The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-10
lNVER, Col, Aug. EN-
gagged after a three minute
courtship in an automobile;
married three months later

of a Denver beauty who was the Den
yer beauty, Miss Bertha Bartram Bon
sail.
The Economically welded couple are
now on their honeymoon.
The engagement occurred on the very
day that the new capitol committee
chose Miss Bonsall as model for the
gold statue which is to grace the capt.
tol dome, and threw her out of the
competition. She is the last of no
fewer than seven Colorado bellies who
have met a like fate.
Hence it has become proverbial that
if a Colorado girl wants husband
all that she has to do is to get the ear
of the board of capitol managers and
become enrolled as a candidate for the
honor of having the new golden statue
cast according to the living figure.
After the candidate for matrimony
has been duly enrolled on the state list,
and the local papers have published
her picture, then the next thing is to
do nothing. Let the Denver young
men do the rest; and they have shown
an entire willingness to pop" as fire.
quently as the most romantic heart
could desire.
The matrimonial bug which inhabits
the state capital has been definitely To-
Gated, classified and dissected for a
year or more. Scarcely two dozen
months ago the number of prominent
ly-mentioned" young women included
Cornelia Baxter Marie Sweet, May
belle Myers, Bertha Bonsall, Ethel
Hughes, Dell Jackson and Edythe
Spalding Rubidge. The list was made
up exclusively of unmarried girls, and,
so far as the board knew, there was
no immediate prospect of any of them
entering the matrons' class.
Then They Began to Get Married.
But scarcely had the list been an
nounced when the most unexpected
things began to happen. Cornelia Bax-
ter Tilted Gerald Hughes and married
Millionaire Lloyd Tevis, of San Fran
cisco. Maybelle Myers eloped with
Ranchman Charles Carey, of Cheyenne,
also a millionaire. Ethel Hughes mar
Iied young man of Louisville, KY,
and added seven figures of her already
snug fortune.
Dell Jackson and Edythe Rubidge did
equally we'll according to the gossipS.
The Sultan of Sulu offered his hand
to Marie Sweet, and last Wednesday
evening the last on the list-Bertha
Bartram Bonsall-changed her name to
Mrs. Miller B. Porter. While this young
man has not yet accumulated a million
in his own name, he holds securities
and property which at any time may
take sudden rise and land him in the
seven-figure class.
OF this entire bunch of girls Bertha
Bonsall alone has a family record"
She is a descendant of blue blooded
ancestors who came over to PennSyl-
Vania so long ago that history almost
tails to remember the date. All her
ancestors, from father to great great
grandfather, fought not only under the
stars and stripes but for a century
before under the cross of st. George.
The young woman'S residence in
Colorado q IL,
TO class ner among the pioneers, in fact
she is looked upon as blooming speci-
men of "tenderfoot' Two years ago
Miss Bonsall and her mother arrived
at Colorado Springs to spend the sum-
mer The little family was not exact
~ rolling in wealth and Unkind remarks
were made about leaving PHILADELPHIA
TO come West in search of husband
with more cash than Judgment But
Miss Bonsa1 certainly possessed a
winning way with the young men, for
she had train of admirers that al
most made Cornelia Baxter Jealous
proposals from young men with fat
Dank accounts were ignored. These
nigh on the list of eligibles were given
to understand that marriage was not
to be mentioned. But this made COM
petition for Miss BonsalIs hand all the
more fierce.
And right here began the romance.
Miller Porter was not a sutton for the
pretty girls hand. He declined her
invitations and did not seem TO care
very much about moving in the set of
which Miss BonsaIl was the ruling
deity. Both had carried letters of in
PRODUCTION from mutual friends for two
years, and neither had made use of
them. For months their paths were
almost identical, yet never touched.
The coldnesS between the two grew to
a fFrATn Af
FINALLY, last fall, at the ball of the
Slaves of the Silver Serpent, the two
young people met.
All the Other EIieibIes Wanted Her.
Miss Bonsall had for satellites most
OF the ellglble young men in Denver
society. She was beautiful Her cos
tune was brilliant, and her TURQUOISE
b!ue eyes irresistible. One millionaire
admlrer had bought up all the violets
10 be had in Denver, Colorado Springs.
Boulder and Pueblo, and when Miss
Bonsall entered the ball room she wore
Ihem on her corsage in one gigantic
iaSrdnt punch. V1olets were rare in
inns vicinity, you will observe, and ex-
pensive.
OF all the young men present young
MT Porter alone seemed Indifferent to
Miss Bonsall's charms. They were in
lroduced they bowed, they went their
separate ways. Young Porter was a
cup man. successful business man,
and had never cared much for girls.
Some of his friends saw that Miss
BonsaH seemed piqued at young Por-
ters Indifference. For years he had
played practical jokes on them. and
mad left few openings for them to re-
tallate. Here was their chance.
Ben Spencer was the ringleader. He
Inought 1T would be funny to talk to
ROnSqll 6a
Porter's name. He did so, and the
manner and matter of his communities
ions was extremely cordial Seeing
that Miss Bonsall really believed If
was Porter who was telephoning to
her, and that she was disposed to be
cordlaI on her own part, Spencer re-
peated the performance day after day
with much gusto.
Accordingly, when Miss Bonsall and
young Porter next met his manner, as
Instant as ever, angered her.
Never mind" she said to a girl
friend, I'll meet him again in a few
uayS' ana there'H be nice little scene.''
The practical jokers heard of Miss
Bonsalfs intentions and arranged in
various ways to prevent a meeting be-
tween the two at social functions. Rut
they were unable to prevent a chance
meeting on the street, and this was
what happened.
Telephoned Her in Porter's Name.
One day, when Miss Bonsall was out
shopping in an automobile she saw
young Porter strolling along the side
walk in the same direction she was
going. Comprising her pretty lips
she grove on few PAGES ahead of the
young man, drew up to the sidewalL
and stopped. Several onlookers remem-
bered that the hour was exactly ais
p. m.
AS Mr.. Porter was passing on with q
slight bow of recognition, she alighted
and confronted u