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I NINO over the absence of her
I j former sweetheart, O. Aebe, with
I wham she quarreled a few weeks
I ago, Miss Bertha Milton of Oak-
' -j land. CaJ., has apparently become
tkaanged.. She was taken to the Receiving'
hospital today on a charge of Insanity, pre
ferred by Rudolph Jaeger of 1G25 Chestnut
tract. West Berkeley, at whose home she
lias been staying- alnoe ber mind began to
fan. Jaeger is a brother-in-law of Aebe.
Miss Milton Is to be examined by the
lunacy commissioners.
Prior to her mental breakdown Miss Mil
ton conducted a lodging house on Kearney
street, San Francisco. Aebe la proprietor
of a liquor store on the same street, Jaeger
said. For several months Aebe and Mies
Milton kept company, according to Jae
ger's statement. Then there was a quar
rel and they separated. Kfforts on the
part of Miss Milton to effect a reconcilia
tion proved futile. All that remained of
her blasted hopes of love was a photo
graph of her former sweetheart.
When Miss Milton's mind began to fall
Jaeger and his wife took her to their homo.
Efforts to restore her to her normal condi
tion and dispel her melancholy thoughts
proved futile. Bhe continued to pine night
and day for her absent lover. Bhe con
tinually carried the photograph of ber for
mer sweetheart with her, and would slog
to It In a pathetic manner. At times she
would urge members of the family to re
main quiet because her sweetheart was
sleeping, and she would point to the photo
graph she had gently laid down. Grad
ually Mies Milton has been becoming vio
lent, threatening to end her life. Lt
Saturday she attempted ' to throw herself
from a window. Believing she would harm
herself If not restrained Jaeger swore to a
complaint charging- her with Insanity. She.
is a native of France, aged 43 years.
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Age for Glrla to Wed.
Governor Edwin Warfleld of Maryland .
has aroused a stir among femininity by
stating that 24 Is the proper age at which
a girt should marry. He made the state
ment In addressing the graduates of the
Wilmington High school recently, and the a
foljowed It up with the following Inter
view: "If asked the age when girls should
marry I should ray M. That was the age
of Mrs. Warrteld when I married. I was
ft. I hare said to my daughters that I
should not give my consent to their mar
rying until they arrive at that age.
"Marriage for the purpose of settling a
daughter In life la. as a rule, a failure and
an nnhappy one. No parent, and especially
bo true and loving mother, win wish to
push her daughter Into matrimony before
she is fully matured and fitted for the
grave responsibilities Of married - life.
Toung glrla jnst out of school are not
quipped for tho ordinary household du
ties of wives and for the care3 and trials
of motherhood. They ' should, after leav
ing school, spend some time with their
parents, giving their parents the pleasure
of their companionship and learning some
thing of everyday work that will be theirs
as wives."
M-tr f Iet ranch's Lawns.
Apropos of the celebration of the CDMJi
anniversary of Petrarch's birth, a discus
sion has arisen as to the Identity f Fo
trarch'a Laura.
The old story was that she was Lara
dl Moves, or d'Ancaxuae a member, MX all
events, of an Id provincial family who
married one Hugo dn 8de of Avignon, and
was the lineal ancestress of the Marquis
de Sade of inglorious memory. On Investi
gation, however, this story appears to rest
upon little beyond the unsupported word
of a certain eighteenth century Abbe de
Sade, who wanted to flatter his vanity
with an Interesting genealogy. M. Geb
hart, the well known French writer on the
Renaissance, inclines, on the other hand,
to the opinion that the immortal mistress
of the poet Is quite unidentifiable, was al
most certainly of do Importance and of
pleblan origin.
Covrted Six Tears.
A six years' courtship which began In the
c'.ass rooms of the University of Chicago
culminated in a wedding at Peru. Ind., re
cently. The bride Is Miss Rachel Henton, one of
the best known young women of Peru, and
the groom Harold Bennett Challes of Atch
ison, Kan. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. 11. P. Klyver, pastor of the
Baptist church, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. S. F. Porter. Only the Immediate
relatives were present. Mr. and Mrs. Chal
les left on the afternoon train for Milan,
Italy, where they will epend the next
year. Mr. Cha!lea is a grand opera singer
and has a contract to King at Venice all
next winter.
Romance Ieda to Weddlnsj.
After a courtship which extended over
twenty-five years Rev. C. W. WebdeH, pas
tor of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal
church. South St. Louis, will marry Miss
Mary T. Byrum of Chicago, his childhood
sweetheart The ceremony will take place
in Chicago Thursday.
In the boyhood days of Dr. WebdeH he
and Miss Byrum attended the same coun
try school at Shelblna, Mo. Dr. Wcbdell
was then only 10 years old and bis future
wife was a few years his Junior, but ago
was no barrier to their love-making. Both
agreed that, come what might, they would
marry when they attained their majority.
Some years later Miss Byrum moved
from the Missouri town, but kept up a
correspondence with her school day wooer.
Dr. Wendell was ordained five years ago.
During the first two years of his ministry
he was tn charge of the Methodist church
at Maryville, Mo. Three years ago h
was sent to St. Paul's church, where he
has met with great success.
Sever CM Too Old.
Although SO years of age and a great
grandfather, Frans I. Undermaaa of
Alameda, CaL, took out a marriage license
to marry Frederick Ansorge, 75 years of
age. The two were made one a short time
afterward by Rev. W. Brandes. who ac
compaaeld the aged couple to the clerk's
offfoe. Umdermana was a widower sod
lives on Taylor 'avenue between Seventh
and Eighth streets in Alameda. He does
not get along well with a married daughter
and while at a German picnic two weeks
ago met the woman who has bow bo
come his wife.
Youth Marries Ills Aont.
By marrying his aunt, Samuel R. Hawk
Shaw, a well known young man of Gte
Cove, has added another chapter to the
romances of that quaint Ijoag laiand vil
lage. The wedding was kept secret for a
week and then became known only by
the merest accident. Tlie bridegroom's
aunt, Mrs. Addie Hawkshaw, was the
widow of lls lather's brother, Richard.
Samuel had always been her favorite
nephew and she never forgot how kindly
he condoled with her In her bereavement.
Hawkshaw Is 2 years of age and his
bride not yet over 30. A neighbor who met
young Hawkshaw asked concerning the
health of his "aunt." "Aunt! Why she's
my wife, declared Hawkshaw, and the
secret was out.
lie then explained that he and his aunt
hnd gone to Sea Cliff the week before and
were married by tho Rev. Janus Carter,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mrs. Hawkshaw blushingly ' said it was a
love match. "I always hod a sentimental
feeling for Sam.' she said. "He was so
kind that one couldn't help falling In love
with him."
Knele Henry's Romance.
News comes f rum Shepherdtttown, W. Va .
that ex-Senator Henry C. Davis, the demo
cratic vice presidential candidate, will In
the fall marry Mrs. Katherlne Reynolds,
widow of Dr. John Reynolds of Shepherds
town. Mrs. Reynolds Is 70 years old, while cx
Senator Uuvls is 0.
There Is sn interesting story back of the
approaching wedding. Many years ago,
when Henry Q. Davis was a brakeman on
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, he became
a suitor for the hand of Miss Katherine
Cunhwa, whose family was one of tbo most
prominent In Washington county, Mary
land. Miss Cushwa was a pronounced
beauty and was tho acknowledged belle In
the section in which she lived.
Her family being an aristocratic one, she
became a leader In the exclusive stoctal set.
and at all social gatherings Miss Cushwa's
society was souk lit after by the young
gallants of Maryland and West Virginia.
Mrs. Reynolds and young Davis met for
the first time at a dunce at a country house
and frequently thereafter he became her
escort. The friendship thus begun speedily
ripened Into love. Davis proposed and the
young woman was willing, but her parents
could not reconcile theuutelvua to tie .doa
of their beautiful and accomplished daugh
ter marrying a poor railroad brakcuian.
and the young man was sent on his way
witi a broken heart.
Wou soiiie ;r,R?.
M. & Olson of White Rock. S. D-. is pie
pared to deed to a newly made bride. Mrs.
Burt See, three building lots tie owns in the
town as the result of having made a bluff
in the endeavor bo drive the fair yne out
of the niu trin voi ilul game, Mrs. See was
formerly Miss Eva Lund, and that site had
pluck la shown by the story her friends re
late. ' Th. story, in brief, Is the tale of a mod
ern leap year lochinvar, who, laughing at
the leagues. of Minnesota prairie and seis
ing the forelock of Time as be simultane
ously grasped the reins which guided two
twentieth ceotnry livery stable chargers,
leaped through twelve miles of space and
Into matrimony and the ownership of three
building lots afl in the space of three
hours.
When Mr. Olson of White Rock, formerly
manager for tho S. E. Oscarson company
of that thriving South Dakota village,
laughingly asked a fellow clerk in the com
pany's store when she was going to get
bar wedding dress Miss Eva Lund re
sponded with some commonplaces which
did not disclose the fact that she was the
fiancee of Bert Bee of the Cartwright 1m
plomvnt company of the santa place.
. Sparred on by his own wit Mr. Olson re
now
marked that If Miss TUrad would kindly get
married within three uud a half hours ha
wuald gladly present her three building kits
valued at susne f3ua.
Having made sure that the offer was
made in earnest and mindful of the fact
that It was leap year. Miss Iund quietly
withdrew from tho store and repaired to
the wurchouse where See was employed.
"bay, Bert," she announced abruptly, "we
will be married this afternoon."
"Wha a I" ejaculated the astounded
Bee, looking out of his ledger. Miss Lund
rapidly explained the remarkable rffcr of
the Jocular Mr. Olson. Together they can
vassed the situation and decided that he
would stand pat.
This."" said Mr. 8e, 'Is where w begin
to arrive. No such heaven-sent gift shall
pass our door-to-be without first having a
look -in on us."
And he telephoned an order to Wheaton,
Minn to have a marriage Horns ready,
sent a hurry-up call for the fastest team
In While Rock, bade eoodby to bucheloi"
Joys and whs presently tearing over the
prairie for wife and home and three lots of
native land.
' Their time was up at 8 o'clock. At 7:34
the jesting Mr. Olson at In his White
Rock home, preening himself upon the
merry quip with which he had occupied a
dreary half-hour. He wotted not th-a flYct
of le.ap year.
The young woman at central said he was
"wanted at the long distance. Rev. W. T.
Williams of Wbeatoo was the person who
would have speech with the happy humor
ist, and at the end of the conversation the
merry tester had learned that where two
persons of his acquaintance had been be
fore but one existed now. and that he was
"shy" Just three building lots. The course
of true love had run with remarkable
smoothness and rapidity.
And to make the romance complete Mrj
Olson Is staudicg pat and Mr. and Mrs.
See will he three good pieces of real estate "
to the good as soon as the necessary paoers
can be drawn. ,
MlnlMertal Wr4lag Bales.
Dr. Charles H. Armstrong of St. Miry's
TrotesUnt Episcopal church, Philadelphia,
has issued a new set of roles lo govern
weddings ce'ebrated In lhat elifloe. This
Is the result of circumstances attending
ths recent murriajje there of Robert Goelet
and Elsie Whelen. They-did wot ask per
mission to use. the church, but swooped
down on the pluoe with decorators and
flortatn before Dr. Armstrong, the rector,
had sny Idea of their Intention. They did
not even Invite him to assist In the cere
mony. After the wedding party had gone
the churrh was almost torn to pieces by a
crowd of sightseers who ere let loose in
it Dr. Armstrong and the vestry have
therefor taken measures to prevent such
scenes la future.
Wins Bride by Mall.
John Merwlck, 17 years old, of Alden
ville, Wayne county, near Wf.kesbarre,
Pa., has sent a ticket to Tioga, Tpx., for
his intended bride, with whom he started
correspondence through a matrimonial
agency.
Young Harwich's mother died some time
ago and, feeling lonely, be advertised for a
wife, and was flooded with answers, among
them being one from Miss Delia Asher of
Texas. He explained that it would be
cheaper for har to come hers than for him
to go to Texas, and she said she would)
start as soon as she could gvt ready.
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