Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-28
Indy AND BRIDE
DROP OUT OF SIGHT
Unconfirmed Rumor Says He
and Anne Are Aboard
Guggenheim Yacht.
(Continued From First Page)

were away on secret honeymoon
| today.
The marriage took place without
previous announcement at 4 pm. yes
! terday in the drawing room of the
| home of the brides father. Ambassador
! Dwight w. Morrow. Half an hour
| later the couple drove away from the
| estate unaccompanied, apparently bound
| for New York.
The Rev. Dr. William Adams Brown,
! professor of systematic theology at
Union Theological Seminary performed
the ceremony in which simplified
form Of the marriage service, with the
word. obey omitted, was used. He Is
Presbyterian as are members OF the
Morrow family. Mr.. Morrow Is mem
Der of the seminary board and he and
DR.. Brown are old friends.
Few See Ceremony.
Only members Of the Morrow family
and Mrs. Evangeline Lindbergh, the
coloneTs mother, witnessed the cere-
mony. These included: The Ambassa-
dor and Mrs. Morrow, the brides two
sisters, Elizabeth and Constance; Gen.
and Mrs. Jay Johnson Morrow, brother
and sister-in-law of the Ambassador,
and Miss Alice Morrow, his sister.
So quickly and quietly was the we'd
ding held that it was $50 pm. before
the public knew that the marriage on
which its attention has been centered
since announcement of the engagement
February IL last had taken place.
The only explanation for the unex-
pectedneSs of the event was furnished
by Mrs. Edwin L. McIlvane of Mead
vile, Pa, sister of Ambassador Morrow.
A telegram from her brother said:
Anne and Charles married very
quietly this afternoon. Betty and
regret your absence, but there seemed
no other way after the sudden decision
last night"
Anne Annoyed by Publicity.
Mrs. McIlvaine said she was informed
by telephone that the wedding was ad-
vanced at the request of Miss Morrow
because she was annoyed by the pub
licity and the insistence OF reporters
and curiosity seekers for information.
The wedding was utterly informal.
The bride wore simple white chiffon
dress, made by Miss Mary Smith, an
Englewood dressmaker. who has sewed
for the Morrow family for years. The
bride had a short veil and in her I'M
ploved hands carried a bouquet Of blue
larkspur which had been picked in the
gardens of the Morrow estate by her
fiance a few moments before the cere-
mony.
Col. Lindbergh wore a blue business
suit of the sort that has been his IA
vorite garb in flights about the coun-
Each guest was given a piece Of the
wedding cake.
DR.. Brown, describing the wedding,
said:
There were no special decorations.
The very simplest wedding ceremony
was used at the request of the family.
It was very unusual and very brief
ritual, designed to use minimum OF
words and time.
There was no best man and there
were no bridal attendants. Ambassador
Morrow gave his daughter away.
The bride was very charming and
very lovely She wore a white veil and a
white dress Col. Lindbergh wore plain
business suit.
Lindbergh Entirely at Ease.
Miss Morrow was quite composed
during the entire ceremony Col Lind
bergh was entirely at ease. He hasn't
| any nerves.
HE was so far from being a nervous
bridegroom that there was no fumbling
Of the ring and didn't even see 1t"
In. Brown explained that he omits
the word 'obey" from the marriage
service unless requested to use it. He
said the Other omissions were at the
suggestion of Col. Lindbergh.
Possibility that the couple was plan
ming flying honeymoon was seen in
orders received at Roosevelt Field from
Col. Lindbergh that his Blue Falcon
plane be conditioned and ready for
flight.
tainable was that faulty oil line had
perfect condition after test flight.
Dispatches from North Haven. Me-,
where the MorroWS have o Summer
home, quoted Mrs. Hubert o. Grant,
wife of the caretaker. as saying that
there had been no instructions to pre-
pare for the arrival of Col. Lindbergh
and his bride and that the house was
being renovated and painted.
License Obtained May 20.
After the wedding it was learned that
the marriage license was obtained by
Col Lindbergh on May 20. the second
anniversary Of the start Of his historic
flight to lie Bourget Field. Paris. John
A. Manson registrar of the Englewood
Board of Health, who issued the license
was pledged to secrecy.
Official announcement of the wedding
was made by A. H. Springer. AmbaS-
sador Morrow's secretary. 1t read:
Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight w. Morrow
announce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Anne. to Charles A. Lindbergh, at
Englewood, N. j.. May 81, 1929"
The announcement was telephoned to
the press at 6:25 pm.
Neither Mr. Springer nor the Ambas-
sador. who departed for Washington,
would amplify the formal statement.
After the ceremony, the colonel and
his bride drove away in an automobile,
and the small army of newspaper men
who had been standing guard at the
gates so long thought it was just an
other afternoon drive. They were un-
I aware of the wedding until the Am
bassador announced it. more than two
hours later.