The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-10-09
GOSSIP'S TONGUES
At LAST At REST
James Brown Potter WEEDS Miss
May Handy
MRS. POTTERA GREAT BELLE
Arrival of William Nissan Vanderbilt
Without Wife a Disappointment
to Long Island Society,"
About the clews.
MRS. POTTER A GREAT BELLE
BY DIEDRIcH kNIckERBockER.

New York, October S.-After a series of
strenuous denials of an existing engage
ment, James Brown Potter has at last
claimed Miss May Handy as his bride.
Many people here believed they would
eventually be married, so their wedding
created little surprise on this side, but
1t must have been an exciting day for
the chatelaine when the news reached a
certain country house near London-the
home of the divorced Cora Urquhart
Potter, formerly belle of New Orleans
society, and later an active matron in
Fociai affairs here and at Newport Few
%omen have enjoyed more undisputed
belleship than the former Miss May
MANDY since her debut in Richmond,
mhere she had lived since her glrlhood
days. She and Mr.. Potter were both born
IN Baltimore, and the latter is thirteen
years her senior. Mrs. Potter is the
'daughter of the late Maj. Edward Lloyd
HANDY, U. S. A. Her mother was twice
married, being the widow of the late
Judge Robert Ould at the time Of her
wedding to Major Handy. Mrs. Potters
maternal grandmother, who was Miss
- Arcy, was in her day a great belle in
the Monumental City, and on both sides
she is related to many of the Oldest and
most aristocratic families of Maryland
and Virginia
James Brown Potter Is a nephew of the
bishop, and a son of the late Howard
Potter, OF New York. OF late years he
has made his home at Tuxedo, but has
spent much of his time in Mexico, where
lhe has business interests His daughter
ldamiliarly known as Fiji" is the wife
of James A Stillman, son of James Still
tman, the banker. 1t was said at time of
liner wedding that any objection she had
no her fathers remarriage was removed
lby that event. One OF the former Miss
Handy's devoted admirers was Archer
Henderson, Jr., a son of Colonel Ander-
son of Richmond One of her good friends
is Mrs. John r. Mclean, slster-n-law
of Admiral Dewey. The McLeans once
had Newport season and Mrs. Potter
lwas their guest that summer.
James Brown Potter's divorced wife
was, as Miss Mary Cora Urquhart,
beautiful, spirited and impetuous girl.
Colonel Urquhart. her father, was a
typical southerner. He had been a mer-
chant, but failed and retired to a coun-
try town In Louisiana, where late in
the seventies Cora met Mr.. Potter, whose
Father and grandfather were both
wealthy bankers. When Potter first
brought his wife to New York the late
Pierre Lorillard who discovered the
charm of Tuxedo park, presented her
with tract of land there upon which
she built handsome cottage She first
appeared in amateur theatricals about
twenty-five years ago. The divorce was
obtained by Mr.. Potter at Newport four
years ago on the ground of wllful de-
Bertion Mrs. Potters caustic criticisms of
the Potter family are well remembered.
MIR. and Mrs. James Brown Potter will
be In Paris for month or two and will
return and spend season at Palm Beach.
William ]. Duane who acted as Mr.. Pot
tiers best man, is a Princeton graduate,
a member of the University club and
about forty years old.