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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1904)
A ffurprtsc All Aronn. IIT11IN five minutes Alvin Tiadar w and John TJuder, brothers, ap peared at the marriage license clerk's office in Chicago the other day and secured licenses. Kaeh entered th office, of Justice Arndt In the county building unconscious of the pres ence of tha otbr and waited for the Jus tice to perform the ceremony. They were ao Interested In talking l their laides-to-be that for a time they nt In the mdih room unconscious of the pres ences of othtxs. Suddenly they saw each other. "How did you know we were going to lie married todayT" asked Alvin, Ms fare flushing. "I wan about to aak yott the same ques tion," answered John In a confused man ner. The brothers then explained to one another and the prospective bride were Introduced. It was then derided that a double wedding should be held at the home of the young men. Servants All Found Husbands. The marriage epidemic among Governor's Inland servant girls has made such rnvuges that something must he done at onee or the dignity of the United Btates army will suffer. A month ago the plague started and so rapidly has It spread that recently It was said that there were but three girls still employed there, one of whom will enter tbo holy bonds soon, while the other two are now making up their minds. Henna are allowed on the laland Sunday mid Thursday nights only and there are no policemen there, so the situation Is hard to account fur. It has caused much anxiety on the part of the officers on the staff of Major General Corbln. Several times re cently these officers have met to try to solve the problem and at their last meeting they unanimously concluded that certain men from the garrison should be detailed to do the housework. But then there arose another pussllng question In the general's mind. How should these men be uni formed? Some of the oftlrers have suggested uni forms, but none has yet been adopted. One was to robe the men detailed In knee breeches ami silk stockings; another was to give the detailed men nprons. Both of these suggestions went by the board be cause It wna found that the soldiers would mutiny. Cleneral Corbln will not nllow the men to be put to work unless properly uni formed, and until this Is done nil social af fairs on the Island are postponed. In the meantime many of the officers have been compelled to turn to and do their own household work. Woman Weds ! Times. Mrs. Moke Smith of Calwood, Callaway county, has perhaps the most varied and remarkable matrimonial career of any woman In Missouri. Her life shows what may be accomplllahed under the marriage and divorce laws of this state by a woman who Is active. Industrious and not slow about falling In love or falling out again. Mrs. Smith's maiden nam was Fanny Ter rene Her first husband was Moses Shaf fer. After living with Mose a while she gut tired of him, secured divorce and married Moke Smith. Tiring of Moke she got a divorce from Mm and united herself to rd AJthalser, After she hud lived with Ferd a while she concluded Moko was a better fellow than lie bad thought, and she left Ferd aud was remarried to Moke. Tiring of Moke a second time, she again separated herself from him and In due course of time was wedded to J. H. Horry. Berry, however, suited her no better than Shaffer or Smith or Althelser, and she soon luft him. Nut long afterward she was remarried to Berry, only soon to weary of him and get a second divorce from him. Now she is try ing Moke again. "The buxom young bride who has weath ered so many storms,' says the man who related Mrs. Shaffer-8mlth-AItheieT-8mUh-Berry-Berry-Smlth's matrimonial adven tures, "is the daughter of Uncle Ben Torrance, who carried the mail over the Calwood hills fur twenty-Fix years, and with all her troubles looks none the worse for the storms of domestic life.' Wills III to an Old Finnic. A sensation wan created at Peabody, Mass., when It was learned that the late Miss Kllzabeth Kimball had In her will left all her property In trust for an old sweetheart and had cut off her own fam ily without a cent. No inventory was lllril, but It Is known that the estate la valued at more than JGO.Oto. The beneficiary Is Harrison Whlttemore, now living In Dorchester, Mas. When she was a young woman Miss, Kimball was courted for six years by Whlttemore. For some reason never explained the engage ment was broken off and young Whltte more went to the war. When he was mustered out he returned to Boston, mar ried and settled In Dorchester, where he has lived ever since. . Ho Is now 70 years old and with his two sons is engaged In the electrical business In Boston. He had not met Ms old love in many years, and, In fact, hud not heard of her death until notified by friends of her will. Miss Kimball was a very Intelligent woman and retained her faculties remar kably well up to her death. Her will was mude March 10, 1903. Smoked Out Bridal Couple. Because Wlllium Asselln of Ta Crosse, Wis., refused to provide beer when he and Ms young bride were charlvaried by a crowd of young men, the festivities were ccontlnued for three nights, and at the end of that time considerable damage had been done to property. Windows were broken, the house was damaged, the lawn was torn up, and the gang even went so far as to climb onto the house and stuff up the chimney. A suit for damages has been started by Asselin. A Ituawlan Mnrrlutce Mnrket. Perhaps the- best known- of these Rustilun marriage markets Is the one which takes place annually at Klul, near Moscow, and which has Just been held with the usual success. It occurs during the week of Kpiphany (Russian style), and alt the young women who wish to get married In the course of the year are mustered In a long row In the principal street of that large and straggling country town. In order to make themselves attractive to the young men who come to see and admire tbem they wear nearly all their belongings on their backs. Their finery does not consist only of their best clothes, but It Includes a lot of old family trinkets, sometimes valuable scarfs, cloaks and furs, heavy silver Jewelry and necklaces. Jackets showing rows of prettily eiselated or filigree silver buttons, and many of the girls bring even their linen and other domestic property along with them in gaudily painted chests and trunks, sitting on them like dragons watch ing a treasure. After exposing themselves for hours to the close scrutiny of would-be benedicts, the girls march off in a procession to church, there to perform at the shrine of some saint particularly potent In procuring con nubial bliss, such ns St. Chrysostom and St. Niazanzen, worshipful prayers. On the way to church It is not only permissible but good form for the young men to follow and accost one or the other of the girls In the way of conversation. If nny two of the young people think they suit one another, u formal visit is paid by the Intended groom to the parents. But before the actual marriage Is arranged a number of Interviews take place between the respective parents, every item of the trousseau being exacted beforehand and noted down as part of the bride's dowry. Wolf von Schlerbrand In Harper's Weekly. Dentil Itevenls Marriage. Married nearly eleven years ago, though living all the while as a single woman, that she might follow her profession as a school teacher, is the romance in the life of Clara Grissim of Philadelphia, which was revealed by death. Clara Grissim was a teacher In the Alex ander Adalre public school for twelve years. To her friends and all her relatives the your.g woman was heart and fancy free. She was quietly murrled to Mr. Smith, who is an engineer, in 1893, at Lancaster, and but one or two persons were aware of the Becret. Mrs. Smith, or Miss Grissim, as she pre ferred to be known, did not wish to give up teaching, and fearing that complications might follow the announcement of her mar riage, it was never made public. Husband and wife lived in the same house, but they were apparently only the best of friends. Mr. Smith said: "Miss Grissim' s family were not aware of the marriage, and It was not until my wife's death that they were informed. It was at their request that the announcement is made." Conntry Brides Well Gowned. Some of the most elaborate weddings gowns that are to be seen nowadays belong to brides who were born, raised, courted and married on Illinois farms. In some in stances the brides and the grooms belong to the smaller country towns, but In great part they are farmers' sons and daughters. The real character of the wedding cos tumes Is seen In the photograph galleries of the county seat and other towns. In some localities it Is the custom of the bride and the groom to be photographed before the wedding. The subjects have three or four sittings. They are posed to gether, the bride sitting and the groom standing, and vice versa. Then both are taken alone. The bridal veil is the article of raiment In which the bride bikes the greatest amount of pride. The pictures made of these happy pairs form a never ending interest in looking through the collection of the different gal leries. Along the line of the Eastern Illi nois and the Illinois Central are some of the beat farming counties of the state. The pictures that are made In the galleries of the towns are highly artistic, made on the latest styles of paper and mounted accord ing to the latest wrinkle In photographic work. A single community In Iroquois county keeps a. Watseka artist busy on bridal work atonA. The work In great part come from a settlement of rich German farmers who live near the small village of Wood worth. They are all men of big families and the young people Intermarry. The Watseka artist Is able to show the largest collec tion of wedding pictures and photograph of brides and grooms extant. Some of the grooms have spent 60 In pictures showing both bride and groom as they appear about a week or so before the wedding. They order all the way from six to ten dozen prints in different postures In their wed ding toggery. There is a great profusion of white satin and tulle. The groom Is as well togged out as the bride. Both are pictures of perfect health, the groom stand ing fully six feet tall, the finest specimen of the young Illinois farmer. When the sittings are all made the groom winds up by inviting the artist to the wedding and one of these functions lasts all day. There Is a pretty costume that Illinois country people have adopted and It Is spreading. The young couple buy a homo and furnish It completely before the wed ding. Then the happy function Is brought off In their own home, so there Isn't any step, however small, from the altar to the home. The bride and groom, for a week or so before the wedding, work to gether in fitting up their future abode, and it Is said to be the happiest labor of love in the world. A pretty wedding of this kind took place but a few days ago In Hoopeston, where the wedding, tha feast and party took placo under the same roof, the home of the bride and groom. Chicago Tribune. Lost Feannt Stand, Won a Wife. The marriage of Henry Chamberlain, aged 63, and Miss Julia Damon, aged 30 years, which took place at Kalamazoo, Mich., last week, became known two days later. The bride Is one of Kalamazoo's most wealthy young women. Chamberlain tor the last ten years has conducted a little peanut stand in the street. As the result of a crusade for cleaa Streets all stands of this sort were ordered moved. As this was Chamberlain's only means of livelihood he refused to go and the city council hud arranged to bring ejectment proceedings against him. In case this was done It was feared that Chamberlain would become a county charge. Some of the aldermen saw on his stand this placard: "Closed; are on honeymoon." Investigation revealed the fact of the marriage. The couple are spending their honeymoon In Chicago. Miss Damon has been prominent In local social circles, nod her marriage to Chamberlain mystifies her friends. Boy Elopes with Heiress. All within the space of five hours, Fred I,ucler, aged 18 years, and Kva Major, aged 14 years, eloped from M"Oregor, a small village a short distance from Windsor, Ont., crossed the river at Windsor, pro cured a marriage license frcm the Wayne county clerk In Detroit, and were married In his office by a Justice of the peace, re turned to the groom's home and the groom was arrested on a charge of abduction. He cried bitterly at the prospect of being separated from his girl -wife and said that he would come back at the expiration of his time In prison, and reclaim bar. Eva says she will be true to Fred and wait until he gets out of jail In case a sentence Is Imposed. The little wife is the sole heiress to a very comfortable fortune.