The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, 1895-04-13
THE WASHINGTON TIMES, SATURDAY., APRIL 49, 1895
PROMISED TO MARRY TWO
Predicament Into Which a Smart
Young Man Got Himself.
Mr. Thurber Has Rented Cottage at Mar
ion, Mass. for the Summer
Weddings Announced. y


mantle affair by those most nearly inter
ested in it, has decidedly different col
oring looked at from the standpoint of dis
passionate outsiders. If the groom elect
were card player he would undoubtedly be
of the class that show a preference for the
rules of LAPS and CLANS" This, at
least, would seem to be carried out in his
course in regard To matrimony.
Early in the season he was engaged to O
New York girl who, in the delusfFe idea
that their engagement was one for keeps, "
applied herself to the accumulation of a
suitable truusseau with such earnestness that
she had even her wedding gown ordered be-
fore she discovered her mistake. While
She was gathering together those accesso-
ries to a brides toilet generally considered
necessary, her fiance was gathering data
for fresh engagement, patterned out
upon the same plan Of courtship doubtless,
but with the difference that there was an
altogether different girl in the case.
One fire evening, so the story goes he
attended an entertainment given during the
season. and there met the young woman
for whom the wedding cards are out at
present The groom elect claims it to
have been with him q case of love at first
sight, and forthwith, regardless of the
fact that he was already engaged to the
New York girl, set himself TO pay the most
devoted attentions to the one nearest at
hand.
In this he succeeded so well that in the
course of a fortnisht-he found himself
iii the interesting predicament Of being the
hero of a dual engagement. 1t was a
condition OF mind and affairs that required
the utmost diplomacy and one that deman nd
ed far more than the ordinary amount of
thought upon such subjects.
As matter OF fact, it da wned upon the
man that if he really intended to carry
either OF these engagements TO the point
OF matrimony, 1t would be necessary TO
break with one of the girls 1t proved to
beanother case Of propinquity and hethere-
fore finally determined TO 20 TO New York
aud inform his first fiancee that she had
been ousted in his tickle affections by the
latest conner into those domains.
1t was one thing to plan this course and
quite another to carry the plan into exc
eution. 1t Will be remembered that once
a valiant king of France, with fifty thou
sand men, went up the hill, and then went
down again. Some such state OF affairs
repeated itself in the case Of the much en-
gagged Washington man.
He went to New York and returned with
! out having given the very important in
| formation TO fiancee number one. Then
/ he hit upon the plan Of writing her a let
ter In this important missive he informed
| her that he considered it but just To her to
! tell her that he WAS engaged TO another
! girl, and that while he still intended to be
married in the carly springtfme, he had
! decided TO have another woman array
| herself for his DEDICATION in the typical
| wedding veil and orange blossoms
! The pIueky New York girl. recognizing
| that she was happily in time out OF a bad
| bargain, replied without delay congratu-
/ lating her former fiancee upon his choice
| aud wished him ali happiness.
! one Of the interesting features of the oc-
! casion is, that the friend selected as best
mao for the New York girl is TO attend, i'll
that capacity at the coming marriage,
which as may be imagined, is most aus
| picious topic OF conversation just ut pres
ent among those of the friends and ac-
quaintances OF the Gancees aware of the
true state of affairs.
Mr.. Henry W Thurber has rented for the
| coming summer, at Marion, Mass. in con
! junction with his friend, Mr.. George w.
Blake, jr., the cottage owned by Mr.. B. E
E. Waters, OF Brockton, Mr.. Thurber's
family Will remain in the city until after the
! p residents family are settled in their sum
mer home, at BuZZard's Pay, and viii then
go to occupy the cottage at Marion.
The marriage of Miss Eulabelle Keb
| D. "
| to Mr.. Ashby W Woodward, OF Stanton,
! Va, will take place at noon on the 24th
! instant at st. Michael's and All Angels
| at the corner of Virginia avenue and Twenty
second street northwest.
The marriage of Miss Katie NJ. Rupert
! to Mr. Charles H. Reiter will take place
on the Both instant at No. l109 Seventh
/ street.
The marriage of Miss Kate Hopkins,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins, to
! Mr.. Horace WyIie, son of Judge and Mrs.
! Wylie viii take place at noon on the 30th
instant i'll st. Johns Church. The ceremony
| VIII be followed by a wedding breakfast al
the residence of the parents of the bride
| elect
| Mrs. and Miss Stevenson, wife and daugh
! ter OF the Vice President, are at the Nor
mandie to remain until the last OF the present
month.
Assistant Secretary OF State Uhl has
gone TO Grand Rapids, Mich, on a business
| trip.
The silver wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. v.
| NJ Power will be celebrated on the 22d
| instant, at their home, No. 207 East CAPT
/ toll street, By 4 reception, for which they
have issued invitations within the past few
| days.
Prince Francis Joseph of Battenbergs tho
youngest brother of Queen Victoria's son
] m-Iaw, arrived in this country on Thursday
| from New Zealand. Accompanied by Col
| Townsend of the Second Life Guards, he
landed in San Francisco, where they will
| spend few days before starting east. II
is their intention to complete their Ameri
can trip by the 1st of May, when they will
| san from New York for England. They
] have been on a four of the world, having
gone first to India and from there to Aus
tralia and New Zealand.
Miss Nellie Grace Baker, daughter of the
| late Rev. Greenleaf G. Baker, and the Rev
! Harold NJ Thurlow, pastor of Roland Ayenue
NJ E Church, Baltimore, both of whom are
we'll known in Washington, were married
Thursday evening at Fayette NJ. E. Church
in Baltimore, by the pastor, Rev. G. Her
| bert Richardson He was assisted in the
services by the Rev. DR.. w. s. Edwards
presiding elder of Baltimore district, ant
Rev. Harry France, of Broadway NJ. E
Church. The ushers were DR.. l. H. Davis
William Strobel, William Thomas, jr., an6
Hedding B. Leech, the latter of Wash
ington, and officiating as the grooms at
| tendant The welded couple repaired
at once tothe parsonage onColorade avenue
where reception was rendered last evening
to the members OF Mr.. Thuriow's congre
cation.
SmaIIs Easter Flowers.
Were never so beautiful. A plant or ;
house will make joyful Easter brighter il
| fhp home of vour- friend Our bean