Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-13
DELLA YS AKh BARRED
Modern Lovers Know Not What Pro-
 crastination Is.
Twentieth Century System of Ro- mantle Adventures Is Bizarre and Usually Hurries Affairs
 of the. Heart.

In the olden times 1t used to take a romance some little time to make itself apparent, for channels of love were not 50 easily adjusted then as now. Un- der the modernly improved system, however, ronances are conceived and consummated in single day, says the Chicago Tribune. Take, for instance, the case of Margaret Butts, of Rich- mond Furnace, Pa. She was the hero inc of a one-day romance, which, al though not altogether original, was nevertheless unique. It happened that she and her husband did not find in the matrimonial state that unruff1ed state of bliss which had foated as se- ductiYe vision before their eyes during the period of courtship. Mrs. Butts, therefore, did just what a great many other women have done under similar circumstances; she got a di- vorce. Then, just to show that she wasn't afraid, she went right away and married William Bricker, a resi- dent of her native town. The ink was just drying on the decree of divorce ,when the marriage ceremony was per formed.
 George Mathers, business man of Sharon, Pa, has even a better time rec ord than that established by Mrs. Butts, for it took him but four days to meet, woo, win and marry Miss Ella Stem, an Easton (Pa.) woman. The first step in Mathers' romance was taken when he went visiting. Thenext significant fact was that he. went to Easton, where Miss Stem. lived. The next was that he met Miss Stem, and the next was that they went to Coney island While they were in bathing Cupid got busy with his arrows, and when the two emerged in their bathing suits they were engaged. When they returned to Easton they were married. All this took place in four days.
 Novelty seems to be what romancers of the twentieth century seek after. And some of the things they do are novel in the extreme. Take, for in- stance, the escapade of George Snow and Louise. Puryis at Coney island. They wanted real novel marriage, so had the ceremony performed in Have lands undertaking establishment. The groom bought the wedding ring in .C1 y S was sent for. He came and tied the knot while the bride and groom were standing in the shadow of,the morgue.
 There is likewise an element in the new romance which in spite of the as-e pect of irritation with fate itpossesses is suggestive. As an illustnati ion of this, the means employed by Miss Mamie Zearcross, Maryland girl, tosecure husband may be cited. Herrecent mar riage was the result of Fourth of July prank. She sent up a fish shaped toy balloon with letter and her pho- tograph attached to it. She watched the balloon until it passed out of sight, and the incident had almost slipped from her mind until one day she re ceiyed letter from Mesick, who had found the love message near Ocean City, many miles away. The result can easily be guessed. A correspond ence sprang up, later the young man went to visit the young woman, and they were married. Could anything be more typical of the twentieth century romance?
 And the case of A. J. Hartze1l, of Greenyille, O., belongs in this same class. He was recently married in Louisville, Ky, to Miss Hughey Mum of Sullivan, Ky, and there wasn't a con- yentional element in their meeting. courtship or marriage. MT. Hartzell got his wife by advertising in news paper. He is railroad man, and since a young boy has been so busy at work that he has not found time to cultivate the acquaintance of women. There fore one night when he was particu- larly lonely he wrote out an advertise ment, and it was published. The news paper reached Miss Nunn wrapped around a bundle of clothing, and her eyes chanced to fall on the advertise ment. She answered it. Result-cor- respondence, courfsaip, exchange Of nhOtnpranhs h,,e7- ,,..in cca