The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-28
Los Angeles Couple Climbed to
the Top of the Big
Court House.
BELIEVED IT ROMANTIC
the CEREMONY WHICH the
KINDLY NEGRO PORTER WAS
NOT PERMITTED TO SEE.

Los Angeles. Cal. March .S-There
have been weddings in balloons and
other unusual places. as there is no ac-
counting for tastes. but for the first
time perhaps in the history OF Los An
geles county a wedding ceremony has
been performed in the tower OF the
court House.
On the books set apart for the con-
venience of visitors to that elevated
spot. from which one may sweep not
only the entire city of Los Angeles. but
the mountains thar hem in the city on
the north and west, these signatures
appear:-"w. II. Guthrie and wife. No
LIS oxford avenue. city: Maude Guth-
rie. same address: Clinton c. Hclling-
er. No. ID West Fifty-second place:
w c. Palmer. No. EOS East Fifty-first
street.
w. II. Guthrie and wife were the
parents of the bride. Miss Maude Guth-
RE. the bride: Clinton {. Hollinger.
the groom. and the Rev. w. G. Palmer.
the minister. pastor of South Park
Presbyterian church. who performed
the ceremony that made the couple
one.
There Was Little Ado.
There. was little ado concerning the
unusual event Hollinger and his in-
tended bride visited the once Of the
County Clerk. and the marriage license
was secured The bridegroom gave his
native State rs Illinois and his age rs
thirty-three years: the bride declared
she was but twenty four. also a native
OF Illinois, both residing In Los Ange-
les 1t turned out that the couple had
| been sweethearts for several years and
that the happy event Was the realiza-
ton of hopes in which both had in
dulged for a long time.
| When the trip was made to the Court
House it was fully intended by Hoiling-
err and his bride to be welded In the
tower. If possible. There seemed to be
an element of romance about the selec-
tion of where the nuptial knot should
be tied. With the coveted document
the party went to the stairway on the
| fourth floor; of the Court House. lead
ing to the tower. which was open for
the accommodation of visitors.
| No Attention Paid.
No attention was paid TO the quartet
as they wendell their way through the
labyrinth of stairways leading upward
more than one hundred feet. for 1t Ia
no unusual thing to have many per-
sons make the journey. Neither did the
fact that the young woman wore =
white dress and that q wreath OF Or
ange blossoms hung pendent from the
! latest creation of woman headgear ex-
cite any comment among the few who
saw the party ascend the steps leading
to the tower. White dresses and
orange blossoms are often seen about
the Clerks ONCE.
/ One of the negro porters showed the
company the way to the tower and NO
time was lost in carrying out the cere-
mony. The Rev. DIR. Palmer confessed
that it was somewhat unusual to per-
form his holy ONCE SO far above terra
firma. but the blushing bride laughing
IN told him 1t was a good thing to have
her intended and herself start SO high.
even IL they were afterward compelled
to come down q bit
When the party reached the last
landing the porter WAS asked IL he
would retire. and in a few moments
Hollinger and bride were made one.
The father and mother pressed forward
to kiss the daughter. and Dr. Palmer
added his congratulations to theirS-