The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-08
a YEAR TOO LONG TO WAIT.
80 DIR. John Brisben Walker, Jr., and
Miss Belle brandt ElOped-

Miss Belle brandt EiOped-
Miss Belle Brandt. daughter Of Mr..
Carl L. Brandt. late director Of the
Telfair Academy Of Arts and Sciences,
eloped in New York the other day and
married the gentleman TO whom she had
had been engaged for some time. and her
marriage with whom little later on both
her own parents and those Of her affianced
husband approved.
The young gentleman is Mr.. John
Brisben Walker Jr.. aged 2 years,
son Of Mr.. John Brisben Walker.
owner and publisher of the Cosmopolitan
Magazine The only apparent reason for
the elOpement was the objection of the
parents Of the young couple to their i'm
mediate marriage. on account of what
was considered their rather tender age.
The following terse notice of the we'd
ding appeared in the New York papers
the day after it took place:
WALKER-BRANDT Oct. 2. 1895,
Isobeu n. Brandt to John Brisben
Walker Jr.
The announcement Of the wedding as
an eloDemeHt viii be a surprise to the
young brides friends. and those of her
family in Savannah. Miss Brandt's en-
gagement has been known to her friends
here for some time. but its hasty culmi-
nation gives 1t tinge of romance. The
New York Sun. in telling the story, says:
The bride is the daughter of Carl L.
Brandt, a wen known artist who has
been a resident of Hastings since 1864.
The bridegroom is the son of John Bris-
ben Walker, the publisher, who recently
moved his whole publishing plant to the
grounds OF his country place at Irvington.
Neither Of the parents of the young couple
knew of the wedding until they saw the
notice Of the marriage in print.
John Brisben Walker, Jr., is p years old.
i1ls pride Is a year or tnereabouts, mis-
junior. They first met three months ago.
rev weeks after their meeting the young
people informed their respective parents
that they were very much in love with
each other. Soon afterward Miss Brandt
and Mr.. Walker received congratulations
from acquaintances upon the announce
Inent OF their engagement. Both Mr..
Brandt and Mr.. Walker approved of the
match, but, after a conference, they mu-
tualy agreed that Miss Brandt and Mr.
Walker, Jr. were yet too young to marry
and that the wedding should be put off
a year, at least. The young lovers were
impatient to get married, and they want
ed the wedding to take place late In Octo-
Der or early in November. The parents
would not listen to this. Then the young
people decided to be married secretly when
the first opportunity presented Itself.
Last Tuesday morning Mrs. Walker ana
her son started for New York At Hast
the train and Joined them. Mrs. Brandt
SAID that she and her daughter were go
ing to visit some friends and do some
shopping in the city. Mrs. Walker and
her son left Mrs. Brandt and her daugh-
ter at the Grand Central station. Mrs
Walker heard Mrs. Brandt say to her
daughter that she would wait for her at
a certain store in Fourteenth street AT
the Thirty-third street station of the Sixth
Avenue Elevated road John Brisben Walk
er, Jr., left his mother Mrs. Walker GO
ing on down town. Some time during the
afternoon Miss Brandt and Mr.. Walker
were married.
Mr.. Brandt. when asked about the af-
fair, said:
II only know that my daughter and Mr..
walker were married on Tuesday. / have
Just heard from my daughter, who is now
at Washington. You cannot call the we'd
dlng an elopement, for If they had had
more patience they would have had good
wedding. l don't know when they will
come back, and don't know where they
VIII live when they return. The fact that
Mrs. Brandt and Miss Brandt met Mrs
Walker and her son and went on to New
York with them, looks as If they might
ding"
Mrs. Walker said that she did not know
on her at Irvington.
Il am very much surprised" said Mrs
Walker Though the engagement had
been announced, had no idea they would
get married so soon, and in such a way
l approved of the match Miss Brandt is
lovely and an accomplished girl but we
wanted them to wait They evidently did
not want to wait. My son and myself met
Mrs. and Miss Brandt quite by chance.
while, we were going to New York on
Tuesday,.
Young Mr.. Walker received his educa-
ton at the Georgetown University Since
he left college he has been assisting his
father in his publishing house at Irving-
ton.