Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-09
Their Wedding

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,u,cLcned pace. Eve people l want
N see myself, this evening. Electrical
.,.ro It's my turn, please-----'
Now YOU realize how easily this story
n,obt 20 on forever. recording every
rranrlesomc detail of this situation?
When two people arrange to appear
.. live together so that they may III
,o.,itv remain completely apart, there
,rises at each moment Of the day n
fresh complication.
But this is the history, not OF ven :
Iy,,to Int Of subconscious courtshir
and we can skip a good many of the
.Ir,, dialogues where what was said III
rords had so little relation to what
xas wordlcssly considered
That Glover had things as she had
,,tonded over the wedding itself may
ho cleaned from this account in the
papers ,,,,,,,cn
MAJOR II. CARMICHAEL AND
MRS. ELpHINSTONE
large and brilliant gathering at
landed the wedding ut st. Margaret S,
Westminster, Of Major II. Carmichael,
d. s, O.. NJ. c., late royal engineers
and Glover, widow Of John Elphln-
stone, of Elphinstone Brothers, Th'
bride. looking cxquisitely lovely, wore
Snanish lace draped over gown OF
hDetltn Eiu
Hack picture hat across which fell q
iong cluster Of foam white grapes, and
wrap Of black velvet. lace and deep
Mack fringe. She carried n shower
bououet of orange. yellow orchids. Sh"
was given away by her aunt. Mrs;
Meadows, of the Prospect, Richmond
Hill. and was attended by her cou :
sins, the Misses Rosemary and San
dal Meadows, in unique toilettes OF
orange yellow ribbon velvet, with hats
Of cream vclours trimmed with bands
and strcamers Of gold tissue ribbon.
The best man was Mr.. james Henry
Holt. late royal engineers.
The service was conducted by Arch :
deacon Meadows. assisted By Minor
Canon Holt and the Rev. David
Llewelyn and was fully choral through :
out. During tho signing OF the register
the choir sung go Perfect Love. y
After the ceremony there was rcc"p-
ton at the Hyde Park Hotel, with n
display of the wedding presents. which
were numerous and handsome, and in
cluded silver cigarette box, inscribed,
the gift Of tho hridcgrooms surviving
fellow prisoners from Turkey. At the
reception there were present Lord
CaractacuS of Pennal, Lord and Lady
Ballycool, Sir Algernon and Lady Cox,
Major General Hervcy representing the
Air Ministry, Major General Such,
G, B.. G. NJ. G. representing the
Aeronautical Society, Colonel and
Mrs. Lawrence, Colonel Scott, Major
Ross, Major Awdas, Captain and Mrs.
Meredith. Mr.. Wright (of Elphinstonc
Drothers) and Mrs. Wright, Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard and Master "Tcddy''
Howard, Mrs. Holt. the Misses Holt,
Captain Clyncs. Mr.. Oskes, Mr.. Fon-
tana, Mr.. Robert Llcwelyn and many
others.
The happy pair left by ear for
Folkestone en- route for Paris, where
the honeymoon will be spent.
So. as far as tho pomp and circnm-
stances of glorious ceremony went, these
two were married.
Flame and BrllshwOOd
Major and Mrs. Harry Carmichael
sent out cards, in March, for small
dinner party and large musicale after
ward which was also to be the house,
warming for their new abode.
This was in Green street, one OF the
rebuilt houses on the right hand side n
you 90 down from the Park. 1t had
been lately decorated, and furnished,
and the owners (whO We're going
abroad had been willing to let 1t as it
stood, for fifty guineas week.
AN appalling lot" Carmichael had
muttercd; thinking of his own rooms
over that garage in the Euston road.
For these he paid thirty five shillings
weekly. lie had kept on those rooms.
lie meant, whatever happened, to con-
unle to keep them on
Clover had said, "Of course it would
nave been much cheaper to have done
Us suggested at first
What she had suggested at first was
ttaat She should continue to live, as
Mrs. Harry Carmichael. under her
Aunt PoSy's roof. Yes; she had pro =
Z posed to have II couple of rooms added
70 the garden wing as soon as possible
!or her husbands use. In the mean
ume. and rs he would be out most
VI MS time in any case, there was an
empty room at the Prospect whicI
would do for him.
,'armlchael mad instantly and def
nllelS barred this proposal. c'Do? Oi
course nothing of tho kind would do
'or moment.') He had been sur
prised that Clover. who had insis1e'
IpSh %p that ostentatiOus wedding Of theirs
,Slover, who wished to underline thu
.acI that she was no longer an unat'
IMSned young widowD, that Glover, o
II people, should try to undo every
Ning again by such a madly silly plan.
o. ne had not known that Clover. befor
eae wedding, had become suddenly ant
esaaordinarily unhappy at the though
turning out again, permanently, iron
tSer glrlhood's home. She had secret
etted over the feeling that she wa
iss. Lew burning her boats and was to b.
mn. n,, marooned with one unsympatheti
tarity. '''"'" ~ "'''
uA,l this Carmichael had not guessed
10 hao not even known the true reason
oO,,,s ~, us own violent inSistence that the,
npuIu mutt not possibly live at Richmon'
mo's her people, that they Simpl,
oul. s' launch out into n place OF thei
tn to,n, where they could appear to b.
yse'her like any other married cOu
nM. rn An, decp-dow instinct of tn
n thtive ma lc to rush his mate o'
m. ,he isolated cave, how did this youn!
Az SuDllmatc and conceal you, ever
nom himself, with talk of the relativ,
Kn;aahh,ages, of Green street AM
ofeen street had won; and on thi