The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-01
HEIR[SS [LOP[S
WITH CHAUFFEUR
lula French vanderbllts Niece,
and Newport Native Elude
Pursuers and Marry.

NEWPORT Rhode Island. August ..
"A sensation that shares the interest
OF the summer colony with the Astor.
Force engagement Is che oiopement and
marriage today Of Miss Julia Estells
French daughter Of Amos Tuck French,
and favoritc niece Of Mrs. Elsie French
Vanderbilt, WIN divorced Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt, and Jack"
Geraghty, n chauffeur.
Miss French, who is eighteen, and
has been reekoned as one Of the rich
est heiress in the.society Of New York,
Newport aud Tuxedo, left Newport yes
terday with the handsome, athletic
Young chauffeur, and they so cley erly
arranged their departure that the
young woman 5 father didn't discover
his daughters absence until several
hours later Then there was a hue
and cry and an automobile chase, but
the latter-day Lochinvar Is training as
motorist served him well, and after
some exciting adventures, the couple
reached Central Village at two O'Clock
this morning and found haven in the
Central Village House and clergyman
to make them one. The Rev. L. E.
Perry, of the Congregational Church,
performed the ceremony.
Midnight Marriage.
When the midnight serenity of the
Irs1l,,r, L 49,.
by lusty voice clamoring for admit
lance on account of an automobile
breakdown, Landlord Riley was sur
prised. at the sight of khaki-elad
young man halfsupporting very pref
ty girl, all atremble with nervousness.
They explained who they were,
"We want clergyman and want
one quick, {" said the young man.
ooh, do hurry said the pretty girl,
gancing fearfully down the moonlit
road, cor it will be too late"
Riley remembered that the Rev. Mr..
Perry was guest of the MOTEL so he
aroused him and told him Of the diem
ma of the couple. Mr.. Perry said he
would be glad to pronounce the cere-
mony if license was obtained, where
upon Riley and Geraghty hustled Town
Clerk Adams out of bed, and he issued
the license.
The ceremony was performed in the
dimly lighted little parlor Of the coun-
! try hotel, with two impromptu wit
nesses.
The bride and bridegroom heaved a
} sigh at the final pronouncement that
J they were man and wife, and glanced
! through the door of the hotel as though
4 to say, "Now let 'em comel Who
t caresf' But the pursuit went wide of
: Central Village, and notwithstanding
. French had called on the Newport
police to help him head off his daugh-
e ter and her chauffeur, the newlyweds
: were able to keep their whereabouts
i quiet until today, when they announced
e that they had no objection to the we'd
$ ding being known:
: Paddle Own Canoe.
\ e'We are going right straight to New
! York, said the little bride, and
u seemed much amused at the thought of
. the sensation her romantic flight and
= marriage would make among her So
: ciety friends.
e 'fThey told me- said Landlord
= Riley to French over the long-distance
y telephone, that they were going
u straight to New York. They came
downstairs this morning and started
off to catch the ten clock train
"Jack" Geraghty is a Newport boy,
and his trim figure in puttees and khaki
was often seen at the entrance to the
Casino. He is twenty-three years old
Neither he nor his bride would say If
II they hope for an early reconciliation
: with French and the admission OF
II Geraghty to Newport society.
Miss French was debutante of this
year, and her chic appearance, hel
dashing manner of driving an automo
Z, bile and her interest in all sorts OF
Of sports combined to make her very pop
a ular in society-to say nothing of the
=. prospect of the millions she would in
herit from her father and the interest
ar taken in her by her wealthy aunt, Mrs
.. French Vanderbilt. Mrs. Samuel j
n. Wagstaff is her sister.
"a Amos Tuck French is a director il
&c the Manhattan Trust Company, thu
= Northern Pacific Railway and tn,
y Northern Securities Company. Hi
- places in Newport and Tuxedo ar,
- among the handsomest in those resorts
~ Through his marriage "Jack >
Geraghty, the dashing chauffeur, viii
become connected with the nobility o
. Britain. A cousin of his bride married
Y Lord Chezlemere Mrs. Geraghty is
al granddaughter of Mrs. Stuyvesan
40 Leroy, and a niece of Stuyvesan
he Leroy, the cotillon leader
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