Show Y r r How Patient Young Mr Weaver at Last Captured yz for His Very own the Capricious beauty e r s Y The won wo n bride br de as a s she Whom for Years He Has Been Following looked of tier ber in recent 0 n e 1 Y stage successes a Wherever She Went Trailing ter Many Thousands of oft t y 8 Miles Over Overt t c rZ a n and and andea ry Ps yF a ea o N Wa Waa Waa a a 9 yv S t t tt sv 2 v t s a 5 w John V R Weaver r poet editor editor- md and very n 5 successful lover Sf OVE OVI en em and leat fears err that's en that's that me Lor gyp from now on Im I'm m through with wit alt all thur thu tuff stud forever forever Im I'm with ever tt it h 11 mean lean Im I'm through with tellin i but the uth thet-uth uth And pia ln square and never CT tricks Or any woman get your goat So that tat win man dont don't about him lum- himself himself self Jut Cut always alway worries how to t please or Of help herA herA her herA A birds bird's a tap sap that really falls fails in lave laveL love L Lvie Lote ne cm em and leave cm cm a d to t- t a- a h with emi em That was l how John V A Weaver pOEt BrooklynN end and literary editor ofa of a Brooklyn N y i newspaper er felt on the subject subject- subject until he be met Peggy eggy W Wood od daughter ot of the tho late Eugene Wood well known au- au author au author thor and vocal teacher and herself a talented and ond charming actress When he fell feU under the influence of pretty Peg Peggy b ha be forgot all about A h h C philosophy h I II he I- I had Wid j e-j vOIced m 11 IT hIs 11 verses NiS Ii i i Lose l Lose Em and Leave Em lie He wed loved Peggy Woodall Wood all aU r ht but he had bad not the slightest of leaving not her her not even when hen she seemed to think trunk that thai this would be the best thing for them both both- bothOn On the contrary when she was as not to tl heed his hag hl pleas plus that she Ie lee hIM mak mai make mair r her er Mrs Weaver lust Just as quick quickly ly Iy as any clergyman or justice of the pea peace e could do it he embarked on a pur pur- pursuit pursuit suit of her that covered several Sears ears and carried him over thousands of mIles of lane land and fi sea PI he ho had the ca capricious pricious beautys beauty's heart beart safely linked with mth hs h's Poets ape arr generally supposed to be b arsons arong tin till worlds world's greatest greate t masters of the tl-te art of men love love men oho ft ho are able to tlc take possession of any heart on whIch they set their desire with le less s difficulty dIfficulty difficulty culty than th n other men But in Pegg Peggy Wood young tun Mr Weaver found a heart that for an incredibly long time resIsted alt ah his bold assaults and barred baffled his bis clev clev- cleverest cleverest erest Will Vill Johnny 7 ver vcr marry Peggy Wood In theatrical and nd lit lit- lit literary cir rs this question for years l AS s regarded as 5 almost most is as unanswerable a as a-itne a the q gaery tr iron How old IS 12 Aunt Ann Even Sven when hen the copt wort after dIfficulties would uld hair p discouraged any less earnest lover finally ur in WIn Wing ling Peggy Peggys Peggy's promise e to n n-arry n arry n h-n h i b bi found is t-is is perplexing love problem not much a ascar solution than it was before According to her way of thinking IS a Irl s promise to marry a Man mal ma i and her trip to the marra marr marriage age e altar with hm ire are i two very different things things-so things v CJ different that the on one onery very cry possibly may not lead to the other at all When Peggys Peggy's powers of resistance had been worn corn down by Mr Weavers Weaver's persIstent and persuasive pursuit and Ehe promIsed to marry hun him some day she thought this promise ought to bo sufficIent to keep him satisfied indefinite for an ins in- in definite period She wanted a II long en enn engagement during which she could cons con con continue her stage work and she and her lover could make doubly sure that they wanted ant d each other as much muchas as they thought and that theirs was really an Ideal love mat match h This of course was exactly what Mr Weaver didn't want lie He would have been delighted to have hav had th the marrIage celebrated the very ill instant tant he be won pret- pret ty pretty ty y himlIe Peggys Peggy's admission that she loved hun him bun He lIe was a disappointed dl but not discouraged discouraged aged aged- With an up and at em SpirIt such dS as is the world orld does dols not usually associate as- as assocIate as associate with poets Mr Weaver Waver set out I j Y Z A I H y m t ii Y f 11 Ji 7 df f I JI I 11 I f r i i j h 1 q J- J JJ J J v i 6 yr t ix 41 I aye i l 7 J v if 1 ff r j jJ f J I It t d it r y a 1 t 0 H H r v t f ff 1 J I f r fI I r ji t dw s 1 x x I J 1 11 ft k j 1 v t v 1 f TJ A v vf At I 2 1 f t ty f y f l 1 A p fi l J I 40 t r J fir r w J i i i iW i t Ji 1 ih rf t 1 ty x i J t I i 11 o V J i p i L I z g 1 ol- ol Jj Ji olt t M t l j r 9 a ya i r f i W J I T i 1 r t t y yr r k Jil H J 1 J j f 92 l J Jr f l tb t lJ W t MY x 9 J f IJ I r c J Jt 1 w f 4 w m i f s a ac f x xe e 1 Fa f 0 r g p 1 tl t j r r d n ng nr J II 11 44 t f I l g f 1 1 t a J t r w K j t F W i t 1 i I f 11 Arr f f J 1 t 5 t I r f i j j A j i H Hf f P f i If Jf t f y i i it t St A y I Z i 1 t o r g t 6 f ff f r 1 f t fr 0 r aw h i d v It y l 4 t th W 3 to f J J r rey o t It t 1 i it f fJ J i t t t t f H i I ey h ti b 4 1 J f t uk J f fr ff r I-fr I e E f I ft bra l A d i 7 t s L-s j JJ s t ed saY F A t r r t v Af r r f yi C t v J a tJ t J S SI I fri N 7 biN r Y i 4 bi r x t r ij The former Peggy who ended a remarkably t t r I t 5 4 Liepa U ff fJ r romantic an and d out long courtship in Bermuda the dad r a ab b ih tk H courtship y i r 4 other day by becoming Mrs Weaver 1 4 j f i r I h i n m y M Mr r r rL ra L f fa a a k l li r ri i Lovely enough to many volu r es of verses to complete the romantic task tak which he now saw haw was only perhaps half half perhaps not that much dune much done That was 15 se eral severa years ago the in- in inside inside in inside side story of the th struggles he has gone lOIe through since sine then in his effort to trans transform form his fiancee fiance into hi his bride would fill fillmore more morp than one gOO sired good book the 1 be rumor that the losers lovera had quay quarreled riled and their was aas as hope hope- les lessly hopelessly ly broken became haJne h one of the tock stock OD ones that bobbed tp p e every cry ery o so often in fa inthe fathe Inthe the circles where they are arc well known But no sooner was it on the way to ac- ac acceptance ac acceptance as a certain fact th than it would he be followed oy DY the news that ever had been pdt patched hed up IP and were still going to be some married married some day Not until a few lew days ago did dad Mr Air Weavers Weaver's lorg and thrilling love chase end in an triumphant victory V IV Peggy Woods Wood's health forced her to abandon stage engagements for a tIme and sh h went on a cruise to the West Indies to recuperate When she reached Bermuda she decided to stop off there and andrest rest a while mobile bIle As Aa soon as Mr Weaver heard where she aJ toe followed Ier ler to Bermuda A voyage like that was waa nothing to hIm Io For years ears hr h h had been pursuing this e C sweetheart of his pis to England Eng Eng- England England land Crance I ranee Ital Italy and lId andall all aU parts s of the United States tates ever her musIcal studies or Inga engagements or pleasure called caned her Before h he had hid been in Bermuda t twenty four four hours he had suc succeeded in ur getting Peggy to say sa sav Ill marry you morrow to-morrow to John And tins tills time timp she sh k pt her or or orThe 1 The report ort of tf the marriage that reached i their friends in New York was as not des de denied nied as liS it 11 had been so o many times before Neither r Mr Weaver Cr nor his bride has et revealed repealed the method by which he accomplished this final miracle and ended the romantic pursuit in which he has been heen so lon long engaged and which has involved him in m so many difficulties Some of their fr friends ends thIn think it was the balmy climate of Bermuda that proved pro of invaluable assistance to him in an melt melt- melt melt-in tint hI his fiancees fiancee's es e's heart Others believe that sery i cry probably her opposition to an early marriage was at last broken down b by some new and irresistible verses erses In which he sang of her charms and of hIs undying devotion At any rate the poets poet's per persistence nce has proved stronger than pretty Peggys Peggy's powers of resistance and she is now Mrs John V A Wa er Perhaps some day Mr Weaver Wea Will write a poem or a no novel noel el re re ealing the secret of pow ow row he finally made sure of the love prize which had so o long and o dl distractingly dis eluded him Other lovers who li are ore fac fac- fac l y sing y s sing bf mg ing srm simi similar lar tar dif dif- dIf dIf- dIfficultIes difficulties difficulties will mil hopet hopt p 10 so yr From what the world has been able able to see of of this interesting love cha chase e Mr Weaver relied more on persistence and propinquity them an anything thing else lie Ile never gave up p hope always s refused to accept any ot of II Peggys Peggy's numerous Nos os as final And he kept himself as continually Uy in her sIght as no DC could Soon after he t-e lost ost his heart to the young actress sh sh- sh h went to take oral coral lessons under Emma Imma Calve at the Ju d da do i in 10 the Pyrenees of southern France The poet threw un tin II his Job lob here in America d and followed across the Atlantic He was as unable to hind lind quarters unable una- una ble ble for a bachelor an any nearer than thIrty mules to Mme Calves Calve's chateau So he bought a n bicycle cle and two or three times every week rain ram or shine he would pedal over the mountain roads to make malo a call on Peggy When she went vent traveling to nd Spain and Italy he followed her and she returned to America to take up theatrical al work he was on her trail even more persistently Now lets let's drop all talk and thought of love and marriage until I get hack home Peggy would say when about to leave New York with Ith a road company Johnny Weaver Wea would sm smilingly agree But a few nights later when Peggy stepped out on the stage in Chicago Bos Bus Boston Boston ton or some other city she was pretty sure to see her sweethearts sitting serenely in m a front row orchestra chaIr Of course he hc alwa always s had some pre pre- pretense pretense tense of business that had necessitated I t S Sr l r y y a ii j s f ii f s f fI I d t f f 1 2 tk t j i ie iL if it j l Sj t f e 3 u L f t 1 a 3 9 his trip And whether whether Peggy h believed him b himor i m mor or not nut she r could hardly refu refue e to see hum after he had come conic so 50 farin tar far tarIn In this a way following IIII Peggy Wood tod here er she she- went ent keeping his bis hung Image bc before ore her eyes eves ees as continually as ashe ashe ashe he could he finally filially managed to wring Yo rm from her ber lips her promise to marry hImIn himIn him himIn In most romances romance a young oung mans man's on- on anxieties anxieties and struggles les are at an end the girl of his Ills choice murmurs I love ou but Mr Weaver was as not so fortl nate nate After the betrothal he had to pursue Peggy just lust as persistently as be before fore pleading with her to bring the en- en engagement en engagement to an on end witha with Ltha a speedy mar mar- marrIage marriage marriage This went or for two t yearn Friends of Mr Weaver r think that If ithe he had a dollar five bill for every rule MIle he has traveled in III pursuit of the young woman who ho is now his wife he would be consIderably more than a millionaire But the worn travel young poet thinks the result of ot his has chase well ell worth all the thc effort and eJ expense pense and 1 worry orry it has cost t Certainly he has reason to be proud that by keeping himself con constantly In her view he has succeeded in III makin making this talented young beauty decide that that r w wh t h t l it l r t b a r he fits fils the d e specifications of the tho id ideal Hilal al alman man she described J just gust liSt afew a t few weeks before t her marriage sg k a The man I like best saId Peggy Wood is isso s so big in hIs mind I and his heart th that t vou ou forget whether hether he is tall modern or tallor short hort stout tout or I Iran Ian an Still if as mod ern philosophers tellus tell us the ph physical IS Just an e c of the mental then my ideal Idell man is rattier rather talland tall tail and slender his has a n shaped fine-shaped head interesting Tea fea features tures lures and expressive e eyes He Ile 1 I I ideals as anda and a sense of humors hUmor He likes music mesIc and poetry lie He doesn't think Hamlet was insane nor boast that he never rea read tile tae Biolo Biblo t rie fe e has the proper perspective on his relation to the My Iy ideal man is a hl hi heart whether hether his Ills bU business poet poet-In mess is selling bonds or building bridges es The former Peggy Wood is 1 poet too loo but the public has lias not yet the lyrics to which her husband seen any of have may inspired her She however is be bc be- be he Cd to ha have hale e been the tho inspiration ration many ofIr of Mr Ir Weavers Weaver's for fot most although verses es although of course admIred cYnical ones quoted on not for the this page Those Tho i lUt have been written before he lie had ha fallen under pretty Peggys Peggy's spell spec t |