The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-05

AdNertlSer VIII De read Wlth interest Dy
 many friends in the city.
 l When train No. of the Louisville and 1 Nashville railroad left Montgomery Sat
 urday evening at S:15 o'clock, it carried i or it most interesting passenger, a charming Montgomery girl, who is trav- 1 cling 1000 miles to wed the man of her choice The other passengers as they gazed at the slender, auburn-haired girl
 little dreamed that they were viewing 1 the principal in a romance. The girl in the case" Miss Lottie Coleman Brand is now on the first lap of her journey to Nogales, Ariz., where on Tuesday she
 will become the bride of Algernon Syd- ney Cowan, Second Lieutenant Company 1 c, Second infantry.
 The meeting and courtship of Lieuten- ant Cowan and Miss Brand would satisfy the most ardent lover of romance. One afternoon about four months ago, Miss Brand accompanied her parents MT. and Mrs. J. w. Brand to the mobilization camp of the infantry, in this city, to visit her brother, J. Louie Brand, who is a member of the signal corps, now in Nogales.
 Another passenger in their automobile, of whose presence they were unaware,
 was Dan Cupid, and he played his pranks as usual, for as they came out of the gate, returning to town, they passed two soldiers who were impatently pacing up and down, waiting for a belated street car. As many Montgomery citizens did during the time the soldiers were in camp here Mir Brand offered to bring them to Montgomery. They accepted the offer gladly, as they were hastening to keep business appointment, and introduced themselves as Lieutenant Cowan and Lieutenant Roach. When they arrived in town they thanked MT. Brand for his kindness and expressed their pleasure at meeting his wife and daughter. That seemed to close the episode, but fate de- creed it otherwise, for there appeared constantly before Lieutenant Cowan the picture of the fair, slender girl whom he had met that afternoon, and the desire to see her again became stronger each time he thought of her. As is often the case, her name slipped his memory, and he began making inquiries, but as the princess in the fairy story, she had dis appeared, and he was disconsolate. In weeks time, however, he by chance, saw her again, and immediately asked per mission to call. They were engaged by the time Lieutenant Cowan departed for Arizona, and it was his wish to take her with him. but it was decided best for them to wait until his return. But wait ing, with 1000 miles separating them, did not please Lieutenant Cowan, so he per suaded Miss Brand to come to him and have the marriage take place in Nogales. And while his bride-elect has been busy with her preparations, Lieutenant Cowan has been engaged in building a little home.
 He will probably get a weeks leave of absence and they will spend part of their honeymoon in Tuscon, Ariz.
 This young woman, who has been used to all the comforts of life, when she re- turn to Nogales, will spend the remainder of her honeymoon in a crudely improvised shack, located in the heart of squaw camp, where Cupid is the lord of the law, and king of all he surveys. Miss Brand is one of Montgomery's most popular and capable young business women and for five years has held a re- sponsble position with the Alabama Rat ing and Insurance bureau. Lieutenant Cowan is the son of MT. and Mrs. A. $. Cowan of Birmingham, and grandson of is well known throughout Alabama, and has many friends.
 The bazar for the benefit of the Chil- drens hospital will open today and throughout the week there will be inter- eStlng events Tor each day ending with a brilliant party for these children Sat urday afternoon, Mrs. T. D. Park is in charge of the children's festivities. A most important feature of the week work for charity is the dinners which will be served each day at the Hillman hotel. All day yesterday the various commit tees were busy as could be at 108 Nine- teenth street, where the bazaar will be held getting the hundreds of beautiful things in place and today the sales will begin. To get the choice of things one must be among the first to be served. While they are many of them, the popu- larity of the beneficiary and the prestige or the many women interested in the plans and the fact that Christmas is so near at hand all tend to the success of the bazar. This year the plans are so elaborate and the work so unusual that there are great hopes that the financial realization will be greater than ever be- fore. The committee in charge of the cafe today Is from the Independent Presby- terian church with Mrs. Frank P. Glass as chairman.
 A marriage of cordial interest to Mont gomerians will be that of MT. Lionel Well and Miss Cecile Rich, which will be bril- liantly solemnized Thursday evening at O clock at the Tutwiler hotel in Birming- ham, says the Montgomery Advertiser. Mir Well who is the son of MT. and Mrs. Isadore Well of Montgomery, is a suc- cessful and popular young business man