The sun., 1919-09-16
MISSING GIRL FOUND
ASARADIANT BRIDE
Constance Minich, II, Conc
Ten Days, Is Wife of Phila-
delphia Broker.
FATHER BLEssEs COUPLE
No Reason for More Fuss, Says
Young Mrs. LACROSSE, Ex-
planning Disappearance.

1t may not have been a three decker
novel, this elopement of Constance Min
ich, the zone little girl in blue" adver-
tised in the lost columns Of the news
papers, but the end Of 1t left them all
"a-kissing on the decks" For yester-
day Papa Minich, who Is president Of
the Sand Mixing Machine Company In
anderbilt avenue announced that there
was no sand mixed in the honeymoon
machine. He has been to Philadelphia
and blessed his new son-in-law. whose
name is Joseph LACROSSE, dVng nicely
as a real estater at the age Of rs, and
beamingly happy with his bride of IT.
Constance slipped away from home, as
all regular heroines do, about the end
Of Vol. l., ten days ago. The police Of
most of the Eastern cities were asked
to look for her and the newspapers
picked up the yarn and printed blurbs
about the little girl in the blue SILK
dress who had wandered patheticnlly
away.
And then, the climax of Vol. II. came
with the announcement that she had
been found working as a waitress In
an Atlantic City hotel. That was on
Saturday, and as do all serial readers
the vast public had to wait in palpitant
expectancy until yesterday, Monday, for
Vol III.
Father Gives an Explanation.
And Papa Minich came to bat like
Moose Mccormick for Vol III. Here II
| is, verbatim:
1.-THE stories appearing in the papers
of Constance Minich's sensational dis
appearance ana recovery at Atlantic
City lis an absolute falsehood. Briefly
| the facts are that Miss Minich left hel
parents home at Scarsdale ten days age
because of little family difference ant
was found by her father Saturday witt
friends in Philadelphia She Is nov
married with her parents sanction to 10
! seph LACROSSE, a real estate broker Of
Philadelphia"
OF course that facts stuff seems a
| first glance TO spoil the romance. bu
tits not SO. Papa Minich got the hur
ried telephone call from the railroad
station just after the ceremony, rushed
to Philadelphia. bestowed his blessing
and rushed back again. He only stayed
part of an hour with the blissful couple
which would seem to indicate that aftel
all Papa Minich is not the grumpy de
stroyer of romance that his frigid state
ment would indicate.
| Also, Constance the bride hersel
seems in Volume III. to sort OF shatte
the lovely situations of intrigue pun
I'D in Volume II. But then again that
not accurate. In conformity with all tn
high orthodox canons of romance Con
| stance solves the mystery by substituting
a far more interesting story OF her mys
terious whereabouts than the scriVener
had built up properly to puzzle thel
readers and sustain their interest
Bride Tells the story.
ITS all nonsense to say I was lost.
said the bride in Philadelphia yesterday
| ct lust ran down to Philadelphia fron
my home in Yonkers and did littl
shopping 1.-THE bride has modern concep
/ lions of distancel. and then l went l
4 Atlantic City and had the loveliest time
I stopped at all the best hotels An
then I came back to Philadelphia an
met Joe, and we went to his fiat wit
some friends of his. and Mr. Copper. tn
minister, married US. Yes. there's tn
old blue dress they've talked about S
much she had 1t over her arm1. An
we're going out to do some shoppin
business of bridegroom grinning an
averring not whether this had anythin
to do with Papa. Minich's blessingl
And I'm going home to see father an
mother Wednesday, and Joe's coming
for the week end.
Surely father and mother know hin
I met him and loved him in Yonker
three years ago, and we've been CORE
spending ever since. Yes, l gave m
age as 81 in the license. and I'm onl
II. But father and mother have fol-
given us, and we're really and trul
married-and I don't see why theI
should be any more fuss about 1t"