The evening world., 1908-10-31
Romantic Wooing of Divorced
Mrs. Kennedy Began in
Steak Delivery.
HAS FATHERS BLESSING.
Also a Check, but Discarded
Husband Will Demand
His Child.

A romance begun at the back door
with the delivery OF porterhouse steak
has eliminated In the marriage OF Fred
erick G. Bird. an orphan butcher boy.
and Mrs. Mae Nutting Kennedy. daugh-
ter of a Brooklyn millionaire
On Oct. c2 1907, the present bride Of
butcher boy Bird obtained divorce
from her husband. Robert d. Kennedy.
of No. III Quincy street, Brooklyn.
father of her four-year-old daughter.
Kennedy asserts that he permitted his
wife to obtain the divorce, and says he
will attempt to prevent his daughter
from being fathered by the whilom
wielder Of the cleaver.
The marriage of young Bird. q strap
ping youth of twenty-five years, to tho
matronly Mrs. Kennedy. ten years his
senior, was celebrated on Monday last
in the home OF the Rev. c. q. Benedict.
of the NJ. E. Church At New Canaan.
Conn. Andrew j. Nutting. father Of the
bride. attended. and presented to his
daughter a handsome check. There
were only two witnesses to the mar
rage. and every effort was made to
maintain secrecy.
VIII Remain Butcher Boy.
Young Bird is now installed In ths
splendid residence OF his wife at New
Canaan, but 1t Is said he will return to
the block in the butcher shop Of Ernest
]. Brown. from which he has been abb
sent only few days.
According to Brown. Mrs. Kennedy
first looked into the big blue eyes OF
Bird two years ago when he appeared
at tho back door OF her home and de-
llvered a steak. Brown recalls distinctly
that It was a porterhouse steak, for q
day or SO later no received telephone
message from Mrs. Kennedy. asking for
another cut OF the same artistic merit
and insisting that the blue-eyed youth
\ with the yellow curls deliver It.
She had been In the kitchen when Bird
arrived. and. according to romantic New
Canaanites. when their eyes met for the
first time the psychic spark called love
jumped from orb to orb.
After that Mrs. Kennedy did al hei
own ordering Al the little butcher shor
in the village. She would be served by
none other than Bro: anS: furthermore
| SIoN0T NHiSHS " S'CeSSs'
Fred was a clever performer with the
cleaver." said Butcher Brown. dis.
GUESSING the romance, and ! noticed
Mrs. Kennedy watched his work with in
terest and admiration. i could see that
they had become fascinated with each
other and knew that a romance was
she might have gone farther and
Jared a great deal worse. Fred is a
! fine youngster and took to the block
and cleaver like a duck. to water and
| showed a whole lot of class in his
work I paid him so month; he saved
1t and bought a small interest in the
business. think. now. he will buy me
out altogether"
The former husband OF the new bride
declared to-day that he still loved her
devotedly.
chose a butcher boy as my successor, F"
ne said. Il cannot bear TO think that my
child shall have to call that boy her
father. and I will move heaven and
earth TO prevent II. l shall exhaust
every expedient OF the law to recover
the custody OF my daughter"
A singular fact in this romantic
tansle is that the former husband is a
manager OF one of his former father
in-law's string of clothing stores.