Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-11
AN ELOPEMENT.

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 If it is true that "all the world
 loves a lover' then quick under l standing can be had of the widespread
 notoriety which has been given 2 young man and young woman in New l York, who, two days ago, without the
 Knowledge of their parents, visited q clergyman and became man and wife. 1 We confess that upon no other theory can We explain the publication of the
 details of this runaway marriage, The facts are very, very simple, so simple as to be almost uninteresting, l The kind of elopement which counts I is the departure at night from her l fathers house of the bride, and the impatient awaiting for her, on the part
 of the groom with his eonfederates, at the edge of his estate. Ghamping horses and alert eoachmen figure in such an affair. The nervous girl rushes to the arms of her more confident lover, who tenderly but quickly thrusts her into
 the carriage, jumps in after her, or deFs the coachman to "be off, and
 then peers through the coach window
 to watch the progress made by the angry parent, who has been awakened
 by suspicion and taken to horse. The race is hard fought one. The coach
 man lashes his horses and gains on the ] infuriated parent. Naturally the situ- atien is improved if a few pistol shots
 are exchanged. but these are not ne-
 eessary, The destination is finally
 reached. the couple married and the inevitable restlessly awaited. The
 parent arrives, breathless and excited. He leaps from his foaming horse
 rashes into the presence of the young
 husband and wife, storms in loud tone of voice, demands an instant Ter
 ply to thousand questions, and at
 last discovers the twain at his feet
 asking forgiveness. It is given, or it is not given preferably not given for purposes of newspaper romance and the story runs on along lines which
 makes every young lover an expert in the price of ladders and the candle
 power of moonlight.
 We submit that that sort of an elopement is worth while, and it justi- fes the act, Was this the sort of an
 eiopement which has taken place in
 New York and told about i'll every daily paper in the country, and now
 awaiting it's recital in the weeklies?
 Not at all. The two young people were in love with one another and
 known by their parents to be in love with oae another. The young woman was the guest of the parents of the young man, at their s'palatial home, That one expression was the only cred-
 liable thing in the whole story. Upon the nnorning of the elepement he went
 as usual to his business, she, we pre-
 sume, to her sewing or reading. She suddenly announced her intention of .going to town to shop. which excited
 neither surprise or envy, She made straight for the Waldorf Astoria and called her lover by telephone. This
 iS Nancy" ehirped she II am at ! the Wa1doff-Astoria. Can't you come over and have luncheon with neg'
 Over he went and out they went to the parish house of the Little Church Around the Corner. They made their
 errand knowR and were married as
 quietly and peacefully as one could wish. The ceremony over the groom
 gave the parsen q bill, taken from q
 large roll of bills, and they returned to the hotel for a bite to eat. When the father of the young husband wass !
 notified he expressed his pleasure ana said his daughter -in=law was "a sweet
 giel.' The parents of the young woe
 man have not been heard from, but 1t
 is stated in their behalf that they will
 be delighted.
 We confess we are without words to express our contempt when the boys and girls of this generation are so l lacking in imagination as to elope i'll such q prosafe manner. It iR unworthy of both sexes. There Is no excuse for an efopement unless 1t is q Acrack-ep-
 jack, patterned after the model of the i one we have imagined above. If our | young people are determined to make such eseapades commonplace. as in ] this instance, then a light will have been taken out of life. We frankly confess that we da not like the pros peet and can see but one consequence of it all which is the abandon naent of ! that kind of marriage, and the mar
 riage of everybody in an orderly, de-
 eent aud therefore nlonotoiroais man.
 ReF- We have come upon sad times.