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Show THE OGDEN id) -- . Gown a Burlap Bag; Miller Is Again Married fo : ;:'':K a . i-- ' V; ; " ' " ; - : rj -- ft A m fit SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 22. 1921. R ' ' 09ir 7 L cor ikemems uawmt9 and Y. 'l-- 0 I Sr-'V- STANDARD-EXAMINE- . ; N r - J - - ? t" i :.; :t;-v- . . : ' " . ' - a ' ... - " vV-- v:. . . . v " - I u 14 - " J a - . ( : r Vv v". Y' o v - ; :? "- -! . ' - v7 5 r " 7 v I 7 I - - : ., - - .t r i;y - . '- Vf. --L- v v. ' : - i v" fi-- iV-i. .-v ?:- T ; -- Htt ' - . VTii'Ij-- v ts.(! : - i .1 " -- h i o , J 'T-- V r?f. N l;,-- : "'"t N V-- V ''''( - x' . S t .... ' : l . . J. ' r ' . -,-. . v-- ill :: J - i 'M'-fii- f fAr jN L 11 v , t'" " ik 2. ' - - h - - , - fc , I ' ' The Bride and Groom Yearing Indian Costumes in One Stage of Their Sur - . Vedding. prising A!U-Nig- ht s iTRETCHED ont on a funeral bier, kVhichi stood on a picturesque Califor nia hillside "Where the rays, of the set Ung sun fell full npon it, lay the body of a beautiful young woman silent, motionless, (With eyes closed and hands resting se- i ) renely across her bosom.. ) Her graceful girlish figure was wrapped In a robe of rough burlap, its sombre coarseness relieved somewhat by the pro- ''v- - v Ti . -- - ' .T- -- NKt "a" -- fusion: of eucalyptus buds that peeped here and there from its folds. Around her neck hung a chain of prayer beads ; in one hand she clasped a silver crucifl. Great stones of red, green and turquoise blue glistened barbarically in the luxuriant masses of her .with those of the Aztecs, Buddhists and Heaped high all around the bier were roses, violets and other flowers that left the air heavy with their fragrance. At the head and foot tall candles burned dimly in the fading sjmlight. A priest chanting the solemn service of ihe dead this was all that was lacking to 'complete the sad funereal picture. Any stranger passing along the hillside that April afternoon would surely have felt convinced that he was in the presence of death that the pretty girl who lay there fco still, so silent In her rough robe of burlap, was just what she seemed a lifeless corpse. But the young woman on the bier was far from being dead. She was and still is the extremely live and distractlflgly daughter ,of Joaquin Miller, of the' Sierras." famous the "poet ' Juanita Miller was not dead Pretty young of ill or in any sort of trouble unless impending matrimony can be regarded as disaster. Neither was she, as it seemed, entirely alone on the hillside. As a matter of fact, she was surrounded by several hundred of her friends, who watched hef with eager eyes from the, shelter of the woods which encircled the little clearing where the bier stood. It was Juanlta'g wedding and not her funeral which she had invited her friends to attend. And all this ingenious simulation of death, with the bride-to-b- e playing the unusual role of her own corpse, was only the surprising start . of the weird series of pagan, barbaric ceremonies that were to make Juanita. Miller the wife of her devoted lover, Juan Miller. Probably never before since the institution of marriage was woman wedded in lashion The ceremonials that f stranger started off with all the grim trappings of death and ended hours Jater in bursts of Bacchanalian gayety were an extraordinary mingling of the most curious, mystic rites of the ancient Druids and sun worshippers American Indians. In addition, there were many daring innovations that were wholly original with the bride the rapturous "Kiss of Life," the burlap burial gown, the skull of the Family Cow as a symbol of domestic happiness, and many others equally surprising. Minute after minute dragged slowly by while the spectators watched in silent breathlessness that death-Jik- e figure on the bier. Suddenly, Just as the sun's red disk was dipping below, the horison, the stillness was broken by some delightfully notes a very creditsweet, clear, flute-likable imitation, so many thought, of the way a primeval shepherd's pipes must have sounded. As the music died away there'emerged from, a thicket on the. upper side of the clearing a young man a very tall young man, clad in immaculate white flannels and with his wavy red hair streaming out behind him like a comet's fiery tall. For a moment he stood poised on one foot. In an attitude reminiscent of the It us s lan ballet, shading his eyes with his hands as he gazed intently at the form on the bier. little cry of Joy, he Then, with a child-likwas off down the hillside, skipping and bounding over the greensward like a verit. able faun. Of course, all the spectators recognized this tall, young man as Juan "Miller, the bridegroom. And all those who knew the first thing about the pagan symbolism of ages and ages ago understood at once that he was on his way to bestow the Kiss of Life on his Tiger Lily Love, and thus bring her back from the grave of unhapplness to which her first marriage had doomed her. But those who had made the wearisome climb up the hillside largely for the sake of seeing what a Kiss of Life was like had to possess their souls in patience. Such a kiss was apparently too sacred to be consummated without great .deliberation. Instead of taking Juanita In his arms hair. - good-lookin- g . ' e . red-haire- d ' - -- Juanita' Father, the Eccentric Old "Poet of the Sierra." e ' " ,". k S- .. " ' ' ' . .:VW:,. - 'V'::.f ..'X'" ' X,.," . The Bride, with Her Symbolic Skull of the Family Cow and (AWe) the "Kiss of Life with .Which Juatiita'a New Husband Ended the "Death" to Which the Unhappineii of Her First Marriage Drought Her. hr side, as many of the younger and less barbarically sophisticated of the guests were sure he" would, the bridegroom merely' bent reverently over the bier and registered great Joy as he gazed earnestly into her face. Onct; twice and still once more ho lowered his head until his lips almost touched hers. But each time. Just when the looked-fo- r contact seemed inevitable, he drew back for all the world as if he lacked the courage to bestow the soft caress that was supposed to end all Juan-i2,'- s troubles and give her a second rnott gage on happiness for the rest of her days." After a few minutes of this pantomime of devotion struggling with diffidence the latter seemed to get the upper hand. At any rate, Juan walked away from the bier, faced the east, and flinging his long arms heavenward began waving them about in a way utterly unknown to any of the rituals of Christendom. His next move was to prostrate himself three times on the ground. All this, it 'was later explained, was In accordance with what some' of the prehistoric pagans considered an excellent plan for propitiating the perhaps, to our modern custom of securing a license and buying a ring In advance of the actual ceremony. Whether what the young man did was entirely acceptable to the pagan deities or not, the action of this curlout little drama at once began to pick up speed. When Juan rose and walked back to the bier he never hesitated the fraction of an Instant, but pressed his lips closely against Juanita's, and Just held them there as it ' pre-nuptl- , al gods-corresp- onding, red-heade- d he never intended to let anything part two their faces. (C) UtU UtrntJl ; Juanita Miller, Whole Mamige Wai Sol emnized with the Strangest Pagan Rile and Cer morale a. f the instant he reached V The nymbollc KIm of Life had bfjrunt And what a klirn It was the tort you rtad about in novels, but Mldotn e In real lite. .Only Mrs. Elinor G!yn could hare done Justice to it. The wedding gutiti viewed that kis with varying emotion. Some caH4 if tome d I suiting. dellRhtfuI Othri termed it "brutal, catmw stuff, and riot a few pronounced it too swtt for any Ihlng." Their opinion taried in accordand their prcvioua exance with their matters of this kind. perience la alL and actually amazed them what But made some grow nervous, was the fact that Juanita still showed no stent of the life which the Iclst, according to all the pagan theories, was supposed to inspire. Could It be that she had fainted 7 It seemed incredible that a woman in full possession of her semes could remain tranquil while being kisied like that Surely any normal woman would either scream for the police cr show some ilgni of gratitude and reciprocity. The suspense of the nervous ipectalors was at last relieved. With a bound that nearly upiet the long, lanky bridegroom Juanita. sprang from the bier, upsetting one of the funeral candles and scattering flowers right and left. For Juit the twlnk-lin- g of an eye their lips parted company. Then Juanita's plump arms flew around Juan Miller's neck, and the Kiss of Life was resumed more rapturously than before. Watches, having 'been unknown among the pagan barbarians no official record was kept of the length of the kiss that "symbolized so much. It must, howsrer, Tho evening hare been a shadows had fallen nearly as far as them-eeltetheys could before Juanita and Juan tora from ono another's arms and iatltcd ae record-breake- r. their friends to gather around and ciTcr their conitratulatlons and cwl wjfht. AUhouah the Millars corulderrd that the completion of the Klt cf Llfo made iht:n as completely one n If they hsd rone through a doirn church weddings, there were still many rites to txi perc raj-Ml- formed bfforo they could feel itartrd on the road to happiness aa fafely as good paeans should be. That symbolized thr law. The bride exchanged her burlap burial robe for the costume cf an Indian prlneess. The bridigroom wrapped himself ia a Navajo blanket and covered his flaming head with the feathered plumes of a mighty chieftain. Between them they carried the skull of a cow cf which more later. To the foot of the stone aftar erected years o by old Joaqcln Miller to the "unknown god" they led several yousg goats. The animals were aacrLlced la the ancient manner with much pomp and ceremony. Their flesh, roasted barbecue fashion in a great pit, was later sere4 at the wedding supper, together with take mad from grain threshed by the bride's own fair hands. Then Juanita once more chant! her costum this tsm5 for the. convections.! a of twentieth century bride. garb A wonderfully charming picture sht made In a net rob richly embossed ia pearls and wreathed with toft waite chifbisons cautfit fon. A spray of cran to a carefully marctlled coiffure the veil cf flowing tulle. A hundred brilliants in the buckles cf her nils slippers twlnVTod brightly in the mocn'Ubt, On her f.r.jrcrt whlea plirhtcd she wore th hajte crowned ter with h.t sht the troth that calls th -- White UUci Cf thf Awerfc4 Grayer." There was lull one facer jrruaut ticte Ir.r.rad cf a bridal txmvut ih rarrisd ia bne band that tiily, r1nnr cow's skulll This death's head is all thtt remains of a faithful oil Kftit wtiea tad lent the M.T.er table with milk ar.d eretm. Juar.lta sets great sler by the syrabol-is-am attaching to this depsrUd bessy ir.tarM skull. Its fonelM, ihl and tlenty Ir.d to her household special protection aralcit th rapacity rlvi Of Undlardl and ifadlinif a. dr-iire-s, nt As has bea said, tell It ttot Jaantia Mil- ler's first matrimonial rjr!eaet. Eeversl sen she contracted what the termed yrsrt a "trial marrUgt with John Beavls. aa American business man Uticg la the I'hinpintt. rnarrUg'e This proved a itvtrt trial but not ta the sense she had pltnnel. ia the sulf she brtreiht for dlvoroa she to--charged foal Mr. navis with being altogether cf three dusky Filipino Udlea wbctn be was alleged to have called TlckJetV Teaches" and Cita-- " It was to symbolise the dismal nnharri-cs- s of her first marriage that he insisted cn beginning the barbrlo ceremonies Ua which marked her second marrfag death. tht sun rising rep re natation cf her as faf dead Thli symbolised that sbe ss Mr. lie avis U concerned. Ths re si name of Juanita's new husband Is John Itced. He consented to caII him self Juan Miller la order to gratify btr earnest desire that her married name should be as nearly at possible like htr maiden cam. Like the pW old cow'a skull and the will burlap burial rob. th bridTtw:n'i be Said to la his name, sscrlf.ee to Icgacst n tre symbol of acrr.ethlng important. But whether It symbolises Jcactta's deiermtna. tht family ta not yet been revealed. Oh ye, they were conventionally mar rlcd too. There was a legal ceremony icme Use aj;o befcra a JujUce cf tha Peace, Una tt be the real boss of ftUan Bmu, wmMmmmm I 4 f |