A change to California marriage laws has cut the number of Los Angeles nuptials in half this year, from 1634 in September of 1926 to only 787 in 1927. In an editorial, the Times praised the new three-day waiting period, saying that "Love is blind, and three days are frequently sufficient to open its eyes," and went on to assert that "stringing strands of barbed wire at the top of Lover’s Leap in the dark will catch many silly Willies."
Would that something had been in place to catch Edna and Harvey Fletcher before they took the plunge. Today, Harvey’s sixth wife won her freedom, charging her too-charming spouse with cruelty. Harvey had boasted to her that he could have any woman he wanted, and the lady took offense.
