The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-14
||BIl|t TO GET
||IlnD LEAVEs
1T ALTAR
- Dolax Il for Money and III Beat
= onys Daildins wrscksr by
l1fsssien and Heart wrecker
~ Confession.
49, q Uncle's Will Required Girl
4 - Harry This Week and Hun
dreds Answered "Ad."

4
WARRINGTON. Oct. IA sweep
<z1ng sandy mustache, a celluloid col
~ and bamboo cane won a tenn
|DorAry bride and cash bonus OF
400 here today.
Henry Oliver Brown. building
4 Uxecker by profession and heart
Uvecksr by confession, won the hand
|}of Eugenie Adams, the German girl
who advertised for a husband. the
n terms OF an uncle's will requiring her
to be married this week.
The hundreds OF applicants were
(. oifted down to ten. Accompanied by
- woman reporter, Eugene sat In an
once and the ten suitors were allow
B "a 20 enter one at q time, having
X drawn straws for precedence. Brown
went first and won. Eugene looked
b ever all the others and then sent for
4 brown.
"a sailor In costume was q close
n oecond. But after consideration the
n1rl said:
n mo, I can't marry a sailor. They
+ % around the world"
When Brown received the glad
|)&< 81. WIS jubilant and declared:
ITS pure matter of money with
+ me. I swear that she can go az soon
~ the knot Is tied. l have agreed to
uI0n : promise that after We are mar
kxIod We will never see each other
nsain~
M !. soI mean safs
nrryial with your" he was asked.
~Sure thing 1t is" he replied.
There couldn't be any love in ii the
<Voy she's got 1t fixed up. Its going
- b one of those Parted at the
Altar dramas"
After making the selection Miss
Adams said:
I'm 90 glad it's settled. I'm going
10 have . husband after all and win
&rot the money left me by my uncle
- Germany. That's what I want"
couldn't you learn to love that
handsome fellow?" asked the woman
Exporter.
II don't want to talk about love-"
ME replied. II do this thing because
& 4 have to. II must be understood
EUoottively that we are to part when
Ne ceremony Ia completed"
s'AW. I'm not goin' to bother her."
$Dnt In Brown. "Tll swear I'll beat 1t,
< 0hon the ceremony Is over. Honest |
Wiu. I'm doin' IL for the mon"
Under the supervision of the Of
D1nIe Of the newspaper which pub
1hed Eugenie's advertisement. the
G10e and bridegroom were taken to
hwyer's once to have the parting
~ the altar" contract drawn up in
<IoSnl form.
Il was declared by many that the
oontract would be worthless and
WO0ld either invalidate the wedding
~ would be invalidated by the we'd
ing vows. Brown gave his solemn
WoFd TO keep the promise, regardless
cf whether the contract stood.
You might assert your rights az
<or the wedding and force your wife
3 - accompany you," suggested a re-
4 orter to Brown.
~Oh nix on that Not in this coun-
n.y. i've thought OF all that" he re-
-Just read the divorce reports, IL
Eou think man can make his wife
mind. Anyway" he gave a signi-
cant glance at the bride who looked
IIke she could put him down for the
G0unt In about three seconds.
The bride IL about 35 years old.
Brown ID "a. He has lived here since
1o96, having come from Warren coun-
Nv, Penn. He served Ave years in
No United States artillery and has
never been married before.
n never expect to be married
1etln." he explained. 80 don't care
whether she gets q divorce or not.
1on't believe In marrying anyway as
- permanent proposition. II they get
Ms trial marriage business started,
Z night try that"