Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 251, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1914 — HIS WIFE SO LARGE HE CAN’T HUG HER [ARTICLE]

HIS WIFE SO LARGE HE CAN’T HUG HER

She Sticks in Door of Marriage Clerk’s Office—Their Honeymoon on a Strong Train.

Albany, N. Y.—Mr. and Mrs. Peter Robinson are on their honeymoon, but the bridegroom will have, to forego at least one of the pleasures of the. newly married—that of embracing his blushing bride, for at best he can only reach around her thumb with his arm. The total weight of the bridal pair is 600 pounds and the wife is’ sixty-ninths of that. She weighs 600 pounds and her husband only 90. That a troublesome honeymoon and marriage career was in store for Peter Robinson was demonstrated before the wedding when he visited the office of the City Clerk to procure a marriage license, for he couldn’t get the bride-to-be through the door. Consequently she waited In the corridor and the clerk, John Carriere, obligingly went outside to ask the necessary questions. Mrs. Robinson formerly was Adeline La France, age 21. KoWnson gave his age as 36. In response to a question he admitted that mediation would be of slight avail if his spouse should decide to fall upon him. "The war would be over right away," he said. “Only there isn't going to be any war,”* and' he climbed on a chair and did his best to embrace ble wife. He got his arm around her thumb. , The loDsided weddtac was the result sd a romance m » .daSsfc. «hvw e»

which "sweet Adeems" was tne rat lady and Robinson was the dwarf. When the manager of the show heard of the wedding and the honeymoon trip he made some unkind reawfk about Dim Cupid's shouting a rfatnocenyand then tore fate hair. Fortnnaffely he has hot one arm. i Meanwhile Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are whizzing along on the honeymoon train. It is a good, strong train.