ttenlasea Khoald Mot Wr4.
CCORTINO to Mrs. Kate Upson
Clark, nn eastern wrltor, who
talked to thft North End Art club
of Chicago on "Thw Relation Be
tween Art and Morals," the way
to ho happy, though u genius. Is never to
marry.
Mmotlon In the outpouring of genius that
knows neither conventions nor restriction!,
nor so-called morals, and tho person of
genius who marrloM Imagines hla helpmate
lack sympathy and has a tendency to
"nag."
The port's wife," said Mrs. Clark, "does
not care for poetry after the flint week
any more than the grocer's boy does for
figs. She never wishes to tell of the
Neighborhood gossip, liut she Interrupts
rome great tlimiKht of her tiu slaml. Then
lie Imuglnc In; I bereft of sympathy ami
looks for It In the wives imd daughters of
Ms neighbors, and. If lie be handsome, he
usunlly finds It. The genius should not
marry. A woman want her husband, not
Ms urt.
"Genius Is Insanity." said Mis. Clark.
"In order to be genius it lives most of
the time In a world of deep emotion. It is
linrd for people of article temperament to
conform to ordinary rule. Thus, divorces,
nul litis, drunkenneHH and Impulsive vices
nro found uinnux -oplc of genius. The.
lrnp:vsiblo temperament Kceui.i to be ab
solutely necessary to urt."
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I. oe sod rrlnoH liars.
Mrs. I,ucy IX I'erkliiH. a young lowit
idow, walled four years at the door of
the Kurt Madison penitentiary for Kmlt
Jen mit t t. Then she married him, In spite
of the fact that he lind been a convict.
Now they are on their way to Switzerland,
leaving behind them unhappy memories, to
tlnd peace and happiness in a little homo
in the old country.
Joannett was at one time a resident and
merchant of ltonuparlc, and while there
met Mrs. Lucy H lYrktns. He befriended
tier when she was In trouble. Her first
married life had not been happy and she
learned to love the young Swiss.
Trouble came to Jeannett about this time.
It Was financial trouble. He forged a
check, was apprehended, convicted and
pentencod to serve four years in the state
prison at Fort Madison.
Hut Mrs. Perkins did not forget Mm, and
her love for him remained true. Bhe waited
for his reletuie from prison.
He was liberated Tuesday evening and
Bhe was the first to greet him as he came
out Into tho world again a free man.
A marriage license was procured, with the
assistance of the county attorney, T. II.
Johnson, and the prison chaplain performed
the ceremony making them man and wife.
kommw on the Prairies.
The society event of this season In Syc
amore, 111., took place at the home of
Mrs. lWnjaniln Ntlson on March 1, when
lier daughter, Rcrtha Kdessa, was unllej
In marriage to August IVterson of Har
vey, N. I. This event was the culmina
tion of an experience both romantic and
Interesting. Miss Nilson is a native of
Sycamore and in her home town she Is
a great favorite. Bhe Is of Swedish parent
age and, like the sweet singer of Sweden,
Christine Nilsson, to whom fhe Is related,
she Is a vocalist of great merit and wtJely
known.
About three years ago. In a Joking way,
he suggested that some of the young wo
men go west and take up government
land. The Idea was so foreign to her
manner of life that a great deal of
amusement was created, hut she was In
earnest and went to North Dakota and
took up 100 acres of land. She had a
"shack" put up and the first year re
mained there, according to the require
ments of the government. She then re
turned home to spend the winter, fully
Intending to return when the allotted time
came. When her friends learned of her
Intention of returning to her "shack" In
the wilds of Dakota they gave her a
"shower" party of farming utenils (In
miniature). Kverything In the Implement
line was presented her, but they could
not daunt her. She said she would com
pleto what she hnd stnrted to do nnd have
a farm. Her experiences were varied and
not one young lady in many would dis
play the pluck that she did. She stiyo.l
In her "shack" when storms raged that
not only flooded her little room, but when
winds would sway the hut and she would
expect nt any moment to be swept aw ly.
Storms molested her, she had prowlers
around her building, hoping to po frighten
her that she would give up staying there,
us the claim was an extra good one, hut
her nerve, determination and firearms
won tho duy. Nor were her charms lost
upon tlio peoplo In th it sparsely settled
part of the country, for the friends that
sho mado were many. In October lust she
proved up on her claim nnd the land was
deeded to her. The previous summer Khe
had it plowed to wheat nnd flax, which
netted her a neat sum. She came back
her home at Christmas apparently
"heart whole and fancy free."
She Is one of Sycamore's finest soloists.
For years she was the hading soloist In
tho choir of the First Congregational
church. February 18 a ripple of surpriso
passed over the city when her friends re
ceived Invitations to her marriage. August
Peterson, one of North Dakota's respected
citizens, had stolen a march on the many
Sycamore admirers and won her heart.
Mr. Peterson Is a member of the state
legislature of North Dakota. He Is pop
ular In his home town, both In business
and social life. Ho is cashier of the First
National bank. They will be at home to
their friends at Harvey, N. D., after
April 1.
Mark Wedding- Revealed.
The strange problem of a mwk wedding,
hatched from a conspiracy on a lake
steamer last rummer and performed at St.
Joseph. Mich., was given to the Chicago
courts In a hill for annulment filed by Mrs.
Kmnia Held. G31 Wast Seventeenth Dace.
If Mrs. Hold's story Is true, she Is not
Mrs. Reid at all, but Miss Emma Jakes,
and she has teen duped Into believing that
she was a principal In tho wedding In
which she was only a witness under a dif
ferent name, and In which the contracting
bride assumed her name without her knowl
edge. Miss Jakes In 18 years old.
Charles Reid. 45 years old, ostensibly her
husband, is charged with having originated
tho conspiracy. "Jack" Wetter and his
wife, whose addresses are not known to
Miss Jakes, are charged with having fig
ured In the plot by Impersonating Miss
Jakes and her alleged husland In the cere
mony. 1'ntil a decision Is reached Judge Tut hill
has Issued an order forbidding ReW visiting
or disturbing Ma supposed wife, who Is now
at the home of her jtster, Mrs. Mary Rlrh
ter. In addition he Is charged with having
another wife.
One day last August Miss Jakes, or Mrs.
Reld, relates she crossed the lake In com
pany with the Wetter who, as since dis
covered, were married at the time and
Reid. On board, Reid is said to have told
her that the Wetters wished to marry at
St. Joseph, and proposed that they act as
witnesses. To conceal from their relatives
at home the fact that they had taken part
In the ceremony he prevailed upon her to
take the name of Mary Dirtna, while he
took that of J. Jones.
Miss Jakes says she consented. She knew
nothing of the arrangements for the cere
mony, and, as she understood nothing but
Bohemian, was not aware of what was
said.
A few days later her sister, discovering
her name In the list of wedding licenses is
sued at St. Joseph, reproached her. Subse
quently Reld appeared and declared that
they had been legally married and that sho
was obliged to live with him es his wife.
Feiring him. she did so until February 27,
when, she declares, she discovered he had
another wife.
In the meantime, she also says, she dis
covered that In the wedding In which she
was a witness Mrs. Wetter had taken her
name and Wetter had posed os Reld, ex
plaining the appearance of the license.
I.iisch Diamonds, Find Husband.
May Joyce, the actress In the "Four
Cohans" company, lost n diamond ring at
Williamsburg, N. V., and while seeking It
found a husband. That Is, she lost the
ring two years ago and found Itho husband
a few days ugo, but the Intervening two
years is a part of the story.
The romance began behind the scenes of
the Amphlon theater two years ago. Miss
Joyce was filling an engagement at the
playhouse with the "Four Cohans," and
while changing her costume lost a "diamond
ring. She searched everywhere for It, but
In. vain. She was heartbroken because of
her loss and appealed to Treasurer Mac
Fadden. When the company left the Amphlon
theater MacFadden made another search
for the ring. He found a knothole In one
of the boards in the dressing room floor,
and with a crowbar removed the board.
There lay the missing ring. He sent it to
Miss Joyce and received a letter warmly
thanking him. Many letters were ex
changed between them, and last week she
gave up the stage and they were married.
Hatching; a Romance.
If Robert Dowd of 145 Kerry street,
Brooklyn, N. Y., hadn't liked sherry flip,
and hadn't been a baclinlor, and If pretty
Kmellne Merry of Colombia, la., hadn't
written her name and address on th
rounded surface of an egg, this little
romance might not have been written. Rut
all these things happened, undoubtedly,
Just as Cupid planned that they should.
And now Robert Dowd declares that his
fate has been sealed.
It was on the coldest night of the last
cold spell when Dowd, who is 24 years old,
sat before a cheerful grate fire In his
bachelor quarters. His eye fell upon a
bottle of sherry on a stand nearby and he
decided he needed a sherry flip. His land
lady, at his request, sent him two eggs.
Just as he was about to break one of them
on the edge of the glass he saw the girl's
name neatly penciled on the shell.
It was written In a woman's hand and
was enough to set the bachelor's ideas
moving In new lines. There was some
thing sacred about that big, white egg
and it was set aside. Another was used to
make the bachelor's flip, and be sat down
to think the girl's name over as he quaffed
the savory decoction.
Twirling the egg about In hla hands,
Dowd examined the name from every point
of view. "Ret she's a beauty," be mused
sententlously. "Farmer's daughter, maybe,
with the red cheeks, blond hair and laugh
ing eyes full of health and life." Solilo
quizing in that fashion, he fell In love with
the name and the vision he had set up as
its owner.
The next step for a man thus smitten is
to write to the unknown charmer. That Is
what Dowd did, and, after waiting like
pome gallant standing on a cold corner
watching for his belated mistress, he re
ceived recently a coy and well studied
letter, which bears none of the earmarks
of the farmer's daughter, addressed "Kind
sir."
Never mind what was In the letter.
Emelino refuged to send her photograph
until he had sent his own first. He has
sent it, and is now waiting for the end of
the romance.
Leap that Won a Husband.
Several years ago a 'tall, slender young
man airlved at Provincetown, Cape Cod, to
take charge of the little district school
there. Pretty soon a number of young
women of the place celled on him in a body,
ostensibly to give him welcome, but Just
pos.sibly with some idea of having a little
innocent fun at his expense. However,
they had not been with him long when nny
notion they may have entertained of play
ing pranks on him gave place to respect
for his evident superiority over other teach
ers who had come and gone. For his part,
he thought he hnd never seen another such
bevy of fresh, bright, buxom girls as those
Cape Cod beauties were.
Ky way of prolonging the visit he pro
posed that they all take a walk; so they
set out merrily along a country road. Now,
this poor young man, scrimping along on
the scant salary of a country schoolmaster,
had not yet begun to consider marriage as
even a prospective possibility. Rut these
girls with th Ir rich out-door complexions,
their unfeigned and unrestrained vivacity
and their simple good sense were a tempta
tion to him, us well they might have been
to any real man. And, naturally enough,
there was one pmong them who seemed to
stir even deeper emotions than any other
did.
They had not walked half a mile the en
tire acquaintance had not exceeded half an
hour when this particular temptress, pre
sumably urged by that fate which directs
the course of romance, coveted some
flowers that grew beyond the roadside
fence. If she had only mentioned the
desire to the schoolmaster he would have
been glad to bring the flowers to her. Rut
that was not fate's way. No sooner had
the young woman wished for them than
she laid a hand on the top rail and, with
out stopping to think how such an act
would Impress the dignified young man,
vaulted the fence as easily and as grace
fully as a professional athlete could have
done It.
Ex-Governor Frank 8. Rlack of New
York tells me that the schoolmaster in
stantly said in his heart: "I am going to
marry that young woman." And ex-governor
Rlack ought to know what he is
talking about, for he was that tall, slender
young schoolmaster and Mrs. Black was
the young woman who leaped the fence
without stopping to think leaped the fence
after pleasing flowers and got them.
Brooklyn Eagle.
