The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-07-31
NORDICA A BRIDE.
American Opera Singer Again En-.
barks on Matrimonial Sea.

London. July S1.-Mme. Lillian
Nordica. the American opera singer,
was married today to George w.
Young. a New York banker, at Kings
Weighhouse church, Grosvenor
square. The ceremony was performed
in the presence of few friends, most
of whom are widely known in Ameri-
can and English society.
Nine. Nordica wore a beautiful
gown of pale gray satin, the corsage
being covered with rare old Venetian
lace. 1t was one of the most beauti-
full creations London remembers. She
wore no hat or veil, but instead a
chaplet of laurel leaves. Her only
ornament was string of pearls, a
gift from the bridegroom.
James R. Carter, the secretary of
the American embassy in London,
gave away the bride, and Fred Town
send Martin of New York was best
man. Nine. Nordica's sisters, Mrs.
Emil Del Castillo and Mrs. Baldwin
and w. Fenlon Chauncey, accom-
panied her to the church.
The small church was decorated
with palms and white lilies. The
service was that of the Church of
England, and the Lohengrin wedding
march was played. There were no
bridesmaids. AT the conclusion of the
ceremony. Nine. Nordica stopped
while going down the aisle to shake
hands with number of friends.
A reception was held at Claridge's
after the wedding, at which number
of widely known persons were pres
ent. Later the couple left for South
amptOn to embark on Mr.. Young's
yacht for months cruise. They will
return to London before going to
America. The gifts included diamonds
and pearls from the bridegroom and
gifts from Ambassador and Mrs. Whit
law Reid. the secretary of the Ameri-
can embassy, and Mrs. Carter. the
dowager empress of Manchester. the
countess Of Shrewsbury. Lady Lister
Kaye, Sir Alfred Turner and Mrs.
Frank Mackey.
Lillian Norton, or Lillian Nordica.
as she is known to the stage, was
born in Pennington, Me-, in 1853. Her
first singing was done in a church
choir in a nearby New England town.
About 1885, however, Miss Norton got
together sufficient means to take her
to France for study. There she met
Frederick A. Cover, a Boston news
paper reporter. who had came into
the telephone business and made half
a million dollars out of Doctor Bells
invention.
Cover provided the money for her
studies and finally married her in
1885. In 1887 there was a disagree
ment and Nordica and her mother re-
IN
action for divorce and alimony. In
across the English channel in bal
loon. He was never seen afterward
and was declared legally dead. Nor
dica contested for her share Of his
estate and finally compromised for
$4,000 when relatives of Cover be-
gan to bring evidence casting doubt
about Covers death.
In 1896 Nordica was remarked in
indianapolis to Zoltan Doehme,
German tenor of considerable reputa-
ton. About three years ago there
was disagreement. and Nordica sued
for divorce, which was granted in lit
tie more than year ago.
More or less captious stories hing
ing on the somewhat mysterious death
of Nordica's first husband have been
revived from time to time. When she
sued Doehme for divorce the story
that evidence of the surviva. of her
first husband was at the bottom of the
action was freely circulated. There
appears, however. to be little basis
for these tales further than that
Cover was lost at sea and his body
never recovered.