Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-22
MARRIES HER FIRST LOVE
Woman Who Refused W. K. Vanderbilt
Here with Her Husband.
ON WAY 1o.Ntw HOME IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Recalls Romantic Love story of
Charles w. Hargens and Pear
CarIey Hunt and It's Reeen
Happy Disbursement.

Though she has thrice refused to marry
william X. Vanderbilt and his millions,
Mrs. G. w. Hargens, who was last Wednes-
day Mrs. Pearl Carley Hunt. nee Carley Of
New York City, looked not a whit unhappy
because Of it AZ she entered the Her Grand
hotel yesterday morning with her husband
Of two days, DR.. Charles w. Hargens Of Hot
Springs, s.. D.
Thus Omaha figures in a romance in high
society that in It's many phases promises
to o~utrival anything OF recent years. The
denouement Of the entire affair occurred at
South Bend, Ind, last Wednesday morning,
when the two who are now In Omaha we're
married at the home of the brides cousin,
John Chess Ellsworth, in the presence Of
about 300 society people from New York
City.
In the FIRST place, Mr.. Hargens and Miss
Carley we're children together in New York
City. about Of an age, and by the time they
grew up so that Charles went to college and
Pearl to a seminary they were in love.
When they both emerged from their educa-
tional processes this was still the case, but
then the young woman plunged into New
York society. while the young man was still
a cub" and must q something Of him
self. He went to medical school.
ouI MISS OdTlty was UNUSUALLY OoduIlIul,
and also arlstocratic and wealthy. This
meant a ~suitors, and the youth who was
attending clinics had no chance in the end
when the allurements Of pomp and position
were pitted against him. So Miss Carley
married Mr.. Hunt, and the swim went on,
everyone forgetting young Hargens, except
Mrs. Hunt, as the event proved.
Young and Charming Widow.
MI. Hunt did not live long and left his
young wife with more millions and an en-
HANGED matronly beauty. There was an
other swarm OF suitors after a proper in
terval and this time they were not butter
flies, but older, more serious-minded men.
Among them was william X. Vanderbilt,
who three times in succession proposed to
the young widow.
However, there was a handsome young
physician out in the west whom Mrs. Hunt
had not seen for some years and she de-
termined to have a look before she married
Vanderbilt. Hargens had unobtrusiyely I'm
ished his medical course, avoiding society,
and had gone to Hot Springs, S. ID.
Meanwhile he kept track Of Mrs. Hunt
and knew OF her widowhood. Finally he
went to New York City and as soon as the
two met everything past was forgiven and
future things arranged. When Vanderbilt
heard of it he once more brought the inhu-
ence of his wealth and position to bear, bui
1t was useless. Mrs. Hunt had married
mistaken once and refused to repeat the
experiment. Meanwhile society applauded
the lovers in sheer delight at the refreshing
loyalty Of their romance.
So Wednesday they were married and
William X. Vanderbilt ran out in hi,
private car to attend the ceremony. Every
thing was simple but the decorations and
the spectators. Neither bride nor groom
had any attendants at the altar. A cak
from Sherry's of New York was a featur,
OF the wedding breakfast which followed
and the pair started at once for Denver
They left Omaha last night. After a honey,
moon in Colorado they will go to Hoa
Springs to live.