Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-26
DOCTOR SLIPS AWAY
TO MARRY PRETTY
TELEPHONE GIRL
HAYWARD HOTEL PHYSICIAN
WEEDS "HELLO" OPERATOR
Sister of Young Woman Who Wrote
Her Own Death Notice for Joke
Figures In Romantic
Courtship

DIR. Robert ]. McAdory, for year
and half house physician of the Ho-
| tel Hayward, slipped away yesterday
morning with the 18-year-old telephone
girl of the Hayward, Miss Josephine
Morganstern. They took an early
train and were married at San Bernar-
dino, where they stopped off on their
way to Guaymas, Mexico, where the
groom has just accepted position as
surgeon for a Mexican railroad.
Hoping to conceal their marriage as
long as possible DIR. McAdory gave his
residence as Guaymas, while the bride
gave hers as San Francisco. The doc
| tor gave his age as SO and the bride
| confessed to all of her eighteen years.
Mrs McAdory is the younger sister
| of Miss Laura Morganstern, who came
into prominence less than week ago
by placing the notice of her own funeral
| in the newspapers.
| Mrs. McAdory was telephone operator
at the Hayward for the past eight
months. About two weeks ago she re-
| linquished her position, and 1t was
| given to her sister, who took care of
| the keyboard for almost two weeks.
Then when public comment was Gre
ated by the death notice in the papers
| she, too, gave up the position, and
nothing more was heard Of either Of the
sisters until news was received from
| San Bernardino yesterday that the
younger one had eloped with the house
physician.
House Physician at Hotel
| DR.. McAdory has made the Hotel
Hayward his headquarters for some
time. Besides acting as house physi-
clan he had a large outside practice
and was considered well to do by his
| friends. Very few of his friends, If
u. u 4 1A fnT1 al q tod
| matrimony and the news of his elope-
ment with the pretty telephone girl
lcaused sensation in the corridors OF
| the hotel. While many knew that he
was paying marked attention to Miss
Morganstern none anticipated the
eIopement.
| When Mrs. McAdory resigned her po-
sition two weeks ago she gave no rea-
son for her action. Her friends think
now that she wanted the time in which
to prepare her trousseau. At about
the same time DR.. McAdory took trip
| to San Francisco, but for what purpose
| Is not known.
| The two sisters, who were often seen
| together, were of strikingly opposite
types. The elder, Miss Laura, who
achieved fame through the funeral col
umn, Is a blonde, in spite Of her Jewish
birth, while the younger has the blue
black hair and olive complexion some
times characteristic of the race. She
has been greatly admired and 1t is said
has had to answer many telephone calls
that we're not strictly business.
| So closely did Mrs McAdory keep her
secret that when she left Los Angeles
yesterday none of her friends connected
| it with DR.. McAdory's trip to Mexico.
/ One of her girl friends when seen said;
| Don't tell me that Josephine Is mar
riedl But can't she keep secret
I was talking to her today and she sai6
she would miss DR.. McAdory awfully
and told her she would soon get ovel
| it."
Romantic courtship
DR.. McAdory first met the telephone
girl in the general routine OF his busi,
ness, seven months ago. After that
when the telephone girl appeared In the
morning she found flowers on her desk
From flowers to theater tickets was
easy and after that it was quite unusual
for the pretty phone girl to go home
alone at night. Yet, no formal engage
| ment was announced and there was
no suspicion that the doctor had COM
pletely lost his heart to the pretty OPP
orator.
DIR. McAdory has the offer of a posi-
ton as surgeon for the Guaymas,
Yaqui & Pacific railroad, but when he
left Los Angeles yesterday he seemed
undetermined, whether he would accept
or not
II may be back in a month" he said,
"or may remain there Indefinitely"
1t is reported that the girls mother
does not approve of the match and
that the elopement was the result. At
| the recorders office in San Bernardino
neither the bride nor groom would give
any information beyond the statement
| by the bride that Mamma does not
want me to marry. but we thought 1t
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