Connecticut western news., 1917-01-25
She Forgot
 Her Wedding
By ELINOR MARSH

 CT by one of the downs when she was barely twenty years old. A life of lux ury was then, by her fathers dying insolvent. turned to poverty. Her mother, her younger brother and sister were also left without a cent.
 Walter Treadwell, young man who was working his way through college by means of various eXpedlents. had long been q youthful admher of Es- telle. It had been a question as to whether she would be won by a suitor who was able to support her in the style to which she had been accustom- ed or by this young man who promised 10 achieve success by his own endeav- ors. When the crash came in the Eli son family Treadwcll was in his sen- for year in college, laying plans for raising funds 10 enable him to study a profession. This eliminateI him as a probable winner of Estelle. Like may at times cure like, but poverty cannot cure poverty. Estelle had partly prom iscd to wait for Treadwell, but her fu- thcrs failure and her present necessi. ties had changed all that.
 Estelle at once set about considering what she might do to earn money. At that time the kinetoscope had been re- ,cmtly invented, and the picture play was in embryo. Estelle had taken part in private theatricals, and it oc- cured to her to apply for employment as a movie actress. She was pretty and petite. One of the managers to whom she applied looked at her crit ically. He had accepted a scenario, the heroine of which was in the earlier parts child and the last act a wom- He had engaged an actress for the part, but took Estelle's address, inti- mating that she might hear from him.
 This is as near to an engagement as Estelle came. It certainly was not money earned. Meanwhile the wolf was prowling about the door Even hunger visited the family. With hun ger came a wealthy man who had had business relations with Estelle's fa- ther. It was said that the man, El- bert Atwood, had been the cause of MT. Ellison's failure. He was sixty years old and unattractive. Whether he was anxious to undo what he had done to bring about the family mis- fortune or wanted a young wife is not known, but he proposed to marry Es- telle and on the day of their marriage settle upon her an amount that would enable her to support those dependent upon her comfortably.
 Here was a temptation for Estelle to do violence to her heart for the pur- pose of relieving the strain. She held out till the condition of the family be- came unbearable, then consented.
 Preparations were made for the we'd ding. On the appointed day MT. At wood, who was to meet his bride at the church, went there to be married. The bride was late in coming. and he waited Half an hour passed, and he sent to ask what had caused the de- lay. The messenger was told by Mrs. Ellison that her daughter had gone out at 9 o'clock in the morning and had not returned.
 The groom eXpectant left the church. He knew that Estelle was to sacrifice herself to save her mother and her brother and sister from want, and nat urally inferred that at the last moment she had been unable to carry out her intention. He made no effort to find her and did not even inquire later if she had returned to her home.
 On the morning of the intended we'd I,n ha1 of fnr EStclle from the manager of the film company which had taken her address. 1t was simply a request that she would call upon him. She went at once, and he told her that the actress he had en- gagged had failed to comprehend the part she was to enact and he would give Estelle trial. Estelle replied that she must be given a trial and a deci- sion at once or she would not be open for engagement.
 The company was assembled and Estelle was given the scenario of her part, which she committed to memory scene by scene. In the movies a great deal depends on the power of facial expression. This turned out to he gift with Estelle, and at the end of the third act the manager offered Estelle an engagement at $25 week. So ab- sorbed had she been in the play that she had taken no account of time. When this offer was made to her she asked to he informed of the hour. What was her astonishment to learn that it was 12 o'clocll-the hour for her mar" riage.
 To appear at the church dressed as she was was unthinkable, and it would require half an hour to get there. The manager, who was bent on securing her for the part, wrote out a contract nam- i ing $50 instead of $25 q week salary and placed it before her. Tempted by the pay scarcely knowing what she did, she signed and was launched as 1 movie actress.