New Britain herald., 1924-11-14
FIRST SIGHT LOVE FOR HENRY FORD
Modern CrOeSuS SuCCumbed to
 Cupid at Barn Dance

Detroit. Mich, Nov. fi, - IL was Hove at first sight" for Henry Ford,
 There was something nhout 1t. tie Clara Bryant, who a@ycd on farm near Bedford. MlaA., that at tracted Henry.
 And that attraction gcw rapid ly, and three years later the Bryant girl became Mrs, HSsri Ford, des- tined 10 be the wife ~S one of the worlds richest nlS.-, and herself probably the worlds richest wom- an.
 Thirty-nine years ago at a barn dance near Dearborn, Mich, Ford, then tall, thin, gangling youth. espied a small pretty girl with ex- pressive blue eyes and long chest nut-coored hair.
 He obtained an introduction. They sat out two Square dances" to talk about his hobby watch making. She was sympathetic. He clipNGA 4lCI AAEtl NdNGll IlG lldu made. It had two sets of hands, recording both standard time and sun time.
 Fired Ills Ambitions
 She was enthusiastic, forgetting entirely about the two dances She fired his ambitions. She had faith in him, he knew. And he fell in love with her there and then. Ever since she has had faith in him.
 T knew only a few minutes after talking to her that she was the one for me-" Ford said recent ly. T was sure from the start. And It's always been that way with me since. She had faith. She was the believer. never had a word of dis couragement from her"
 But Mrs. Ford didn't fall in love with Henry right off the bat, It was nearly a year later.
 He impressed me very much as he didn't talk about the useless things which young men usually talk about" she says in telling of their courtship.
 But I didn't fall in love with him until about a year later. We wait ed two more years before marrying.
 Says Henry Is Careless
 Y have always waited on him and still do. He's a careless man. He's a clean man, but he's careless. He'll drop his collar and his clothes about anywhere, and I have to go picking up after him. l don't say anything about it.,
 T don't scold because I know his mind is full of bigger things and he's not conscious of what he is do- ing"
 She warns wives against greed for cleanliness" declaring such an attitude carried to extremes will drive husbands out to the friendly club, where he can drop ashes where he will.
 The greatest hours of their TO- mantle lives were the last 4S hours that her husband worked on his first automobile which was to carry them to fame and fortune. Forty eight hours without sleep.
 Watched Success
 The second night Mrs. Ford sat Up until 2 a. m, when the little car was finished and ready for try-out, It was raining and Mrs. Ford threw cloak over her shoulders and fol- lowed Henry to the small shop near the house,
 Ford rolled the car out into the alley and started it. It ran only a short distance. But 1t ran, One of the foothills of themountains of sue cess had been topped,
 But there were other hills to climb. When Ford drove his odd looking contrivance. horses baked, drivers swore. Jeering crowds gath cred.
 The populace called him "crazy" and "half cracked" But through it all Mrs. Ford stood by him-urging him on with her confidence. She was about the only person who had the nerve to. endure the hoots of the crowd and ride through Detroit stret with him in his "horseless car riage."
 Home Loving Woman
 Home-l loving and thoroughly un- pretentious is this tremendously rich woman.
 Despite her millions. she dresses like any middle class woman, She cares nothing for jewels. In dresses theshades she likes are brown and blue. Mink and sable are her favorite furs.
 Mrs Ford believes that good cooking is the biggest part Of a woman's job. That's her forte, h. deed she refused 10 have any servants around her house until a few years ago. Shes proudeS of her apple pie. She calls 1t birds nest pie"