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Show SCREAMING BRIDE IS STOLEN' S i FRIENDS TEASE NEWLYWEDS DR. AND MRS. DEE LENZI FOLSOM, who have some exciting ex-citing experiences immediately following marriage in this city as a result of a friendly conspiracy. fi ' -: Hat and Shoe Hidden to Prevent Departure Intended In-tended to Be Hurried. DOCTOR DEE LENZI FOLSOM, son of Mr. and Mrs. llyrum P. Folsom, 553 South Third East street, and his brido are now laughing with their relatives and close friends over a hazing received immediately im-mediately following the marriage ceremony, cere-mony, although for a while this experience experi-ence didn't appeal to them as being strictly a joke. It all happened Friday afternoon and night, as a result of a plot hatched by four parents and many brothers and sisters, who pretended with considerable success that they were annoyed at the young newlyweds. Young- Mr. Folsom is a practicing dentist nere and a son in a respected and well-known pioneer family. His bride was Miss Laura Mariorie MeClintoek, MeClin-toek, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L E. ', MeClintoek of Denver, Colo. Mr. MeClintoek Me-Clintoek is district superintendent for the Western Union Telegraph company. Covered With Rice. In addition to the parents there were i tweuty-six brothers and sisters of Dr. Eolsom present when the marriage ceremony cere-mony was performed by Elder Hyrum U. Folsom. It seems that the fun began at 3 o'clock in the afternoon when the bridegroom was told to kiss his bride, dust as the osculation was being performed per-formed upon order of Mr. Folsom, senior, Mr. MeClintoek pulled a string which tipped over a big bowl of rice on the heads of the happy couple. Then the old shoes were toss'ed at the newlyweds until they had some difficulty in extricating extri-cating themselves from the pile. This part was taken by the brothers and sisters, each of whom had several pairs on hand for the purpose. , The young people had intended to leave " immediately following the ceremony, with Ogden as their destina-, Hon, having packed suitcases for the i purpose, but their plan was suddenly! nipped. j Suitcases Hidden. Some mischievous ' member of the family had hidden the suitcases. Then Mr. Folsom, senior, induced the bride to remove one of her shoes because he thought the heel was coming off. No sooner was compliance had than the article of footwear was confiscated. The bride's hat was appropriated by one of the women folk and so the couple did not get away just then. While Mr. Folsom took his newly-married son to one side, two, brothers of the bridegroom bride-groom kidnaped the bride in an automobile. auto-mobile. The young husband saw them just as they were starting the machine with his screaming wife in it. He made a leap from the porch that would have done credit to a professional broad jumper and his sprint would have won a world's champion foot race. But the machine was too swift. 1 Finally Get Started. I In about two hours the bride was returned and then began a search for the suitcases and wearing apparel. One bv one these were recovered all but the hat. It was not found until little Pean Jennings, 3 years of age, the daughter of a neighbor, was spied by the bride with a knowing look on her face. Then a wheedlingly diplomatic course was adopted by the wily bride. A series of bribe offers were made for information as to the whereabouts of the hat. The necessary information was finally forthcoming, forth-coming, but not the hat. By dint of persuasion and further extensive bribery the little girl was induced to fetch the hat aud the bride was made happv. At 1:30 o'clock that night the voung couple got away after seven and one-half hours of good-humored ' ' pestering pes-tering ' ' bv relat ives that will not be forgotten in a lifetime, but from which the newlyweds emerged supremely happy. |