REMARKABLE WEDDING.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume 5, Issue 765, 4 April 1884, Page 3

REMARKABLE WEDDING.

A remarkable wedding took place on the stage of the Buckingham theatre, in Louisville, iv August, when Mr. John Zmaris, better known as Major Mite, 30 years of age, and 42 inches high, was solinenly married to Miss Marie Nail, aged 33, whose height is only 31 inches. This pair of midgets, who have been travelling all over the world for several years, fell in love with each other when on exhibition at Pittsburg recently, chiefly, it would seem because they were both of a size, and it must be admitted the area of choice for such dwarfs is exceedingly limited. On the occasion of this stage wedding a great crowd assembled in the theatre. At nine o'clock the curtain was rolled up, disclosing a stage set in the style ot a fashionable drawing-room. After ' The Marriage Bells' had been sung, Judge H. B. Hoke, of the Probate Court came upon the stage in evening dress. He was followed by the bridesmaids. The little bride was attired in a dress of white satin, with court train, andwore pearl ornaments. A long white veil, interwoven with orange blossoms, fell gracefully over her shoulders until it touched the floor. Her tiny hands were encased in fourteen- button white kid gloves, and her feet in satin slippers. The latter were No. six, children's size. The groom wore the conventional. suit of black broadcloth, with patent leather pumps and white kid gloves. A few moments after 9 o'clock the manager's daughter came upon the stage with the license, which she handed to Justice Hoke, vrlio promptly performed the ceremony, and concluded it by kissing the bride. Then, amid the wildest applause, the curtain went down upon the fairy-like scene. The mayor of the city and other officials occupied the proscenium boxes, and Louisville is not a little elated at the thought that it has witnessed one of the " most remarkable marriages on record."