Evening Star Newspaper, October 12, 1930, Page 113

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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—OCTOBER 12, 1930. The Happy Marriage By W. E. Hill (Copyright. 1930, by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate.) Irving was one of those finnicky chaps, always booking at pictures of Greta Garbo, or Clara Bow, or Peggy Joyce and saying, “She don’ appeal to me—a girl has got to be good luoking to get yours trul And Rose, she was the same way. Always wondering how John Gilbert, or Ronald Coleman, or Novarro got away with it. Then one night at a covered dish church supper or a pot luck oyster frolic, Irving and Rose were brought face to face and it was all up with them both. Irving wired from the honeymoon,” “I have met my dream girl; we are idiotic- ally happy.” And Rose night lettered her ma and pa, “I have found my wonder boy. We are deliriously happy.” That's real romance for you! For ycars, at great expense from the law firms, Pop Burby's family kept him from entanglements with landladies’ daughters, debutantes from the wrong sets, private secretaries, and others. When Pip was shipped off to French Lick for his rheumatiz with a male nurse nobody thought anything could happen to his lore life. But the male nurse disappointed and a lady nurse was substituted. The inevitable happened, and three days later Mr. and Mrs. Rollo Van Banger are a blissfully happy bride and the happy couple were joined in holy wedlock. Pop expected the groom and will probably remain in that joyous state for six or, maybe. new Mrs. Burby would look after his liver and gastric ailments cight mcnths. After that—well who can tell? She was a Mrs. Dismal in a big way, but the blushing bride has ther ideas for her before she visited Reno, and before that she was Mrs. U. P. Down, and great big-hearted boy and is seeing to it that Pop stays young. was Mrs. Curry-Kome by her first marriage. This is Roll's third mar- (They are here shown at the Hinky-Dinky Night Club, and Pop riage, but then he is six months younger than Mrs. Van Banger. and his bride are being given a great big hand.) Virginia was heiress to some forty- five millions, and naturally her fam- ily was very anxious that she should marry some nice boy worthy of her. And without much wire pulling they For more years than you can count on the digits of both The romance of Dorothy and William was almost, you might got in touch with a family who was 3 hands Emil called regularly each Sunday night on Bertha till say, fate stepping in and arranging thi Both had perfected cute- anxious to have their boy, Fetlocks, r 3 people began to say it never would amount to anything. They ness and roguishness to such a high degree that no one thought either who was heir to some fifty-odd mil- 3 finally made the trip to the altar, and they are happily en- would find a mate strong enough to endure. Some kindly person lions, find a nice girl who would be sconced in Bert old home on the R. F. D., Route 1. The brought them together and their matrimonial venture is a happy one worthy of him. The rest is casy - only drawback being that Emil has no place to go on Sunday for all but their friends. Dorothy calls her husband “Weel-yum™ and Fetlocks and Virginia were made evening. of course he calls her “Tts” or “Toots.” And they have the cutest ne by the church and the families beach bungalow named “Dew-Tum-Inn. were overjoyed. (Fetlock and Vir- ginia have been taught economy so that nothing will ever be wasted.) Mr. and Mrs, Klaus Moth are Sr T . el . Ay T T T George's girl fell in love with his best friend Frank comes trom one of those first families that are so old they —though hardly ever together. and it broke George all up for a ti Then creak, and when he picked a working girl, with no family tree at all, They seldom sce each other during he teamed up with Gertrude. who had been jilted his aunts and uncles shuddered and hoped she wouldn’t get Frank the day, except via telephone. This twice by a fickle salesman from a woolen house. down to a level where he would eat with his knife and say “I seen” is really a very successful marriage. George hoped to make the old girl jealous and for “I saw.” Well, Frank’s working girl bride was a big success and because, as Mrs. Moth is want to Gertrude wished ditto for the woolen salesman. got grander and sweller than any of the bona fide bon tons. In a say, “Klaus and I belicve in out- No jealous passions were aroused. but George and week's time she began calling her husband “Fronk.” and has since side interests—that is why we are et b Sl il T T stopped speaking 1o most of his family ties. because they are “common such pals.” wed last June. Gaspard is some fifty odd vears y:-unger than his little Midge, but as Midge has stopped having birthdays it doesn’t much matter. They are really very happy. Only sometimes a drawn look will come over Gaspard's face, his eyes will fill with tears, and Midge will be all solace and com- fort and will ask. “Gaspard, boy, what is it? Wasn't the emerald cigarette case | got for you heavy enough?”

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