Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1890 — She Was Too Thin. [ARTICLE]

She Was Too Thin.

A blow has been delivered to the tailormade girl, writes a New York paper, and this through the action of a disappointed bridegroom, who discovered that “things are not what they seem,” and who arose from his nuptual couch and boarded a train for San Francisco. It appears that Otto Kelich, a young German musician, married Annie Watson, of First avenue, believing her to be a whole-souled and solid girl of fine dimensions. His somewhat materialistic views underwent a painful modification when the fair but emaciated youn t *’lady disrobed and left her generous proportions attached to her apparel. The young husband at dead of night stole away quietly, leaving only a few lines pinned to the pillow of the sleeping bride, who had paid for the wedding banquet and for their night’s lodging at the Grand Union Hotel. The explanatory note informed her that she was too thin, and that he doted on fat women. For three years the deserted wife has waited for him in vain, and now she has received word from him that he is happily wedded to a heavy-weight in Germany. This should be a warning to young women similarly constituted, and goes to show that misrepresentation of this sort rarely pays in the long run.