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nr n * r-wmrmm ^ \s'~ ** .. COURTED <3nd WON in tho WATFD CHAMPION cim SWIMMERS ROMANCE BOSTON.?Love linds the way. but the gentle god is put to oxtremeties at times to enable his chosen to woo. For instance, here's the story of two loving hearts, sundered by a stern parent, who yet managed to have rapturous meetings?in the ocean. It was a swimming courtship. Doubtless there have been others, hut this is the first formal record of a proposal in bathing costumes half a mile out in the briny. The joke of it was that the question j was popped while the stern parent watched the proceeding from the shore. Tl.o ? -? - . Uo iiciuiiio wu? rtisu- .-vcKroyti, one of the girl swimming champions of Hoston, and the young man who won her heart and took her hand? for that was about the way of it?was Daniel O'Hourke, better known us Danny, also of Hoston and as line, virile and upstanding a young six- | footer as any proper young woman j would want a- a lover. And just why Papa Ackroyd objected does not appear from the record. Perhaps it was because an indiscreet neighbor hinted at the love story before either Aisle or Danny was ready to tell their secret themselves. One night this gossip, who had probably dropped over there for the very purpose, remarked to Pap<* Ackroyd: "I suppose you'll be losing Alsio soon, won't you?" And the fat was in the fire. "What?" demanded papa. "How?" exclaimed mamma "Haven't you heard of Danny? Why. he's the captain of a basketball team at the Hoston iligh School and he's the boy who ran the baseball team hast season, and he plays on the football team; all the girls are crazy about him and Aisle." And at once they summoned Aisle and sternly Interrogated her about Danny . "He's not the man for you to marry," papa shouted. "He lias not asked me?yet," re- I plied his daughter with a toss of her head and a snap of her lively brown ova a I'll * * *e w. ? ? - - * w?.v . luaiij u?; man i cnooae; nobody s going to pick out my busband for mo." Then tlie storm was on. Alaie sent back to her room, mother In tear*. Next day Papa Ackroyd found there was basis enough for tlie report. Every one know that Aisle and Danny were in love, for they were together whenever possible, especially In the water, for both were tine swimmers. And at home thai night the irate parent issued orders that there should be no more of the affair. Aisle must not go rut unless her mother went with !?er, except. Indeed, when he went along as guardian in her place. Rather foolish, it sounds, doesn't it. In these free days, especially so when neither papa nor mamma had ever 4 Li * -' -5 . * ' ^ S M- i <s^qfe.^ ^ seen Danny, and so wouldn't know hit:: if ho passed them on the street? Summer soon came again and with it the swimming. and not even Papa Ackryod's displeasure went so deep as to bar his mermaid daughter from , her keenest pleasure?a long swim j and a strong swim in the waters of Boston Day. To the beach he could take his girl, but no further, for he could not swim and didn't care to row. Then came the day of days?a lazy, warm am, sunny laturday afternoon. Papa, seated on the bench, saw his lithe, graceful young daughter step from the bathing pavilion and strike out into the blue water. He watched the dimpled shoulder half showing as she cut swiftly and vigorously through the wavelets in true professional style. She was heading for u small boat ; anchored half a mile out, and well might papa be proud of her speed and style, for his Aisle was quite as swift and strong as Annette Kellerinann herself. As he lazily followed the red cap growing smaller In the distance he noted a young man heading after her with a husky crawl stroke. "That chap swims well," he mused, "but he'll have to put on more steam. 1 guess, to catch my Aisle." That It was Danny he watched?the Danny he hated so cordially?he alone of those on the beach did not know, and actually lie sat there quletJy as hi-, Alsie climbed into the boat, and a few minutes later the young chap hauled | l.iuiself alongside of her. "The old man nodded to me down j there on the beach."' said the lover to his lass. "Won't he be sore when j he tinds it was Danny O ltourke he j spoke to?" "Oh, he won't find It out," xVlsle reI plied with a saucy toss of her head. "He's got to know sometime," protested Danny, "because I'm g> ing to j marry you." It was Danny's proposal?perhaps more proposals than you think are made just this way. And Aisle blushel and hung her head She knew he I would in spite of all the irate lathers I In Christendom. On the beach It was hot and the soft | murmur of the wavelets lulled to | sleep aJi old man whose purpos it j wus to see that the very thing that J was happening rn the boat hal a mile from shore did not occur. And out j there the twain sat on Uie gunwale, their feet dabbling, and talked. A chill in the air quite late awoke i papa and he looked out to sea. The j two were still on the boat. He bor- j rowed a mariner's glass and saw?the daring fellow had his arm around | Aisle's waist. | Then he hallooed and waved his arms. "It's all night for me," said Danny. "Let's get ashore." "Who's that fellow who luid his arm around you out there?" demanded the old man wrathfully. "Why, father, that's my I>amiy"? Danny O'Rourko?the man I'm going to marry," shu laughed coquettiahJy. And as the storni broke Alste darted Into the bath-house to escape the llmiwlup n.wl llcxHf ....... ,%..v?iiie <JI i>aremaj wrath. After that the water courtaJUp languished. Papa Ackroyd's redoubled precautions were hard to beat, yet Al&ie swain and swam, and gradually they began to talk of her i-s one of i the real ntorm.dds of lioaton lUvy. She was one of the bold *.roup who undertook the gr?*at swim out to the Huston Light, breasting tin- chops and cross tides of the great bay. it was a supreme effort, and she did the heart-breaking course In seven hours and five minutes, the third to finish this formidable undertaking, and be- ) hind her in a boat was the faithful i Danny to give her milk and egg refreshment and to shout her messages of love and encouragement And he was there at the light to help her ashore and persuade the llghihoue. keeper's wife to minister to tire needs cf the tired mermaid And when she emergec Danny begged her to run over and marry him then and there, but the girl, faithful t to her parents, still refused. ! "So," she said, "not yet, but I will I some day." | Aisle was now among the great swimmers, and. withal young, graceful of figure und ns pretty as the proverbial Sea Lady The theatrical people tempted her with offers to enter the lists with Annette Kellermann. She agreed for a good, round runt and traversed the country round, doing daring diving stunts in stage tanks. Win , i.. .... ?- - * *. niicill-U'l will* w ;i?S I iM'W II# III;land Danny came to her wery Sunday. and he and her success made her happy as a girl can well be The .vason over. Alsie came hor.i>*. Hut not for long. I'apa Ackroyd was stiil adamant. So Alsie left again, his time to her Aunt Mary, who sympathized and gave Damry the run of the house by night while she helped Alsi. sew on certain Rimy garments by day. At last the wedding day was set. You will never swim again except with me for fun." Danny sa'd that night. "Oh. Dan, you can't mean that." pro| tested the girl 'Sure I do." he said quietly. "Your ; folks say 1 want to marry you to exI plolt you. You can choose between your swimming and your sweetheart." Alsie chose. They were married at Mount Partnel church. Knst ronton, o* e week j later. Hut thev are still utiforglven.? New York World Sunday Magazine. MOST UNIQUE OF LIBRARIES That of the Pcct. Robert Southey, Probably Has the Greatest Claim to Distinction. The library of Robert Southey, the English poet, consisted ni about H.eoo volumes. That is probably the Inrg| est number of books ever collected by a person of such limited means His son writes that many of the books were In vellum or parchment bindings llis brother. Thomas Southey, was a skillful letterer; he painted the bucks of the books i:i somo hriirht i-iilur niui put the title on this colored background In large gold li tters of the Old Knglish type. Another fancy of the poet's was to have all the books of lesser value, which had become ragged and dirty, covered, or rather bound, in colored cotton prints, for the sake of making them clean and respectable, since he could not afford to have so many put into leather bindings. His daughters, aided by any female friend who might he staying with them, performed that task, and they bound thus, at different times, some 1,400 volumes. They tilled one room completely, and Southey called it 'the ("ottoman library." lie took great pleasure In watching and directing this work. The ladies would often suit the pattern to the contents; they would clothe a Quaker work or book of sermons in somber drab, poetry in some tlowery pattern, and sometimes they would contrive a sly piece of satire at the expense of some work by their choice of its binding. There was one convenience about this mode of binding, for the books were identified by their conspicuous dress, and very easily found.?Youth's Companion. NOW TO PURSUE PLEASURE Since Wise Men Have Disagreed, There Seems Nothing to Prevent One's Own Ideas The American Medical association tells us that ozone has no hygienic value, which seems too had considering I how carefully we have been trained fit liitlii.v > in ity; pllifurv Itnf tu>rli;iiw - ' ? there is hope for us yet. since 1 ?r Hill, who Is professor of physiology of the I'niversity of London, takes issue with his American colleague I )r Hill says that ozone has a distinct value, not because it kills germs, but b?>causc it removes odors and the like that are injurious because they are unpleasant. Now here we have a distinct indication of better things in medical practice. We have long been I of opinion that whatever is unpleasant is bad for us. and we have endeav- ( ored in our humble and unscientific \\%y to rule our lives accordingly. That ts why we object to cold mutton and to be contradicted. They are bad for us. We felt it was so without knowing the reason And now here ( comes the new medical science to con- j tlrm our convictions and to urge us? unnecessary as it happens?to the pursuit of pleasure. San Francisco Argonaut. | . , Spectacles Bring Death. Raymond Barnes, twenty-two years old. of this city, died from the effects j cf telnet shocked by electricity two weeks ug.>. While working on a transformer at a powerhouse of the Wilmington Southern Traction company, near Newcaslie. his spectacles slipped partly off ] and caught on a heuvily charged wire As he was standing on the ground a connection was formed An electrical flash burned him from the face almost to his waist He also intuited live Tlamws ( He had hovered between lite and , cU-Ath since the accident Had Barnes' spectacles fallen completely off he woakl not have been hurt.? Wllmlng ton (Del.) Dispatch to the New York Sun. Bear* to Replace Doge. Hears for transport purposes are be Ing employed liistesd of Jogs in north polar exploration by a Russian explor- t er. Lieutenant Sydoff. Though bears require much "breaking in." they are sometimes used to draw troikas (a , Russian vehicle generally drawn by three horses abreast) In the Archangel region of Russia 7" .f'-y " k WEEDING OF MISS, ? .: > " ^ " 'x X-. 4 :|P^ Ill MMaaa*MMMHHMHanaNMMMni Mr. and Mrs. Say Washington, Nov. 25.?Jessie Woodrow Wilson, second of President Wil- i son s throe daughters, was married to I Fruucis Howes Sayre at 4:20 o'clock ' this afternoon The ceremony took place in the east room of the White House, and was performed by Kev. i Sylvester I (each of Princeton, N. J., , the president's former pastor and the | close friend of the Wilson family for J many years. The entire affair was very simple, ! as had been requested by the bride, I and the number of guests was rather small?distressingly so to many persons in otlieial and social circles of Washington who had expected to receive invitations but were disappointed. .Miss Margaret Wood row Wilson, ! eldest of the three daughters, noted ( as maid of honor to her sister, and Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, the youngest, was one of the bridesmaids. The three other bridesmaids wenMiss Adeline Mitchell Scott of Prince- | ton, daughter of Prof William If Scott; Miss Marjotie ltrown of Atlan i ta. Pa., daughter of Mrs Wilson's cousin, Col. E. T ltrown, and Miss Mary G. White of Italtimore, a college friend , of the bride Dr. Grenfell is Best Man. Mr. Say re was attended bv his best man, I)r Wilfred T Gr- ntell, the fa inous medical missionary to the fishermen of the Labrador coast The two men have long 1c en fast friends and Mr. Sayre spent two summers helping Br. Grenfell with his work The ushers wen- Charles E. Hughes, Jr.. son of Justice Hughes of the Supremo court and a classmate of Mr. Sayre in the Harvard law school; l>r Gilbert llorax of Montelair, N. J., who was a classmate at Williams college in 1909 and now at Johns Hopkins university; Benjamin Burton of New York city, and Br. Scoville Clark of Salem. Mass., who was Mr Sayre's companion in Labrador and Newfoundland. Wedding Gown of Ivory Satin. The bride's gown was of satin, of a soft ivory tint, trimmed with beautiful lace, both old and rare. It was made in New York and the women connoisseurs declared that It was a mmitominno 'I'll.. 1ln?/vU I.. iimnn i J fir u; ill lilt? trousseau is of the most dainty mate- ' rial and is all hand made. The maid i)f honor and bridesmaids were beaut 1- i fully nownt'd and all looked their best. ' Coming right in the midst of the i chrysanthemum season. this was ( made a chrysanthemum wedding and that flower was used most profusely ( In adorning the White House. As the ' bride's favorite "olor is mauve, that | was made the . rovalllng color in the decorations. The east ro ni. and indeed all the rooms 'n the president's t mansion, were bt .utiful .ndeed i Depart on Tl. !r Honeymoon. t After the ceremony war completed t ind the couple had received the con r gratulations 01 the gueots, refresh* i ments were served, and then Mr. and , t Mrs Say re departed for their honey- i moon. Their plans Include a visit to c die home of Miss Nevin, Mr Snyre'a i tunt, at Windsor Forges, near Church- f own. Fa., where they first met. After c January 1 they will live in Williams- i :own, Mass., for Mr Sayre is to sever ? lis connection with the office of D'.s- < rict Attorney Whitman In New York t ind become assistant to Harry A. tiar- ; i laid, president of W 111) uns college | t / ' -~1???i JESSIE WILSON AND re and East Room in Which They Wt There was one disappointment for those who attended the wedding, for the gifts were not put on display. It is known that these included many beautiful and valuable articles sent by relatives and personal friends of the bride and groom and of their families and by admirers of President Wilson. Handsome presents were sent by both the senate, and the house, that of tiie latter being a diamond lavalliere which .Miss tJenevieve Clark, daughter of the speaker, bought for tiie representatives in New York. Guests Limited to 400. Those who were invited to witness the wedding were mostly personal friends and the number was kept down close to four hundred. The list was pared and revised several times, and as lias been said, the operation resulted in many heartburnings. From the house of representatives' circle, for iiiM.uicf, mi' tiniy guests werii speaker Cliatiip Clark, Mrs. Clark and -Miss Genevieve Clark, Marjory Loader Cnderwood and Mrs. I'nderwood, and Minority Leader .Mann and Mrs. Mann. As Illicit lie expected, tho streets outside the White House were as crowded as the police would permit ! with curious persons eager to watch ! the arrival and departure of the guests i \v?-// Gift of the House. Thlo la ,lli?r?/.?.l I.. ...? Ill ivlis thr wadding present of the house >>t r-prcMfiitatlveB t<> Jc.iHle Woodrow Wll?on. und trying to obtain through the windows a glimpse of the doings within. Pile police arrangements were admlrnble and nothing happened, in the White llouso or outside, to mar the i tiappy occasion. Immense Wedding Cake. Jessie Wilson's wedding cake was a riumph of the pastry cook's art. It .vas two and a half feet tall, counting he white orchids that were placed on :op of it. and weighed 135 pounds. I'he first layer was four Inches thick ind 22 Inches ncross Tho cake con- ; ained l'J ingredients and Its cost wan < ibout $500 Over the body of the i :ako was molded a thick white Icing ] scroll work, on its top was a design 1 or tho initials of tho bride and grooin. lono In silver, and around the sides ] vera lilies of the valley In white I Uigur. This delicious confection wua t listrlbuted in 2.000 dninty white boxes I led vith satin ribbon and each of the I iroper size to go under the pillow of < he recipient to bring dreams. ] I . *5 FRANCIS B. SAYRE ; nut i ? ? ~? ? ere Wedded. Mrs. Sayro was born In Galnsvllle, l'u., twenty-flvo years ago. She ah tended the Women's college at Baltimore and was an honor member of the class of 1908, being also elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. For two years ufter her graduation she enKaged In settlement work In Kensington, Pa., and she is a member of the executive board of the National Young Woman's Christian association. She has delivered several excellent addresses in public. In appearance she does not resemble her father as much as do her sisters, having rather the features of he* mother's family, the Axsons. Something About the Groom. Francis Bowes Sayre is twentyeight years old, and was born at South Bethlehem, Pa., a son of the late Robert Heysham Sayre, who built the Lehigh Valley railroad and at one time was assistant to the president. of the Bethlehem Iron works, since known as the Bethlehem steel works. He was also once president of the hoard of trustees of the Lehigh university. Francis Bowes Sayre graduated from Lawrencevillo school, I^awrenceville, .i., in i;hii, una rrom Williams college in l'JOp. He entered Harvard law school and graduated "cum luude." Ho was a mcnibor of the Sigma Phi fraternity, Gargoyle society and the Phi Met a Kappa at Williams. For the past year\lie haw been working in the ollioo of District Attorney Whitman of Now York. During the summer he was admitted to the bar of New York state. Mr. Sayre's mother Is Mrs. Martha Finlay Sayre, daughter of the late William Nevln, who was president of Franklin and Marshal cortege at I/unenster. I'a. She Is a descendant of Hugh Williamson of North Carolina, one of the fratners of tie Constitution of the United States, and is a sister of the late Robert. Nevin. head of the American church at Rome, and a cousin of Kthelbert Nevin the composer. Other White House Weddings. The wedding of Jessie Wilson and Francis Sayre was the thirteenth to be solemnized In the White House. The first was that of Anna Todd, a niece of Dolly Madison's first husband, and John G. Jackson. Then Mrs. Madl-' son's sister, Uucy, waB married to Judge Todd of Ken t lick v Tho wedding, that of Maria Monroe, daughter of Prt-sldent Monroe, to Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur in 1820 marked the Unit social use of the east room. Fight years later John, the second son of President John Qulncy Adams, married his cousin, Mary Hellen, In the blue room. While General Jackson was president there were three weddings In the White House, those of Delia I^ewls to Alphonso Joseph Yver Pageot of the French legation; Mary Futon to Lucien B. Polk, and Emily Martin to Louis Randolph. Man) years pnssed before there was another marriage ceremony in the president's mansion, tho next being of Nellie, the only daughter of GeneraJ Grant, and Algernon C. F. Sartorls. In 187G Emily Piatt, a niece of Mrs. Hayes, was married In the blue room to Gen. Russell Hastings. The eleventh of this series of weddings was that of President Cleveland to Frances Polsom, and the twelfth that of President Roosevelt's daughter Alice, if S'lcholas Long worth.