Evening star., 1911-08-12
STICKS TO HUSBAND
Mrs. Gerauhty Prefers Chauf-
feur to "Any Society Fool"
TELLS OF ELOPEMENT PLAN
Arranged Three Months Ago, But
Event Hastened by Parents Threat.
WRITES TO HER MOTHER
Bride Says She Has Nothing for
Which to Ask Forgiveness, But
Is Sorry for Causing Trouble.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, August 12.-Mrs.
Jack Geraghty. formerly Miss Julia
Steel French, told without any conceal
ment yesterday afternoon all about the
plans she made three months ago to elope
with the young chauffeur. She said she
loved him and would not give him up for
the world. especially for ANY society
fool as she put 1t. and that she did not
know exactly what they were going to do
in the way of plans for the future.
II met Jack when he was demonstrat-
ing a car at Newport three years ago.
and year afterward | fell in love with
him." said Mrs Geragh,y we made
plans about three ncnths ago to elope in
September. but my parents discovered
what was up. They found out that l was
in love with Jack and that / was going
to marry him. They forbade Jack to come
to the house, and were going to send me
TO Europe on the next steamer. so that
would be separated from him. They said
that would forget him. So We decided
that the only thing left was to get mar
ried at once
Can you keep house?'' Mrs Gecaghty
was asked.
Fitted Herself for Jack"
'Of course / can. | can cook and
can sew. / know all about housekeep-
ing. I have practiced it in my home.
and l did it for the express purpose of
fitting myself to become the wife of
Jack l wanted to be useful to him
when We were married.
Il have not made any. plans. don't
have to do the planning now. 1T Is up
to Jack. and he will look after all that.
E,.x. In. Noy q tar
Are you going TO send for your things
at Newport
You bet III send for them--and l hope
they Will give them to me.
Then she added
Does Not Like Society.
I'm not losing anything in leaving
society. ] don't like it. anyway. Every
body tries to dress better than some
body else. Altogether. it's tiresome and
foolish. I have not made any overtures
to my parents. but wrote them saying
that I was sorry / caused them worry"
This is the letter she wrote:
Dear Mamma: / am very sorry that
have caused you al! this worry. but l will
never regret marrying Jack to the last
day Ct my life. l love him better than
anything i'll the world, and ! would rather
live in q cog kennei with him than in
some palace VIII IL lOOi uOf I
see that | have done anything TO ask for
givenesS for | have just married the
man l love. and l hope you will look at
i. In the same light cs do Your de-
voted daughter. JULIA GERAGHTY.
Plan Trip to Nova Scotia.
NEWPORT, August I've have
plenty of funds. and soon we are going
to take trip to Nova Scotia said Jchn
Edward Paul Geraghty, in long letter
to his father. John 5. Geraghty, which
was received Yesterday. Mr. Gerashty
also had "A talk over the long d stance
telephone with his son. who IS at the
home of a cousin. Mrs. Joseph Harris. in
Springfield. Mass. Mr.. Geraghty wonl !
not tell the nature o. his talk with ms
son or the contents of the letter, but said
that the couple had plenty of money I'd
contemplated taking honeymoon tr p
to Nova Scotia. He "a he did not ex-
pect his son home for some time
The parents of the bride Mr. and Mrs
Amos Tuck French. left this city YES
terday for their home in Tuxedo, ia a.sing
with them Mrs. Stuyvssant Leroy, who Is
Mrs. French's mother. They declined to
talk about the elopement.
Parents Will Not Interfere.
It was learned from friends. however
that they had decided to make no at
tempt at interfering with the bride and
bridegroom. Mrs. Geraghty was eighteen
years old last spring. and therefore of
legal age to marry without her parents
consent Friends of the bride here say
that all the members of her family have
decided to let matters take their own
course.
Geraghty has many friends here. and
from them il was learned that he had a
considerable sum of money with him on
H. 1aff hnr hcN SC
promising automobile salesman and dry
er and has earned good salary for a
young man.
His employer. John S. Pender. drove the
elopers in an automobile to Central Viii
lage. Conn. where they were married. and
II was learned last night when Pender.