The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-23
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y the latest drama in our set. I
ehange OF husbands We used to call a
divorce a tragedy. but we do so no longer.
We believe nowadays the sooner d.
voreed woman changes her name the
better. She begins a new life. Ask any
woman who has been happily married
ten years or more about her life prior to
her marriage and she will answer:
Strange, Is it not. but 1t does not seem
that I lived at all prior to my marriage
Is this not happy feminine trait2 It is
the same with second marriages. recent
ly heard a woman say. II have only the
most vague recollections Of my first hus-
band-t1e only thing I wildly remember
was the sickenng odor of stale smoke.
because he would smoke all over the
house. But to come back to the Lorii-
lards. When one remembers how Mrs.
Pierre Lorillard, Sr., conducted herself
during the years her husband was max
ing scandal. her withdrawal from society,
her brave. noble woinanly conduct. it
seems strange her daughter should have
acted as she has done. Perhaps it was
because Of this. The daughter may have
thought 1t useless to suffer for the sake
of the. world; which at the best is not
much worth considering. Well, Mrs.
Maude Lorilard, divorced from Thomas
Sufferin Taller In August in Dakota, on
the ground of desertion, her home being
in New York. performed second light
ming change in London. No. was the
Hon. Cecil Barring.
Her first marriage was undoubtedly the
result of a love match and she andTom-
mie Taller had a difficult time in getting
the consent of the Lorillards to the union.
Tommie Taller is not a handsome man.
But he is certainly a most interesting fell
low, and quite above the average. He Is
Harvard graduate. comes from an ex-
cellent family, Is an all round sport and
man who has always something to say
for himself. AS the daughter of Pierre
Lorillard, Mrs. Taller could rule it at
Tuxedo, which was founded by her IA
Their Her husband has never ceased to
work for the good of Tuxedo, and 1t Is
largely due to his efforts that the late
Mr.. Lorillards project proved such a
marvellous success. Not altogether, of
course. But 1t would never have been the
popular place that 1t is If Tommie Taller
had not made 1t so. And here comes into
the firm of which Mr.. Taller is member
Cecil Barring, who has been something of
years had become a social recluse He Is
interested in tennis and all that sort of
thing, and he becomes a frequent guest at
the Taller cottage out at Tuxedo. Then
there Is a disagreement between husband
and wife over some other cause, and Mrs.
Taller quietly goes to the west and pro-
cures quick divorce. 1t Is at once inti-
mated that Tomnie Taller will be mar
ried again and that Mrs. Taller will be-
nd oil hpfn ha
petition has been presented. 1t may be
all a matter of gossip. There is no seam
dal about 1t, but simply a matter of re-
arranging the household, and having a
lightning change all around And the
first figure has been danced, and the first
change of partners made. Mrs. Barring
| stands very good chance of becoming
a countess and perhaps going into the
next coronation in robesaof ermine with
a coronet upon her head.
1t is true that Lord Revelstoke still
lives, and these announcement bachelor
elder brothers have a trick of living very
long and sometimes marrying when least
expected. Lord Francis Hope has had
strawberry leaves, long deferred, In wait
ing for the duke of Newcastle to expire,
and May Yohe is out of the race alto
gether. Lord Fermoy has broken nearly
every bone in his blessed body a hunting,
Roche Is not yet a peer, and Mrs Burke
Roche was obliged to give up hopes for
the present coronation. However, every
thing is as merry as a marriage bell
Tommie Taller Is at Tuxedo with the
Hon. Hugo Barring and the Lorillards, all
in perfect good comradeship. And this
is only one of many themes-what a
storyl and perhaps in my humble way 1
might meekly suggest that 1t has dram
attic possibilities.
Apropos of these undismayed voyagers
on matrimonys tempestuous sea the
brothers Pe1l, sons of the late Col. Archie
Pell should not be passed over. Both
Archie and Duncan are stout of heart
Duncan has already gone and done 1t
and Archie is about to invoke the at
tendance of the youngster with the torch.
He has layed seige to Mrs. Bent, Phil
adelphia widow who was formerly Miss
Clara Cromwell of Bordentown, N. j.
This engagement is the reverse of that of
Mrs Taller, as Mr.. Pell is a divorced
man, his first wife having freed herself
a few months ago, to soon afterward
marry DR.. George Turnure. His brother,
Mr.. Duncan Pell, was divorced from Miss
Pendleton of Staten Island and married
Miss Helen Gardner of New Haven, and
his cousin, Mr.. Osgood Pell, recently d.
i. Other engagement of the week were
those of Professor David Fairchild of
Washington, ID. c., and Miss Mildred
Howells, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam Dean Howells; of Mr. Paul Denckla
Mills, son of Col Samuel NJ. Mills, u S.
A. commandment at West Point, and Miss
Ellen Drexel Paul. daughter Of Mr. James
Rodman Paul; of Mr.. Arthur Poe of Bal
timore and Miss Anne Emerson King,
daughter of Mr.. Thomas NJ. King Of Irv-
ington-on-H Hudson and of Mr.. Charles v.
Cusachs OF the Naval Academy at An |
napolis and Miss Marguerite Porter,
daughter of Commander Theodore Por-
ter, U. S. N.
Tuxedo continues to be unusually gay, |
and the weekend" there sees success
sion of luncheons, dinners and other en-
tertainments. Almost all the cottages
are still occupied and 1t is difficult to OBJ
tain rooms over Sunday at the club
house. On a recent afternoon and under |
the patronage of Miss Breese and a num-
Der of other ladies the little operetta OF
"Floriana," with words by Mr.. Oliver
HEREFORD, was given the clubhouse ball
room, and on Saturday evening last Mr..
and Mrs. Charles b. Alexander gave a
largo vaudeville entertainment and sup
per at their beautiful house. Among the
new Corners at Tuxedo this autumn Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Simonds, Jr.. have
taken a prominent place. 1t Is probable
that Mr.. and Mrs. Smonds will remain
at Tuxedo all winter, and no what It
ia learned def1nitelv- that Mrs Eimonds