SIMPLE WEDDING OF RICHEST BRIDE.
CHICAGO, June 7.—The liume of tile world's richest bride was hanked to-day with simple little presents from poor cripples,stie had befriended. -Miss Lolita Armour, daughter of J. Ogden Armour, multimillionaire packer* is to be ■ married to-morrow to John J. Mitchell, Jr. A.liss Armour, herself once a cripple and miraculously saved by an operation, lias devoted her life in rehabilitating olliers. Although she can all'ord the most luxurious wedding money could provide, the eeremonv is to be very simple. is a sin,’’ she said. “1 want my wedding to he a lucky one, therefore 1 will not start out by wasting.” Miss -Armour's wedding gown is a
simple little tiling of white velvet and quite, inexpensive. She is not going to wear any jewels at the ceremony. Her trousseau is made up .mostly of “leu-overs.”
“Starting on an economical basis, a man and woman have a better chance,” she said. “If 1 were to lavish a small fortune on my trousseau and gown, memory would bring only regrets to me later on. It would be mere selfishness, and 1 don't- believe selfish people are ever happy—or lucky.” After the wedding there will be a short honeymoon and then the couple will return to “keep house.’*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15594, 10 August 1921, Page 5
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