The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-11-07
EVENT CAUSES CHAGRIN
TO NOTED LECTURER
Latter, Who Was to Have Served as
Best Man at Happy Event, Has to
Return Without Acting in This
Capacity-Gets Back Too Late to
Don Evening Clothes.

Another Of those interesting we'd
diSgs which have made Lake county I
famous, was pulled off in Crown Point
yesterday. incidentally it was re-
sponsible for great deal of chagrin
and modification to Burton Holmes, |
lecturer and traveller. who thereby was
obliged to appear before a fashionable
audience in Chicago. garbed in a plain
business suit which had been rendered
for from thing of beauty by rea-
son of much crushing and the dust
and soil of a long trip by automobile
from Chicago to the county seat Of
Lake county.
The contracting parties to the hasty
wedding which occasioned Burton
Holmes modification, were Louis
Francis Brown. the lecturers manager.
and Miss Edith I. Gould. stenographer
st the Great Northern hotel Chicago.
Miss Gould is a dark-eyed beauty of
about 23- A sensational feaure of the
event was the fact that Mr. Brown
had been granted a divorce In Chicago
just a few minutes before he started
out on the eventfuI trip which ended
IN his union with Miss Gould before
Justice Harry Nicholson at $50 last
evening Auotner feature. which was
at least unusual, was the absence of
the best man, who left Crown Point
just ten minutes before the wedding
was pulled off. The best man, or
rather the man who did his best to be
best man and had to give 1t up in
order to catch a train back to Chicago.
was Burton Holmes.
Long, sad Tale.
IT IS a long and thrilling story
The party started out at 10 o'clock
in plenty of time for the couple to
to have been married and been well off
on their honeymoon. long before they
reached Crown Point. They traversed
the south side boulevard system in
record breaking time but when they
struck South Chicago the delays and
accidents began. Cupid put more than
the usual number of obstacles in the
; path of the speeding automobile, for
its flight was stopped time and again
after tho humps and the hollows Of
the roads that lead from South Chicago
toward Crown Point loomed in sight
The first delay of half an hour was
laughed off. The second did not mat
ter much. although it was longer than
the frst The third and fourh and
fifth happening in rapid sequence, how
ever. began to render the party a bit
Holmes. smiling and suave as becomes
a best man. did not think OF his dress
suit When o'clock had rolled
around and Crown Point was still far
to the southeast, the lectu#er began
to worry He was booked to speak at
s o'clock in Orchestra hall. Making
allowances for delays in proportion to
those the party had suffered previous
ly it would be about $50 when the
Indiana Gretna Green was reached.
At that rate Mr.. Holmes figured that
it would be next day before he got
back 70 Chicago. But fate was kind.
the balance Of the distance was ira
versed without further hindrance, but
1t was past FIVE when the machine
pulled up before the courthouse
Train Time Paramonnt Issue
The first thing that the party did was
to inquire about trains back to the
city When 1t was learned that there
was one due a 6.24 Mr.. Holmes began
to breathe easier. but he thought Of
his clothes, Car. far away in the Audi
torium Annex. He called up his
mother on long distance and asked her
to send the good harness over TO the
Orchestra hall stage by messenger. He
could jump into the garments there
Considerable time had been exhausted
and it was time for Mr.. Holmes t.
start for his train. The license had
not Yet been procured much less the
ceremony performed. and ii was up Il
theN -have-been- best man to make s
quick decision between love and duty
Love of his manager prompted him L
remain. but dutys voice was louder
He hardened unto the latter and caugh
his train.
Troubles Not Yet over
Then commenced another series q
delays The train backed and halted
I seemingly without the slightest provo
y cation. When it at last pulled int
y Chicago it was almost time for III,
: lecture to begin. The lecturer hastily
~ summoned a cab and told the driver
to dash furiously to Orchestra hall
The hall was already filled when tn,
belated traveller arrived. He took on,