Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-06
CEREMONY IN WASHINGTON
Evelyn Perry Becomes Bride Of
Arthur Ingersoll Hoe,
STAGE FOR SCHOOL
Insisted on an Education Before
Marriage to Her Wealthy
Suitor.

L
ped his arrow in strong solution Of good
common sense before he pierced the
hearts Of young Arthur Ingersoll Hoe.
heir Of the printing press millions, and
dainty Evelyn Perry, daughter of Civ
Ing skeleton"
That is why> their quiet wedding in
Washington, April %. bore none Of the
faint Of secrecy and family hostilities.
The bride was welcomed to the household
OF the distinguished family whose name
she now bears. And the young man got
admiration, instead Of disinheritance,
which has come to be almost a rule in
such romances.
And yet, according to his friends, no
youth was ever more desperately smitten
than Mr.. Hoe when he met for the first
time. four years ago. the beautiful Eve
lyn Perry. who was singing then with
The Roger Brothers in Ireland"
Before the close of the theater season
they were engaged. but there was no
dashing off to church. with plans to let
the old folks know about it later.
Her Life a Romance.
/ Little Miss Perry, whose life has been
"a romance in itself, was too sensible for
that. She was as much in love as he,
but she declared that she would not be
married until she was fitted to be his
real companion-to be a friend Of his
friends. |
He has. lived always in luxury and
with cultured people," she is reported
to have said, while mother has had to
work very. very hard just to bring me
up to where / could earn little myself"
So, with her fiance's reluctant consent.
the young woman departed for school,
land she has been happily devoting her
self to her sensible whim ever since.
When young Mr.. Hoe told his family of
termination, there was no longer any sign
|Of objection to the match That sort of
girl was worthy Of him. they said.
The mother of the bride is Nine. Char
cot, reader of palms and practitioner of
hypnotism. and the father is Eugene
Perry, for many years known In museums
as 1.-The living skeleton"
The father abandoned the family when
Evelyn and her brother now United
States, Army officer were babies. And
Fthe brave mother supported and partially
educated the children only by the hardest
work and greatest Sacrifices When Eve
lyn was sixteen she went on the stage,
though she did not want to. in order to
help out the family finances.
Like Fairy Story.
- !.
She had, been singing for two years
course OF life changed AZ swiftly as lives
charge in fairy stories. 80
Nine. Charcot was still reading palms
in the summer time at Bergen Beach,
where she mainland a little home Dur
Ing the first part of her course of studies
Miss Perry lived with her mother there.
And every Sunday Hoe would visit them.
He would help fix things around the house
and till tho flower garden and do every
and her mother comfortable and happy.
L. Then came the. time when Miss Perry
went to i've In the home Of DR.. Stewart
Close, 24S Hancock street, Brooklyn, in
one Of the finest sections of the borough.
She was sweet, charming GIRL said
DR.. Close last night, and We all felt
badly when she left our home for her
final course of study. She was like one
of my own daughters, to whom she is
as q sister. We all love her. She is
highly accomplished and a real artist in
music. possessing a soprano voice which
has been trained by the best of instruct
Ors.
At Fashionable School.
"For the last year Miss Perry was a
student in Miss Hazen's fashionable
finishing school at Pelham Manor.
From there she went to her wedding.
''They were married in St. Johns
Church, Washington. by the Rev. Wal
ter III. Larom, archdeacon of Ogdens-
burg. The couple were surrounded by
Mr.. Hoes family, his brother Robert,
president Of R. Hoe & Co., being best
man, and Laura Carter and Ellen Evans.
nine-year-old daughters of Mr.. Hoes
sisters acting as flower girls. The night
before the marriage a dinner was given
at the New Willard, at which were pres
ent Mr.. Hoes mother and other members
Of the Hoe family and the brides mother.
"She fought against great odds to edu-
cate her son and daughter and bring
them up properly. The son is now an Of
flcer In the. United States Army in the
Philippines"
Robert Hoe said yesterday: There was
never at any time any objections on the
part of our family to my brothers mar
riage. The young woman he married is
a charming girl. thoroughly educated and
q lady in every way. My brother and
|>she kept company for several years. She
left the stage to study in anticipation of
marrying my brother. was best man at
the wedding and all the members of our
family were present. also Miss Perry s
mother"
The bride is twenty-five and Mr.. Hoe
is only q few years her senior.