Evening journal., 1910-10-14
EUGENE GETS
HER HUSBAND
Former Soldier Agrees to
Accept the $500 and "beat
ii" After Ceremony
WOMAN PICKS ONE OF
TEN APPLICANTS

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
WASHINGTON. Oct IA sweep
ing sandy mustache, a celluloid collar
and bamboo cane won temporary
bride and cash bonus of 5000 here
to-day.
Henry Oliver Brown. building
wrecker by profession and heart
wrecker by confession. won the hand
Of Eugene Adams. the German girl,
who advertised for husband. the
terms Of an uncle's will requiring her
to be married this week.
The hundred of applicants We're
slfted down to ten. Accompanied 10y
woman reporter Eugene was seat
ed and the ten were allowed to enter
one at a time. having straws for
precedence. Brown went first and
won Eugenie looked over all the
others and then sent for Brown.
A sailor in costume was close
second but after consideration the
girl said:
mo, can't marry a sailor. They
go around the world and ! might meet
him somewhere"
When Brown received the glad
news, he was jubilant and declared
Its a pure matter of money with
me. / swear that she can go as sooon
as the knot is tied. | have agreed TO
sign a promise that after We are mar
ried we will never see each other
again"
do you mean that its purely COM
merclal with your he was asked.
Sure it is," he replied, there couldn't
be any love in it the way she's got it
fixed up. Its going TO be one Of those
parted at the altar dramas
The bride. however. was not so
hilarious. There We're tears rolling
down her cheeks when she said;
Hell do"
Then turning to the woman report
er. she said:
Pm so glad it's settled I'm goinl
20 have a husband after all and
will get the money left me by m,
uncle I'm Germany. That's what
want"
Couldn't you learn TO love ths
handsome fellow?' she was asked.
II don't want to talk about love,
she replied u do this thing becaus
have to. Il must be understoo
positively that we are to part whei
the ceremony is completed
"Aw, I'm not going 10 bother her,
put in Brown. IN swear III bea
IL when the ceremony is over. Homes
l will. I'm doing it for the money.
Parting Contract.
Under the supervision of the oiii
cials Of the newspaper which publish
ed Eugenie's advertisement, the bride
and groom we're taken to a lawyers
Office to have the 'parting-at-the-altal
contract" drawn up i'm legal form.
II was declared by many that the
contract would be worthless ant
would either invalidate the weddinl
or be invalidated by the wedding
VOWS Brown gave his solemn worC
to keep the promise regardless o
! whether the contract stood.
you might assert your rights af
ter the wedding, and force your wife
to accompany you, >1ggested a re-
porter to Brown.
"Oh nixl Not in this county I've
! thought of all that" he replied. Jus
read the divorce reports, II you thinl
man can make his wife mind Any
way - He gave a signihcan
glance at the bride who looked like
= she could put him down for the coun
i'm about three seconds.
The bride is about 30 years old
Z Brown is "a. He has lived here since
1856. having come from Warren. War
! rem county, Pa. He served five years
in the United States artillery and
: has never been married before.
Il never expect to marry again.
he said so I don't care whether she
gets the divorce or not | don't be-
, lieve in marrying anyway, as ;
permanent proposition. If they ge
, this trial marriage business started
might try that