The flavor of romance which one might expect from the above was absent at the ceremony. Mr. Chung is tall and thin, with the face of a student. He was attired in the official gala dress of the new republic, which consists of gray trousers, Prince Albert, high collar, and ascot tie. His bride, who is a slim, elderly lady, with gold-rimmed spectacles, wore a native Chinese costume of white silk, with a loose tunic effect and a short white veil. She bought this just before she set out in search of the prospective husband, whom she had not seen in ten years.
Many of the elite of the Chinese colony, which is not to be confused with Chinatown, witnessed the ceremony. Miss Fun Hin Liu, a Wellesley graduate, was the bridesmaid, and Mr. Lo Lam, a student from Columbia, was best man. After the ceremony, which was the simple Presbyterian ritual, delivered in English by the pastor of the church, Professor Ou, of the Canton Chinese College, made singing noises while the newly married pair had their pictures taken.
Mrs. Fong met her husband ten years ago while he was serving as dean of the Canton Christian College. Since then the two have kept up a correspondence, which grew so ardent on his side that it finally lured Mrs. Fong across the Pacific and to Chicago, where her husband-to-be met her and brought her to New York.
Starved, Fight for Food.
Owing to the extended shutdown of the mines in Venetia, a small mining town in Washington County, Pa., 480 persons, including many women and children, are slowly starving to death. This message was received in a letter sent to a local newspaper. Barks and herbs are the only food that the starving people can obtain, and the pangs of hunger have so affected many that they fight one another for the bark and herbs that can be found in the fields and woods.
New Flag for Marshall.
Vice President Marshall is the first vice president of the United States to have a naval flag all his own. The necessity for the creation of such an ensign was brought about by the intended visit of Mr. Marshall, as the president’s representative to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco.
When the vice president determined to go, and arrangements for his reception were in progress, the navy department found that, while the president and the secretary and assistant secretary of the navy each had a flag, the vice president had none. The duty of providing a vice president’s flag proved simple. The new banner will be the reverse of the president’s flag in the color distribution. It will be of white, with the arms of the United States—a spread eagle bearing on its breast a shield of stars and stripes. The eagle will be of blue and the shield in red, white, and blue.
J. B. Brady Aids Woman.
James B. Brady, noted as “Diamond Jim,” while sitting as a member of the New York grand jury, was so touched by the story of one of the witnesses that he suggested taking up a collection for her. Just to start things off, he tossed a brand-new one-hundred-dollar bill on the stenographer’s table, and when the other jurors had added their contributions, there was $130 in the purse.