The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-28
WHITE WEDDING HEROINE
Adelaide Johnson and "Her Beloved"
Forsake Washington.
She Is Now in Chicago, Where the
Unique Young Woman IL Pur-
suing Her Art.

ACetdte JOHusOn, tifs ucEo'te VI wv i~
nous white wedding" recently cehbartad
in Washington, is in Chicago. Mr.. johnson,
whose name of jenkins was changed to that
OF is distinguished bride. is detained In
the East by business. The story OF her
marriage as told from her own lips is now
printed for the first time.
1T Geyer occurred i'd us that we were
doing anything unuxualI''si'e said
This statement is to the prac, icaI work
a-day world. accustomed To the tricks
OF people eking notoriety. at first
hardly convincing but. sitting before the
mystical personality OF Adelaide Johnson.
the WORDS, repeated in half startled Gu
dences, impress no eoubt of their STU
eer.ty. I'VE thoughtit beautiful IDEAL, aad
ritung,'' she add ed. What the word
would say OF it never really occurred ."
us until the papers made such a TODD about
it, ,
1t is 60, in this WOMAN to rush to anger
or be vindictiye- And ,even when Sc
turned over clippings containing cartoons
OF herself and htsband lie with long
bridal veil streaming from his high hat
she only shook her head rucfuiiy. Her
personality has prevented Ter from at
ways follow ing the beaten paths of the
many. To Ter right is no; rigns. be-
cssuse generations of humanity Fave con
ceived it to be so. 81"
She is a vegetarian, for instance, not
primarily because she thinks meats Ills
agree with the system, hut because SIZE
believes it wrong 10 take the life of any
living creature. ..veEetarfsii ifsln.' - size said
to a writer in the Chicago Times Herald.
lis DUTY we owe TO ourselves, to 9nr
reason, 10 our right 70 live
Mrs johnson is a suffrasist. but nOs in
the sense that she woail uslrp mans
/ freedom. She insists upon the ABB ointe
.reedntn Of the intlividual-wo.nin as we'll
as man. These two subjects vegetarian
SIN and suffrage. she thinks. are involved
n the solution o. tbs. lpqbleIR OF human
discontent. 1T is easy to live in he world
after the woria's ',ileAs.'" She says. 1T
IS easy to live in solitude after ones Own
IDEAS. But great is the one WHO can live
N the worli and preserve tbe sweetness
Of solitude"
Mrs johnson had never followed the
worlds IDEAS in many things even before
the elimination came in her unique Hss-
rage In her world of solitude sur
rounded by her bosts and marbles, her
mind has Travelled AWAY from Inc high ways
and byways of everyday Thought And
rs she chiselad out of'the marble the fea-
lures Of a Susan B. Apthopy. Or n Gen.
Logan her mind chissied out independent
and untravelcI pathways irit6 the affairs
OF human life. 49,
Even in her art work she has been -'Pe
cUliar." She has never sought patronage
among the rich who are orerfnwiBg with
plenty Of money TO pay for the vanity
Of seeing themseives perpesuate IN marble
On the contrary. she bas steadily refused
tn do busts OF inconsequential people
whose wealth alone recommended them
70 popular favor In short it is a, principle
with her not to no Eel any person who has
not really n great souf - ~ii'
When Mrs. Johnsoa is taking. as We'll as
when in rera,se, :he-AdA OF her eyes drop
over the pupil. giving her eyes the peculiar
yelled expression OF one who is eonseipas ~
the outside world oniy-in = SuhcoasciaIs
way. A resnarka b lie thingin her personal ..p-
pearance is her hair, which trails the fBs,r
just two inches when she stands to her ,lYn
statureoffive feet Truly like Lady Goai'a
OF old 1t covers her As mantle. IncoloF 1t
is soft. ueutr al brown. She dresses 1t in II
half ponpsdour from her forehead. b,fs i;
falls enough to form haio about her head
ike Rcssettts Beatrice" At the back
its coil on coil lies thicaiy it would seem
10 bend the fragile neck to boil it up
Mrs. Johnson fashions her ge WINS with hr.r
own hands. Free losn OF body as well as II
mind she Obeys in precept ami In prac.r,r
Yesterday she wore just two garments he
sides her soft. cunmon sense shoes .Istcck-
Jugs 0aeot these was 4 dress - The dress
was in TWO pieces. Il white loosa b:.iuse made
by ha1dOf the softeSt aul finest India MUS
in. At the throat and wriS7S was little
edgilg offiHe lace. over this he wogea
eatier unity gumpe. Square in the neck.
above which showed the white waiss: "A
short. puffe-i sleeve revealed the Write
sleeve from the elbow down. This guimpe
slips over The head without placket or bur
Ions aud falls in straight, fiIls to the feet.
II il caught back b va tape to give the outline
of the figure mt tie hfps. The other gar
ment was white chemise lpd skirt com
bined, made aud worn similarly to the
guiinpe- ,"i''s.
Il was bard to get her around To talking
of the wedding. bat when she did she told
The story as il under q sort Of sptll:"'.t'
My husband camc first to take lessons
of TIE. or. rather. to hear my talks Of the
philosophy of life. the principles OF right
and wrong. Aud we sson lqqud that we
agreed OH all the cardinal principles of
living. When We ticeftiei I'd tnfte our
two lives the subject .ot.a change of name
came up. I had had lard struggle for
the reputation I had won as an artist.
There was never any discussion. He
was proud to do me the horror OF taking
my nanle ard dropping his. We tciieve it
should always be so. Those WHO trHly
love and are fitted for enc another should
consult together as to which name should
be retained In the future we Relieve
it will be so.
everyone in Washington knows my
preference for white. My homo is called
.he White Nest by my friends. To ne
it syinboiizes purity and was % lifting
emblem of ours. IN entirely spiritual we'd
ding.
II do not rnean to infer SHE FASTENED to
add. that We may cot decide. at senie
future tine. 10 have children ard entcr into
life together OF, the raterialPlane-
Mrs Jei:nscn. las Gene 70 Chicago. she
says. for information to he Used in osnplet-
ing Hterlry work ord VT ich -eeuIsi only
DC gained tere, Fur:Icr than that she re-
fused TO speak IF tse nature Of Ter visit.
And so shis fra Sih. little W onSin has closed
her cozy iteiEe in Washington liza left her