The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-05
YERKES- -MIZNER NUPTIAL
 KEPT REPORTERS BUSY

anee to pleasing sounds, such as birds use to call one another at dusk They couldn't exactly be described at a "coo- eoo-eoo,' or as a "OO-oo-oo-oo," or even as a "yo-lee-yo-lo," but they were soft and affectlonate and yearning. They floated over the heads of the stern old Romans, passed through the palms and rolled gently above
 There came then rustic. Mrs. Mizner appeared smilingy on the marble balcony above the reporters. She wore a pink house gown crocaded in silver She did not look more than forty years.
 "Yes, sir" she said. looking down at Mizner. Here I am. l hardly know what I can say to your friends only I do hope they won't say that I am 80 years old"
 "The very idea" said one of the re- porters.
 No man could tell the truth and put your age at more than SO," said another
 Mrs Mizner smiled some more and took position beside statue of Vanity.
 T don't like to greet MT. Mizners friends in this dress" she said, but I have not been well. and I've just got out of bed"
 We don't want to bother you" volun- teered one of the bunch but MT. Mizner wanted us to get confirmation from you of the marriage, We would like to have you straighten out the misunderstand- ing"
 Mrs Mzner caught at the word. That's it." she said. Ut was a distinct misun- derstanding. That is a pleasant way of putting it.
 T haven't any statement to make, gen. tlemen. It is hardly necessary, l am mar , ried. just as Mr. Mzner says, and I'm glad of 1t. I did want to wait until the fact had been formally registered. and there were some things that seemed to me to make 1t advisable that the marriage be kept secret. The news got out sooner than I expected, and I thought it best to deny it because 1 didn't want unpleas- ant publicity. Here. in my home, where I am secluded, I didn't know the good authority the newspapers had for making the statements they did
 q hope you will all get married, too, if you are not already"
 She bowed and withdrew, but Mizner had a few things more to say.
 T am going to live right here" he said. q am in perfect sympathy with all of Mrs. Mizner's philanthropic plans and [ will assist her to carry them out"
 How about the young woman in Den yer who is said to be contemplating a breach of promise of marriage suit against you?" somebody asked.
 That's blamed lie," said Mizner. "Ill bet s2O00O that the young lady herself never made any such statement to any body. Some papers are doing their best to rake mp a scandal but I'll give S2O0O0 ii anybody can produce signed sub stantiated statement from the young woman or any other woman that l broke a promise to marry her.
 T don't care a damn so far as l am concerned, but the story is hurting one of the incest girls that ever was. She is a good friend of mine, and have known the Carter family in Denver for years.'
 Mizner had this to say about Chicago relatives and friends who have said the story of the marriage was part of a plot:
 ''I suppose some of Mrs. Mizners rela- lives are sore, but you can bet your last dollar Mrs. Mizner Is happy. The only reason she denied the story that she didn't realize how fully the truth had got out"
 Mizner said very positively that he hadn't been asked to leave the Hotel As tor and Proprietor Muschenheim agreed hi