The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-10
DEWEY STOLE A MARCH.
He Was Quietly Married at Wash
ington.
VERY SIMPLE CEREMONY
The Secrecy Which Has Attended the
Whole Affair Was Shown In the
Arrangements - "A Special
Dispensation.

washington, NOV. 9.--Admiral George
Dewey and Mrs. Mildred Hazen were
married quietly at the rectory of st.
Paurs Catholic church in this city,
shortly before 10 O'clock this morning.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
James F. Mackin, pastor of the church.
The ceremony was Of the simplest
character according to the rites of the
Catholic church and the only witnesses
besides the officiating clergymen were
Mrs. Washington Mclean and Mrs.
Ludlow. wife of Admiral Ludlow, moth
err and sister respectively of the bride,
and Lieutenant Caldwell, Dewey's Sec
rotary.
Arrangements for the wedding were
made with all the secrecy which has
attended the whole affair AS Dewey is
not a Catholic a special dispensation
was required for the performance of
the ceremony. m@
At 9:45 this morning two carriages
containing the wedding party drew up
before the modest red brick rectory
in the rear Of st. Paul's. The general
public had no intimation of whera the
ceremony was to take place, and not a
single spectator was present as the
party alighted. Admiral Dewey and
Lieutenant Caldwell quickly stepped
from their carriages and the admiral
assisted the bride-elect and her mother
and sister from the other carriage.
AIRS. HaZen was gowned in peal gray
silk, over which she wore long styl-
ish black wrap trimmed with silver
fox and lined with lavender silk. The
admiral wore black frock coat, gray
trousers and silk hat. Upon entering
the rectory they We're ushered into the
reception room, where Admiral Dewey
was presented to Father Mackin and
the two clergymen who We're to assist
in the ceremony.
Upon being presented to Father
Mackin, the admiral said he had heard
that Father Mackin had in his early
years been a sailor and it gave him adj
ditional happiness to know that he was
to be married by clergyman who had
at one time followed the sea. Father
Mackin replied happily that when he
found he could not be an admiral he
had determined to become priest.
Mrs. Hazen removed her wrap aad
she and the admiral Immediately took
their places in the center of the little
reception room. where the ceremony
was performed which made them man
and wife. Father Mackin and his as
sistant wore simple black cassocks. Be
fore the ceremony Father Mackin ad
lows:
Before pronouncing the solemn
words which will bind you forever to-
gether. 1t may be we'll to forget for a
moment the things that are around us
and look upward. We are the children
CT God and we have a right to cali
upon Him in joy and in sorrow. We
need His help in both extremes and
never more than now, for although the
promises you are about to make are
easily made and the work of a moment
their fulfillment is the work of life
time. We call upon God to witness and
to bless this union Of which He is the
author and which He has made sacred
No matter how generous and devoted
you may be to each other, there are in
every life moments of trial when we,
in our weakness need the help that
comes from above and this help will
be given in it's fullness in return for
the faithful fulfillment of our obliga-
tions. The higher your position in life,
the more incumbent upon you is the
faithful fulfillment of your obligations
and the more rigorous the accounts
that will be exacted. The neglect of
these obligations will cast it's shadow
upon eternity. But this hour we hope
marks the beginning of a career which
will make you wiser, better and more
useful to your fellow creatures In this
Ills Lie INT DSSoIlu anu WHeIl Death
at last shall break the link which binds
you as death alone can break, may
that last hour find the two hands as
fondly clasped and the two hearts as
closely Joined as they are to-day and
may the joys of this life be foretaste
of the joys that are to come"
The ceremony was performed with
the ring according to the nuptial rites
of the Catholic church.
Including the address OF Father
Mackin, it consumed less than five
minutes. Father Mackin was the first
to hail the bride as Mrs. Dewey.
Congratulations and Fluctuations fol-
lowed and the wedding party drove di-
rectly from the rectory to the residence
of the brides mother, Mrs. Mclean,
where a wedding breakfast was served.
Father Mackin. who performed the
ceremony, when a lad of II, ran away
from home with two other boys and
went to sea. Father Mackin's sea ca
reer, however, was very brief. He said