The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-01
How the Marriage With
Miss Sopwith Was
Brought About.
MADAME GRUBB SUGGESTED 1T.
The Home Coming Of the Bride to
\ Edgewater Park-0ne of the
Handsomest Estates in
New Jersey.
Special to the Jerseu citu Mems.

TRENTON, Oct. 81, 1S9L.-Madame
Grub. the mother Of General e. Burd
Grubb, the Minister to Spain, will be a
happy woman next Tuesday morning
when she witnesses the ceremony that
will make the beautiful "Rose of Lis
more" the mistress Of General Grubb's
home at Edgewater Park. The Madame
is responsible for this match. She
brought it about in pretty nearly the
same manner as sne did the match with
Miss Van Rensselaer, twenty-four years
CO.. The General has been a widower
for seven years. He never intended to
remarry because his daughter, Miss Efie
Grub. was quite competent to preside
over his elegant home. She and her
friend, Miss Ida George, who is con-
sldered the prettiest woman in Madrid
and who is soon to marry a marquis,
have for several years, presided at the
five O'Clock teas n receptions.
General Grubb met his bride at a tea
given in her honor by the ambassadors at
Madrid. Her father, Thomas Sopwi5h, is
well known in Spain, and his princely
income is derived from mines that he
owns in that country. General Grubb's
investments are also in iron mines located
in Virginia. Miss Etfie was the first to
I'LL III lOtC Wkbu MISS tlOl6b OpWltn
They became ~inseparable friends. Miss
Sopwith fell in 20 with Madame Grub.
a dignified old lady. quite stout. very re-
fined, but nearly blind. The General
was interested in che Scotch beauty be-
u all the rest of the family were. One
evening after Miss Sopwith had taken tea
with the Minister Il his party. and had
appeared at her best, the General was
startled by his mother remarking:-'Ned,
that Is the woman you ought to marry"
Thu General had not yet discovered that
he was in need of a wife, but he thought
1T over. A day or two later, when the
subject of returning to America was be-
ing considered, Miss Ellie Grubb was
looking forward with more or less freuul
f~orepodings to the separation. Both had
| promised to write II to visit each other.
Miss Sopwith had left then, and as the
General came upon the scene Miss Ellie
said:-"Papa, why don't you marry Vio-
let, she is so iCvely?" Then the General
went to wooing, and did it bravely
Thirty days later his engagemenL was
announced quietly to the family.
The official announcement was made at
q fete given by the Sunday school chill
dren on the Island of Lismore, where the
Sopwiths have their summer home. II is
coated six miles off the coast and west
of Oban. Thomas Sopwitn owns the
island. which is five miles long and full
of picturesque scenery. The bride has
| uCOu ~ WOlACA III VhO onHQtg oOllOoA, ANU
was the presiding genius of all the par
ochial charities. The Clergyman was ac-
corded the privilege Of breaking the
news, u while some of the children
wept, Others applauded. 1t was a strange
co-nlingling OF JOY ard sorrow.
The wedding takes place in St.
Stephens Church, South Keusington,
London. The reception Will follow at the
London residence OF the BRIDES father.
The six sisters of the bride, and every
one of them are beautiful, will be the
bridesmaids. The ushers will be Phila-
Troop. which General Grub commanded
for several years. They anticipate APP
pearing in the striking uniform of the
troop. but it is doubtful whether they
| will be allowed TO land with their side
arms. Without the sword the uniform
will be snowy enough and will make
British regimentals look tawdy. 1t was
This gorgeous array that the Minister OF
Spain wore at Il fancy ball and outshone
every diplomat present. He was severely
criticised at the time for parading
in the uniform of a National
Guard Company at a court bail
but the General defended himself by de-
claring that the affair was not formal but
informal and was IA masquerade. He did
not dare go in mask and domino, so ne
wore his regimsntals. which he took with
him for just such a purpose. One of his
SlAORJ nav NfA w 1IANAtJ ~ y -
ton, son of E1itor Charles Warburton, of
the EDening Telegraph of Philadelphia.
Young Warburton Is now1a the theatre
cal business and was manager for Dixey.
The others are Charles +. Henry. j. G..
Groome, William L. Bates, E. G. Knight,
Jr., Edward Browning. Clarence h.
Lewis and Hugh Craig, Jr. The latter is
to be his groomsman. Besides his mother
aud daughter, there will be no immedi-
ate members of his family present. Mrs.
Marie and her son Peter Marie, who is
| his private secretary, are relatives and
they will come from Madrid to be pres
ent. If the General had postponed his
wedding for ten days, he would have been
married on his fftieth birthday.
H BRIDE.
The bride is as tall as the General and
has q commanding presence. She has
brown hair and dark blue eyes, and is
considered a typical Scotch beauty. She
is a society woman, and during the Lon
don season is prominent in all charity at
fairs. She has been well educated and
talks six languages fluenLly. She has
spent part of every yea on the continent.
| She is popular among all GLASSES. because
of her simplicity and quiet demeanor.
She acquired the title of 1.-THE Rose of
Lismore" because of her many charities
among the people on her fathers island.
The honeymoon will be spent in Spain.
Circumstances will compe the General to
combine business and pleasure. His leave
of absence as Minister TO Spain expires
January i. During q recent visit to
Washington, the President assigned to
General Grub several important mat
tiers relative to the reciprocity treaty with
Spain.
In April the general and his Scotch
bride will return to their Edgewater
home. AT the present time the Edge
wood Park is in the hands of mechanics
and decorators, aud the bride will proba-
bly, smell fresh paint when she arrives.
Grubb's Edgewauer Park home is one of
| the prettiest in New Jersey. 1t is on the
Delaware river. two miles below Burling-
ton. The house is a conspicuous one when
viewed from the river. 1t stands ON a
graceful elevation which rises from the
pebbly beach. On the sloping grass there
are TWO large butterflies made
of colens. From the drawing room.
through a glass DOR is obtained
\ sweeping view of the river and
the pretty landscape on the Pennsylvania
shore. IL is surrounded by an ample
park aud garden. On the bluff along the
river is a double line OF trees under which
General Grub entertaius the veterans of
the kearny Brigade and Grubo's Chick
ens," the name given TO the men who
fought in Grpbb's Twenty-seventh Regi-
ment, New Jersey Volunteers. In this
grove a table from which three hundred
can eat is spread twice a year. On the
days of the reunions. No house in New
Jersey is so well known. because of
the pdmerous aud varied entertain
meats that have been given there.