The Washington herald., 1912-06-04
CAPITAL BEAUTY
IS JUST IN TIVE
Former Mary Hume Has Nuptial
Knot Tied Day Before New
Law Goes Into Effect.
ELoPED TO ROCKVILLE, MD.

Divorced but a single day. Mrs. MarS
Hume Collins, the beautiful nineteen
year-old heiress to $780, 600, who startled
Street last winter with a 1900 white
fur coat. and has since been hostess e
fredusnt dinners with plates set at s.
each, last Saturday slipped out 10 Rock
Vile in a big touring car and became
the bride OF William Thomns Allen
twenty years old. just escaping the Law
which went into effect yesterday max.
ing marriage in the Maryland town ar
obstacle to divorces.
Had Allen and the new Mrs. Aller
waited until Monday to have the nuptia
knot tied, It is,likely they would hav,
encountered a series Of embarrassing
difficulties. for since the new marriag,
license law has gone into effect Rock
Vile ministers have placed the ban or
survivors Of divorce courts. Under thu
old law the bride and bridegroom-to-b, b,
merely had to reveal their names anC
ages
But the new law forces the contracting
parties to tell the marriage license clerl
their names, ages, residences, and othei
sometimes embarrassing facts, sucf a.
data concerning whether they are single
widowed, or divorced.
Married when Fifteen.
Rev. Samuel P. White. Of the Rock
Vile Baptist Church, who pronounced the
WORDS that made Mrs. Collins and young
Allen man and wife, did not care to say
last night whether he would have de-
clined TO perform the ceremony had he
known that only the day before Mrs.
Collins had4 been legally divorced. In
fact. Rev. Mr.. White declined to make
any comment on the ceremony. and
seemed full Of regret that. after It had
been kept secret so carefully, the news
should be made known
Mrs. Allen was formerly Mary Hume,
born and bred in Washington Of a we'll
known and aristoCratiC old family.
Beauty developed early and at the age
OF fifteen her suitOrs were many. Then
DR.. Collins sought and won her hand.
The marriage seemed to friends Of the
couple to be happy. A child. now three
years old, was. born TO the girl wife and
the babe seemed to make her happiness
complete. Then the girl fell heir to a
fortune variously estimated between $50
900 and $4,000
Just before the court handed down the
decree young Allen blew into toE'n. AL
len is a Washington boy. but several
years ago went 70 New York City. Short
ly after his return here he met Mrs.
Collins.
They had known each other in child
hood and when they saw the change ain
each other that came with the ripening
OF years, Dan Cupid got busy. II was
love almost at first sight. The wedding
Nas planned. With Cupid directing
things from his perch on the hood Of
the car. the machine was piloted TO Rock
VILE and the ceremony performed quietly
but expeditiously. II is whispered that
Cupid. versed in love and elopementa.
knew Of the new marriage license law
and FASTENED the day Of the wedding
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen have established
themselves in Washington. II is rumored
that on August 10 the bride will come
into possession OF all OF her money. and
already arrangements are being made. It
is said. for the purchase OF French rae
ing car that can do about ninety miles
an hour on good road when the engine
is going good.
Rumors that the couple are occupying
a luxurious apartment. with a French
maid, German valet. and japanese chef
are afioat, but just where the apartment
is situated has not been learned. Efforts
to locate Mr.. and Mrs. Allen last night
were frultless.