The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-11-24
MOSCOW GIRL
WEDS At 8 A. M.
MISS FRANCES OLSON, NOW OF
SAN FRANCISCO, REFUSES TO
BE DARED BY FRIENDS

A recent issue Of the San Francisco
Chronicle contains story of the
marriage of Miss Frances Olson,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Olson of this city, together with
two column picture Of the bride, who
is well known to a majority of Mos
COW people. The story of the we'd
ding, which had some unusual as
poets, follows:
And now comes the "3 o'clock in
the morning BRIDE the first one on
record. She is Mrs. Harry Graham,
formerly Miss Frances Olson of the
Whitcomb Hotel. The ''3o'clock'
bridegroom is the genial traffic man
ager of the Oceanic Steamship COM
pany.
They should go well in double
harness, for neither would take
dare made by their friends, whose
guests they were at dinner and later
in the evening. So in the wee sma'
hours, to be exact at 80 a. m. yes
terday morning, they went about
making plans to escape the formali-
ties of their regular wedding, which
was to have taken place tomorrow
Judge James G. Conlan was first
routed out of bed, and the so-called
bridal party drew up at his home at
615 Eleventh avenue in the approved
nuptial style Harry I. Mulcrevy,
county clerk, was finally conscrip-
ted to tie the knot, and he added tone
to the '3 o'clock" wedding by appear
ing in the only dress suit in the
crowd, he having just returned from
late banquet.
Witnesses Present
Mr. and Mrs. Perry, Small, DR.. and
Mrs. Alfred Howard from Redwood
and Mr.. and Mrs. George Peak acted
as witnesses and chief instigators of
the dare which Mr.. and Mrs. Graham
saw through.
Not once did the plucky girl show
the white feather, even when the be-
lated bridegroom discovered that the
with this ring l do thee wed" part
of the ceremony was unnecessary, as
there Just plain wasn't any ring.
Mrs. Small came through in fine
fashion by plucking off her own gold
band, which made the perfect sub
stitute, and now rates two notches.
There was no further hitch to the
ceremony and they were pronounced
man and wife.
The bride is a native of Moscow,
Idaho, and is the daughter of MIR.
and Mrs Andrew Olson, pioneer set
tiers in that part of the country
Mrs Graham was raised on the plains
and could no more resist riding and
Iassoing stray horses in the old days
than she could take the dare which |
carried her to the improvised ALTAR"
at a. m. yesterday morning. She has
made her home in San Francisco for |
the past two years. Her husband
lives at the Whitcomb, and the young
couple will take an apartment there.
Engaged Long Time
Seated in her suite yesterday the
bride laughed about the sudden eli
max to her romance.
"Oh we've been engaged for /
long time" she confided. 81 really
can't believe though that the we'd
ding is over. I got married just the I
way 1 always wanted to-w1thout |
any fuss and feathers. I had dreaded |
the idea of formal wedding and
when our friends made the dare this
it was just too much"
Mrs. Graham is a decidedly pretty I
blonde. She has dash and charm and /
is young enough. to enjoy the oddity 4
Of her early morning marriage.
The question of a honeymoon came +
up.
mo, we aren't going to have a I
honeymoon just yet" she said. Later
on we'll probably take a long one to
the Orient" And the "Three O'Clock
IN the Morning Bride" picked up
photograph of her new hubby and
with newlywed sign,
This is a picture of my husband.
[snt he lovely?'