The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-28

Though the Automobile College of
Washington, 1905 Fourteenth street, is
not co-educational institution. the mo-
tors there are humming the wedding
march. and the gasoline air carries the
scent OF orange blossoms.
Two members OF the auto college fac
ulty have been married within a week.
and a third viii do likewise tomorrow.
One of the weddings was an elopement,
another was a unemployment. The third
was announced yesterday.
The newly weds are:
Napoleon Hill. president. and Miss
Florence Horner. of 1883 Q street north
west
Edwin T Howard, chief instructor and
Miss Mildred Turcott. Of the Porner.
c. ]. Warwick. manager OF the National
Auto College. Ninth and o streets. and
an instructor at the College Of Washing
ton, viii round out the trie when he is
married TO Miss Nellie Lee Stewart, of
Piedmont, ". Va, tomorrow morning at
7:30 O'Clock He left AT o'clock Saturday
morning for Piedmont.
No InISling to Friends.
When President Hill took his car out
of the college garage Thursday morning
the motor students who helped him lay
in a stock of gasoline and strap on an
extra tire hadn't the slightest idea that
he was harboring matrimonial inten-
tons.
He drove the car around to the home
of Miss Horner, who graduated from
Central High School last Wednesday and
is a niece Of former Gov Atkinson. OF
West Virginia Ten minutes later the
machine was whirring along the level
highway that leads to Marlboro.
The ceremony was performed there
quietly, and that same evening the car
stole back to Washington. carrying Mr.
and Mrs. Hill. They will be at home TO
their friends at the Darlington apart
ments. Mount Pleasant, in about a week
Hill and Miss Horner met three months
ago while the pretty high school girl was
still working for her diploma in the
class rooms at Central 1t wasn't long
before they came to an understanding,
and Hill agreed to wait until Miss Hor-
ner captured her sheepskin.
Chief Instructor Howard was just as
reticent about his intention to get mar
ried as was President Hill. No one al
the college had even suspicion that IL
vas his wedding day when he left Sat-
urday afternoon. They didn't find out
until yesterday.
Second Wedding Saturday.
Howard and Miss Turcott were united
by Rev. Father Walsh at St Paul;
Catholic Church at 7:9O o'clock satur-
day evening. Only the family OF the
bride and one or two intimate friends Of
the bridegroom were present
Yesterday Howard was worked over
time answering shower of congratula-
tons that kept the phones at the college
buzzing every I'VE minutes. Mr. and Mrs
Howard have taken an apartment a
the Portner.
Ignorant of the fact that there were
already two newly-weds among hi.
friends. Manager Warwick boarded al
early train for Piedmont his formel
home and the home of his bride-to-be
early Saturday morning.
After the wedding tomorrow Mr.. anC
Mrs. Warwick will leave Piedmont fol
tneir honeymoon. They will return II
about ten days to make their home il
Washington. Miss Stewart, who /;
twenty-One years old and just as prett,
as the other two brides. has many friend.
here.
The Fourteenth street college, where
chauffeurs and car-owners alike learn t
manipulate gears, clutches, and such. wa;
humming with excitement last night
The news Of the three weddings had JUS
leaked out, and every one was predicting
that every one else would be the next.