The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-08-05
MARRIED A PASHA.
The Bride a Daughter Of a Stand
ard Oil Magnate.
A GIFT FROM THE KHEDIVE.

A Wedding Out of the Ordinary
Run of Matrimonial Alliances at
Langhorne, Pa.-Who the Contract
of Guests Present.
LANGHoRNE, Pa, Aug. "a we'd
monial alliances took place at the resi-
dence of DIR. Pickering, in this borough,
today. The bride, Miss Emma Wal
raven Comfort, of New York, is q
daughter of Major Samuel Comfort. of
the Standard Oil company, and a niece
of DR.. Pickering. The groom is apasha
of Egypt, where he fills the official
post Of director general of prisons. Al
though pasha the handsome foreigner
is an Englishman by birth and educa-
ton. His name is Harry Crookshank,
and he is entitled to add F. r. G. @. S.
to his signature. His father was all
English general who was killed in tho
Indian service. While yet medical
student Crookshank became attached to
the medical corps Of the German army,
and followed its various fortunes
throughout the Franco Prussian war.
Rewarded by the Empress Augusta.
For valiant services he was rewarded
by the Empress Augusta, who took
from her own finger ring and pre-
sented it to him. He entered the Turko-
Russian war, and was in the surgical
corps at the, Bulgarian massacre and
through the Servian war. In 1888, when
the cholera was raging in Egypt, DIR.
Crookshank went to Cairo. His fidelity
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khedive's personal attention, and he
was created pasha and made director
general of the Egyptian prisons.
The Bride.
Miss Comfort is Vassar graduate.
She is tall, fair and stately. Her edu-
cation was begun at convent in Paris.
When she graduated from Vassar in
1889 she took high honors in the higher
sciences, notably in chemistry, mathe-
matics and astronomy. She went abroad
with her mother. While in Egypt they
were the guests of Judge Kelley, of the
Egypaian judiciary, and it was through
his influence that they were presented
to the khedive and afterwards honored
with invitations to the grand ball given
at his court. 1t was then that the pasha
lost his heart.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
a. ". Il. WeStmacOtt, rector OF Chrlsts
church, at Newton, Bucks county. A
large number Of guests came from New
York on q special train. Miss Bell
Wood, of Orange, N. j., was the muid
of honor, and the bridesmaids were
Miss Mary Kelley, of Egypt; Miss Lille
Barnsley, Miss Helen Chambers and
Miss May Pickering
Present from the Khedive.
Many beautiful presents have been
sent the bride, but the one which she
win prize above all the rest, and which
is to encircle her throat when she is led
te the altar, comes from the khedive.
1t is magnificent necklace, made es-
pecially by the colift jeweler. 1t is an
exact copy Of one that was worn by
Queen Aah-hotep in the eighteen dyn-
asty, which began in 1903 b. G. Tho
necklace is made up of two amethysts,
two comedians and several curiously col
ored stones, all of which are carved to
represent beetles. These are supported
at the top and bottom by string of
lotus flowers wrought in colored enamel.
The stones in the necklace were taken
from the tombs of old Egyptian prin-
cesses in the world. Lady Vincent has
one and Lady Colin Moncieffe the other
both of which were presented by the
khediye.