New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-28
Arriving at Little Church
Around Corner She Finds
Elopers Have Flown.
SIR JAMES GRAY'S SON
WEBS ANNABEL DADE
Love Match" Says Bride, VINO
Gets Blessing That Is Kindly
Though Scotch

You are two bally fools. even II you
have outwitted me.
This was the wedding greeting which
Mrs Charles a. Henderson, wife OF
New York broker with offices at Il Broad
way. gave yesterday afternoon to her SIX
teen-year-old daughter. Annabel, ana
James Douglas More Gray. who objects
10 being called a dancer. but admits ne Is
the son OF a Scotch laird. when they
dashed into her apartments at p west
ssth ST. and announced that they were
man and wife.
The news. however, was not dlstihc,
shock 10 Mrs. Henderson, because she had
INST returned from the Little Church
Around the Corner, where she had been
informed her daughter was about 10 wed.
The message came from reporter VINO
wanted to know about the yellow hated
girl who had upset the routine at the
marriage license bureau yesterday morn
Ing.
Mrs. Henderson started for the church.
but when she got there the church was
bare. Miss Dade. in the mean time. learn
ing of her mothers approach. was being
by the Rev. DR.. David James BurrelL
This IS the way II happened. she
said, after her arrival home. Il love
Lord Gray and no loves me. We decided
at luncheon on Sunday to be married.
Miss Violet Ames. granddaughter or ex-
Governor Ames OF Massachusetts, was TO
be my bridesmaid. She disappointed me
at the last moment. fearing that mother
might be offended In the morning we got
our license. I knew that I was young
and that there might be lot OF formal
ties. I wanted everything to be In
formal"
Even TO the extent Of leaving your
mother out OF the arrangements" inter-
rupted Mrs. Henderson.
"Just the same, mother" continued the
bride, everything had TO be done In
hurry. We arranged to be married at the
Little Church Around the Corner, ana
when We found that you were on your
way 10 stop us we hurried 10 the Marble
COLLEGIATE Church. The reporters told us
that YOU were coming. you know.
'T met my husband at the Charity Ball
in March and have seen lot of him ever
since" she continued. at is absurd to
call him a dancer He is a civil engineer
and is going to Join an expedition to the
North Pole. OF course he has done lit
tie public dancing. but merely as a
pastime.
You know. mother, that you are not
really angry and that you are awfully
proud Of your own Scotch ancestry. 1t
has all been terribly romantic, and now
We have come back TO you"
Mrs Henderson smiled. II am not
really angry" she said. but I wanted
you to have big. beautiful wedding. And
you told the man at the City Hall that
you were twenty. You may find yourself
in jail
The bride is the daughter Of Mrs. Hen
derson by former marriage. Her father,
Walter H. Dade. was native OF Frank
fort, KY.
Miss Dade attended the Castle School.
Much OF her life has been spent abroad.
Gray said that he regretted being called
a dancer. II am not a dancer he In
sisted, "but a civil engineer-and you
might add that ] am very much in love
with my wife" He is son Of Sir James
Gray, Of Argyleshire. Scotland.
Mr. Henderson is looking after business
interests In Canada. He is a member OF
the Calumet Club.