Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1909 — Texas Editor Writes Up His Own Wedding and Does It Well. [ARTICLE]

Texas Editor Writes Up His Own Wedding and Does It Well.

The Pflugerville (Texas) Press failed to appear on February 27. The reason for this was that A. W. Goerdel, who controls the destinies of this worthy publication, took unto himself a better half, Miss Amelia H. Heine, and departed on a honeymoon trip, leaving all serene at home. Below we give a quotation or two from the Pflugerville Press of March 5, in which the editor in his own words tells of the happy event: “Of course it was a ‘quiet wedding’ —we did not notice anybody raising any row about it. Everybody seemed to sympathize with the bride, and looked at the bride as though they could scarcely trust so dear a treasure to his keeping forever. This bride, as usual, was ‘beautiful and accomplished’ (as all brides are. We have often wondered where on earth all the homely married women come ” from.) She was appropriately attired in a dainty brown traveling suit of de foie waw shaw waw or some other French stuff!

The minister, who kept his head all through the performance, and he was the only one who did, said she was ninety-nine hundredths of the best looking couple he had Aver married. And we ourselves, without consulting either minister or groom, will admit that most of her good looks are natural and she doesn’t have to rub on lots of Mme. Somebody-or-Other’s face cream in order to make herself appear less than 40 years of age. The groom wore the conventional black, that is, he wore a dark rig-out and a frightened expression. The ex-

pression was his own property. In addition to the aforsaid and the above mentioned, he had on a white tie, and a pair of patent-leather shoes on which the patent was about to expire. For this one great day he was dressed up within a quarter of an inch of his life, and during the ceremony .he shrank so much that he looked like a boy wearing papa’s clothes!”