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Show PROTESTING PARENT MAY POT ITCH Katliryn Corrio Harris Says She "Will Wed John Barry-moro Barry-moro Anyway. By Leased Wire to The Tribune. N13W YOKK, All;. 0. Coincident, with the announcement of the ongngo-rnent ongngo-rnent of John Darrymorc and Miss Kathryn Corrio 3 Jurnia, eninos the news today that Sidney Harris is speeding hero on an express liner to prevent tho marriage of his daughter, while her mother's sympathies are decidedly n favor of the well-known actor's suit. The wealthy lawyer is said to object to tho match because Miss Harris has only just turned eighteen. Sho is ono of the proudest and most popular members mem-bers of the social suU Matinee girls who have watched Mr. Barrymoro make love in the "Fortune Hunter" will bo horrified to learn that there is no romance in tho affair. Mr. Barrymoro says ho met Miss Karris, that they liked each other and kopt on liking each other, that their friendship blossomed into love, that he asked her and she said "Yes." That was all there was to dfc. Barrymore's Admission. "Yes," he said with a quiet smilo. ''This time it is finite true. There- is nothing to mako a fuss about for anybody any-body but ourselves. I met Miss Harris about two years ago and I found that ; J liked her very much indeed. And a little while ago.I asked her if she liked me onough to marry me. Sho said sho did. T'm awfully glad of it. No, the time is not settled, but it probably will be before the opening of tho season, August IS." "My sympathies are all with my mother," said Miss Harris today, and with lS-ycar-old positivoncss she added: "My father can think or say anything any-thing he likes; 1 am pleasing my mother and I am pleasing myself, and that is all there is to it." Miss Harris did not know when she and Mr. Barrymoro would be married, but thought in about three weeks. Mrs. Sidney Ifnrris, mother of the brido-lo-bo, said today sho could not see the slightest grounds for tho opposition oppo-sition of Mr. Harris to the marriage. Mother's Statement. "E have known Mr. Barrymoro for a long time," she said. "lie is u dear boy and T'm verv fond of him and shall bo very glad to have him for a son-in-law. J don't think my daughter is too young to marry not whon her husband is to be such a charming hian as Mr. Barrymoro. " Mr. Barrymoro is tho son of the late Maurico Barrymoro and is the brother of Ethel and Lionel Barrymoro, all popular pop-ular stars of the stage. Mrs. Harris inherited a fortune estimated esti-mated at .'?.:300,000 from her uncle, Charles P. Dal', some years ago. Sho has been since dividing her time with her daughter between New York and Paris. |