The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-18
NEW YORK ROMANCE
Ethel IseIin to Wed Frederick
GroSVenor Goodridge.
BOTH OF BLUEST BLOOD
Both Wealthy and Both Cred
tied With Horse Sense.

Anowiedged the crowning event in the
lives of all reasonably disposed young
women and young men.
This time it is Ethel Iselin, daughter of
the late John Iselin, and, through her
mother, a Hneal descendant of the patri-
clan Gouverneurs, who has surprised our
redoubtable Four Hundred by announcing
her engagement to Frederick Grosvenor
Goodridge.
The announcement of the engagement
Of Miss Ethel Iselin and Frederick Gros-
venor Goodridge is a blow to society. 1t
has proprietary interest in them both.
They are both young, they are both clev-
er, they are both rich. Free they have
ornamented the drawing rooms Of the
-Four Hundred. Fettered with the scack-
les Of love they will probably turn their
backs upon crowds and noisy functions.
Ethel, the lovely niece of Adrian Iselin.
made herself a favorite in New York So
ciety long before Frederick Goodridge dfs-
covered her. She counts her distinguish
cd relatives by the dozen, and her friends
by the score. Her mother was Mary
Philipse Gouverneur. and EtheTs younger
brother is known as Warburton Gouver-
neJr having changed his name to that
old honored one in order to perpetuate
it She is a first cousin of Yachtsman
Oliver Iselin. She is related to the Ham
lton Fishes, and Miss Margaret and
Katherine PhiliDse, who live with her on
Ea t Twenty-second street. are her cous-
i@1.
If one may judge a swoman by her
friends, Ethel Iselin's are worth noting.
for they are all women whose names are
representative in the world of fashion.
JHza5eth Duer, she who is a cousin of
Mrs. Clarence Mackay, is one; Julia Del
afieid is another
in way. too, Ethel Iselin is related TO
the man who within the last week she
has decided to make the hapuiest Of ell
mortals. Last June her brother. John H
Iselin, married Caroline Goodridge. the
sister of Frederick Grosvenor Goodridge
At the wedding Ethel served as brides
maid and young Mr.. Goodridge stood
near her. The natural sequence of such
p pinquity would seem TO have been .sug-
gested then. -,
RiTer dale-on-the-H Hudson, which has
been for many years the country home of
the Goodridges, is an ideal place to WOO
On a summers day There Caroline Good
ridge was married to John Iseiin me
months ago. There, all in green. the
shade Of the leaves that surround an ap-
pie blossom, so faint that in certain
lights it seemed to blend with the color
OF her eyes. Ethel Iselin yielded to the
open admiration in Fred Goodridge's eyes.
They found suddenly by some strange
chance that probably neither of them
could today quite trace that they had
distinctly similar tastes. They loved the
country. This was not strange because
they rad both grown up from childhood
among surrounding of flowers and
II es. Ethel Isein had lived for many
! ars at the old Gouverneur house at
CARR on's, on the Hudson. Miss Iselin's
father died some years ago; so did Fred
erick Goodridge's.
Gradually on that summers day the
Young man unfolded to strangely sympa-
thelc ears the secret of his ambitions,
the plans that he had formed and as vet
Cpnhdad, to no one. Some day he was go
Ing to be a physician. He told Ethel
lSelin of his classes at the College of
Phys clans and Surgeons. of how absorb
e he had become in the study of medi-
'c ne 90 the exclusion of even polo and
l-rses
Since his graduation from Harvard
With the class of 81. Frederick Goodridge
has been an enthusiastic medical student
Ethel Iselin is renowned for her SYM
patty. If any of her friends is in trouble
sac or he seeks consolation of Ethel. 1t
Is said that she is always looking out for
some one less favored than herself.
l. therefore goes without saying that
Ethel Iselin should interest herself in
charitable work. This winter she has be-
come extremely and absorbingly interest
ed in "a class called First Aids to the In
jured." which is held weekly in the Unit
e. Charities Building.
nay after day little ones from the East
Side poured into the rooms of the asso-
citation 10 serve as Illustrations in accu-
rate bandasing. With gentle hands Miss
lseiin learned how TO support a fractured
arm until the doctor comes"
Ethe. Iselin is essentially country
Eirl having spent the larger part of her
young life under the great trees Of Eag-
les Nest at Garrison's. one Of the es-
tates that have descended from the old
Gouverneur family. She has all the
graceful carriage Of a girl brought up
oat Of doors. She can pitch a bail or
catch one in way TO win the admiration
Of even a college man. She has as much
o. love for horses as a woman who
knows how 20 ride ought to have. and she
has besides. a touch Of the domestic vir-
tucs
II has been frequently said Of Ethel
1selin that she is one of the best dressed
girls in New York She wears great
deal Of blue which seems always to match
the color of her eyes. at one moment
brilliant at the next soft and deep.
But there is a wee bit of secret con-
nected with her clothes that will make
many a man envy Frederick Goodridge
his bride-to-be. Ethel Iselin is an accom-
p.ished needlewoman. and many Of the
gowns in which she looks so lovely are
the desult of her own taste and industry
in the art Of embroidery she is skilled.
Ethel Iselin is rare among women.
With her mother she is a housewife Of
4 ore than ordinary capacity; with her
brothers she is a sport Of the best order.
III lLLSt S-AN i Ie0eIaSA Gooctiuse ever
made her was a dog. q beautiful hound
that is. Ike his master, her devoted
slave. He presented her with it before he
had given her an engagement ring.
Frederick Goodridge's admiration for
Ethel Tselin seemed TO overflow finally
when he saw her handle a whip.
Il was after a drive in which she had
held the reins that he spoke his mind and
revealed the condition Of his heart Once
more the young girls views agreed with
his Lucky Frederick Goodridge viii be-
cone the husband of Ethel Iselin early in
the spring at the old Gouverneur home