Caption: The Bride Studied the Beggar Leaning Against the Wall in His Shabby Palm Beach Suit,
Battered Hat and Smoked Glasses. This Could Not Be Her Husband! But She Had to Be Sure.
She Leaped Forward and Snatched Away the Glasses.
~ And Her Husband That Blind Beggar Certainly Was!
American Weekly, 11 August 1927.
This artist's conception of the moment that Lily and Eleni discovered Tsavalas as a beggar was prominent in the full page, sensational article.
Lily's family was so sensitive to her humiliation, and so caring about her, that they kept the story an unspoken secret for more than sixty years.
From the files of Jason C. Mavrovitis 2002. Online publication 2003.