The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-02
1|NGE Of TRAGEDY
OVERSHADOWS WEDDING OF
BRYAN'S SON TO MISS BERGER.
WHITE PLAGUE THREATENS BRIDE
Bryan, Junior, Leaves College Career
to Accompany Wife to Arizona
In Search Of Health.
WHITE PLAGUE THREATENS BRIDE

Lincoln. Neb Special: A tinge Of
tragedy is woven into the romance
OF William j. Bryan, Jr., son of the
thrice presidential candidate. and Miss
Helen Berger, which eliminated last
week in their marriage at the sum.
mer home OF the brides father. Alex.
ander Berger, a wealthy Milwaukee
grain dealer, at Grand Lake. Colo.
The only scion of the Bryans is only
In his twenty-secold year. He has
just concluded his second year OF
schooling at the University Of Ne
braska, and because of his youth and
lack OF practical experience, numer.
Gus friends. many of them intimate, Of
the elder Bryan. could not but marvel
at his consent to the assumption by
his son of the responsibilities attend.
ant upon welded life. From the rela.
tives of the bride-to-be. however. have
come explanations which have disarm-
ed criticism of the two fathers, Mr.
Bryan and Mr.. Berger.
Miss Berger. who is a charming
young woman in her twentieth year.
has been living for many years under
the dread shadow of the white plague
An only child of a wealthy father.
and whose mother became the victim
Of consumption when the girl was
scarcely more than a babe. Miss Hell
en- all her life has been frail in health,
almost constantly beset by the fear
that she might be struck down by the
ailment which caused the death of her
mother.
Solicitude for his daughter induced
Mr.. Berger to build summer home
on the shores OF Grand Lake, and it
is here that Miss Helen has spent her
every summer for the past ten years
Recently physicians have detected
symptoms of incipient tuberculosis in
Miss Berger, and the father was In
formed that ii was imperative that
his daughter should take I'D an i'm
mediate residence in Arizona If her
life was to be spared.
Helen Berger and William Bryan
have been sweethearts almost from
the day that Mr. Berger came TO Lin.
coin twelve years ago to make ii his
home. Parental objections have
placed no distractions in the path of
their love match. and both have
looked forward with happy expecta-
tons to the day when they might go
to the altar and plight their troth
as husband and wife.
Both were content to await the |
time when the young man could com
plete his education and equip himself |
for a profession. The decree of the |
doctors. however, threatened TO in. |
terpose and Miss Berger. alarmed by |
the danger of a dread disease and dis |
traught by the menace of a separa.
ton from the sweetheart of her choice |
hasty marriage. She has
pleaded so successfully that both Mr..
Bryan and Mr. Berger were won over
to her cause.
Following the ceremony at Grand
Lake, the younger Bryan and his
bride went direct to Tuscon, Arizona,
where the physicians have encom
aged the two families to believe that
the young woman may have every
hope of her ability TO build up her
health and thus ward off the vista.
ton that caused her mothers death.
Az Tuscon Is located the University
Of Arizona. at which institution VII
liam Bryan. Jr., is to continue the
studies that will fit him for profes-
sion, probably the law.