Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-07-12
CUPID FAILS TO
STOP AT ELLIS
IS. REGULATIONS


More than sixty guests were pres
ent, coming from Washington and sew
eral towns in Virginia and West Vir-
ginia, and the nuptials began at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The
ceremony was carried out in every
way according to the impressive and
lengthy Greek form, the wedding it
self. in which wreaths and candles
are borne by the contracting couple,
and in which they exchange rings,
requiring more than an hour. After
the marriage was completed the we'd
ding dinner was served, and dance
following the dinner lasted until near
ly o'clock.
Edward Tompas, of Clarksburg, w.
Va. acted as best man, and the
bridesmaid was Miss Angelina Sa-
maras, a niece of the bridegroom. Rev.
Limbridis, of the Orthodox Greek
Church, Washington, d. c., perform
ed the ceremony.
The conditions of the wedding are
made doubly interesting from the fact
that on her admission TO this country
Miss Economy was given the rights
Of tourist only, and it is in that ca
pacity that she is expected to make
her stay here last for only three
months. The fact that she is married
to an American citizen, however, will
make it impossible for any action to
be taken in the matter, and she will
remain here. No little determination
on the part of the bride made it pos
sible for the wedding to take place,
and the details of the romance are
in themselves an interesting tale.
Fourteen years ago Samaras left his
home town of Trikkala, and Miss
Economy, whom he had known since
his boyhood. He came to America
and settled year later in Annapolis.
Since that time he has not left the
country. The romance became en-
tirely long distance affair, and de-
pended upon the mails for its con-
tinuance. Four years ago the good
postal service brought about the en-
gagement of the two, and it was then
that Miss Economy made her first at
tempt to reach the United States. She
started at that time with her brother,
who passed the Greek emigration re-
quirements and came on. The young
lady, however, was turned back.
Since then she has tried three more
times to leave Greece, and it was the
fourth attempt that was successful.
At this point everything went
smoothly until more difficulties were
encountered at Ellis Island, where
Miss Economy failed to pass the lit
eracy tests for entrance to the coun-
try. The prospective bridegroom got
busy at once, and obtained legal ad-
vice on the manner in which she
might be admitted.
In this way it came about that she
entered the United States as a tour
list with the right to remain here for
ninety days. The wedding to Sa-
maris, who is now a citizen, sets aside
the tourist provision of the law and
enables her to stay.
With this to his credit Cupid might
we'll assume learned look, cast aside
his culver for a green bag, replace his
bow by pen, and successfully open
an international legal bureau for the
purpose of seeing to it that Ellis Is
land doesn't stand too much in the
way of foreign hearts that wish to
enter New York harbor.
When asked if he would remain IN
Annapolis with his bride Mr.. Sa-
maras this morning answered, ina
lista," which is the Greek for yes.