The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-05-17
ADVERTISE TO
. SAVE THE NAME
OF DAUCHTER R
Husband Fears Disinherit-
ance, So Mrs. James Tenn
pleton Brown Keeps
Wedding Secret
THEN THE TONGUES
OF SCANDAL WAC
Mr.. and Mrs. Newkirk Set
Newkirk Honor Above
Brown Pride

Especial nisnstrh TO The Call,
Los ANGELES. May 1s.--"To whom
II may concern: To correct the false
impression that seems current In re-
gard to the character of our daughter.
Mrs. James TempIeton Brown. formerly
Mary Newkfrk. we wish to state TINT
she was married In Oakland. Cal. De-
cember 81. 1911, residence 1854 Tenth
street. Snntn Monicr: Ho,r~ phone 1cc6.
.rwELTIAM NEwKrRk. Father.
"ATTCE NEyNKTRK. Mother
Interlined with the story of two
years of elf-sacrifcing love on the
part of Mary Newkirlx. whose devotion
to her husband. James Templeton
Brown. was so great that she refused
TO declare herself his wife before the
world because he doesn't wish It, and
breathing of the pathetic anxiety
with which father and mother watched
this heroic sacrifice until they feared
for the danger of their child's reputa-
tion and life happiness. this ADVERTISE
ment. inserted by her parents in the
local beach. papers today. is the first
formal announcement of the marriage
solemnized two years ago in oakland
BROWN FEARS DIsINHERrTANcE
The reason which Mr. Brown gave
according to the girls parents. for
not wishing the world to know of his
marriage is that his mother. widow of
the late Senator Eldridge of Kentucky.
would .iisapprove. and 1t is alleged that
Brown feared disinheritance. Coming
srom family renowned throughout
the country for its position. wealth
and other social alAdistinctions. Brown
successfully urged promise of secrecy
from the bride
She is professional nurse and at
one time had charge of two floors In
the California hospital. It was DUR
ing this period of her professional
career that she met Brown. who had
been taken there as a patient. She
nursed him. learned to love him and
to believe that his love was hers and
after brief courtship. she married
him.
Mr.. and Mrs William Newkirk
father and mother of Mrs. Brown, who
live in. a pretty vine colored cottage
at Santa Monica knew of the mar
riage and. in response to their daugh-
ter's coaxing. kept 1t secret for some
time. But when the tongue of gossip
began to touch her daughter the
mother grew impa tient and demanded
of Brown that he publish their mar
riage before the world. She says he
refused and she declares he cautioned
her against telling.
SACRIFICE IS EMBARRASsING
Pressed by anxiety. however. the
father and mother could not see their
daughter any longer the victim of her
own unselfish devotion. and they pub
lished the advertisement in the Beach
papers.
The trouble is that Mr.. Browns
family is proud and does not think we
are. their equals, but my daughters
reputation is at stake. and I want
every one to know that she is the law
full wife of James Templeton Brown"
said Mrs. Newkirk.
Here is the wedding certificate to
prove It," she concluded. producing that
document. which shows that the cere-
mony was performed by Rev. T. J.
Goodyear of Oakland.
The Newkirk girls always have been
famous for their beauty. of which Mrs
Brown has her full share. Her sister.
Emma Newkirk Willis, famous SWIM
mer. diver and tennis player, was some
time ago proclaimed by eastern judges
as the most beautifully formed woman
In the world