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...Court in the County Building a couple could be united in ten seconds, by paying $5 and replying affirmatively to the question "Do you take this woman (or man) whose right hand you hold, to be your lawful wedded wife (or husband)?" This ceremony was denounced by Rev. Philip Yarrow, civic relations chairman of the Church Federation, as "a semi-racket, a hit & run affair." Said he: "They get a certificate with the big words 'Holy Matrimony,' but there's nothing holy about it. It's just a cold legal ceremony. And the county charges...
Luck, his pleasant appearance and his expertness in diseases of the stomach kept young Mr. Dawson from the bowler hat and satchel of the obscure English doctor. Minnie Ethel Yarrow, youngest daughter of Sir Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, the potent shipbuilder, was a chronic invalid. A doctor was always at her side. One day the regular man suddenly became ill. Dr. Dawson was handy, was summoned. He cured the girl. They fell in love, married...
...Miss Yarrow's recovery made Dawson patients of Yarrow friends. The circle grew. Dr. Dawson became fashionable, a "Harley Street" practitioner, although his commodious, beautifully furnished home and office is in nearby Wimpole Street...
...Dawson's Yarrow circle spread to the British court. King Edward VII had digestive troubles-aftermath of typhoid fever and of his continual gustatory excess. Dr. Dawson, as consultant physician, kept the royal paunch content. He became personal physician (1907) to George V, who then was the Prince of Wales. Upon George's coronation (1910) Dr. Dawson continued with greater prestige as his personal physician. The royal family frequently had great difficulty disciplining their heir, whom they familiarly still call David but whom subjects-apparent call Edward. At such times the King would call on Dr. Dawson...
...Philip Yarrow. Superintendent of the Illinois Vigilance Association, last week thrilled a Chicago audience, mostly women, by producing on the Masonic Temple platform a black robed, hooded, masked figure who croaked sepulchrally: "I have consorted with the dregs of humanity. I have waded through cesspools of vice in order to carry out my investigations. I have played poker with the brother of Al Capone! I have a sixth sense...