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Child bride & child groom statistics for the nuptial year just closed were released recently by the Court of His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore. His Highness, a frequent visitor to the law-breaking Occident, thought it quite all right to publish child marriage statistics, despite the fact that by law of 1894 females under 8 may not marry in his state of Mysore...
Hardy Mrs. Mollison. Current idols of British hero-worshippers are the flying bride-&-groom, James Allan Mollison and Amy Johnson Mollison. Both have made distinguished record flights, notably his London-Cape Town and his recent solo westward across the Atlantic (TIME, Aug. 29). Last week Britons went wild with delight when Mrs. Mollison beat her husband's Cape Town record by 10½ hours, making the flight from Lympne, on the Kent coast, in 4 days, 7 hr. It was an amazing exhibition of stamina. Flying a light Puss Moth named The Desert Cloud she landed only four times, caught three...
...minor from "The Well-Tempered Clavichord" and "Blessed Jesu. We Are Here," the grave young bride followed the procession 250 ft. up an aisle banked in white chrysanthemums and Japanese pink lilies. Facing Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick and a chancel hedged with tall cypress trees, boxwood and more chrysanthemums, Groom Rockefeller ended the ceremony with the unusual words, "With this ring I thee wed and promise thee a husband's protection and care." The bride wore a short veil, severe gown, long train; she carried a bouquet of white pansies and white orchids with mauve centres; the bridesmaids wore short...
While the organ groaned softly Rev. Wolfgang Schanze braced himself for the 21-gun salute which he knew would blaze away as soon as the bride and groom exchanged rings in the Coburg fashion. "Dearly beloved," cried Pastor Schanze, "the formation of a marriage which can stand before God and man is no light thing. . . . For you, dear bride, it means hoisting your sails-toward a new life...
...Francisco guests convened to witness the marriage of Martha Catching and Dr. Robert Max Herbst. After a long delay it was announced that the wedding was postponed, because Fred Herbst. best man and brother of the groom, and Ann Catching, maid of honor and sister of the bride, had eloped...