The Washington times., 1904-07-29
JUSTICES SLOW
IN WILMINGTON
Decline to Marry a Run
away Couple.
LITTLE TROUBLE AT CAPITAL
Romance of BIyn Mawr Maiden and
Columbian Student Ends in
Happy Marriage.

After walking from one end of VIII
mingtOn, Del. to the other all day
Tuesday, looking for a minister TO make
them man and wife, Miss Jean Baker
Martin, a Bryn Mawr College girl, who
gave her age as twenty-one years, ana
Victor Carleton Olmsted, twenty-one
years old, and a student at the CO.
lumbar University, came TO this city
and were married by the Rev. Gerhart
A. Wilson. pastor of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, yesterday
Only two of the grooms most init
mate friends Witnessed the ceremony,
and in order to maintain secrecy, he
remained in Washington while his new
ly-made bride returned to her home, 1924
Christian Street, Philadelphia, 10 tell
her parents of the wedding
Bride a Blond.
Miss Martin is in her junior year at
Bryn Mawr College, and during the
summer months she has been taking an
extra course at the University Of Penn
sylvania She Is a tall, sweet-faced
blond, with big blue eyes and flaXen
hair. At Bryn Mawr she was popular
with all Of its members. She is also
member Of Kappa Sigma, woman s
society, into which she was initiated
while in Ithaca, y. Y, three years ago
Her father is Thomas Martin, superin-
tendent OF the money order division OF
the Philadelphia pOstOffice. and was OPP
posed TO the union because he desired
her TO finish her college course before
marriage. He will be acquainted with
the fact that she will not finish the
course when his daughter returns home
this evening.
The groom is tall and athletic, who
has played on the football and baseball
teams of the Mercersburg College, as
We'll as those of the Columbian Univer-
sity and TangleWOOd Athletic Club lie
moves in an exclusive circle In WASH
ingtOn, and has many friends who
doubtless will learn with great surprise
OF his elOpement.
Love at First Sight.
The two first met in July. 1903 while
Miss Martin was visiting the groom's
sister in q summer resort in New York.
1t was a case Of love at first sight, and
when she returned TO college and he
came to the home Of his father, Victor
H. OImsted, a correspondence which
often called for two or three letters a
day, was started. Olmsted made fire.
quent trips TO Philadelphia, ostensibly
on business, but invariably took a train
Martin.
The companionship resulted in Ohm
sted proposing to Miss Martin while
they were attending the army and navy
football game on Franklin Field last
Thanksgiving Day.
Last Tuesday Olmsted went to Phila-
delphLa and was Joined by his bride
elect. The two boarded a train and went
10 Wilmington. where they intended get
ting married. They walked from the
office OF one magistrate and notary pub
lie to another in the hope OF finding
some one who would perform the cere-
mony, but the Wiseacres OF Wilmington
all shook their heads and asked for
letters from their parents sancJonlng
the union, or for persons 10 Identity
them. They were alone and wanted 10
be that way, because they cid not wish
anyone 10 know what they intended
doing.
To Marry in Washington.
Footsore and weary they left VIII
mingtOu and on the train they planned
TO be married IN Washington. Accord
ingly Miss Martin boarded a train IN
Philadelphia last evening and came to
Washington. where she joined her lover.
After obtaining the marriage license
with the utmost secrecy, Olmsted start
ed out 10 find a minister 10 perform the
ceremony. Those that he most desired
were out of the city, but he finally
found TWO Of his friends who went with
him 10 the home OF the Rev. Mr.. Wilson,
21Ol F Street northwest. who agreed to
unite them. The young lady was then
escorted 70 the house.
The little party was ushcred into the
small parlor and were soon united in
marriage.
After the ceremony was performed the
bridal party Of four went 10 the Penn
sylyania station, where II was learned
that the bride had but forty minutes in
which TO partake Of & wedding feast In
the station restaurant. The repaSL was
hurriedly served and a round trip ticket
70 Philadelphia was purchased. With
tears the bride boarded tho train at 2
o'clock and bade her husband EOOd-by.
promising to return after father has
learned Of this