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PAGE SIX A Beautiful Wedding One oi the most beautiful of wed dings took place at Calvin Presby terian Church, Philadelphia, Thurs day, October *2l, when Miss Gertrude McKay became the bride of Mr. George, 0. ftarmon; formerly of Pitts boro, but now of Bethlehem, Pa. The ceremony was preceded by sev eral selections on the pi,, j organ ren dered by Miss Day. Mr. McLaurin sang “At Dawning” and “I Love You Truly.” Then Rev. W, E. dan took his place at the altar and was followed by the ushers, Mr. A. b. Bassett, of Bethlehem, Pa., Mr. Bud Herr and Mr. Jack Bectdel, of Philadelphia, and Dr. Shatle of the University of Pennsylvania. Next entered the bridesmaids, Mrs. C. Herrick, Miss Laura McKay, Mrs. H. Prescott, and Miss Elva McKay es Philadelphia. The Misses McKay are sisters of the bride. Then came the maid of honor, Miss Ola Har mon, a sister of the groom, while at the same moment the groom and the best man, Mr. Jack Pomefort, ap proached the altar from the left. Little Miss Jeannette McKay, sister of the. bride, was the flower girl. She was attractively gowned in yellow georgette and carried a basket of rose petals tied with orchid ribbon. The bride entered with her father, Mr. Joseph McKay, who gave her a way. She was charming in white satin lace, showered with pearls, and with long court train. The veil was cap shaped caught with lilies of the val ley. Her flowers were bride’s roses LlLcs of the valley, and the tulli. The ceremony was beautiful and impressive, the ring being used. As the couple were pronounced man and wife the bridal party assembled at the rear of the church, where many iriends of the bride and groom were gathered, and gave the happy couple their congratulations. The color scheme was yellow and orchid. The brides maids, Mrs. Her rick and Miss Elva McKay, wore or chid georgette, trimmed with silver ribbon, silver slippers and hose to match. Their flowers were chrysan themums, dahlias, pink and autumn leaves tied with silver rib bon. Mrs. Prescott ipid Miss Laura Mc- Kay wore yellow georgette, trimmed m silver ribbon, and accessories to match. They carried yellow chrysan themums, dahlias, and autumn leaves tied with silver ribbon. Ola Harmon, the maid of hon or, ws attractive in orchid .georgett? trimmed in silver, ribW ft nd aecess- Mer flowers were or chrysanthemums, dahlias, pink roses, and autumn leaves, tied with the silver ribbon. Tfee altar and the spacious choir were ueaUtifully decorated in palms and autumn leaves. The bride and groom were shower ed with rice, when they and the bridal party entered the automobiles left for Jh© White Apron Club where they were entertained at ar. enjoyable reception. • The bride and groom and the bridal party were also entertained on Wed nesday evening in the home of Dr. W F'ilffliiii.- S BEGINS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER STH Entire stock must be sold at the old stand during the next i;jj SIXTY DAYS ! Watch for Circulars and COME TO THE SALE! ' j S. BERMAN’S | Chapel Hill North Carolina 1 ALL KINDS ALWAYS IN STOCK j? ; 5-Y Crimp Galvanized Roofing K Composition Shingles |l \\\« Rolled Roofing * || I Other Kinds for the Asking p AND ALL AT RIGHT PRICES || I lee hardware cc, 1 I SANFORD, N. C, p Sell Ycur Tobacco in Sanford | Perry’s Garage, f ;!; * Phone 400 SANOFRD M. C ■ i —Dealers In— £ Dodge Brothers Motor Car 1 Paris and Service. I - ♦ X Pittsboro Young Man at Queen Marie’s Reception It wPI, no doubt, be of interest to the people of Pittsboro to know that ‘ one of our young townsmen, Arthur London, Jr„ who is- studying mede ! cine in Philadelphia, was chosen one • of the ushers at tire reception given ■ Queen Marie of Rumania, on her re cent visit to Philadelphia. A Ballet • interpretative of >a play the Queen • had written was also given at this i time, at which-her. majesty showed • great pleasure. Another North Caro ! linan waa also usher, Bill Joe Mar [ tin son of the President of Davidson College. _ : A FINE ENTERTAINMENT (Contributed) ! The people of Pittsboro enjoyed a most beautiful observance of the autumn season Tuesday evening Oct : 26, at the school auditorium. Under the directions of Miss Berta Cole trane, who has charge of the Teacher -1 training department, and Miss Vivian Allgood, high school teacher, the school presented an Indian Pageant and a one act play. The Pageant was based upon our one American Epic, the story of Hiawatha. The play was entitled “Glory of the Morn ing.” The beauty in Indian life, dress, nr.nners and fo’k-lore was artistically '.hown in .the acting and lives of both pageant and play. The red mar*’s reflection of nature in all his moods, ;ustoms, love and religion, was in terpreted in pantomime. i The students teachers of the train : ng department took the initiative in ae production of the program. They ''.armed and made their own cos umes; they arranged the stage set j ing. Especial mention should be ; ir.de of Miss Louise Brooks who con- I ’meted a splendid advertising cam . • ' Valuable assistance in advertising /as rendered to students and eachers by Mrs. R. H. Hayes, chair r\n of the Parent-Teacher assoccia lon, and her committee. The asso- | Nation also furnished suitable Ind ; an iusic by Mrs. Henry Bynum, chair- ; nan of that department. Judge W. D. Siler, chairman of citizenship com- I littee. gave a short, pleasing talk on the history of the Indian an Chat- j ham county. The cast sf characters ( follows: 4 Hiawatha, the man, Louise Brooks; Minnehaha, Mary Dell Bynum; Nako mis, Margaret Mann; The Arrow Maker , Pauline Brown; The Guide, 1 -label Meridilh; The Ghosts, Leo\a | Riggsbcc and Lillian Nolvin; Red 1 Wing, Mary Alice Hall; Soloist, Em ily Taylor. Gh. d of the > Morning Glory C? tr.-i Morning, Bessie Chap in; Half Moon, Lester Farrell; Oak Leaf, Sarah Griffin; Red Wing, Hen ry Blair; Black Wolf, Roland Glenn. and Mrs. Babcocks. Mrs. Harmon is a popular and ac complished young lady, being edu cated at Temple University and the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Harmon is a fine young man of sterling H§ was e<bjqgt-, r ed at" Duke 'University oi Pennsyl vania. They will make their home in Beth xehem, Pa. at the present, where Mr. Harmon is professor in History at Leigh University. THE CHATHAM RECORD ■ ROMANCE ; OF MONEY : AND TfTLE e ■ ... ii i - , 1 " • By GEORGE COBBETT t 1 ————». I (Copyright by W. O. Chapman.) 3 | • ‘ - 1 VINCT; Frenchman "T'jT ‘J? he waa. felt Strangely dHrewi-* 1 certed as he found himself face to face with Miss Elsie Vlnlng. They had never met face to face be fore without the presence of a third i 1 person. Indeed, from the beginning 5 it had been quite obvious to observers " j that an excessive amount of worldly p 1 ceremony, amouqting to the ridiculous ' | in the free land of America, surround * j ed the pair. \ j In the big ballroom the cynics looked I at each other and grinned. : i “They’ve gone into, the conserva l tory together at last,” said Charlie ; j Twiss. “Look at old Mamma Vining! - Doesn’t she look conscious that she’s pulled off a good thing?” ’ ‘‘And look at papa,” said his friend, j Bobby Brooks. “He seems to think | j his millions have worked something , almost as good as a stock exchange coup.” The heartlessness of the marriage de convennnce in America is so much j greater than in France just because it is so unnatural an Institution. In France I)e Vincy would have been con scious that it was a fair exchange— liis title against the dowry. Indeed, he did not feel that he was about to perform a disreputable action when he started for America to win a wealthy bride and thus replete the family revenues. The only thing really | upon his conscience was that the ! agent, Smith, as lie chose to call ! himself, had specified Miss Vining as his prospective bride. | “She’s pretty enough, in the cold American way,” he said to the vl ! comte. “She’s nearer twenty than thirty, and she will Inherit money J enough, our American representative tells me, to pay all your deb s hand somely, os well as our commission.” j What did unnerve the vicomte was the realization that the few sL.i p?rl ] ods of their association had arc ucrtl In him a certain feeling toward which he had long been a stranger. In fact, the sight of the girl’s beauty had aroused the latent chivalry of the man. As his prospective wife lie regarded Miss Vining with that deference which lies in the heart of every Frenchman. “This is the first time we have been together,” he said lightly. The girl stood facing him, her fin gers twining nervously about the fronds of a fern. “Yes,” she answered in a mechanl , cal manner, with a sudden out burst : "Cannot we be utterly frank with one another? I am so surround ed by hypocrisies and deceits. . . . Come, let ns have a half hour of per fect frankness.” The young man sprang to his feet. I *T /o >ou mean that. Miss Vining?” he asked, fire from her words." “Utter frankness?” “Yes.” ; “Whatever the —the pain it costs?” “Whatever the pain.” “Then listen,” he began. “I have come here to ask you to be my wife. Everybody in the ballroom knows that we have not come here by accident, I believe?” She nodded again, and a sudden sense of that espionage made him reckless. “Well, then, I have taken It for granted that you would consent. j'My family’s fortunes are at an ebb, ! and it was necessary that one of us should purchase an heiress in Amer ica.” I lie saw her wince slightly, but then r’v' smiled. “Go on, please,” she said, facing him boldly. “I was selected by my family coun cil. I must tell you that according to i our ideas there was nothing deroga- | j tory to our honor in the proposition. It was to be a fair exchange. My title against your money. I was given a list by Smith, the agent who finances ! these adventures.” “Ah! I did not know that they were financed.” she said. “It is a common practice. Smith Invested ten thousand dollars in the game. If 1 failed to win a bride he lost it. If I gained one he was to get five times his investment. It Is a lucrative profession, you see.” “And he trusted to your honor to j I get one?” she asked with withering emphasis. “Yes. And so I have come here to • ask you to be my wife tonight.” ‘‘Well, you have been very frank,” ( answered the girl. “Now I will be ! equally so. I was brought up in lux f ury, with the idea of making a fash s ionable marriage with a man of title. 1 It didn’t matter who he was^-English, J French, German, Italian, or what his i character was. or his age, or his per- I sonalit.v, so long as he had a title. The J higher, the better, you know. Well, * when you came to New York, of course we all understood your motive in call fc lng upon me. When I am with a plain » American he takes me to theaters and the opera alone. Sometimes he may U take me out in his auto. But for you, >■ you know, I fiad to play the part of i > an ingenue. I was a delicate hot k house flower, who must never be \\ shown alone, I had to have a chaperon [« with me always. That was part of the H game. Yon understand that?” | “No, I didn’t understand that,” an- B swered the man, wdncing in his turn. | “But piray go on, Miss Vining.” § “That is about all, except that I n was hawked round Europe last year S and the year before. They nearly y j married me to an Italian prince. But .. . / I at the last moment It was discovered that he was a courier from Tdrkey. masquerading. Probably he, too, was In touch with your man Smith.” | “I hardly think so, Miss Vining,” an swered the young man thoughtfully. “You see, Smith is an honest broker. ’ so to speak, and cr'y handles the real article.** t ■ The flicker of a smile played abom her mouth for the first time. “Well,” she resumed, “I don’t count myself one whit better than yon, un daratiiia<l. lf?v Weafe botksimply the Tie tima of circ mum ares' n>THW bfcrgalii “ ‘ proposed was a very suitable one. It isn’t that all the people In our society are like this, you must know. It Is just the new-rich —us! The decent families wouldn’t have anything to do with us. They married their own peo ple. However, I suppose I oughtn't to disparage niy own family. And now, monsieur, suppose we play out this farce to the end.” “By all means,” he replied. “Miss Vining, I have the honor to ask your hand in ma/riage.” “The answer is ‘no,’ ” said the girl. Then she looked in amazement at ids chagrined expression. In fact, such a reply had never occurred to him. “But seriously,” he urged. : She flashed up ungrily. “Did you \ seriously believe, then, that I would i be willing to sell myself?” she cried. “Why, never —never, sir. 1 have al > ways resolved that. If Ido play a i parasite’s part at least my heart is ‘ clean. When I marry, if any man of i my own nation is willing to take me, soiled as I am, he shall. But this —” Her anger was so genuine that the man did not know how to reply. 1 “But 1 will ask you one question,” she continued. “A woman’s curiosity, you know. Why did you select me out of all the girls upon the list that the man Smith gave you?” “Why?” he repeated stupidly. “Yes. Rich as we are, I know sev eral families that are richer and have eligible daughters.” “Why, because 1 fell in love with you,” lie retorted. “What !** she cried incredulously. “After telling me that?” “But I have never said I did hot love you. In fact, 1 have loved yon since I first saw you.” “Is tills part of the game, too?” she demanded; but he saw that her lips were quivering. And suddenly some interior emotion surged up in him and banished the last touch of cynicism. He fell upon his knees before tier and clasped her hands. ■» “Miss Vining—Elsie, I love you with all my heart,” he cried. “Can you— do you think that if I prove my love- ; l can win you?” She had broken down under the pas sion of her heart. The anger which) had held her evaporated, leaving only a very miserable and very helpleua- : girl. He rose to his feet. “I am goiag. back to France,” he said. *T cannot expect you to believe fa me. And yet it was my love for you that prompted : me to say what I have said I could, not win you with a lie. So I told you, as you asked me. But before I go, will you tell me that there nvay boa hope for me at some distant time? Let the money go, the title go; just look upon ifte as one who loves you ‘ and desires you.”- Elsie Vining lifted her tear-stained ; face to his. ”1 don’t think —there Is any need | for you to go hack to France,”" she ; said softly. ... ; , 4 Ten minutes later Bobby Brooks ii nudged Charlie Twiss. ; ; “Here Comes the bridal pair—bridle i pair, perhaps would be a better term,” I he said. “My! Don’t they look pleased : with themselves!” i “They ought to, seeing what each i has got out of it,” answered Charlie. “Say, I shouldn’t h*: surprised if there was a romance in it after all,” suggested his frieno. Well, if mono) and title aren’t romantic, what is?’ replied the other. “But still you never can tell.” ( Ccvcred Heads Long Rule in Parliament Only a few decades ago it was con sidered a breach of etiquette for a member of the British house of com mons to appear in his seat with his hat off, but in late years the assem bly has become almost bareheaded, not more than two or three of the 815 members clinging to the old custom. The wearing of lints in the house v s commons may have been as an -Lni ;.o parliament itself, a heritage from the primitive moots, at which the leadiiig men of the nation, en dowed with the experience and wis dom of age, met in the open air with covered heads for the discussion of public affairs, says a writer in the Living Age. The first breach of the rule was made by ministers who first came into the' house bareheaded in 1852. 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