The Detroit times., 1909-06-18
AGED BRIDE SURE
OF BOYS" Love
Disparity i'm Their Years, She GA
Years Old and He 10, Will
Not Cause Trouble. z

COLUMBIA, Mo-. June ls.-When
turner Acton, l9-year-old bridegroom
wants his own way with his bride who
was Mrs Sarah Anne Montemat, 81
years old. she will coax him And
the gentle art OF cOaxing in the opin.
ION OF the venerable bride, will keep
peace and happiness at the hearth
where she and her boy husband will
sit.
Neither husband nor wife ought -
De boss. says Mrs Acton, whose hair
Is white Il won't expect to run our
home and | know Turner will not
especially II | coax him"
Mr.. and Mrs. Acton are still In their
honeymoon and are furnishing a cot.
tage In the western part of Columbia.
They have been boarding since their
marriage with an aunt Of the bride
groom on West Broadway.
Yes, have seen old fellows so de-
crepit that they had TO hobbe around
on canes marrying Young girls" says
Mrs. Acton. who is old enough TO be
her own husbands grandmother and
who, In fact. is a grandmother. "and I
have known marriages like that u
turn out unhappily, the wife seeking
men companions or her own age.
"He'll Never Get Tired Of Me-"
But don't worry one minute about
my Turner | feel sure he loves me
just as much as love him. | know
he is trustworthy and honorable and
I'm not in the least afraid OF his ever
getting tired OF me and running after
young girls.
Il don't see why our marriage should
have stirred up such a commotion.
Why there's been a newspaper man
here almost every day and the news.
papers all over the country have been
writing about us. even got letter
from sister of mine In Fort Worth.
Tex. whom | hadn't heard from In
20 years. She'd read OF the wedding.
IF Turner and | wanted TO get mar
ried don't see that anybody else need
bother about IT, The marriage was our
affair He didn't have any home and
neither did l. and we loved each other
Wasn't that reason enough TO marry?
| don't think II makes a particle of diff
ference that I'm past 80 and he's not
yet 90 Age hasn't anything te-de
With love.
'I'm sure he'll be good to me as long
ms live and | know I'll try TO be the
best wife can 10 him It's a pleasure
now to fix his lunch for him when he
goes out for the days work"
This was Mrs. Actions second mar
riage She had been a widow nearly
20 gears when she married her boy
bridegroom. Two sons are in the army,
one now In the Philippines. A married
daughter lives in Columbia and has
one child, Mrs Actions only grand
child.
She has property worth about $1,000
and n veterans Widows pension of sl5
a month. Her husband. who was en-
ployed as caretaker by an elderly rich
man I'm Columbia, has given up nurs-
ing and gone back TO his former oc-
cupation. teaming He has black hair,
broad shoulders. dresses iauntily and
smokes cigarettes. But he never takes
drink. his wife and aunt Doth say
To Be Financial Adviser.
Mrs Acton admits that she will try
70 he financial adviser OF the home. Tor
she saws she has had years Of exper
fence In economizing and managing
small income.
eff Turner'll let me-and I'm sure he
will-I'll keep the money ana III save
some Of all we take in she says. DO
7 want him To take me around 10
places OF amusement? You mean 10
theaters and such as that? Not much
they'll never get any of our money II
can help It. I'm a Hardshel Bap
fist and all the amusement | care
for Is to go 10 church and to sit around
my own home--of course, with Turner
there.
Young Acton was sought by his aged
bride before she would consent to give
any Interview He said, "Oh, what
ever you do is all right with me--lm
going TO the lodge now. He 10
member of the Tribe OF Ben Hur.
Actions aunt said TO the reporter
while Mrs Acton walked to the gate
with her husband, They act just Ike
Won would expect OF newlyVeds II both
were of his age They never seem 70
notice that she is so old and he SO
young. Anyway, she's rs active as
any girl know"