27, 1915 Marriage License Clerk Page 7
CLERK KROLL WANTS TO SEE EVERY BRIDE
License Purveyor Replies to Query From Richmond Director of “Cupid's Special.”
“When a couple goes to Washington to be married is it compulsory for the bride-elect to go to the clerk's office to get the license?”
Mrs. J. R. GILL, superintendent of the Male Orphan Asylum, of Richmond, Va., whose “Cupid Special” will arrive in the National Capital from the Virginia metropolis on April 5, bearing at least a dozen love-lorn couples bent on matrimony, asks the foregoing question in a letter received today by Col. William A. KROLL, clerk at the marriage license counter at City Hall.
“While it I not compulsory under the law, it is preferable for the prospective bride to appear in person when the license is issued,” replied the colonel in a prompt response to the query.
Incidentally, Colonel KROLL explained today his opinion, as given by Mrs. GILL, is based on his desire to have every license absolutely correct rather than to parade brides before the curious attorneys and litigants at City Hall.
It is stated in Mrs. GILL's announcement of the coming of “Cupid's Special” that the train will leave Richmond at 9 a. m. and depart the National Capital at 7 p. m. - “Round trip, $2.75; children under 12 half fare.”