Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11

One would hardly think, to look at the
portrait of the beautiful woman at the head
of this column, that the living original is
60 years of age. She has had the advantage
of that quiet, unemotional life which is en-
joyed by the British aristocracy mainly be-
cause they are above all sordid cares, and
do not concern themselves with the details
of the work-a-day world in the least. Thus
she looks probably 80 years less than she is.
The demands of society, great as they are
supposed to be, do not sap the vitality so
much, after all, when the votary takes all
= possible care of the health, and is always
studying the means of repairing the raw
ages of late hours and constant amusement.
This 6o-year-old woman, who looks not
more than 80, is the Duchess of Devonshire,
she having lately married His Grace, the
Duke of Devonshire, whose portrait is also
shown. He is SO. but he looks a great deal
older than his wife. Men do not seem to
possess the secret of perpetual youth in the
upper classes of Europe, which is an e1-
plapation of the fact that the Duke looks
his age and some years more. Her Grace
was formerly the Duchess of Manchester,
but her husband died in 1890, and she be-
came q bride for the second time last week
The Duke of Devonshire was long a friend
of the Duke of Manchester and his Ouch
= ess The latter has figured many years
in the highest social circles of Paris and
London.
Something unusual in weddings was seen
In the marriage of Miss Helen R Gillespie
n l..
The officiating clergyman was q Methodist,
but he used the ritual of the Episcopal
Church, with the ring. The bride is also
Methodist, but she admires the wedding SER
vice of the Episcopalians, and it was at her
request that it was employed to make her q
wife.
The result of the lawn fete ut the resi-
dence of Hill Burgwin, ESQ, Hasen Hill,
Hazelwood, was even better than was an
ticipated BY the ladies who managed the
entertainments They cleared al least $500,
and think they made rather more, all of
which is to go toward furnishing the new
Church of the Good Shepherd, Hszelwood.
This is splendid edifice, and tie ladies in
tend that the furniture shall correspond
While it is difficult matter to introduce
novel features into a lawn fete, the Hazel
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There were many different kinds of amuse-
ment, so that the guests were not allowed
to o-become weary bys monotony of enter
tainment The weather was glorious. The
air was cool enough to make light wraps
pleasant at night, but in the afternoon it
was as balmy as only perfect autumn day
in the shelter of the Alleghenies can be.
The marriage of Miss Jennie W. Dixon,
daughter of Mr. John W. McElroy, to Mr..
William Reno is dated for Thursday even
ing, the 9th instant Rev. George
Hodges, d. D., will perform the ceremony
at the brides home, Walnut street, East
End. The wedding will be q very quiet
one
That was a charming notion of one of the
brides of last week in this vicinity, to
decorate the whole house with the colors of
her college society. The colors were pretty
In themselves-apple green and white-and
draped by skillful h>nds into garlands and
loops, they produced an effect of subdued
loveliness that provoked general admira-
tion. The bride, Miss Della NJ. Chester,
was a pretty picture herself, and her sur
roundings were in perfect harmony with
her own appearance. The bridegroom was
Rev. Charles l. Smith, of the First NJ E
Charch, of Brownsville, and as he is the son
OF Rev. c. W. Smith, of the Pittsburg
Christian AdUocate, he is well known in Pitts
burg, as is the bride, as well as in McKees-
port, which has been her home hitherto.
Miss Minnie Anderson, daughter of Mr.
W. n. Anderson, will be welded to Mr. H.
n. Power next Wednesday evening. The
ceremony will be performed BY Rev.
George W. Chalfant, pastor of the Park
Avenue Presbyterian Church, at the home
of the brides sister, Mrs j. E Means,
Lexington avenue, East End.
The engagement is announced of Augustus
P. Burgwin, Esq, to Miss Mildred Carlisle,
daughter of Mrs. James Vaudeville Car
lisle, of Washington, d. c.