The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-01-28
HIGH SCHOOL
GIRLS ELOPE:
WITH CHUNS
Miss Ethel Phillippy and Miss Earle
Feltes Married to John Clifford
| and F. Morton Yale
ELUDE PARENTS BY EXCUSES
Start for Thaa.er Go TO Mound City
| Leave for Chicago on Honey
| moon Without Telling
ELUDE PARENTS BY EXCUSES

A double clopement and ma~riare
at Mound City last night marked the
elimination CT romance between
two young Cairo Itish School girls
and two Cairo business men that
started at the Woodlands Carnival,
March IA, 1911.
The couples were Miss Ethel Phil
lippy IL years old, Of 735 Twenty
eighth street and John Clifford, 27
years old, OF AIS Union street, a
carpenter. and Miss Earle Marie
Fetes, II years old, OF 232 Eighth
street and r. Morton Yale Of 324
Ninth street, circulation manage
for the Evening CiE zen and sosialist
candidate for congressman at large
The young ladies have been chums
for years. as have the young men
Last March the girls went to the car
|niyal together and were introduced
to the men at the sarne time. From
that time Oh they kept company
Were Freouen. Callers.
The young men went to the
homes OF the girls and often took
thorn TO the thenter or from the
iFosn cF 8ne " me ofher All timcs
enc Of the girls would stay ail night
with the other
Several months ago they became
engaged, but could not gain the con-
sent Of the girls parents Finally
1t was decided hat they would get
married without the consent of the
father or mother
The elopement was planned sew
cral days ago Last night Miss Phil-
lippy told her mother she was going
to the theater and then going to the
home of Miss Feltes for the night.
Miss Feltes told her mother she
would go to Miss Phillippys home
for dinner BY making excuses that
they intended taking home things
that belonged to one another the
girls managed to get their clothing
out of the house in suit cases.
Meet Downtown.
The girls met near their homes
and went downtown They were
met by the young men at O'Clock
and went to Mounds by the Inter-
urban. They arrived at the Pulaski
county courthouse about s o'clock
and, finding the Office OF County
Clerk Roy N, Adams closed went to
his home After short argument
he agreed to go to the courthouse
and issue the licenses,
At the courthouse the young peo-
pie asked the clerk to send for q
minister and explained their wishes.
Rev. Joseph Buie of the Congrega
tional church was called and per-
formed both ceremonies at the same
time
Returned to Cairo.
Immediately after the ceremony
the young people came back to Cairo
ana told some OF their friends, but
did not say a word to their parents.
They held an impromptu reception
lat the Illinois Central depot before
leaving for Chicago on their honey
r oons.
Mrs Clifford is the only child Of
Charles Phillippy Of 735 Twenty
eighth street, a real estate dealer.
shortly before leaving Mrs. Clifford
called a messenger boy and sent the
news TO her mother Clifford is the
son of John w. Clifford, contract
ing carpenter.
Mrs, Yale is a daughter of George
wv. Feltes. an employee Of the BIG
-Four railroad Her husband Is q
candidate for congressman at large
on the Socialist ticket and has been
circulation manager Of The Evening
Citizen for several years. He was
cand date for mayor on the Socialist
ticket year ago Before leaving
last night the young men said they
probably viii locate in Chicago.