New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-09
'ELOPES WITH BROTHERS.
FOOTBALL TEAM MATE
Congressman Andrus's Daughter
Bride of H. H. Hobbs, Fa-
nous Yale Tackle.
HER BROTHER LEARNS FIRST
Couple Got License Here, Girl
Giving Fiance's Mothers
Home as Hers to Evade
Law and Keep Secret.

Miss Helen Whittier Andrus, daughter
of Congressman John T.. Andrus, of
Yonkers, one Of the Wcalthiest men in
the House. and Henry Homer Hobbs
famous as left tackle of the Yale foot
ball team in 1905 and 1909. went to the
City Hall yesterday and got Il marriage
license. being married soon afterward.
Congressman Andrus did not know a
thing about the wedding until it was all
over. and said he had not consented to it,
liam" Andrus, the brides brother
played in the Yale line next to Hobbs,
and they were great chums at college.
He brought his big teammate home to
visit him in Yonkers more than once.
and there the friendship of Miss Andrus
and Hobbs ripened into a secret engage
ment The wedding was an cope.
ment beautifully staged and managed.
That the whole left side of the Yale line
of 1909 might figure, johnny" Kilpat-
rick, pronounced by many TO be the best
end since the famous Hinkey. acted as
best man for Hobbs.
Miss Andrus left her home in Hudson
Terrace. Yonkers. yesterday morning.
and said she was going 10 do some shop
ping. She went to the Hotel Manhattan
and there met Mr.. Hobbs and Mrs. Mary
Hobbs, his widowed mother. Fitzpatrick
and Emmett Hay Naylor. of Springfield.
Mass, We're also there. Then they went
TO the City Hall. where Mr.. Hobbs said
he was twenty-four years old and a mer-
chant. of No. 357 Main street. Spring
field, Mass. Miss Andrus said she was
two years his junior. and that she lived
al No. J61 West 1S6th street 1t was
learned later that that address was the
home of Mrs. Mary Hobbs.
The law requires that a woman desir-
ing marriage license shall get it in the
county in which she lives. and to avoid
the certain publicity Of going 10 the
Yonkers City Hall Miss Andrus tenn
porarily appropriated new address It
was not long before the news was
flashed to Yonkers. and an excited voice
said over the wire to some one i'm City
Clerk Sculy's office: Il am Miss An
drus's brother Is il true that my sister
has taken a marriage license? What
address did she give
He was told by the clerk that Il was
true. and that she had given the address
in West 1ssth street.
"She had no right TO give that address.
She lives right here in Yonkers." came
the answer, and the receiver was
hung up.
The wedding party had gone from the
CITY Hall 10 the Memorial House of 81.
Georges Episcopal church. in East 18th
street The Rev John Frank Scott per-
formed the ceremony at 3: 90 p. m. but
seen last night
After a wedding breakfast at the Man
haitian the couple took the o'clock train
for Boston. II is understood that they
will sail from that city tomorrow for
Naples
At Mrs Hobbs's house in West 1S6th
street woman who said she was Mrs.
bishop. her daughter. said she knew
nothing Of the wedding and seemed
eager for details. Homer A. Norris. the
orga MIST of 81. Georges Church, lives at
the same address and is an uncle of the
bridegroom.
At Congressman Andrus's home in
Yonkers there was great surprise when
the fact of the wedding was made
known. Congressman Andrus said he
would say nothing more about the mat
ter until he had heard from his daugh-
ter than that he had known nothing of
the elopement and had not given his
consent
Miss Andrus is a graduate Of La Sale
Seminary, at Auburndale, Mass Hobbs
was graduated from the Sheffield Scien
tifc School of Yale last year and has
been employed by the firm Of Meekins.
Packard & Wheat. of Springfield. He
LETT that city on Wednesday, saying
that he was going on his vacation. He
is member of the Psi l. fraternity and
vas coach for the Amherst football team
last year.