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aiert had turned yett down three times, once at the vary altar?
That if what pretty Mary Landen Baker has done te young Alllster
HfclfeCemtck.
W' And WW W0U1U xuu an u you were me laeiwea uaujrntfli' oz one ei
Wi wealthiest families in tfta land ana aeungf parents, insisted upon an
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jg-t AnyheWi 'He unicagw neirem nsa gene dbck upon ner wera just ence
wlLuat and new announces that the wedding set ''surely and positively" for
BTAf'tSan in May, "or perhaps June," has been postponed until September.
ji still trailing along, h . .
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S.'K AHliter
fjtkf hit best te Win his elusive
VmHL but without the success in his
1E5i.I affairs that his relatives
ftf wL had in shutting off competition
' '-uifc tha '.'Harvester Trust."
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JMacft rVeisVffnf Geiwi
StfH te Make Debtt
RIARY spoiled a real spectacle
when he failed te show up
for her wedding in January.
Te begin with, it .was te have
been the most fashionable wedding
of the season, but that was net all
the wedding gown was te have
been of solid black.
The whole thing was te have
been done in the Italian manner,
that is te say, the maid of honor
was te have walked slowly down
the aisle ahead of the bride, and
carrying a lighted candle.
VHB nv ,....- --,
And her I ius one mere perti-
Met query: wnat weum ju uv
' IfTeu.were a nanasame, amng
'i'tui netted young actor, and you
.-. kd the daughter of one of the
ettkefeller oil trust" xamiues, ana
tiaJ veu were net of the bleed
fffersl, or whatever they call it, and
(artd hsr, ana mayee sne ievea you,
lad all that sort of thing, and it just
Mtldnt be done. What would YOU
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Wl, Barry Baxter, the actor,
Jii His friends said his heart was
snken. His physician said he died
'sf the result of an accident en the
fat.
'"All this quite naturally brings up
tM question as te the sort) of people
;it aciers in vnis exiraerainary
THunce, or performance, or what
;tw you want te call it, are, any-
'.r. Te begin witn, tney nrst
Vfrst upon an astonished Isnd, se te
tfeak, jn a blare of publicity when
Jhrjr failed te show up for the wed
sf at the Fourth Presbyterian
Ghafch in Chicago en the afternoon
' f January S of this year. 8he had
already postponed the wedding once,
g tffJBJnally having been set for the
ptvieut May.
AUIsier took it calmly. He ex
plained that Mary was awfully aes-
taetfef .really, in fact, she thoughtteo
, .istrespectively entirely. But they
, Vffi aude for each ether ust the
bml he .insisted, and he would go
tepta with this thing. Well, he
'iffl m through with it if he has te
f sfse en trying forever, or words te
latVinect. xeu may net approve
fklm, but Allister is just like that
Jft for Mary. Alllster Is right.
BM.Ii anthttlc. She writes epigrams
twj dart Just after breakfast. Once
m tRttlBg an InUrriewer, she said:
2? ad you've Called. I've Just
. 05 a ww epigrams."
Of Epigrams
'mi Deeth't Bat an Sue
. Hgs they are:
'We are all clowns in the dusty
ear of erery-day life; fate Is our
as suiter. " v
JjAl sleep at night is Intolerably
wkijlQue, m (a work In the dsy-
"SelnHnn la Ilka . A.., 1 11..1. .
Mtjets i the turmoil of the brain, but
M much riaarlena tha mnu"
' a.'f'' smiled, "what de you
ttUk of my literary efforts?" The
wewei 'murmured something polite,
J -"Itched the conversation around
tetti weddlng.te.be.
IB net marriel te Barry Baxter,"
JJJt . contradicting- a rumor cur-
V.t . r miui ji vena ua
2ilct0, ra.-" Pr husband", but as
"mw mey stand at the head of
e claw.
1... twlU ar.7 Allister McCermlck
me I reach England. Please don't
IHe fun at Barry Baxter. Welly he
M4.1?nd.'lu,JbeJ.' " entertaining."
.W Wends gloat ever her erlg-
duia !li m"uiieuiii way 01
wn thlnss. "Oh. she will never .In
fwg the way everybody else docs,"
w net really se surprised when she
.?!?. 8hew up, ut tne church when
Wslr was at last arranged. "It'e
l7.rMW"l' MJ' the fa,thf" ones.
inHiu.i: . "" " we censinerea time uncaea in 1
- ,yw' IB WW but herself bad a be there assured one's atandlng,
faaajaf
head of Mild Ivery. Be, of course, she
was the only person who read the hook
who really liked it.
She likes unconventional people, such
SB actors, and actresses, and neeta. ami
artists, and writers, and leta of ether
people who have te work for a llvlna-.
and tramps and Ieta mere who de net
have te work for a living, and the
butler or butlers as the cese may be,
at the Baker home, never quite knew
whom te admit and whom te shut but.
It requires nerves of, iron te buttle at
the Baker home when Mdry Is around,
for it would net de te offend one of her
friends, you knew.
"Perfect Lever Willing
te Watt at Church,
Alllster admits be has her slxed up
right. 8be was made for him, he
murmurs te his friends. She has a
great brain, he is convinced. Here Is
what she said, net se long sge:
"Remember, a perfect lever never
leres. Isn't that expressive?"
"Sure. But what does It mean?"
"Just what it says," she explained.
"And remember this, tee. A woman
should only listen te the tiny urge of
a personal destiny, called by the gcop gcep
lni multitude, Intuition."
Oreping multitude seems te refer te
the rest of us.
"Well?" she was asked.
"Well." she concluded, "a wise girl
should obey bunches at all times and 1
always, will;"
"What will the next hunch be?"
The first wedding postponement, as
hna been Bald, occurred in Mar. 1021.
They came the second balk, en Jan
uary 2 of this year. The Fourth Pres
byterian Church in Chicago had been
sblned and polished, and the janitor
and the organist and the sextons and
everybody connected with the edifice
had been given their Instructions, The
church was opened, and the dim re
ligious light, sb usua, filtered In
through the stained glass windows, and
it was evident te the crowd outside that
this was going te be some wedding, in
deed. The members of Chicago's gilded
upper crust and Chicago's upper crust
carries quite a layer of gilt these days
the elite of the upper.unper crust were
crowded into the church. The very
air they breathed seemed different,
somehow, from plain ordinary air, it
was such a very exclusive affair. Ex
clusive, but net small, mind you, for it
was a large wedding.
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Geld Const the anxious detectives tip
toed back and forth and from room
te room, watching the rich and rare
Sifts that made the walls of the place
ulge. In the McCermlck home
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preparing one of the most sumptuous
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When Bride Said JWey"
Take It all in nil, the wedding was
te be nut ever with a crash that wenlH
leave thi bustling city breathless. In
the church the audience was by this
time packed in row en row. Just te
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ushers bad about finished their taakb.
Several Were still wandering up and
down, hopelessly trying te wedge In Just
one mere stout matron where there was
nothing left but room for the slimmest
of slim debutantes, though the supply of
debutantes had run out long age.
These ushers were Gorden McCer-
iic, uarpiii fowler McCermlck, Jr
Leander McCermlck Goedueart, Henry
Channen, Jeseph T. Bycrsen and Al
bert B. Dewev. The ll.m.i n i- .,
In the rear of the church. Lcander Me-
uruiica, ue Dest man, steed ready.
Eric Delamater was at the organ,
playing nuptial music in bis best
manner. Mr. and Mrs. Hnmllten Me Me
cennlck bad entered nml nin ,i.
places in the front pew, ns befitted the,
..-.v.... u,B unurgroero, amid tlie
usual polite buzz and craning of necks
and rUBtling. Near them were ether
relatives, including Mr. and Mrs. Cyru8
McCermlck, Jr., Hareld McCermlck
and Miss Muriel McCermlck.
Bridesmaids waited at the rear of the
church. Se did Allister McCermlck.
Exactly at 4 o'clock the sextons began
unrolling the white strip of carpet te
gp down the aisle, and te put up white
ribbons te form a pathway for the
bridal party.
At ten minutes past 4 n deer epcnd
at the back of the church and Mrs.
noeert ai. uurws, a sister of Miss
Baker, entered, accompanied by the
bride's small niece nnd nephew. They
walked slowly up te the front pew.
Then another pause. The atmosphere
became charged with expectancy. This
was going te be a wedding of weddings,
for sure. '
Then came one of these awful waits
It was twenty minutes. It seemed
twenty hours. Then the officiating
clergyman entered through a side deer
at the front of the church. He made
his way te the pulpit and announced
that there would be no wedding.
Bride Was "Toe Nervous,"
la Father's Explanation
The organist struck up something
designed te be cheerful and the audience
HUM! Ollt.
Explanations were in order Mr
Baker, accordingly, made this an
neuncement later in the day; "My
daughter is of a very nervous" tempera
ment. She became 111 Sunday. Today
Hha" J"' but fX UP et ine her
wedding drcsa and then collapsed. We
had te call off the ceremony at the lest
minute. This is merely postpone
went. They de pay that immediately after
this episode Mary Baker sent the fol
lowing telegram te Barry Baxter-
"When rput en my wedding dress I
found I could never go through with it "
Barry Baxter was twenty.flye years
old. He wan born in Winchester, Eng
and, and wna con.ldered one of the
leading Juveniles en the American stase
He had been playing with Ina Claire
in "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife." but
collapsed In April in u Chicago theatre
while- playing there. urc,
He wus taken te New Yerk, where
he died only recently in the pri
vate hospital of Dr. E. &. Bounds.
a woman, nnysician. ut. Bounds
explained mat an injury had made
necessary an operation. Baxter's
collapse, however, by a strange coin
cidence, followed Immediately after Miss
Baker had announced her Intention of
marrying McCermlck, anyhow, and of
traveling u jwiMipn ie naye the cere-
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Imeuy performed, there.
raris te the ttft.4s
time hhe first deferred her marriage te
McCermlck. Sometimes they were
alone, sometimes McCermlck was wltn
them. When the wedding failed te come
off as scheduled, Baxter at once denied
that he was involved In a "triangle."
Mnry Landen Baker, heiress,
author and real life "Contrary
Mary" as regards her love affair
with Allister McCormick. heir
te "Harvester Trust" millions
"Miss Bnker Is net In love with me,"
he said. "I didn't marry her three
weeks age, as reported. That Is sheer
nonsense. It Is preposterous te my
there is a love nffair between us.
"Alllster McCermlck is one of my
lesest pals.. I never had the slightest
idea way tney are hoc married.
"Mnry le n most wonderful girl,
chnrmlng, exqulMtely beautiful and
delicate as a llewer. Te hurt her Is
a crime. And think of people hinting
sue inn mis uecause ei me. it is incon
ceivable. "Mary is extremely brilliant. When
she was a little cirl Bhe was en her
back with hplnal trouble for eight years, j
"uhuk mm iiiuu ncr inimi must nave
grown twice us much as ether people's,
for Hhe Is ten years nhead of average
girls In intellect.
"When I think of the unfairness of
her buffering I go wild. I have net
slept since the thing happened. In one
jewnd I would gludly go back te Eng
land and threw up everything."
Following the Chicago fiasco, Mary
hurried efT te California for n rcbt and
McCermlck prepared te sail for Eu
rope. Mary i.pent several weeks at Cedar
Cottage. Montecite, Calif., the winter
home of her parents.
Finally she did come East, stepping
off nt Chicago for a day or m te break
the trip. Then she left for New Yerk,
arriving In a prlvnte car attached te
the Twentieth Century Limited. At
the Itltz-Carlten she was greeted by a
friend, Miss Adele Kimball, who thinks
she may have a chance yet te act as
one of the brldesranlds.
Before Alllster bearded the steamer
for Europe he called upon his fiancee,
nnd they had a long chat together..
Friends of the couple aat tight and held
their breaths, for any sort of an an
nouncement might fellow this final In
terview. The announcement came.
They still expected te gft married. The
ceremony would be performed in Lon Len Lon
eon. Then Alllster willed hopefully.
After he had gene Mary discussed thc
situation. "Ne," she said, "this time
I mean It. I sail tomorrow and Mr.
McCormick will net have a third shock.
"I won't de any shopping here in
New Yerk. I want te be sure nothing
can arise te interfere with my getting
en the Aqultanla tomorrow."
"Docs Mr. McCermlck knew you are
coming?" she was asked.
"Certainly. I expect him te meet
us. I am going first te France, then
ie .ngianu. .is been as we can comply
with the formalities Mr. McCormick
and I will be married in a chapel near
the home of Mr. MeCermlek's brother,
Oenrgc, at St. Geerge's Hill, near Lou Leu Lou
eon." Second License Asked
Fer New in England
About that time a huge bunch of vio
lets nrrlveil at the hotel, with a card
b:aring Alllster IcCermlck's name. He
had thoughtfully preWded for Its deliv
ery before he hud sailed. Then came a
cablegram from Londen, telling Mary
thnt tlie marriage license had been ap
plied for.
"Allister called en me before he
failed," she confided, "and maybe you
think I wasn't happy. I was se happy
that I couldn't think of anv of the
many things I wanted te tell him. Don't
let nnbedy tell you that I'm net In
love with Allister. I am."
With that parting confession, she
sailed en April 11, bound for France.
Miss Kimball anneunced: "They will
be man led all right this time."
Anether friend Milling will! Miss
Baker wns tlie Countess de .Tnnze who
wa formerly Miss Alice Sllvcrthernc.
of Chicago. She expects te n.
matron of honor, nnd B'.neunced before
she Failed that she would go te her
Italian villa nftr the wedding.
There was no further excitement until
the bride-te-be landed in France and
proceeded te Paris.
Then came u cablegram, received Mav
27. It read: "The McCem.Ick-Bnker
wedding has been postponed again, Al
llster MrCermlck announced today. He
said It would take place some time in
September." Postponement Ne. 3 bad
occurred.
It appears that Alllster met the girl
in Paris upon her arrival, and for n
time everything seemed te be going
nicely. They metered, rode nnd danced
together nnd were Inseparable. Friend
pointed them out as an ideally devoted
pair at last and hope ran high.
Then the unexpected hnppcned again,
as usual. Miss Baker disappeared from
Paris.
Nevel Way Is Found
te "Avoid" Publicity
This expected unexpectedness occurred
the latter part of April. McCormick
stuck around Purls, and te anxious In
quiries as te what he intended doing
about it he gave the same reply be'
was "buying an automobile."
They kept nfter him for u mere defi
nite explanation, however, and finally
he told ull about It. It was real inside
stuff, and here it is: "We ure doing this
te avoid publicity."
This sort of a statement made mere
publicity Inevitable, and then along
came another element te complicate the
case. Harry Channen, an usher at the
wedding that failed te go through as
advertised Jn Chicago, turned up in
Paris.
At once kind friends nnneunced that
Channen was running McCormick "off
his feet." Channen anil Murv hnil heti
seen together frequently, it was nelnted
out, nnd sometimes Allister wer lnvlten
along, nnd sometimes net. This was
put squarely up te Allister.
"My lips are scaled," he said. "Mrs.
Baker has requested me net te talk.
She wants te avoid publicity, se I can
not explain. Perhaps In a month's time
I may have something te say. I can
not say whether Mr. Channen wants
te marry Miss Baker. I must net
talk."
Meanwhile the whereabouts of Con
trary Mary were a deep secret. Finally
It cauie out. Viscount Janze told It.
Miss Baker, he said, was touring France
with his wife and n innld. He said
he did net knew where they were.
Inquiry at the Jensse residence elic
ited the information that the Countess
.Tnnxu wns at home, and net touring
France after all. 'Where, then, was
Mary?
Then came the report Marv bad
"retreated te restful farm life," and
would be found at a sylvan Normandy
chateau that had been prepared for
her.
A trip was therefore undertaken te
the sylvan Normandy retreat, which
proved te be an isolated chateau up in
the hills. Mary hud never been there.
Contrail Mary Bobs Up
--and Stili Ne Wedding
Then Mar.v bobbed tin nciitn in Purl.
Following tills c.iuie announcement of
the postponement of the wedding until
next September.
Concerning this latest development,
Allister has sent the following cable
gram te a relation. "Itepnrt that Mary
and 1 have quarreled Is false. Agreed
te postponement. Mary is geljig te
England Tuesday. Will fellow her in
a week. Will have big wedding in
September, live happily ever afterward.
Am writing In full."
Aim as peer Harry Baxter said in
Teddy Gerard, musical comedy
actress, who is hurrying from
Europe te claim thc body of
Barry Baxter
the wedding, arrived in Chicago at the
same tline.es the wire announcing Bex.
tort death la New Yerk. M ' f -y
-State 'wea frequently seea la Miss
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