Mr. and Mrs. Arlington Robinson

submitted by Michell Stone

Mother of Bride Found Certificate
While Housecleaning-Both Young
People Are Very Well Known

[photos of Both Young People with caption: "Mr. and Mrs. Arlington Robinson"]

Had Mrs. John Hirtig of No. 7[24] East Laurel street postponed her spring cleaning her daughter, Mrs. Bessie Robinson, would have still been known as Bessie Gilcher. But Mrs. Hirtig doesn't put things off. As a result she found a marriage certificate showing that her daughter had been married to Arlington Robinson [at] Niagara Falls February 22d.

With the secret known a pretty a[nd] romantic love story is revealed [missing] which the strains of a popular melody played by Bessie Gilcher while a pianist at the Edwards store proved irresistible to Arlington Robinson, who used to come to the music department each noon to chat with a male friend.

During these noon day calls Robinson saw Miss Gilcher at the piano. He heard her play. The melody that captivated him was the "Melody of Love," popular last winter. It became a favorite with the young man. Wh[en] on Christmas eve he met Miss Gilcher at a dance life took on an added zest.

Two months after the meeting the couple were married. They were engaged January 31st. Washington's birthday [22 February] they were to attend a party. It was to take place in the evening. On the morning of that day Robinson called Miss Gilcher to the telephone. The trip was planned. They took the morning train to Buffalo. At noon they reached Niagara Falls. An hour later the Rev. Fred Barber, a Presbyterian clergyman, had pronounced them man and wife. They returned to Syracuse that evening. The next morning they were in their accustomed places and the secret was theirs alone.

It was not until a few days ago [that] it became known. While cleaning [her] daughter's room Mrs. Hirtig found [the] marriage certificate. She confronted her with it. The daughter admitted the marriage. When Arlington Robinson came to the house that [night] a parent's blessing greeted him.

Mrs. Robinson is well known. [She] is a graduate of the Brighton [Gram}mar and the Central High [Schools.] She is an accomplished pianist [and has] a sweet soprano voice. For the [past] two years she has been playing at Rosenbloom's and the Edwards [store.]

The groom is the son of Mr. [and] Mrs. Walter Robinson of East Bri[gh?]ton avenue. He is a graduate of Valley academy and is a well-known amateur [missing] player.

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[Unidentified newspaper clipping hand-dated 26 May 1911, found in the indexed volumes of Syracuse, Onondaga County obituaries, etc., Bdb volume 19, page 222 or 223, at the Onondaga Public Library, Genealogy Department, Syracuse, NY.]
 

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7 July 2001