The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-27
LOVE- WIS COLOR Blind
AMELIA WALDUM MARRIED A COLI
ORED MAN DESPITE HER
PARENTS OBJECTIONS
BECAUSE SHE LOVED HIM so
They First Met in a West Superior
Hotel Last Spring-SIarried
In This City Sun
day

If love wasn't blind. it could see no
reason in the case of Amelia Waldum and
John H. Carter why a white girl should
not marry coIored man.
Mr.. Carter, who IS a waiter at the Ryan.
and Miss Waldum, a white girl, whose
home is at Black River Falls, Wis, were
quietly married at the home Of Carter'a
sister, TIA Fillmore avenue, last Sunday
afternoon, and the story of their love and
marriage has at least a tnge Of romance
They met last April in West Superior
i'll hotel at which Miss Waldum was en-
ployed as a cook and Carter a walter It
did not take them long to see that they
liked each other, and before many days
they seemed as friendly as If they had
known each other from childhood. The
friendship increased until 1t was evident
that the tie that bound them was a very
strong one, 50 strong. in fact that 1t SEEM
ed that it would be useless to try to break
1t, and soon it was whispered about tho
hotel that they were in love.
The gossip that Is always heard when a
colored man pays attention to a white
woman did not disturb them, but rather
strengthened their devotion to each 9TH
er. Soon Carter was offered a position
at the Ryan hotel, in this city and came
here, leaving his betrothed at West SUI
perior. They maintained correspondence,
and, upon his pleadings, she came here
and about week ago arrangements for
the marriage were completed.
Rev. s. E. Washington was notified that
he would be expected to be on hand at
the above number Sunday afternoon, and
at the appointed hour he tied the nuptial
knot. In the evening a large number Of
Carriers friends gathered and gave them
an old-fashioned charivari and wished
them good luck on LIES journey.
Miss Waldum's parents are conducting
hotel at Black River Falls. They knew,
or, at least, had heard, that their daugh-
ter was associating with a colored man,
and they were bitterly opposed to letting
the matter develop, but the young people
were determined that they would obey
their own minds in the matter, and let
her parents do what they could to prevent
the contamination of their love. Miss
Waldum received several letters from her
mother entreating her not to marry Car
ter, but to these she made no reply. Last
Monday morning she wrote her parents,
telling them what she had done, and now
she expects they will pour down their
wrath on her stronger than ever. She
thinks, however, that when they learn
that he IS a well-to-do man, and can
realize the love they have for each 9TH
er, the act will be forgiven.
Yesterday they moved into a comforta-
BILE suite Of rooms at 581 Robert street,
and when called upon there by a G l o b 0
reporter they seemed perfectly happy.
Carter is twenty and his wife
twenty. They expect her parents will ar
rive in st. Paul some time this week, and
they are preparing to put up a strong ar
gument to offset what they are sure will
be heaped upon them.
Mrs. Carter Is a good-looking woman.
and comes Of a family that arc pioneers
in their section of Wisconsin.