Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-29
MYSTERY
MADE OF
ROMANCE
Occidental Girl WedS
a Student of
Pomona
Minister'S Son Marries
Maid of His
Choice
Phillips Boiler and Leah Miller Con-
Phillips Boiler and Leah Miller Con-
ceal Relationship for Five Months.
Parents Are ReconciIed to
the Match

News OF the secret marriage under
assumed names of Phillips Boiler, son
of Rev. e. P. Boiler of Los Angeles, a
popular member of the junior class of
Pomona college, and Miss Leah Claire
Miller, fair coed of Occidental, will
create sensation in college, social and
church circles, when 1t becomes gen
orally known this morning.
For more than six months the two
have been man and wife, but they
guarded the knowledge so carefully
that even their closest friends did not
guess their secret until few days ago.
Back of the wedding there is a story
of true love, parental objection and the
thwarting of the latter that would fur
nish material for modern novel.
Rev. Mr.. Boiler is rastor of the Oil
vet Congrega tional church and he and
his wife are among the most influen-
tial leaders in the Con gregational
church of Los Angeles. In his flock
there are many charming and pretty
girls, but none more fair or more
charming that Miss Leah Miller. Rev.
and Mrs Boiler have at Pomona son
and now and then he. came home from
college, where he was making a record
as student and an athlete, for visit
with his parents.
On these occasions he met the pretty
Miss Miller.
There are many pretty girls at Po-
mona and young Boiler is handsome
and clever enough to attract the best
of them, but it was not until he met
the little member of his fathers con-
gregatlon that his heart became
wounded beyond repair.
Decide to Get Married
At first there was just a casual meet
ing, but that led to desire for more
meetings and finally there was an en-
gagement.
Mr.. Boiler is ambitious and he had
mapped out a course of study that his
parents were anxious to have him COM
plete. He planned to finish at Pomona
and then go on to Harvard with view
to ultimately becoming a college pro-
fessor. He is remarka bly, clever and
possesses in addition to the ordinary
amount of knowledge allowed boy of
his age speaking, knowledge of several
different languages. Such chances
must not be thrown away. thought Rev.
and Mrs Boiler and they put their
heads together.
They talked it over and decided that
Phillips must Aot think of marrying
until they We're both much older.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Boiler had their
heads together Easter vacation came,
and the two younger if not quite so
wise heads were together and they also
discussed things and made some plans.
They stared the prospects of being
separated in the face and decided that
would never do. They though of giving
up college, but put that aside as un-
wise and finally in despera tion they dis
covered a solution of the problem.
Lets get married and not tell any
one" one of the two heads suggested,
and 1t was a very brief time until the
thought became parent of the deed
They argued that if they were mar
ried under their own name it would be-
come known and they would have to
confess everything while if they choose
names other than their own both could
continue in college and their friends
would not be the wiser.
Use Assumed Names
On Tuesday, April g. a handsome
young man and a pretty girl paid a
visit to the court house. The mans
name was-well, he said 1T was Edger-
ton--Paul Edgerton, and he also said
he was twenty-one years of age. The
girl gave her name as Hazel Fletcher,
aged nineteen When they had finished
they left the court room and behind
them inscribed ON the register was:
Paul Edgerton. aged q, native of Mis-
souri, and resident of Los Angeles; and
Hazel Fletcher, aged 10. a native of
Minnesota and resident of Los Angeles.
The license was tucked away In some,
bodys pocket and the next day Paul
Edgerton and Hazel Fletcher found
Rev. ]. r.. Compton, pastor of the Sec
ond Presbyterian church, and after the
usual amount of questioning he per-
formed the marriage ceremony.
On April a young man and his
young bride went to the IIankershim
hotel. They asked for rooms and were
assigned to a suite on the second floor
that was all the most fastideous brides
could have wanted,
paul Edgerton and wife, Pasadena"
was what the young man wrote on the
register. There was a brief honeymoon
and then II. girl went back to her
mother and TO high school where she
was then a member of the senior class.
Her husband went to Pomona and COM
pleted the term.
AT the close Of the school season Miss