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Show 7 ODD PRANKS PLAYED BY CUPID Latter-Day Methods of the Little God of Love , Are Truly Astonishing Many Different Ways in Which Men and Women Have Done His Bidding "and Lived Happily Ever After." See hctr, Cupid, what ncU will jou do? Aren't you sntlslled with tho time-honored time-honored wedding, with Its orange blossoms blos-soms unit Its white satin, its wedding march and Its exectant chatter, Its solemn-looking ushers and timid bridesmaids. Its conventional collation, hurried good-byes, rice, whlto r.hbon and old shoes? Appaiently not! Haven't your pranks about reached tho limit? Of course, one expects this latter day craze for novelty to show Itseir In other wajs, hut now you've tnken it up. The formal wedding Is as old as the hills and hero you're changing everything From what has been happening lately It would seem that half the brides of this year of grace want to bo married In some novel way. Of comse, those weddings In tbo balloon or in the lion's don aro only got up for advertisement of somo county coun-ty fair or somo aspiring zoo, whoro an admission Is charged to see tho terrified couple become one. Uut hero aro brides, appaiently conventional, who don't need tbo money, who nro planning all sorts of strango weddings Just for novelty's sake. Married In Odd Placet. Hero wo havo ono pair marrying on roller skates and tho next sending ashore for a parson up tho Hudson and being married on tho bridegroom's yacht. Ono couple chooses an undertaker's un-dertaker's shop, anothor a cemetery. Two are miidu ono on horseback; two other havo their wedding party on a train, Hero Is n tclcphono wedding and there n wedding under tho spreading trees of n city park whero tho birds sing tho bridal chorus. Two lovers nrrango to meet on tho high seas and aro married by a regularly reg-ularly ordained clergyman whom tho bridegroom brings out on a tug. Two rich young pcoplo spend tholr honey- Sine," said the Justice, and so bo gave them a Hying start in life. "May the tire of love never explode," said he, by way of blessing. "Mny .our married life bo a broad, level, macadamized road, along which you will chug-chug In perfect happiness." .Miss Henrietta llaumgnrten of Chicago Chi-cago and Samuel .1. Klein met nt a roller rol-ler skating rink Cupid was n wicked llttlo wietch that time he saw to it that Miss Haumgaiten fell and thnt Mr. Klein was right on the spot to help her to her feet again. What was more appropriate then and there than that the gnllnnt young man teach the pretty Miss llaumgnrten llaumgnr-ten bow to skate, so that she shouldn't fall again? It was soon smooth skating skat-ing and Cupid did tho rest. They became be-came negnged. Skates brought them together. Why should they not be married on skates? And they were. Thero were l.r.OO skaters In tho grand march on the lloor of tho Conoy Island Skating rink following tbo happy couple. Tho Itev. B. 1. rtyan of Urooklyn performed tho ceremony, nnd Instead of old shoes thero was a shower of old skates. Now Mr. nnd Mrs. Klein nro skating on tho rlnk of llfo, hand in hand. Stopped Funeral for Wedding. Thoro Is but ono clergyman in nozeman, Mont. Ho wna conducting sorvlccs at tho gravo of John Adams. Suddenly there rushed up to him a very much excited young man and woman Alson Uatton nnd Miss Mary Ward. "Wo want to get married," thoy gasped, "and catch tbe 10:30 train!" Cupid was on their sldo. Tho bewildered be-wildered clergyman actually stopped tho funeral, bad tbe young couplo Join hands nnd made them husband nnd wifo by thu sldo of tho open grave, whllo tho mourners stood by as wit-noBBcs wit-noBBcs and wedding guests! n spreading beech tree, in whoso branches sang Inniiniernblo birds. And up in the trees tho birds sang their sweotcst, whllo that wicked rogue, Dan Cupid, looked on approvingly. approv-ingly. It wbb an Idyllic culmination of love's young dream Cupid whispered to protty llttlo Lulu Lu-lu Droomneld, plighted to fJeorgo Sarles. They wero engaged and had tho consent of their fninllles, though neither was 17 "Ceorgo," said thu girl, "next to you I lovo my hjirse Let's bo married on horseback." "Lot's!" laughed tho young man, only too glad to be married any way. So thoy rodo up to Sipilro Cunning-hnin's Cunning-hnin's bouse and told blm what thoy wanted. He cnnio out Into tho mlddlo of tbo road and thoro tho blushing youngstorfl'Bat on horseback and said their vowb Cupid certainly went out of tbo beaten track that time. nut tlio most plcturesipio of all, perhaps, per-haps, was .tho way our llttlo god of lovo fixed it for Uussell Hopkins, the wealthy young gallant of Now York, Atlanta anCarragansott Pier. Hv was deaHivo with beautiful Miss Vera iHtho charming young 17-yoarHitcr 17-yoarHitcr of Dr. J. J. Law-rotBPIfth Law-rotBPIfth Hut Dr. LaA tho girl old cnofflH CupflHWty took a hand. Now yojjag Mft HopklnB is a millionaire mil-lionaire nAl bo ban a flno big steamer, steam-er, tlio UnoV Ono flno morning a fortnight fort-night ago EMIss Vora qulotly stolo aboard thowacht, Tho young lover, leaving hlslrooms nt tho St. Itcgls, ordorod hlslaptaln to mnko all steam up tho Hnjion, Madl Happy on Yacht. Off 1'eiAklll tho anchor was dropped ail a row boat sent ashoro for a clergAuin to como quick. Ilov. John O. Oiflely responded. Wbco ho i-v-S-.' :.!" ."Vv-5ij -'"'" s shi s . p' tBMr vi?s W .-. i i i - moon In tbo arctic. Two others wed In an auto. Cupid, disguised as an nlmnuor, made HiRslbl tho mnrrlngo of Abraham Abra-ham Van Winkle, n Newark million-nlie. million-nlie. and Mrs. Minn 0. dinger. Miss tiliiger was a school teacher, but soon she found the call to charity too latent. la-tent. Sho took a conrso In tho New York School of Philanthropy nnd bo-camo bo-camo connected with tho Newark Hit-reau Hit-reau of Associated Charities. One day Miss (linger went Into the illicit of HaiiMiii & Van Winkle, chemical chem-ical manufacturers to solicit a subscription sub-scription for somo charity In which sbn was Interested. Mr Van Winkle, who has given largely to good works, became Intel cstcil In her enthusiasm for the betterment of tho oor and unfortunate and he put his immo down for it liberal donation. Furthermore, he inado It a point tn Investigate Miss dinger's work. Boon they were working for the same charities. char-ities. Of course, tho rest was easy. Thoy wero married a week ago nnd are now on their way to l.uropo for their honeymoon. Figure In Auto Romance. Cupid comes In bis auto tlmcc dan, loo, wearing goggles, If you please! Tho other day there puffed up to tbo second precinct station In Jersey Clly a red automobile In which sat a tiling man and a pretty girl. "Wheio can I llnd a Justice of tho peace?" asked tho young man. Just at that mninent Justlco Ludlow chine along. 'There's one," said Sdgoant itlor-dan itlor-dan This lady Is Miss Anna Ilyan, and she lives at 21" Dodd utreet, Hacken-sack," Hacken-sack," said tho young man. "I am James Chlcboaler of Now York. We want to get married," "Step right Inside," said tho gallant bluccoat. "Hut I don't want 'o bo married lu u police station," uild Mr. Chichester. Chiches-ter. "W not slaj In the oar," suggested suggest-ed Miss Hynu. The bridegroom handed the clergyman clergy-man a 5 bill, the bride smiled nnd waved her band at thu mourners nnd urf they sH'd. happy as larks, whllo the mourners turned again to tbo guive. 1'erliapt there never was such a wedding, but what will Cupid uut do when ho has a mind? Kqually novel was tho double wedding wed-ding of George lleauchamp and Miss Kva Storinskn and Itosroe (, Nelson and Miss Mary i:. McCarthy. Thoy chose Patrick McDonnell's undertaking undertak-ing shop, 37 Seventh avenue, New York, as thu bridal place. McDonnell Is n notary. So nt S o'clock ono lino evening tho two oung men l-d their blushing brides Into the front room of tho undertaker's, un-dertaker's, past the rows of sample coltlns, and so Into the back room, where a couple of the lately deceased lay, walling tin llnnl administrations of tho undertaker. And there among thu dead Cupid lighted il men's torch! Thu beauty of tbo day. the lovely environment of hills and lawns and trees, the soft airs and the singing of tnnny birds proved loo tuurh for Miss Atiulit Stone und Jesse Hums, of Hop-kliisvllle, Hop-kliisvllle, Ky , and Cupid turned another an-other trick. Sentiment Iniplred by Nature, The afternoon before thu day of days the young couple, with tho bride's mother and the clergyman, wuiu driving driv-ing lu Cherokee park, Unilsvlllei It was a lovely afternoon. AH nature scorned to cousplre to Inspire sentiment. senti-ment. "Oh, what a beautiful day!" sighed the bridegroom "Wouldn't t bo wonderful won-derful to be married right bore?" "Why not?" laughed thu clergyman. "I havo tbo llcenho in my pockot." The bride blushed, but her mother smiled. "Then we will be marrlud tight now," announced tho bridegroom. The currlagu was Mopped, tho party got out and climbed u llttlo wny up a tlower-grown hillside, whero they ruie to a natural grassv altar bepMith clambered aboard ho found Miss Hie-grist Hie-grist and .MrIopklns walling. Miss Mury Ferguson was thero as brides-nrald brides-nrald and Captain Klberl Wells the yacht's mnBter, was best imtn. todk only flvo minutes and off steamed the Uno again, nfter putting Itev Mr. Oakley ashoro with a fat feu In his pockot. Hut these are not all thu novelties of men and maidens who love. Mr nnd Mrs. Mnx Flelschmnnn of Cincinnati Cin-cinnati wero married conventionally enough, but they spent their hone)-moon hone)-moon In tho Arctic last summer aboard a splendidly equipped steamer, the Laura, built for exploring work. They aro Just homo. "it was wonderful, chnrrnlng. altogether alto-gether delightful!" exclaimed the bride as she landed here In New York tbe other day when telling of her experiences. experi-ences. Over in llerlln swimming parties at night nro nil thu vogue. Possibly Itnbcrt Llndonberg, a wealthy young man of Columbus, O., got his Idea of an engagement party from there Ho Is to marry MIsb Adelo Woodwortb. Thoro havo been inch parties before In Pittsburg and Milwaukee, hut never nev-er ns u wedding festivity. Hut yoa nover can tell what Cupid will do Last of all tho ulvorco party. And even hero Cupid has butted In. Miss Sophia Dleslnger bid twenty of her friends to hor apartment In New York a few evenings ngo to celebiato hor dlvorco. There was nothing to mar tho merriment of tho occ-aslon nnd to cap the climax Mrs. Dleslngei blushlngly announced her engagement to Frnnk J. Tyler, with whom shu hopes to have bettor matrimonial luck. Tho gucBts wero all in fancy dress and Mrs. Dleslnger showed off her trained dogs. An elaborate supper ended tho evening, at which theio was "lobster a la South Dakota," terrapin ter-rapin with alimony sauce, cold shoulder shoul-der of beef a la counsel fees, ralsd with lawyer's dressing, lemon Ice cream nnd Interlocutory cakes Indeed, Cupid, what things are nt done lu 70ur namo? 1 |
