The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-18

An engagement announced every day last
week.
Not a bad society record for middle Au-
gust, eh?
II We can't go to yacht club regattas nor
dance at the casino nor tool over mountain
roads on top OF d coach. at least we can
stay at home and get engaged.
Take wal n,ng. ye maidens fair who are
roasting marshmallow down on the Jer-
sey coast with callow college youths; we
gentle-eyed gazelies who are pulling the
rubbery stems Of pond lilies from out the
Wisconsin lakes. assisted by that nice VIII
kins boy: We Narrangansett rymphs who
End only superannuated beaux of sixty-odo
summers with whom to. while away the
summer ~days-take warning. I repeat. and
stay At home next year. You may hear
something to your advantage
George AIDE wrote a fable on the stay-at-
home girl who got busy. don't you remem-
Der? Well. when September cometh and
your summer campaign has proven vain ana
proftless. Miss St. Louis. read over that
fable and paste Il in your new felt hat-the
one with the dead bird wound round the
brim-and ponder thereon for the next ten
months.
From the standpoint of the engaged girls
and others who are engaged but have not
Yet given away the interesting
the summer is proving a very profitable
one.
And just think Of the weddings! Really.
II has become positively epidemic this sum-
mer-the marrying of couples from whom
everybody expected some fan doirss aud
some spread of church decorations. white
satin gowns and brides bouquets made in
ten portions.
They lef, US In the lurcb. They sneaked
OF 10 the nearest little church round the
corner and were made one at some shock
ingiy questionable hour like ! In the morn
ing or 8 in the afternoon; and then, after a
luncheon at some downtown cafe with no.
body in sight except the walters, and not SO
much as a spear OF asparagus fern on the
table. they boarded a trolley car for Union
Station and whirled on with no rice. no
printed signs of go INSIDE AND SEE
THE BRIDE tackled on the sleeper, no
white ribbons wound round their trunks, no
nothing that had a single bit of bridal sig
nifcance.
too prosaic for any earthly use. and society
editors have been hard put TO make ac-
counts of same sound anything like ele-
gance and distinction
Here's the engagement list of the week:
Miss Celeste Michel to Doctor Philip Won
Phul.
Miss Matte Block to Mr.. Henry Weisels.
Miss Grace Clarkson TO Mr.. Lawrence II.
funk.
Miss Ruth McDanold to Mr.. Julius NJ. Glib
SON
Miss Florence PhiilippI to Mr.. James Be
mis-.
Miss Ellie Paul to Mr.. Douglass Boyer.
followed Immediately by their wedding.
Considerable conjecture has been rife the
last two days concerning the Identity AMI
family tree of Philip Clark, now of New
York, whose engagement TO the Newport
belle and athlete, Miss Greta Pomeroy. has
just been made known All the telegraphic
dispatches have referred to Mr.. Clark as
'of st. Louis'; but. as a matter of fact. he
has not lived here since babyhood.
The elder generation will remember his
father. who was the late Doctor Joseph J.
Clark. two decades ago a leading prac-
titioner of the town. Doctor Clark married
q Boston schoolmarm, and lived with his
family on the corner of Seventh and Pine
streets in what was considered at that time
as a very fine mansion He died a wealthy
man, leaving large st. Louis properties to
his widow. Mrs. Mary Clark. who still lives |
In Boston. |
Doctor Clark had three sons, of whom |
Philip Is the youngest. the others being
Herbert and Payson Clark. They have all
lived and grown up in Boston and New
York and have taken a prominent place in !
the best society OF the East. sHt ~
Greta Pomeroy. the happy fancee. can do
anything where athletic sports are con-
cerned. She is handsome. and needless TO
say Of superb proportions. Revolver shoot
ing. swimming. staying grizzly bears-all
Is mere child's play to this Diana. and her
prowess in every one of these lines flls
her friends with great pride. She has long
been the chosen intimate Of Mrs. Mamie"
Fish and has lent much valuable assistance
to this lively matron In the planning of
those unique balls and routs which have
made the "Crossways' famous at Newport
Why, oh. why, does Miss Florence Phil
lippi go and disappoint US all IN this ia
grant manner? Here we who have not been
out Of town all summer have watched with
the greatest interest, not TO say excite
ment Everybody has been hard up for
something TO do, you know. the unfagging
attentions Of a certain young widower to
this handsome Crystal City girl: and. nat
urally. We all expected something to come
of 1t. And now the fair maid-I really ought
to add the Customary adjective Tickle
announces with the greatest sang-froid
that she Is betrothed to Mr.. James W. |!
Bemis.
when we have all so thoroughly and so
satisfactorily settled Miss Phillippi's future |
for her, now isn't 1t a bit hard on us to
have our ADVICE thrown away and our prog |
nostications all come TO nausht?
III wager one Bemis doesn't think so. |
however.
Many are the merrymakings on board the
Butler yacht. DuQuesne. this summer. |
which Is now lying OF Cape May. Colonel
and Mrs. Butler have certainly been loyal
TO their st. Louis friends. Ever since the
yacht left New York Harbor early in June |
there has been a lively party aboard, with
always several home folks among them.
Miss Ella Daughaday is an all-summer
guest. A few days ago the Duquesne
steamed into Cape May and entertained all
the St. Louis people who are at hotels
there with q luncheon served on deck. Then
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Hull. Miss Carrie Cook
and Miss Flora Dula, with some New York
men to fill out the party. went for a few
days cruise with the Buffers. |
We are all excitedly watching a matri- |
monial race in the summer crowd-the |
crowd Of US that appears at the gardens, |
that occasionally-very occasionally-sees a
race: that never misses a ball game. and
that is oftener than not to be found early
in the evening dining on the cottage porch
at Delmar, or under the trees at Schoen- |
laub's or out at the Kinloch Club.
The short and stout bachelor with dark au- |
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