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Show SiTI-IEAlILl TOO ILL 10 Siricka Sown, and Wing Delayed. Bride-to-Be, On!y Seventy, is Sadly Disappointed. Disap-pointed. i Courtship Lasted Thirty Years; Marriage Vows Were to Be Self-Pronouuccd. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. Mttreh 2C Serious Se-rious illness has arisen to disrupt the marital plans of Mrs. Ann Mills of West Indianapolis and Francis W. Thomas of Spiccland, both aged mintelcrs of the Friends' church, who were to bo married today. The bridegroom Is 111 with erysipelas. ery-sipelas. It Is not known when thc wed-dipg wed-dipg can be held. The bride-elect swld last night that there is hope for Mr. Thomas's recovery and that the marriage may bo solemnized within a short time. Culmination of Pvomance.-The Pvomance.-The wedding day was to be thc culml-nallon culml-nallon of a pretty romance. The two havo known each other for more than thirty years. Mrs. Mills Is 70 years old and her prospective husband Is. ton yours her senior. Both arc prominent In the-Friends' the-Friends' church, eneli liavlns served as a pastor for many years. Engagement Caused a Stir. The engagement was announced last month and caused a stir In the Friends' circles In the State. The prominence and age of the contracting parties caused comment. com-ment. Additional interest attached .to ihe wedding because of the annouuement that it would be performed according to the cerenionv of the Friends' church, without the aid of a minister.' Thiu meant that the vows would be self-pronounced, a Friends' custom now 1n most cases abandoned. To Wed Themselves. The aged bride and bridegroom were to marry themselves this afternoon In tho parlor of Mrs. Mills's little home on Division Divi-sion street. Friends of each had lytvn Invited, and then; wns to hu a wedding dinner after I ho eeremony had been gone through. About threo weeks ago Mr. Thomus wns taken 111. Wedding Postponed. As the time for the wedding approached it became apparent that postponement must bo mnde. Ail realized this save the bride and bridegroom themselves. They insisted that there should ue no departure from the original plans. Later, however, Mrs. Mills saw the hopelejjsncvM ol the situation and induced Mr. Thomas to agree to a postponement. No Plans for Future. During the time that her prospeellve husband was dangerously III Mn,. Mills received dally messages as to lite condition. condi-tion. "So, we have no plans for the wedding wed-ding now." she said last night. "Mr. Thomas's serious llliuss caused us to abandon thought of getting married now, and wo have had no chance to make new arrangements. Doomed to Disappointment. "It does seem." she added with a sigh, "that we are doorni-d to disappointment In this life. Everything' was working out so nicely, and now to think that all oir plans have to be given up." |
