The age-herald., 1899-11-13
CORRESPONDENTS AMUSING OUANDARY Had Difficulty in Describing Mrs.
 Dewey'S Costume. ADMIRAL NOT A CATHOLIC Special Dispensation Necessary for Con- summation of Marriage With Mrs.
 Hazen-Seemed to be Diff
 culty in the Way
ADMIRAL NOT A CATHOLIC

make as much as possible out of the Dewey-Hazen wedding. felt impelled to give description of the dress worn by the bride for travelling. Such descriptions were entirely out of his line, but necessity is the mother of creation, as well as of invention. He created an extraordinary costume, with a merely impressionist idea of color to give 1t character. The costume may have been of broadcloth of the shade known as ele- plants breath, or fawn-color or anything else of that general description, but he called it "kind of gray silky stuff," which served his purpose and seemed to read all right. Around the collar of the wrap, however there was a silvery-gray fur, which he was convinced must have @ high-sounding name, the use of which would give character and dignity to his general description.
 As he returned to his office from the de- pot he revolved this matter in his mind and tried to think what sort of fur it might be. He thought of everything from ermine to musk-rat skin without getting the right sort of a silvery-gray impression. Suddenly brilliant idea struck him. He
 
 breathlessly into the establishment and in an incoherent fashion asked a young lady who stood behind the counter what sort of a very expensive fur of a silvery- gray color might be worn by a lady who wanted to appear at her best without regard to cost. Then feeling that he had not made himself quite clear, he explained that he was trying to find a name for the color to Mrs. Dew eys cloak.
 Mrs. Dew-What? Have they really gone and got mar" exclaimed the girl, throwing her hands up like a French doll.
 "Yes, they are married The fur is pe- cuharly glassy gray" broke in the impa- tient correspondent.
 "Well, I declare. Just what I thought he'd do. Just like Dew"
 F "A sort of glassy, silvery-gray, with long hair"
 "Oh, yes, know; that is-. Well, well, declare! He does not believe In wasting time. When was it? Where, how, who was there? Tell me about it." And the girl leaned over the counter, her eyes sparkling with interest and cheeks colored with ex- citement. =5ses
 "Just a little while ago. No one was there. What sort of fur did you say it was?"
 "Oh yes; 1t must have been silver. You say they just got married. How I wish had been there And there wasn't anybody present. She must have felt proud and he did he wear his uniform? Oh, and his sword? Oh, Mary. do you hear what this gentleman says? Dewey's married'
 "But the fur"
 "Of course but can't think for thinking of it-so they are married Isn't that sweet? Oh, forgot. It might have been this, or this, or this," she said taking down one box of fur after another. "oh, wonder how she looked. I'd have given a lot to have seen it.''
 The correspondent made a bolt for the door, with the consciousness of wire wait ing for him, and wrote 'gray-fox' in his copy
 special dispensation was necessary to admit of the marriage of Mrs. Hazen, Catholic, to Admiral Dewey, not a Catholic. Except in the case of very prominent per- sons such dispensations are difficult to se- cure.
 A number of years ago an admiral who won great distinction during the civil war | encountered RTedl ullnCulty III 6CliihS suitably married on account of the need of dispensation
 The admiral was GA years old and the l lady he wanted to marry was 5S. He was Catholic and she was a Protestant and each was firm in faith. A dispensation to permit | the marriage was applied for, and at first there seemed to be no great difficulty in the way, as each agreed not to interfere with the faith of the other. When it came to the issue, however, condition con- tained In the dispensation was found to be that any children resulting from the alli- ance should be brought up in the Catholic faitn The intended bride faty refused to agree to this and the ceremony was post l poned. The priest would not perform the | service without compliance with this condi- | tion; the bride-elect would not agree to l the condition, and the groom insisted that | the marriage should have the sanction of l his church. The question seemed to be so | hopelessly knotted that the knot could not | be tied. The bishop through whom the | dispensation was secured was in state of | perplexty. The people were so prominent | and so much publicity had been given to | their engagement that breaking off would l surely cause a great sensation and and un- | desirable discussion of the validity of | church authority. Finally he called a
 brother bishop in for conference. This was
 wise old churchman and, after having | all the facts in the case laid before him, he
 scratched his left ear for minute and
 gave this advice: "Let the old couple get
 married. Never mind about the children
 It strikes me that this is purely academic | discussion"
 On this advice the dispensation was modi-
 fled to suit the conditions. The old couple
 are now dead, but they left behind them
 two sons to preserve the distinguished