Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-11-29
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Graves. of No.1s1 Madison avenue whose
marriage to Miss Genevieve j. Herne, IN
February, 1894. was something OF sur
tprise In society circles. anu VINO IS Ia
nous in Yale traditions as the owner or
Handsome Dan" Yale's bulldog mascot.
and William Leon Graves. OF Parls; VINO
I'm 1899 married Florence. the daughter OF
the late John Y. Emo.
r Robert Graves. Sr.'s. daughters all were
girls Of m uncomnonly tall ana aueshts
tvpe. They were beautiful. vlVacious. cu,.
tured and athletic In their tastes, anu ar
become social favorItes- One OF them Is
now the wife OF II. II. Hayes, UeH--
known Paris banker: another to MS.
lanes +. Fave. of Sands Point. L. l.. AND
= thiri OF the sisters of Mrs Joseph BTU
ton Leavy is Mrs. Percy Payne Lewis. o.
No. 43 Fifth avenue. -.
Jonct Gravess second wedding iaSe
Wednesday was as quiet ana private %
such :, ceremonial can be. oniS Neis
small company. friends and Witnesses ~.
tended her and Mr.. Leavy to the rectory
of ST Vincent de Paul. In Twenty-fo"fto
street. near Sixth avenue. and there mere
wholly without ostentation. Father VII
liam st. Elma Smith. the hre depart
n,eot chaplain, made them man ana VIE
bv the ritual of the roman S'''io''@
Church. .,rr
THIS LIE +
II was very different scene When on
~. dsv ten wears ago. Janet Graves
became the wife of Malcolm Wepster
Ford Special cars were run lot many
reuosts over the New York Centrai rai'-
road to Beacn Lawn. the beautilui sum
n1er home Of Robert Graves. the bride
brother, at Irvingtou- n-the-Huosor' ine
wedding ceremony on that occasion "ds
according to the ritual Of the Protestant
clergyman was the Rev. Chauncey h
Brewster, of Grace church, Brooklyn
Heights. :.
was who gave the bride IN wedlock.
Shortly after his fathers death RooeS1
Graves in 1856. when he was only nlne-
teen years old though he passed Tor
twenty-one. married Charlotte oe Crosse
Catlin. a daughter of General Isaac S.
CatIin, former district attorney OF Kings
county, and niece of General BENJAMIN
F. Tracy, former secretary OF the navy
whose sister had married General Catiln.
his conrade of war days
Robert Graves and his VIE. as nos1
and hostess of Beach Lawn. did every
thing possible to make the Ford-GraVes
wedding a memorable social event The
great reception-room of their summer
home. extending all the way through the
house. was decked with thousands OF
white roses and lilies. and at one end.
between the windows. two floral hearts'
wrought in pink and white blooms. were
tied together with a floral bowknor- Inc
maid of honor and the bridesmaids. VINO
were the statuesque sisters OF Janet
Graves. instead of bouquets carried Sill
yer horns brimful Of white roses Inc
bridegroom's gift to his bride was a large
crescent of diamonds. Malcom W. r ofu
was handsome bride groom. manly and
=, Of q wealthy father.
For four years he had held the aH-arouht
champiouship Of America as an amateur
athlete.
FEELING THEN ENGENDRD.
There was some feeling even then De-
tween him and his brother, Paul Leicester
Ford. to whom the father had given IT.
preference in his will. but the closet
was vet closed on that family skeleton.
| The ushers at the wedding were William
Leon Graves brother of the bride, and
Paul Leiceste Ford
II was a merry wedding. with no dis
cordant note. But the white roses ~ me
flcral hearts wilted: the bow-knot Of 5lc los
SONS that bond them over the windows
of Beach Lawn was fragile. ne co sn
they symbollzed pT9Eed hardly lot lef ban So
marriage In a few years the floral pono
was severed by the law. but nearly a
! decade had passed before the Wilted Wnlle
roses of that wedding day were dyed SCAR.
| brother lay dead beside the other on the ne
F., floor of Paul Leicester FordS stray "a
| the beautiful west side home he had ouii'
/ with the help of his facile pen.
! And the hos; and hostess of that June
wedding day! The roses have Wilt tee 10 t11
| them. too Robert Graves and the dau3n-
! ter of old General Catlin had been mar
| ard wife fourteen years when divorcs
| parted their lives. through suit in which
/ ; Hamilton Jafrray. Of Yonkers, was
named as the correspondent. Mr.. Graves
| sod Beach Lawn and moved into pacn-
i elor quarters in Madison avenue. Mrs
! Graves irnnured herself in q convent 10Y
long period of retirement. from wh.cn
+. she has only recently emerged.
| To both the hostess and the orlde o.
Beach Lawn was born son 10 nI.
! them in memory. to the days before inc
|, white roses faded.
| Joseph Britton Leayy is wealthy
| brewer Of Brooklyn. the treasurer and
| ore of the directors Of the LeaVy q Rrit,
| ton Brewing Company. Like Rooer,
Graves. be IS member. of the Crescent
| Athletic Club. of Brooklyn. and he alst
/ holds membership in the Calumet: ,as
| Co. ectors' Club and the Delta Kappa
Epsilon College fraternity Until recent.
/ he occupied bachelor apartments IN the
| Beverwyck. in West Twenty -ssvnrf
/ street.