Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-06-01
CUPID'S CONQUEST.
without Regard to Race. Creed or Con-
dftIoa-The Daughter OF n Rabbi
WEEDS a Christino-Miss Helen
Wise Elopes with Mr.
James MolOny.

wire the world over, burned in their eager |
desire to give the details to the reading peo-
pies OF all chimes. For in every land have |
the sons and daughters OF Judea grown |
prominent in their prosperity, and IN all |
thew have reaped the reward OF the genius OF |
industry and Of the foresight of trugallty; |
have grown to be an important element OF |
social life in It's highest currents. so when
Miss Rothschild gave her hand to the lordly
christian wooer, the nations wondered not as
they would have done one hundred years
ago, but rejoiced that at last the inbred
preiudices of ages were soitenlng under
the advancement and enlightenment OF the
century, and that the days in which the
Jew" was as one accursed to the CHRIS
tan had at last passed INTO o6hVion
hand in hand with the custom OF per-
forming a public burial service for the He
brew maiden who so far forgot her loyalty 10
her tribe and to the ancient faith OF her fatn-
ers as to wed a Nazarine. And yet there
was a marriage in Cincinnati vest -rday Cnal
threw Israelitish circles into fever OF eXclte
ment, and let loose Hood OF conlnent roU
iltoger favorable to the new theory that Je"
and Gentle were to be no longer Oil and wa
ter. as of old And hungry gossip grew the
hnnprier when it was known that the bride
was the daughter of one of the priests OF Is
rael and the groom widely known member
Of the Cincinnati bar, for the subject OF our
story is the wedding OF Miss Helen WISE,
Plum street temple, and Mr.. James Molony,
late assistant prosecutor of Hamilton county
1T WAS RUNAWAY MATCH,
one of the good old-fashioned kind, that ever
since Love first laughed at locksmlths-aud
that was probably as soon as the latter APP
reared on earth-have been the hope and the
refuge Of MAIDEN and gallant who loved WISE
" and we'll in their own belief, but not so In
that of the heads of their respective house
holds. The engagement was OF nearly four
wears standing, and the mutual affection and
intimacy of Miss Wise and her husband OF
to-day began when the latter was the daily
and often the nightly guest of the Wise man
sion, welcomed there as the bosom friend
and boon companion of one of the sons OF the
rabbi. Two years ago, as is proved by the
card of DR.. Wise below, and it Is said at the
suggestion of Mr.. May, a son-in-law of the
latter he ON. Molony) was forbidden the
house. 1t was too late, as the event proved.
| They had met and they had loved. In vain
| were the family objections. AS air were the
barriers of sect or breed. No father or brother
can successfully disparage to a girl her hrst
lover. He is to her hero, and IT he be equal
| ly constant the twain will mate as surely as
| the robbins build their nests in spring, unless
sickness or death stalk between. So 1T was
the ''old, old story" and they were married,
and this was how.
| mot TO BE REPORTED,
was the legend on the register of the marriage
| license clerk opposite the entry, James
Molony and Helen Wise,'' and so, for Won
der, the issuing of the legal leave for ''this
man and this woman" to marry escaped IN
sertion in the "orange. blossoms" list IN the
ENQUIRER and the curiosity of courthouse re-
porters and officials. And this was part
and parcel With the other well-laid schemes
of the lovers. On Tuesday at about eleven
o'clock in the morning Miss Wise bid adieu
to her parental roof, ostensibly to visit her
cousins, the Blochs, and with them 1T IS be-
lieved she spent portion OF the day. Later
| in the evening she joined her atfianced-ath-
anced not with the public ceremonial and re-
joiclng customary among the people, not In
the secrecy of the whispered and sacred vows
| of man to woman-and took early tea.
Then the couple quietly took a carriage and
| were driven to the residence OF Rev. Charles
Wendte, No. 366 West Seventh street. That
gentleman was surprised, and says that both
| were strangers to him. The license was
shown, however, and in the parlors of the
little home of the pastor of the Unitarian
church. corner of Sixth and Mound streets,
| James Molony and Helen Wise were made
one Half an hour later, the register OF the
Gait bore the record, James Moiany and
wife, No 6" and the deed was done.
REPORTED.
Yesterday morning Miss Wise herself went
to her home, in the absence of her father,
who edits the Isrdelite, broke the news to her
step mother and requested her trunks, already
packed In anticipation. They were readily
accorded to her, and she left the home of her
youth, perhaps forever. From this moment
the news spread rapidly from tongue to
tongue, and "still the wonder grew" The
relatives of Miss Wise visited the license
clerks office and found the record as we have
given it. DIR. Wise wrote to DIR. Wendte to
| 10 hoA Cd and
received an affirmative reply, accompanied
by the assurance that he was unaware thai
he was performing any ceremony out OF the
ordinary. Indeed, DR.. Wendte stated to an
Enquirer reporter, last evening, that the
| lady's cast of countenance seemed anything
but strongly Jewish to him. He was reluct
ant in giving information, but stated that
. the parties came to him in walking costume
at about nine o'clock, and that there were ne
witnesses to the rite but himself.
THE BRIDE.
Miss Helen Wise is the third daughter anG
fifth child of DR.. Rabbi Wise, one of the mos
learned and best beloved of the Hebrew
clergy in this country. Size is of medium
hight and slight though full and graceful
figure, and has eyes that seemed to casua
observer dark blue, id keeping with hail
that marks her as neither a decided brunette
nor blonde. Her Hebrew type is net strongly
marked, ard yet more SO than that of he
brothers, the family being of Bohemian
origin and handsome in the broadest sense
!, of the word. She is pretty, if not beautiful
and more than usually accomplished, being
pianist of good attainments, and speaklns
German and French, the former perfectly
and the latter huenty. Probably she neve
looked better IN her life than when seen en-
tering the dining room of the Gait house las
evening. She wore a neat, gray walking
dress, with close fitting jacket, pearl pend
ants in her ears, and a gold breast pin
seeminly college badge, at her throat. L
was her wedding dress, and as a bride o
twenty-she is Just completing her twentieth
year-lt became her we'll She has been
favorite in her home, and an ornament to he
/ social circle, and any man might be proud t
call her wife. So seemed to be
THE GROOM,
who, sleek and like a bridegroom In wedding
garments, too, was a picture OF manly beau
: ty. Whatever Mr.. Molony's enemies ma
say of him in this episode of his lite, they a.
admit him to be handsome fellow, well cal
culated to turn any girls head, and 1t ma
turn out that, with this new departure to dat
from. the runaway bride will have no caus
2 to regret the step taken, even though it cause
| | temporary arrangement from her family an
6 that social ostracism which sometimes anon
, orthodox Israelites follows the course she ha
taken.
/ THE FAMILIES.
e Up to last night Mr. Molony's family, VIII
t live in the country, were in ignorance of til
course he had taken. They had also objecte
| to his choice on grounds of sect, being, Ink
e himself, of Episcopalian extraction and afflia
e tions. 1t is not likely that they will be obdu
e rate, however, and it is probable that after
: weeks stay at the Calf the honeymoon wi
i be spent among them. Certainly it will laps
z | in our lovely suburbs. DIR. Wise s immediat
g family consists of his second wife, whom
e married some two years ago, and infar
child, and four sons and four daughters
. his first WIFE One of these daughters is ma
ried to Mr.. Ben May, and among the latte
/ connection the feeling against Mr.. Molon
d last night seemed quite bitter. The fathe
found preparing his lecture for next Sal
bath, seemed 10th to talk on the subject, bl
e his feeling among those who know him ca
: perhaps be understood from the tone of til