New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 20, 1929, Page 16

“Inside Story of Lindy’s Wedding Discloses Elaborate Precautions Taken to Ensure Fullest Secrecy Even Guests Deceived by Ruses — Invitations Sent in Code Over Tapped Wires — Newlyweds Drove by Unsuspecting Reporters and Escaped. New York, June 20—This is the “ingide” story of the wedding of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Anne Morrow. It is the astory of how a secrct was kept, with virtually the entire world endeavoring to pry in upon that secret. And it is now possible for the New Britain Herald, through the Newspaper Enterprise Associu- tion to deacribe in detail for the first time the scenes attendant upon the marriage of the world's most famous fiyer and the daughter of the American ambassador to Mex- ico. . The ceremony uniting Lind- bergh and Miss Morrow was sim- plicity itself. But behind the scenes were incidents as full of thrills and romance as might he desired by any young woman of Miss Morrow's . Matched Wits With World With the entire world clamor- ing for news of the wedding date. with newspaper reporters and photographers standing guard day and night, with suspicions that even the family telephéne line was tapped and that the house serv- ants were being offered bribes, there was an unprecedented battle of wits, And as Cel. Lindbergh and Anne stood quietly before the minister in the living room of the Morrow home at Englewood, N. J., it might have been said that the peaceful scene thus presented was the answer to the old question of how to keep a secret, Like the battle campaign of a great gencral, the wedding plans of the famous pair were perfectly camouflaged and executed with the | simplicity of swift genius. Even Guests Didn't Know Not a single guest invited to the Morrow home at Englewood, o on the afternoon of May 27, was aware that the wedding was to take place then. No house guest knew it untll Anne appeared in their midat in her wedding gown. Nene of the servants in the house, with the exception of tha trusted chauffeur and housekeeper, even dreamed that Lindy and Anne had been married until t\:o hours after the ceremony, when the bride and groom already were safely lost in traffic en route to their honey- moon yacht. 5 8ix people were cret: Ambassador row, Elisabeth, Dr. Brown, minister; Mra. Evangeline Lind- bergh, and Mary Smith, the dress- maker who made Anne's wedding in- on the se- and Mrs. Mor- | the | gown and helped her dress. Thrown Off the Track The whole army of newspapers men, photographers, curious towns- men and tourists were thrown off the scent by the large reception Sunday in honor of Col. Lindbergh's mother and visiting relatives, It was deliberately planned to conceal the main event. This reception proved a perfect ruse. Guests motored out from New York Sunday afternoon. Some did not depart when the event wus over. The house was fllled with great bowls of Anne's favorite garden flowers. One of the guests attending th: reception quite openly carried in a huge box that contained the wed- ding cake. This neighbor, whasa name like the Morrows' begins with an “M,” had the exciting honor of selecting Anne's wedding cake as if for her own daughter. An unsus- pecting caterer interwove an “L" and an “M™ atop the rosebud frost- ing of the big cake she ordered, to- tally unaware that those magic ini- tizls* he traced atood for the most popular man in the world and his envied bride, Invitations Were Casual Most ingenious of all the recep- tion plans was one of Anne's. For the reception she donned a charm- ing little French ensemble of cross. bar printed blue and white crepe, & sweet little frock with pleated knee flounce and organdy collar und & three-quarters coat «f matching crepe. It was her going-away cos- tume! However, none of those com- plimenting her on how very violet it made her dark-blue eyes, had an inkling of what it really was. Monday morning, Anne again pnt on the same ensemble for an auto {ride with Lindy. This time pho- tographers succeeded in getting 4 picture of her. After lunch she anu Lindy took a second ride, a short #pin, Anne still in the same costufic, It must have been hard for her and Lindy to keep from laughing aloud when they emerged two hours later—man and wife—and found that they had so successfully dis- armed photographers and reporters that it looked to them like just an- other spin. Of course, no one no- ticed Mrs. Charles Augustus Lind- bergh's wedding ring! And she wore ft—a plain little gold band. More- over, it was the only ring she had. Lindy did not give Anne ag engage- ment ring. Dressed to Go Away Ambassador and Mrs. Morrow phoned several friends and rela- tives on Monday morning. They were casual calls, some about buai- neas conferences, others -asking folks over to play bridge at 3:15, that afternoon, or “Come to lunch it you want to.” They all were messages in code, arranged in advance, because the Morrows suspected that their tele. phone line had been tapped. But even though these calls brought wedding guests, none of these had any idea when the ceremony actu- ally would be performed. At three o'clock, about 26 :gucats were grouped about downstairs, some getting partners for bridge, others talking. Mary Smith, local dressmaker who had made many of Anne's clothes and who had the honor of fashioning Anne's wedding dress, was shut in one of the little rooms off the living room, supposed- ly giving Anne a final fitting. 8he really was dressing Anne for her wedding! Lindbergh, in person, opened the froat deer to some of the guests. ng No one was “dressed up” for the wedding. They had expected it be- fore and it hadn't happened. Most of the women had on the same aft- ernoon frocks that they wore at the reception, soft, printed, summery chiffons. One of Anne's aunta wore a beautiful frock of printed chiffon with many shades of soft roses on a black background, made with a circular skirt that was belted at the waistline and had a soft fichu col- lar and flowing sleeves. Another wore one of blue, with irregular herfiline and a touch of cream lace at the neck and cuffs. Only the fow who came Monday afternoon wore hats. The men, including Dr, Wil- liam Adams Brown, who officiated. All were in ordinary business suits. At about 3:15, Mrs. Morrow moved quietly from group to group. The atmosphere became tense and deadly still as she said to each in turn: “Just come in now, will you please, and stand in a little group in the lving room. When Dr. Brown stands up, draw close.” Almost tip- toeing, they reached the center of the living room. Simultaneously a door from a side room opened. Without a wedding march, Anne came in on the arm of her father, Carried Lindy's Larkspur Bhe wore a semi-fitted, informal little white chiffon wedding gown, with full, floating skirt and irregu- lar hemline, Her flushed young face was framed in a sweet little Brussels lace cap from which a short veil hung. The cap was not an heirloom as reported, Instead of flaring from the face, however, this one was cut quaintly so that it look- ed like a little, old-fashioned cap. Anne carried an armful of larkspur that Lindy had picked himself that morning* when they seemed to he wandering casually about in the garden, Dr. Brown moved up and faced the group of guests. Lindberzh, who was his own best man, met his bride in front of the minister. There was no music at all save Annc's lovely low voice as she said, “I do." Lindy looked down at her tenderly NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, and slipped the plain little, gold band on her wedding ring fnger. Ceremony Was Brief The cergmony was over in an ia- oredibly short time. Quietly, almoat in hushed voices, they congratulated the newly-weds. They who had been expecting this moment for a long time, scarcely seemed to grasp the fact that the wedding had taken place. . With no commotion at all, Mrs. Morrow and Elisabeth moved among them-again, suggesting that they go out onto the sun porch where the blinds, drawn for the reception the day before, still kept out prying eyes. As the guests began chatting again where they had left off so hupriedly a few minutes before, refreshments were served. This proved th ost homey touch of all. For Anne and Lindy's wedding guests had lamon, ade that Mrs. Morrow and Elisabetn had made themselves, and cake that Lindy and Anne cut. The family served. While they ate and drank, the bride and groom slipped away without any farewells.. Guests were as ignorant as the general public of the destination of the Lindberghs' honeymoon trip. Servants Unaware 8o quietly and matter-of-factly had the whole ceremony heen per- formed that two hours later when Mary 8mith went into the kitchen for something, one of the servants joked about her “still trying on that wedding gown? Why, it will be worn out before Miss Anne has a chance to be married in it!” This maid, found weeping upstais later because she hadn't even had » chance to tell Miss Anne goodbye, was consoled when she learned from Elisabeth that even thoss few wit. nessing the ceremony had not had Agony, Gas You can be so distressed with gas and fullness and bloating that you think your heart is going to stop beating. Your stomach may be so distend- ed that your breathing is short and gaspy. You think perhaps you are suffo- cating. You dizzy and pray for relief—what's to be done? Just one tablespoonful of Darc's Mentha Pepsin and in ten minutes the gas disappears, the pressing on the heart ceases and you can breathe deep and naturally. quick such a chance, At ¢ o'clock ‘Ambassader Morrow phoned the newspaper assrvices and the big New York dailies a ghort an- nouncement of the wedding. A baif hour later he sent typewritten un- nouncements down to the harassed reporters who had spent days and nights’ dogging the house trying to get nows. Pleces of Cake Saved. There were souvenir boxes of Lindy and Anne's wedding cake, But some of the guests saved pieces tor less lucky persens whe would ap- preciate the honer of getting even that near the scens. One of the most grateful recipi- ents: was a little 8$5-year-old wom- an who crochets washrags for a live ing. She had made s dosen beau- ties for Anne and Lindy. 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