The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-04
MARRIED As
SHE HAD PLANNED

II yeu have xiii Dc NOT leave her
behind
Ia absence. .ho may not SIN bea, you
in mind,
Some one win butt in and then you
will hnd.
She = won out by some other fellow.
A trip on steamer Tor courtiua il
great.
old Cupid stands "by" aud he stands
GIN with fate.
You 60 down to meet her aud find
you re too late,
For she & won out by some other fellow.
There Is something romantic Ia moon
liz nights on the broad bosom Of the
Pacific Ocean when greyhound Of the
seas ploughs swiftly from the Golden
West toward the palm-fringcd shores Of
the Hawaiian Islands ami with con
genial so0ls upon the promenade deck
The little old steamship Alameda, of
fond memory TO countless kamaainas
and malihinis. has been responsible for
innumorablc flirtations and conrtships.
and Cupid Is culver is stretched TO con
tain enough darts to fulfill all require
ments, for Dan Cupid has always been
busy aboard the popular Oceanic liner.
whether there are so many coy cor
ners, or whether il is due simply to
the influence of the moon, that so many
affairs of the heart begin aboard the
good ferry, may not be known general.
ly, but possibly the couple who were
married Saturday afternoon in the
Methodist parsonage, could explain.
couple of months ago Charles
Howard came to Honolulu from San
Francisco, entered the employ of the
l.. b. Kerr Company. and then waited
impatiently for his bride-to-be TO fol
low him here from the Coast. A week
ago Saturday the Alameda left San
Francisco for Honolulu among her pas
Sengers being the awaited bride. Like
wise, Il. M. Baker, well known auto
dealer of Chicago, was aboard en- route
to Honolulu to talk of the advantages
of the Buick over all other makes of
benzne wagons. They met.
Mrs. Eva b. Wallace. of San Fran
cisco, was the lady. Mr.. Baker and
she had congenial tastes and liked one
another s company. What was regard.
ed as mere steamer acquaintance by
their fellow passengers, was to them
more than an acquaintanceship. 1t was
n case of love at first sight. They
arrived here Saturday and the husband
to-be boarded the vessel and greeted
the bride.to.be
Mrs. Wallace registered at the Alex
ander Young Hotel and so did Mr..
Baker and many Others from the Ala
media, all of whom had formed a merry
company aboard.
On Saturday afternoon Mr.. Baker
asked w. G.. She'll Jr., of Detroit,
Mich, fellow passenger, to accom-
pany him to the Judiciary building, and
there a license to wed was taken out,
the other name on the licenseSrbeing
Eva b. Wallace. 1t is recorded that
Mr.. She'll was somewhat astonished,
but he consented even to be best man,
accompanying the bridal pair to the
residence of Rev. Mr.. Wadman. There
the knot was tied and the couple re
turned to the hotel. Mr.. Baker had
previously invited several of his friends
to dinner party to be given at the
Young, among them being ]. j. Sulli-
van, the commercial traveller of San
Francisco, and daughter, and Mr.. She'll,
and it was a merry wedding party
which gathered about the flower.laden
table that evening.
In the meaStime-and il was mean
time-the man who had waited for his
bride was in bissful ignorance Of the
fact that his fancee was the wife of
another man, but he learned that even
ing, and il is reported that he stood
The blow with fortitude which gave
hope to little Dan Cupid to put him
On his waiting list again.
The bride and groom, of course, have
changed all their plans, and they will
await the arrival of the S. s. Mongolia
from San Francisco aud take honey
noon trip to Japan and China, making
he round trip and passing through
again en- route to San Fran
,isco. Mr.. Baker plans to open a branch
business in Denver, and there the
couple may reside.