Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
MIDNIGHT CHIMES
END CUPID'S LONG
DELAY At ALTAR
misunderstanding by Minister
HaIts ROdgers-Brown We'd
ding Four Hours.
ANOTHER DIVINE CALLED
IN AT TWELFTH" HOUR
Hundred Guests as Well as Prin-
cipaIs Had Begun to
Grow Uneasy.

Waiting until midnight before their
wedding ceremony could be performed,
Miss Phoebe Amelia Brown. the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur P. Brown,
of William street. East Orange. ana
Mr.. Arthur It. Rodgers, the son of Mr..
and Mrs Theodore F. Rodgers. of lOl
Osborne terrace, were Joined in mar
riage Just as the chimes were striking
at the home of the brides parents.
The Rev. DR.. George Walton King.
pastor Of the Central Presbyterian
Church, conducted the wedding service
after he had been hurriedly summoned
by telephone and driven from his home
to the waiting wedding party in Mr..
Browns own automobile.
Before o'clock the hi .dred wedding
guests, as well as the bride and groom
and their parents, were ready for the
marriage rites, which were to be per-
formed by the REV. DR.. William H.
Morgan, pastor of the Central Metho-
dist Episcopal Church
In the flower -perfumed parlor, fra
grant with the lovely aroma, and q
mass of soft and glowing color har-
monies in the light of.fhe eleetries, the
bridal party waited.
Half past eight came. Then nine
struck. The guests looked at each
other and whispered wondering COM
ments to, each other. The groom con-
suited earnestly with his brother
Charles #. Rodgers the besr man. Mrs
L ha al
honor tried to soothe Miss Phoebe's
growing nervousness.
Hours Specd BY.
Ten o'clock, half past eleven-the
chimes from the hall clock fioated
softly into the parlor. The wedding
! guests stirred uneasily. One or two
of the men went outside and looked
up and down for the Rev. DR.. Morgan
They walked to the corner and re
turned.
Gradually 1t dawned upon them tina
| the minister had been prevented from
| getting to the wedding. The aid of tn,
telephone was invoked. 1t was fount
that the Rev. DIR. Morgan had forgot
ten that the wedding was to occui
Wednesday night. imagining that i
!
to the shore.
A brief conference was held Th,
Rev. DR. King was asked whether h,
would officiate. IT'S a trif1e unusual.
he said. debating a moment. Yes. II
come"
I'VE will send an auto for you rlgh
away" the brides father exclaimed
| 1oyfully.
AIps Well That Ends well.
| The minister arrived and the mar
riage ceremony was performed exactly
four hours late. Just as the soft
toned chimes of the clock swept in oyel
the guests the Rev. DR.. King pro
nounced the words that made Mis-.
Brown and Mr.. Rodgers man and wife
They were not exactly waiting a
the church." one of the guests SAID
afterwards; they were waiting at tn,
altar, though. And four hours is E
long time"
Mr. Rodgers and his bride had in
tended taking the $3.50 train to Buffalo
but owing to the lateness of the wed
ding changed their plans and went t.
the Adirondacks for their honeymoon
When DR.. Morgan was seen by al
Evening STAR reporter upon his ar
rival from Asbury Park on the la
| train, he expressed his deep regret a
not having performed the maria g,
ceremony and explained that he hat
been under the impression that thu
nuptials were to take place tonight. II,
said that he was very pleased that DIR
King had been secured and had actet
| In his stead.
DR. Morgan came to Newark thil
afternoon TO conduct the funeral serv
| Ices over the body of Fireman Biebel
who was hurled to his death going u
a fire