New-York tribune., 1921-06-19
Lolita Armour Weds
Childhood Friend
In Simple Ceremony
Bride of Multi-Millionaire
and Heiress of Vast Sum
Even Has No Trousseau
and Does Without Maid
speeiol DISPATCH to The Tribune


CHICAGO. June 1s.--The most i'm
portant Chicago wedding of several
seasons took place to-day, uniting two
of the largest fortunes in the United
States and two of the most prominent
Chicago families. The wedding was
that of Miss Lolita Armour, only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ogden
Armour, and John J. Mitchell jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Mitchell.
Mr.. Armour is head of packing in
terests and Mr.. Mitchell sr. is former
president of one of Chicago's largest
banks and director Of score of finan-
cial institutions.
Miss Armour and Mr.. Mitchell were
childhood acQuaintances.
"In fact, | think Lolita was exactly
six months old when / first took her
over to see the Mitchell children
said Mrs. Armour to-day. "She and
Jack played together when they were
children, but until a number of months
ago there was no understanding be-
tween them.'
Sole heiress of a fortune of many
millions Miss Armour also is known
as the "most democratic girl on the
North Shore" and her wedding plans
have been made with simplicity that
is in accordance with the plan Of life
she set for herself long ago. There
had to be wedding" because in no
other way could the numerous Armour
and Mitchell relatives and family
friends be accommodated, but Miss Ar
mour and her mother have planned it
as simple as possible.
II always said that if our child was
ever married it would be a simple af-
fair, and that has been Lolita'se wish,
too" said Mrs. Armour. Besides, it
spent loads and loads of money for the
wedding of our daughter when it could
have been put to so much better uses"
The necessary wedding arrangements
were made almost entirely by Mrs. Ar
mour. 1t was she who planned the ap-
pearance of the bride at the head Of
the grand staircase in the great hall
of the Armour home, the march down
the wide stairs and through the orchid
tinted, ribbon-b bound aisle on the arm
of her father. 1t was she. too, who
improvised the altar at the end of the
hall, covered with lace and fanked by
tall torcheres.
Really, l don't know what kind Of
| happened to have. There's practi-
cally nothing new for the wedding ex-
cept the bridal gown"
II just have the clothes I always get
for the summer" Miss Armour ex-
planned. ~ thought it would be silly
to buy lot of extra clothes and carry
them around with me. There is abso-
lutely no trousseau."
Another indication of the saneness
and simplicity that characterized Miss
Armour's mode OF life was in her COM
ment on her bridal gown, q lovely,
graceful creation of white chiffon vel
vet, with airy cascades of lace at the
hips and a train lined with the deli
cate green of the stems of the lily of
the valley that are part of her bouquet.
"The skirt is short, but not SO short
as the fashion," said Mrs. Armour
The lace on the gown I picked up in
Paris number of years ago because
it was pretty. 1t really has no in
trinsc value at all. And yet it was
reported that I had bought lace at a
thousand dollars q yard for my child's
wedding dress"
Miss Armour is not only packing her
own trunk for her trip, but she is 60
ing on hel honeymoon without a maid.
and the democratic heiress'' is look
ing forward to housekeeping"