The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
SONS SWEETHEART
 wEDOED BY FATHER
Romance of New Jersey Man and
 Cuban Girl Brought to Nasty

Conclusion.
 Though Rafael Lopez's father has mar ried the sweetheart Rafael has courted since their childhood days, neither the young lovers nor the father regrets the step that has been taken. The father of Rafael Hidalgo Lopez of Paterson. N. J.. lives in Cuba. This father. Senor Ill., ialRo y Liriano has married the beauti- full Senorita Anna Rosa Fernandez Veg ener the sweetheart of Rafael.
 Anna wanted to marry Rafael, ana Rafael wanted to marry Anna( but his father, the Senor Hidalgo, was the groom. At first blush one would put the senorita down as a victim. the young Rafael as another, and the father as hard heart- ed wretch. Instead of that Rafael IS happy, Senorita Anna Is happy. and the father is a good natured, obliging man whom any young person would be proud to have as a parent.
 The solution of this mystery lies in the fact that Senor Hidalgo Liriano acted thus obugingly in marrying his sons lancee by virtue of a power of attorney. The father merely represented the son at the altar.
 Senorita Anna is an orphan and one of the wealthieSt young women in Havana. beautiful. She and Rafael have known each other since childhood. The girl was of Spanish and German percentage. Since they have been old enough to understand the meaning of an engagement they have been betrothed.
 Disquieting News Hastens Ceremony When Rafael left Havana three months ago to become an American engineer | having obtained employment in the loco- \ motive works at Paterson, the girl prom | iced to wait for him until he had made limited States.
 The young student recently heard dis ouieting news from home. He determined | to marry his fiancee at once and wrote | if she were willing to marry him by proxy She was loyal and said yes. Knowing that the laws of Cuba do not recognize a church marriage, but hold a civil contract marriage binding, young Lo- peg wrote to a friend who Is an attorney in New York to have a power or attorney drawn to his father.
 Thereupon the attorney had the follow ing document prepared: "Know all men by these presents that l, Rafael Hidal- go Lopez of Paterson, N. J., have made, constituted, and appointed, and by these presents do make. constitute, and appoint Rafael Hldalgo Liriano of Havana, Cuba, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, place. and stead to perform a with Anna Rosa Fernandez Wegener of Havana, Cuba
 To make doubly sure of the legality of the power of attorney, the Cuban counsel in New York signed the document and the county clerk indorsed 1t. Young Lo- peg forwarded the formidable looking doc ument to his father and the marriage followed.
 Romantic "Just for Fun"
 That was a marriage method which may be called romantic, but whatever of so- called romaLee there was in 1t was there of necessity, according to the views of young Lopez Frequently. however, the romance" 10 added without necessity just "for the fun of it."
 Such case was presented in another New Jersey instance when Ella F. Slo- cum eloped to be married to Newton F. Smith. The elopement wasn't necessary. The girls mother was willing the mar riage should take place, but the daugh- ter was determined to be romantic
 A few weeks ago Miss Slocum told her mother that she loved Smith and wanted to marry him. At first the mother ob- jected, telling the daughter she was alto gether too young to consider such thing. But after many protestations the mother yielded and the date for the wedding was set.
 
 peared to take his fiancee for a drive They failed to return at the expected time, but the mother had no suspicious. As she desired to purchase some articles for the wedding. she left the house pres ently, and while she was gone the young people returned
 Miss Slocum gathered up some clothes she would need for wedding journey and they set out again. This time they did gRNf menting when she learned afterwards of their marriage. She had the wedding feast on her hands and no wedding party to eat 1t. There had been no other req son for an elopement than the fact that the girl thought 1t would be romantic.
 United After A.-.y Years.
 Fifty years ago Mrs. Mary A. Adams of Brooklyn had a lover. She was not Mrs. Mary then. but Miss Mary" They separated and drifted out of each others knowledge. The man married and Miss Mary became Mrs. Mary by mar rying another man.
 For lift wears they neither saw nor heard of each other. Meanwhile Mrs Adams husband died. Last summer she went to Long Island to see the maneu- vers of the warships then assembled for the naval maneuvers. She was absent for several weeks, and when she returned she told her friends that she intended going away again and not returning.
 Gradually 1t was learned that she had met this old sweetheart of fifty years ago, and that he had proposed marriage to her again and that she had accepted him He was wealthy farmer.
 His name Mrs. Adams refused to give but she told the story as follows:
 When l was a girl I had a sweet heart. We loved each other. but we drift ed apart There had been some misun- derstanding. Years afterwards I mar ried. l never met my old sweetheart dur Ing the ntty years. He married, but l