THE WRONG BRIDES

Evening Star, Issue 19994, 11 October 1928, Page 16

THE WRONG BRIDES

SENSATIONS AT WESDiHSS WOMAN'S STRANGE FREAK

It F almost beyond believing that a. ! normally sane unman could bo seized j by sncli an ha'lneinatioi) as that which ! impelled a, certain well-known lady to j present herself as an uninvited guest jat tho wedding of an e<pialjy well- ! known clergyman, says Air F. 11. Ihui- } gen, in a London paper, i All the parties concerned belonged to ! the upper classes of English society, | and the marriage took place at a. fashionable West End church. (hie | can figure, therefore, the formal digj nity of the scene when the officiating '.clergyman put the formal question: ; ‘Of any man can show any just eanse why they may not lawfully be ' joined together, let him now speak, or else horeaftor for ever iiold his peace.'’ Before there was time for a, response a. commoiiua was heard at the back oi I (ho church, and up tlio aisle, leaning | on tlio ana of a taxi driver, camo an- ; other bride, robed in silk brocade, with j a. t-ullo veil, and carrying a- beautiln, 1 I bouquet of flowers. | As the woman nur." near the abac a 1 vri'ciw' interposed and asked her il she j had .not tnado a. mistake. The dircct- | ness of the question seemed to unnerve Iho woman, in a half-dazed way (die muttered some reply, and then allowed I .herself to be led out into the street, | where a. policeman questioned ihe j driver and then told bun to take the i lady home. 1 Later investigation resulted in an cxi phmaliun of this strango incidmit imm j a. lady at. (hose home in .Lari’s Court : the would-be bride bad been living, THE rUOFK&SOU’.S .MISTAKE. A more amusing instance, perhaps, of a case of mistaken identity at a i marriage occurred at a West End reI gisicr office. Hero the man in qncs--1 lion was a well-known proiessor, whose name is often prominently before the public. lie had arranged 1, marry yi lady who was au associate with him in .many of ids scientific experiments, it was to be a quiet affair, with no attendants; for witnesses, the couple were relying on the nilj nesses that arc always to be found j around a register oliice, I Non - , a. senes of coincidences arc! ' mishaps look place which led to a ! moot comical sequel. First, tho pro. : JV-sor, who is dreadfully absent-j ; minded, forgot tlio limo of the cere- : ’ imm.v and arrived half an hour too | soon. Secondly, en ruutoyn a. taxicab, Ibe broke Lis glasses, which left him 1 | half blind. In a llurry lio rushed into j jibe register ollico and saw what. be : j thought was bis fiancee awaiting him. I i in actual fimt, Ibo lady before him I | was awaiting another man altogether, : I who, as it was learned later, bad been taken i'll in tho streets and removed to : Charing Cross Hospital. Meanwhile his ; lianceeT who was short-sighted, but who, 1 out of vanity, had dotted tho strong . glasses which she normally wore, I j thought she recognised in the, professor J i her tardy bridegroom. j With a muttered apology fur being • late, the professor took his place by the ’ i woman’s "side and tho registrar pro-j j<. id> d. When tho names wore road; ! mu. the lady shrank back panic-stricken ; ; I min tho bridegroom with the cry; |•' No, no. It’s wrong. This is not the ; 1 gentleman I’m going to marry!” j ! On hearing her voice tho man agreed i j with her; explanations followed, and : j tho professor, robbed of one bride, get- ] ■fled down patiently !■> wait. Lev Urn | next. '

WOMAN WHO Oil A NOLO 11 Mi:. MIND. An Ivc-i. lend ivgi-tr.m lull:-: ol an extraordinary instance of bow marriages are sometimes contracted without any sentiment entering into the affair. A certain couple bud arranged to be married, and at the appointed time tho bridegroom duly arrived,. Lie was alone, and in explanation be mentioned that bo had obtained two hours’ leave of absence tor the ceremony from the factory in which tic worked. Ten minutes after the Lime arranged tho bride bad not arrived, and tlio man was fussing and trotting about the ollico wb.cn a neatly drosed girl came in. “ Where's Nellie? ’’ asked the man. “ What’s keeping her? ’’ The newcomer looked at. him nervously. ‘‘She's nut coming,'' she answered slowly. “ She told me to tell you she’s changed bee mind. She’s no;, going to marry you.” Tho man nearly leaped off the ground in his anger and excitement. “ That’s a nice trick to play on a chap, isn't it? ” ho remarked bitterly. “ After mo getting lime off to be married and paying for the license. Wby didn’t she say so yesterday? ” The girl hung her head. “ I told her that it wasn't right," she remarked after a pause, “ hut all i. could say mado no difference.” TIIF I’.Ht'DF.OROOM'S SECOND STRING. A sudden thought struck the man. " Here, Li/,.,” ho asked, “ what about, marrying inn yourself? Why not? ” And ho pleaded with her foe a minute or two. To tho amazement of tho registrar the girl consented, and tho man, turning to the official, askod him to cross out tho name “ Nellie Blank ” and replace it in the license by “ Lizzie Blank.” And groat was their disappointment when they learned that a new license'would be necessary. A fortnight inter, however, the man bad evidently another “ two houroff,” for ho appeared with Liz., and, their faces beaming joyously, ib<* strange couple were wed.