Evening star., 1898-07-08
THE WORLD OF SOCIETY
Married in Hoboken by Justice of the
Peace.
Miss McPherson, Despite Maternal On
position, Has Married n Russian
DOctOr-Fersonal Notes.

frieEds by the announcement of her mar
| riage last Saturday, in Hoboken. N. j., TO
DR.. Joseph Muir, physician, who has an
office in New York city on 34th street
where he and his bride are now living. DR..
| Muir's first wife secured a divorce from
| MIN year ago, and this fact made it i'm
possible for him 10 renarry in New York,
and hence the marriage in Hoboken, which
N&s performed by justice of the peace
The latter personage happens also to be
| barber and the superintendent OF the
| city baths.
Mrs. Mcpherson and her daughter have
been living in New York lately. The latter
has large circle of acquaintances in this
city, where her g:rlhood was spent except
ing the time passed abroad in finishing her
education. She i,cade her formal debut in
| society here, and was quite a belle. Her
devotion to sports, bicycling and driving
| de., was so intense as to cause her to give
up other society pleasures. She is a good
hngulst and her musical talents have re-
celved the lest cultivation. While par
tcularly bright French scholar she is
equally conyersant with German literature.
| The late ex-senator Mcpherson left an
estate said to be worth about So 600 COO
which is controlled entirely by his widow
| His daughter has besides a personal in
cone derived from property investments in
| this city partly, which were given her by
| Ter father before his death. Mrs. McPher-
! son threatened to disinherit her daughter
| Ii she married against her wishes.
| Dr. Muir is a Russian by birth and has
been in this country since 1875. He is
| thirty-hve years of age. He graduated from
| a New York medical college and finished his
studies in foreign hospitals. The story of
| ms ACQUAINTANCE with his wife and the de-
| tails OF their marriage are told in the fol-
| lowing from the New York World of today:
| Mrs. Muir came into the reception room,
where some people were waiting 10 see her
yesterday, smoking cigarette. She talked
with that peculiar accent which is supposed
| to be purely English and which is spoken
| only by Americans who have spent con-
siderable part of their time abroad,
My husband feels little embarrassed" :"
| she said, "and 1 thought had better come
out to see you. / really don't see what all
! the bother is about Why should there be
| aiIy publicity? We are married and that is
| all there is TO it. But what do you want
| to know about 1t?
I'VE were married in Hoboken because
my husbands divorce made it impossible
for us to be legally married in this ST ate.
1 really cannot understand why people
should be interested in us.
Il first met DIR. Muir eight months ago.
| at the house of a common friend. 1 was in
troduced to him, as l was to several other
people whom l had not met before. We
were mutually attracted 10 each other. We
| fell in love, and now we are married. 1t is
really commonplace enough.
My mother was opposed to the marriage.
l did not marry without her knowledge.
She knew of my engagement long ago. I
told her as soon as we had determined to
be married. When l left her on Saturday
told her what l was going to do. There
was no secrecy about it. 1 drove to the
Waldorf-Astoria, where l became the guest
Of friend of mine. When DR.. Muir ar
| rived We went to Hoboken and were mar
| ried. DR.. Muir wrote his name on the reg
| lister. Anybody can see it there.
I'VE were not married suddenly, although
| the exact day was not fixed very long in
advance. We waited until we thought the
proper time had come and then we carried
out our purpose without unnecessary ac-
| claim or show. If 1 have made any saeri-
| flee am delighted to have the privilege CT
| making it for the man of my choice. 1 am
not a foolish girl. l have arrived at the
age where young woman is supposed TO
possess discretion and knowledge of the
state of her own mind"
DR.. Muir came in and chatted about Finn
self in his soft, vibrant tones-talked Ike
well-bred man OF the world.
This is the story of how Miss Mcpherson.
the heiress to S5,0O0,O00, the daughter of q
distinguished man, a belle of the great cap
ttals Of the world. married a doctor little
known. without wealth or position, at the
risk of sacrifice of the great wealth which
would have come to hsr.
A wedding of interest to many Wash
ingtou people took place Tuesday evening
in Baltimore, when Miss Amy Rogers
Balch, daughter of Rear Admiral George
Beall Balch, U. s. N, was married to Mr..
Malcolm Kenneth Gordon, son of DR.. ID. c.
Gordon, formerly of Virginia, but now re-
siding in this city. The ceremony was to
have been performed at the Church of ST.
Michael and All Angels, and over 5000 in
vitations had been issued, but owing to
the sudden Illness of the bride the cere-
mony took place at the residence OF her
father, 170S North Charles street, Balti-
more. 1t was nece ssary to recall all the
invitations except those to the immediate
relatives Of the two families. The bride
wore white silk, with tulle veil, which
showed to great advantage her graceful
brunette beauty. Miss Mary Ellen Balch,
sister Of the bride, was maid of honor, and
wore an exquisite gown of light green
organdy over green silk. and carried
bouquet of white roses. Among the many
beautiful gowns worn were those of Mrs
Balch, mother of the bride, which was
bardsome black lace; Mrs. Duvall, aunt ot
the bride. black and white silk; Miss Kath.
crime Peck. a dainty white silk null ovei
white silk; Miss Balch, cream silk anf
turquoise velvet; Mrs. Prince of st. Louis,
black lace over pale blue; Mrs. George VIM
sen Balch of this city, mousseline de sole
over pink silk, and Mrs. Kathleen Duvall,
white crgandy. Among the relatives of
the family who went over from Washing
ton were DR.. Gordon. the father of the
groom, ex-Secretary Herbert and Mr.. Mi
cou, cousins of the groom; Mr.. Gordon
Wyche and Mr.. Robert E. Lee. jr., also
of Commander sigsbee. aunt of the bride;
Gen. and Mrs. Lockwood, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Vinson Balch, brother and sister
in-law of the bride; Mr.. Francis Dupont
brothers of the br:ee The ceremony was
performed at 7:30 o'clock by the Rev.
George Lay, brother-in-law of the bride,
assisted by the Rev: c.. Ernest Smith Of
st. Michaers and All Angels. Mr.. Ed
ward Floyd Jones of New York was best
n an, and the ushers were Mr.. Francis Du-
pont Balch. Mr.. Robert Burton, Mr. Bierne
Lay, Mr.. Robert E. Lee jr., DIR. E. R.
Sampson and Mr.. Gordon Whyche. The
groom is one of the masters at ST. PauPs
School, Concord, N. H., and after three
months spent in travel in Europe the young
couple will go to the new home which
awaits them at Concord.
Mr.. are Mrs Henry Weaver Hamilton
and their little daughter Gertrude are
spending the summer at Oakmont, Nd
Mrs. Hamilton's sister, Mrs. Catlin, is
spending a few weeks with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Herman will be at
home Sunday, July 10, from to 10 pm, in
honor of the confirmation of their son Phil
Mrs. Wm P. Pope of Mississippi is spend
ing the summer with her father, Mr. Fred
Beali, at 205 A street southeast
Mr.. Robert ]. Lawrenson has gone on a
visit to Tampa, Fla, and will be away two
weeks.