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Show SECRET MHIHGE IS MADE PUBLIC Salt Lake, July 1. But for a marriage mar-riage ceremony at Farmlngton last Friday, a society Item would have been in order this morning announcing announc-ing the departure of Miss Cassandra Wood and her mother, Mrs. J D Wood, for Spencer, Ida., yesterdav afternoon. As it was, Mrs. William Jackson Kennedy, formerly Miss Cassandra Cas-sandra Wood, traveled with Mrs Wood in the big touring automobile that left Salt Lake for the Wood ranch in Idaho. The mother, it is said, was unaware of her daughter's marriage. William Jackson Kennedy, 27 years of age, a bond and mortgage broker of Milwaukee, whose business has brought him to Salt Lake frequently is a guest at the Hotel Utah. He said last night that he and hla wl? had planned to keep their marriage a secret for the present and had be-gun be-gun to flatter themselves that the secret se-cret was safe with them and a few friends. Naturally, he was somewhat surprised and bewildered when awakened awak-ened from a sound sleep to hear the secret was out, and he said ho rather sympathized with those to whom tho announcement of the marriage would como this morning as startling news. Miss Cassandra Wood, society belle and heiress, has by achievement written writ-ten her name largo in the list of Salt Lake's talented and accomplished musicians. She studied music for two years in Europe under the masters of vocal art and her singing has reflected re-flected credit upon her teachers. Thousands have had opportunity to hqar her as a soloist and member of the choir of St. Mary's cathedral. Mr. Kennedy accepted congratula- p ""HI " tions last night over his winning ot Miss Wood with the manner of a man who has not yet been able to realize that so much good fortune had become be-come securely his. When first asked about the secret marriage Mr Kennedy Ken-nedy resorted to skillful evasion in an effort to make a last stand for preservation of the secret- His admission, ad-mission, however, was forced by a recitation rec-itation of the facts as revealed by the records at the Davis county capital. capi-tal. Mr. Kennedy is a stock, mortgage and loan broker of Milwaukee. He first met Miss Wood in Salt Lake last September. At that time Mr. Kennedy was in Salt Lake to negotiate nego-tiate a deal in coal and asphalt properties prop-erties for eastern capitalists. He returned re-turned to this city about nine weeks ago and the marriage Friday was the culmination of the romance that had its beginning last fall. nr |