A MILLIONAIRE BRIDE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 31, 30 September 1912, Page 6

A MILLIONAIRE BRIDE.

/. —-oGlowing dispatches from San Francisco describe the marriage of Mies Jennie Crocker, "the millionaire bride," to Mr Malcolm Whitman, of Brookline, Massachusetts. The only ■essential in which they differ concern s. the lady's fortune, some estimates giving it as £20,000,000; but all are agreed as to the minimum' of £10,000,000, which, as one chronicler telegraphs, should be quite sufficient for two, "because the United States incomes are not taxed." , The wedding cost, apparently, anything between £12,000 and £20,000, and is described as the most brilliant and bewildering social event California has ever known. To judge from the reports published here, th'e little stone church of San Mateo, where the wedding was "staged," was so densely packed with flower's, plants, and trees that entry, even for the bridal party] was quite difficult.

' A" nuptial breakfast was served in the- bungalow home of Miss Crocker, and attracted the entire countryside. A' hunting license was taken out at the same time as the marriage license, and the honeymoon "will be spent in the woods." Here are a few other fc-a-tares telegraphed from San Franeirxo, which appears to have gone topsyturfy over the wedding of the "millionaire bride." £4OOO was.spent on the decorations of the wedding break-fast-hall. To prevent the theft of jewels scores of plain clothes men, wearing top hats and Prince Albert coats, attended and mingled with the guests. Miss Crocker's, gown cost £IO,OOO, It is enriched with- pearls. ~ The little church of San Mateo was J'solid" with choice cut flowers arranged in an army of decorations, at a cost of £.5000. • There were wedding presents by the dray-load from all parts pf the country and from Europe. There are unverified rumours that Miss Crocker received threatening letters from unknown sources.