Marriages can be performed at Riverview Park now with great dispatch and economy, according to Col. James S. Hutton, who calls attention to a recent double wedding there.
To the park in the hurry of hopeful expectation came Gentle Madon and Bessie Larson, of North Chicago, desiring to be married by a Lutheran minister, whose flock was enjoying a picnic in the grove. Unfortunately, he had departed, and the couple, disconsolate, were about to leave also when Judge John R. Newcomer, who is a frequent visitor at Riverview, drove into the park in his car. His services were immediately requisitioned and the legal ceremony was performed in the Casino.
Among those watching the tying of this knot was another couple, who also had serious intentions. So when Judge Newcomer finished uniting Mr. and Mrs. Madon, he immediately turned his attention to Charles McBride of Chicago and Miss Allie McClarie of Rockford, and sent them out of the park as man and wife. Judge Newcomer would charge no fee for his services but insisted on kissing both brides. For this reason Col. Hutton feels that couples should come to Riverview to be married as a matter of economy, besides being on the premises to enjoy their honeymoon.
