The evening world., 1911-04-14
J|LTS HER WOOER
TO WE'D SU|TOR
Of HER G|RlHOOD
-
Mary Radford's Old Love Re.
vived When Burtis Came
Back From Abroad. -
FOUND HER
But She Broke With Arkush
and Now Both Are Happy
With Other Mates.
u HER ENGAGED.

Inc reason the young woman who
was Miss Mary Radford, but "a Mrs,
Walter Burtis. Tilted Frank r.. Arkus
aher they had taken out a marriage
incense and were to have been wedde ed
around st. Patriclt's Day, was made
known to-day. The cause Of the hitting
was Walter Burtis. who was married 10
Miss Radford In Hoboken April 2, al
though every effort was made TO keen
the marriage secret.
MI. and Mrs. Burtis arc living at the
Hotel Lucerne on Seventy-ninth street
she IL the daughter of William l.. Rad
iord' a wealthy retired merchant who
lives IN a protentious home at No II
West N~inety-hfth street.
Although denying she was Mrs. Bur
tn. but merely a friend" a young
woman who resembled tho bride 30
snuch that she might be mistaken for
her, told an Evening World reporter
so-day that Miss Radford and Mr.. Bur-
f!s are married.
Il suppose there Is no use DENYING it,
she said, for VEL mean ~they-wers
married and intended 20 keep Il secret.
Please tell me how you learned It. for
vel mean ~they-dldn't want anybody
to know about 1t except their friends.
You see they went to l~Iobokcn 10 avoid
any publicity. Now, l would Ike to
know who told about it? was It a
woman. and II so. was she young or
old?"
Divorced Last February.
Denied this information the "friend'
was asked about tho romance-Mrs.
Burtis was divorced only last Febru-
AIRY from William Becker. who repre-
scented himself to be a lieutenant in the
German ariny-and the rapid-ire matri-
monial alliances she has made.
why. you see. IL mean Mrs. Bur-
tis-has known Walter Burtis ever since
she was a child. Why wei mean they
played together as children, and seven
or eight years ago It was understood
there was an attachment. But he went
away n was gone a great deal OF the
Anne. He just got back from Europe a
couple OF months z l might say. right
after the license to MIR. Arkush and Miss
Radtord was issued.
AS soon as ne came back he called
on Miss Redford and then Miss Rad
ford decided that Il was Mr.. Burtis
that she loved. not Mr.. Arkush. The
Radford family had opposed the mar
riaSr to Mr.. Arkush because Of the dii-
ference in religion. and OF curse that
was one reason why the engagement
was broken off, but the real reason waa
Mr.. Burtis.
zoe antt.g, N FFat- III shiu NtAa a hAfNt
Mr.. Arkush marrying another girl 1,
wasn't deemed wise to nave the wedding
in New York so vel mean they-jGst
slipped over to Hoboken, II had the
ceremony performed quietly. Yes. Miss
Kadford's sister was with her and knew
all about It. But then 1t was thought It
could be kept secret. but l suppose
somebody told. would just owe 10
know who Il vas
When the friend" was reminded OF
the discrepancy in the ages OF Mr. and
Mrs. Burtis, the bride being only TWEEN
ty-tour. while he is thirty-flve. and that
boys eleven years older didn't gener-
ally play with girls 50 young. she smiled
and said:
'Well. this was different. you know
TCT GVcHtIui SdTccT.
Immediately after the wedding Mr..
and Mrs. Burtis went to the Lucerne.
Mr.. Burtis is said to be a wooilen mer-
chant on Broadway. A reception for
the bride n groom Is to he given by
the brides parents at their home next
week.
Mrs. Burtis IS a tall. graceful blonde
with a wealth of faNen hair. and has
had quite an eventful career. About
ten years ago she disappeared from
home and terrified her parents by re
naming away over night. and gave tn,
police a hard days work. She re-
appeared the following day and said
she had been with an aunt at Great
B~Mar1ngtCn, Mass. Her father was be
sieged with Matchmaking letters, which
demanded ransom. IL being az the time
when Eddie Cudahy was kidnapped
Some Of the writer's protested TO be
tho ones who hae kidnapped the Omaha
packers son.
-Four years ago Mrs. Burtis was mar
RED to Becker. who claimed 20 have
vast estates in Germany. After an os-
tentatlous wedding they went to Ger
many, but the vast estates failed "a
materialize. She returned home and
last February obtained a divorce after
having been ardently wooed by Arkush,
The next chapter in her life was a
visit to the marriage license bureau
with Arkush IN March and the subse-
Quent anhulling of the engagement.
Arkush Is living happily with his wife,
who was Miss Phoebe Mier. at the MieI
home, No. I4 West Eighty-hfth street,
having we'd his boyhood days sweet
heart on March % after being lifted by