The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-01-25

in Editing shtp'e Magazine, bu
 wedding P0stponements Ended in
 Broken Engagement.
 In view of Tuesdays announcement
 of the broken engagement between Sig
 Marconi of wireless telegraph fame and
 Miss Josephine Bowen Holman of h.
 dianapolis, an account of their romantic
 engagement, an outcome of transat-
 lantic acquaintance, is of more than
 passing interest. The following &C.,
 count, containing quotations from Miss
 Holman herself. is printed by the Eng fish periodical, M. A. P.
 q was the first person in the world to
 know of MT. Marconi's transoceanic
 plans and one of the first to know of his triumph, l am the happiest woman in 1 the whole world" Such is the confess
 sion that Miss Josephine Bowen Hol- man has made to the representative of
 an American newspaper. It was bleak l November day in 1899, wrote q graphic | transatlantic interviewer, when Miss
 Holman came aboard the American | liner St. Paul, without ever thought Il l her mind of young inventor named | Guglielmo Marconi, who, couple ot 1 years before, had made some tests in space travelling messages and wireless | telegraphy.
 MT Marconi had been over to the yacht races between the Shamrock and Defender" said Miss Holman, and as I am interested in anything going on. of course l knew that he had been demon- strating the practibility of sending mes sages without wire by flashing bulletins from ship station outside of Sandy
 Hook; but I hadn't given the matter any special thought until suddenly some
 one whom we knew on board remarked
 that Marconi's name was on the list Of passengers. That struck me as interest," ing, and I began to watch out for him.
 Standing somewhere on the sh ps deck, with the waves roaring and the wind whistling in her ears, Miss Hol- man had pointed out to her slender, nervous looking, slight young man or medium height. He was quite pale, even with a brisk wind blowing. He had keen, searching gray eyes which seemed to traverse the ship in single instant. In that instant it is safe to say that Marconi discovered the woman who was for period his a.ffianced wife.
 "TIe saw at first very brilliant skil red cheeks on a snowy ground, because he stood at little distance. Later he knew the features in detail, the express t sion of the eyes. the tones of the voice, and all the rest that a man discovers in the woman he admires only with time. Some one offered to present him, say ing that the daughter of the late Jus tice J. A. Holman of the Indiana su- preme court was girl worth knowing. A single glance had informed Marconi of this, a second one revealed face ex- auisitely oval, charmingly framed in hair tinted with gold Then he discov- cred gray eyes that laughed when he did.
 Miss Holman declines to say wheth- CT it was love at first sight, You see, she replied discreetly. one doesn't just know when liking changes into love. Miss Holman is not in the habit of talk ing very much about anything that she feels deeply At Bryn MaWr where she graduated in 1896, she used to be called intense. She was one of the quiet kind who always come out at the head of the class.
 '.She had a decided literary bent. which, queerly enough, was somewhat instrumental in fostering her acquaint- ance with the inventor. In the course 1f the week they spent together Mar ,oni learned that Miss Holman was a ,olege girl, and quite capable of under standing something about the proper ies of ether and wave motions through 4ther He talked to her a bit about communication through space without connecting wires, about now ether might conduct and carry messages as a wire does, about his in- truments, his purpose, his ambition It vas all very interesting. oh, you will ucceed,' the young girl cried from time 0 time you must He found her an intelligent, charming pupil Her reas- urances were music to his ears, for he lad found himself thousand times mong doubters.
 Just before the vessel got to the 1 Needless Mr Marconi set up his appara us in the second cabin, and began | ending and receiving messages 6S I niles away, while the ship was going t full speed. Ii was while the excite Y lent about the Boer war was at it's VI eight. and the news he got was printed I q little paper that he issued on ship oard Of this little paper Marcon lade Miss Holman his associate editor. t gave them an excuse for consultation nd talks that might otherwise have squired explanation. Miss Holman, s may be supposed, enjoyed her terary labors as she had never done efore. The voyage over, arrangements ere made for future meetings in Lon on and all went well until the inven- 1r's manifold duties necessitated mar age postponements. which have been ,lowed by a request from the young oman to be released from the engage ent which Sig. Marconi most gallant granted.