Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14
SCOTT MkEONA IN Exile,
BRIDE ON IN ALLOWANCE.
. YOUNG MAN WITH AN UNQUEs-
yxp-ABLE THIRST AND 4 ZIG
NAD OF M6NE..
HIS SPECTACULAR wooING
HOW THE ACTOR MEN THREW A
TERRIBLE SCARE INTO THE
GENTLEMAN.

SAN FRANCISCO. October 10
This strenuous life, as seen through a
halo of alcohol has driven young Scott
McKeown from the peaceful orange
glades of Los Angeles into the burning
deserts of Arizona to cool off.
Two years ago this brilliant and YER
satile imbiber OF beverages possessed
$500, 900 and a thirst. To-day his as
sets comprise one wife and the same
old thirst with clinkers on it.. The
wife remains at Los Angeles, supported
by an allowance from McKeown's rela-
tives at Franklin, Pa, while the hus-
band dallies wItn the soothing alkall
on an Arizona ranch.
At % this gilded youth, from whom
the gilt has vanished, is bankrupt, and
his bride of 10 is left alone with the
Sheriff, W o is selling off the last of
their goods in the sunny Southern
home.
The bride herself gave a reporter al
account of the lurid wooing and some
of the subsequent events.
An Athletic Thirst.
Before McKeown met his future
wife, who was Dorothy Studebaker-a
branch of that famous family-his
thirst was pretty well developed. Love,
courtship and jealousy inspired him to
greater efforts, and in two. brief years
he reached the limit. They met at Los
Angeles in May, 1898. Miss Studeba-
ker went west with her fmamma. and
MeKeown was accompanied by 500
neckties and 70 walking sticks. He
had not yet come intp his inheritance
of $500, 900, but the Young man gave
evidence of knowing what to do with
Two WEEKS after the introduction
McKeoWn proposed. He was an awk-
wardeWooer, the lady said, but ex-
treTfely ardent when the spell was on
him. She accepted on condition that
Ne remain sober for two months, and,
with a sigh, the young mai promised
to shun the owing bowl. The pres
sure was too great. however, but rather
than trot the primrose path in the
presence Of his lady love, McKeown
made an expensive trip East.
In "a Railroad Wreck.
On the way back he shared a rail-
road wreck and reported to Miss Stu
debaker with one arm in a sling. She
had heard that ne was dead, but the
sling and a lovely solitaire diamond
ring assured her that it was all a mis-
take.
In June of 1898 McKeown attained
his twenty-first year and the $400, 900,
a portion of which he expended in re-
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robe. With money to spend, he want
ed to wed at once, but Mrs. Studebaker
Thought Dorothy should first complete
her education. So McKeown bought a
gorgeous engagement ring of diamonds
and turquoise, and said he would wait.
meanwhile attending to the demands
of his thirst, which had originally Ia
ken him to California.
A Lively Little Party.
Miss ~Studebaker celebrated her 18th
birthday with a little party in October
of 1898, and during the festivities Nc
Keown hurled a slab of popcorn into
the face of C. Wilson Porter, a swift
young man from the East. During the
party Porter INDUCED freely in fash
ionable clit chat with Miss Studeba-
ker. \ Being a poor talker himself, Nc
keown grew jealous, and checked Por-
ter's flow of language with the pop
corn. Soon after this episode Porter
west last, and McKeown attended eX-
clusively to his thirst.
Following an unusually spectacular
splurge he bestowed a 81, 0 diamond
heart upon Dorothy. This was. one
way he had Of convincing her that he
was sorry, and hat while he made his
own head ache he gave her a heart that
was free from pain.
Leaving the young men TO paint
things purple at Los Angeles, Mrs.
~Studebaker and her daughter went to
San Francisco in January of last year.
They took up their abode at the Palace
Hotel, and Miss ~Studebaker entered the
Van Ness Seminary.
An Ardent Actor.
About that time she met Ernest
Hastings, an actor, who made the
swiftest kind of love. He declared his
passion at the first meeting, and wrote
sweet notes every day. Dorothy had
his picture on her dresser at the SEM