The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-11-20
FIVE TIMES BRIDE; ONLY IS
YEARS OLD.

California Girl Twice Welded To
Present Husband, Who Is Her
F0urth-She Advises on Matrinlony.
A romance of the Imperial Valley
lin five reels, as the poster would
state-if a moving picture company
ever stage IT'D, in which the heroine,
ut the age or lis, il the bride for the
fifth time, has just been released"
Mrs Harry WithroW, who il the
much-married wife, took her first
plunge into the sea Of matrimony at
the age of II, shortly. after a plunge
into an irrigation canal in the I'm
perial Valley.
She made the canal plunge in an
effort to hide the overalls she was
wearing from the sight of the man
who was not her first, but ID now her
husband. He loved her then and
dfved into the canal to save her, only
to be greatly chagrined at her ability
to swim under water and thus destroy
what would have been a thrilling res
cue scheme.
When A was just kiddie," said
Mrs Withrow, whose maiden name
wa Mabel Ware, my parents moved
to the Imperial Valley. One day when
was IL years old / was strolling in
overalls along the bank Of an irriga-
ton canal. Mr. Withrow approached
on horseback. jumped into the water
to hide my overalls. AS the water
was way over my head 4 went to the
bottom He did not know II could
swim, 10 he jumped in after me. Id
Tell you he was surprised when L
swan under water 20 feet and popped
up on the bank laughing at him.
After that We went together a
while and planned to elope across the
border to MeXicali and be married.
But papa learned Of our scheme and
sent mamma and me to Cotton.
But at Cotton A was married any
way, but not to MIR. Withrow. mar
ried w. Z. Lorentsen. My parents had
the marriage annulled.
When l was 16 l was married in
Missouri to Cecil Leonard, but that
marriage was annulled.
II came back to California, and at
17 A was married to Fred Utberg, OF
Santa Paula left him the same day
A was married. | was granted a di-
vorce.
After the divorce, but before the
decree was final, | went to San Fran
cisco. From that city / telegraphed
Mr.. Withrow, in Brawley, telling him
j was free. Although he had been
separated from me for five years, his
love had never changed, and H. hur-
ried northward To me. we went to
Goldfield, Nevada, where we were
married on February Of this year.
He returned to Brawley, while l re-
NAMED in the north for a while, later
coming to Los Angeles, where we
were remarked when my decree be
came final
When We came back here and an
nOunced W. were married it was a
great surprise to everybody, for Mr..
Withrow, who is Al years old, was not
considered on the matrimonial market
any more.
4 think it is better a girl should
marry man considerably older than
she than for her to wed a young man,
especially III boy II nice looking and
likely To enjoy the admiration Of other
girls even after he IL married.
An older man has seen the world
and is ready tozlove his wife, and his
wife only. .
3 Before a girl marries, though, she
ought to wait until she is very sure
she is in love-real love-not merely
In state of mind where she simply
likes one man better than any other"
Mrs Withrow's husband Il one OF
the wealthiest ranchers in the Imper-
ial Valley, owning 900 acres Of land II
miles north of Brawley.