The morning news., 1889-05-23
AC ARM IN A YELLow GARTER.
The Secret OF ths Many Recent Matri-
monial Incidents in New Haven.

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From, the Nelg York sun.
New HAVEN, May l7.-Ihsre have been
q series Of q Issr incidents in the matrimo-
nial line during tbs past few week =. but yes
| terday the announcement Of the engage
| ment Of Anto 10 Rubina and PaSqu ale Rosa
| cappe the climax Antonio is one OF the
| characters of the city, and for more than
| ten years has gr und ouS usic TO people
| passI z up and down c. apel street from a
| dila lidatei org tnstte. He is a Italian not
| far from 50 years of age. Yestsrd ~ morn
I ing he appeared before Rs istrar Carr and
| asked T hismsrrlags lice Sc. HIS intended
/ bride al 5 t. be widow, but tie fu ny
/ part Of the engagement IS the fac that this
| is AntOnio's fist venture on the sea VI mat
rimo V.
People have just ased talking about the
marriage of Charles Walker OF tue dry
goods house OF UNISON K Co. to Miss Mar
| hughsOn one OF the clerks in the employ
OF the firm. To win his bride w ,lker was
compelled 10 renOuace the Protestant
re igiOn and become Roman Ca bonc
This he did by bel bap ized in 81. Hary's
cathedral. and the marriage was solemuiz d
IN s.. Patrick'S chuTc u day OF two ago.
Walker WAS oas of the Jpular socisty
men II the cit and his uncle, t . senior
member of e firm, at first threatened to
dss I've the pat tuership, but after ard
modified bis threat Walker mas hve1 at
one If the swell boarding hou es in the cit ?,
but when he exp e.sed dssr to bring his
bride there his land Iady informed him that
1t would be impossible. Next he turned to the
kensing on. the only fiat of which the city
boasts. Here lie secured rooms, but as not
a lit 10 chag insd 10 learn that tue owner
objscted 10 b S occu ying them when be
learued OF the circumstances of his tsnaut's
MARI age.
4 I've Toft II.,~ II
followed tie story of tie slOpemsnt OF Miss
Nellie fhomps m, d lughtsr Of Ald-rmaH
Sherwood ). lhompsoi /, and Henry Pardee
{ Ns : York city, where they we're married
o Saturday last, and, returning TO this
city, Kept the mat er quiet ultil Thursday.
Nellie is an lS-ysa. oil school girl, who re-
sides with er grandmother OF Da export
avenue. Pardee il about the same age,
and oIks in the frsig 1t Offl Of the Co.i-
soil a.e1 railroad. They had met a few
times at church and parties, but 0 the day
IT the elopment tne5 net by chan in the
street, and Harry declared his love then
and there. An hour later they were on
their way to New York, where they t
married and wsre back in this city before
dark. Bel a married woman, Airs.
Pdrdee th, ugh 1t beneath her dignity to
atte ID school, and ia her refusal to
10 50 the fact Of her marriage becsms
known.
Living but a short distance from Nellie
was Miss George Cook, who is now Mrs.
Samuel Parker This couple vera united
in marriage by the Rev. c. G. Camp Of All
Saints Epsc pal Aissi N three or ,ur
weeks ago, but the marriage was not gene
rally k lowu until recs Itly. Miss G ok
yed with her marri d sister, Mrs. Not,
III Greenwich avenue, WIo objsc s1 e. the
attention which Parker paid her sister
She, however, offsreI Alex. Finout every
III 81 ~
He met with i'll success. and fl ally thin g
were br luglt 10 head by Miss ok's an
nounce ne { that she WAS Mrs PArker. So
eIraged was hsr stsr MRS. Nott) that she
ut George up in tie cellar AMI cou-
ptlle her to skate on roller skates over the
c.n rets tom.
Yesterday the marriage OF Walter D l.
llngham and Miss Ed th Jardisne was al
nounced. 1t took place last January AMI
has been kept secret ever since.
Carl Treitlein and Miss Lizzie Fletcher
eloJed about two weeks ago to Port Cnes-
Ter aud were arrisd.
Nearly all of the ladies above mentioned
live mode aJely ne4r stch other, and a-s
said to have been mambsrs Of The Sec ct
Union. society form ID last summer con-
sisting Of a zen or more Of glrls, most Y
atten ants ont epub ic schools, who 70 we'd
to get marie within year. One peculiar
custom of the members OF the society is
that as fast as one of them succ seds ia get
ting married she gives t her dea est uu-
married friend n tls society yellow gar
ter. This garter is said to have 81 no cret
pnweT in IL which rs3d;rs the wearer esps-
ly charming 4 attractive TO the youag
men, and il a sort of tails nan which will
secure steady company at least for tie
weRrsr.
Tusrs is another similar society in one of
the swell boarding SCHOOLS in his CITY,
where members, Ave ia numb3r, have
all stared e. wear elow garter. As fast
as they b'co ne engaged the CARTE are
transferred to girls outside OF tns 90 icy,
and they then become members About
tbs latest thing in Q yslow-garter crazs
was shown 10y prominent bSlle, who, after
she had been married and was about 20
lake a carriage awaiting at ths door, threw
her briial bouquet g. one Of her brides
maids. The stems of tbs white roses wore
found to be clasp4d by yellow CARTE hav-
ing beautiful silver buckle, on ich was
engraved the mon graru OF the lady ana
space enough left for another monogram
eside it.