The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24

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Taylor -Bloomer Wedding.
Miss Dorothy Taylor, granddaughter
of the late Gov. Flower, is soon to be-
the bride of j Ralph Bloomer Of Gin
cinpati. She is now in Paris prepar'
ing for her wedding by visits to dress
makers. Miss Taylor is the closest
! friend of Mrs. Ralph Thomas, who was
Mrs. Frank Gould. Although he has
been engaged in business in this city
for some years, Mr.. Bloomer IS best
known IS football PLAYER, having
been guard on a y ale team. He has
been attentive to Miss Taylor for years,
| but it was only recently that she con-
sented to marry him. No date has been
set for the wedding, but before Miss
/ Taylor went abroad she confded TO
friends, including Mrs. Gould, that she
was going over for her trousseau.
Deacon Peabody Engagement.
From Newport comes the interesting
news of the engagement Of Miss Edith
Parker Deacon to George Peabody Of
Boston, Miss Deacon, who was intro
duced to society by her grandmother,
Mrs. Charles II. Baldwin, who made the
announcement of the engagement. rs a
daughter of the late Edward Parker
Deacon, member of leading Boston
family, and long identified with New
port. Miss Deacon has spent the last
| few summers at Newport with her
grandmother, and has taken an active
part in the social and outdoor life of
the famous summer resort. She is very
fond of sports Of all kinds, and is a
very beautiful and attractive girl. She
is now visiting the family of her iance
in Boston. She is a sister of Princess
Radziwill, who married in London re-
Gently.
Another Engagement Announced.
One of the interesting items of news
is the announcement of the engagement
of Miss Irene Sherman, elder daughter
! of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Watts Sherman, to
Lawrence l.. Gillespie of New York and
Newport. Miss Sherman and her sister,
Miss Mildred Sherman, are among th
best known of our young women of so"
cietY. They were introduced about three
years ago, and are exceedingly popular,
both in town and in Newport, where
they spend their summers. There Is
only years difference in the ages of
the two girls. and they resemble each
other so closely that they are often mis-
taken for twins, an error the more
easily made on account of their custom
of always dressing exactly alike, For
the last year they have been little in
society, owinD to the family being i'll
mourning for Mrs Sherman's mother,
Mrs. John Carter Brown. The two
Young women inherited large fortunes
from their maternal grandmother. Their
half sisters, children of Mr.. Sherman IS
first marriage, arc Mrs. Harold Brown
and Mrs. Norrie Sellar. Mr.. Gillespie
is a son of Ma. Gen. George l.. Gil
lespie u. S. A., retired, of Washington,
d. c. He is graduate of Harvard,
class of 1898, and member Of the
Union ard most of the other important
| clubs pf Np,y Work. III n nrpSiHppt
the Equitable Trust company.
Forgets Sorrows in Europe,
"The only place | can forget my sor-
rows is in EUROPE said Mrs Philip
Van Valkenburgh, who has been stay"
ing at the Muenscbinger cottage in
Newport since she and her husband
separated at the Plaza hotel in this
city. There are all kinds of rumors as
to the cause of the separation. One was
that Mrs, Valkenburgh was too ex-
travagant, although this could hardly
be, for she was worth $5,000,000 in
her own right before marrying, An
other rumor said that the husband be-
came piqued because his wife allowed
an oil painting of herself to be ex-
window. Another report, and by far
the most interesting one, was that an
unknown woman had poisoned Mr.. Van
Valkenburgh mind against his wife.
Veteran Tennis Expert.
Tom Petit. the veteran lawn tennis
expert. has again reported as superin-
tendent of the Casino squash and court
tennis courts. He has been in service
at Newport for twenty seven seasons,
The Casino would not be the Casino
without "Tom' Petit. 1t is need
less to say that he is substantially re-
membered at the end of each season.
Secure New Sensation.
Membere- Of the Four Hundred who
elect TO stay on this side Of the Atlantic
this season have secured n new sensa-
tiou to while away the tedious hours
at Newport, Bar Harbor and Narragan'
sett Pier. The sensation is Countess
Thamara dc Swirsky, the Russian
dancer who made such a hit last year
at the Metropolitan opera house, where
she appeared in Oriental. Greek and
Russian dances. Arthur Toscanjni de
scribes her as having the ''most musi-
cal BODY he ever beheld. Her beauty
Of form and grace of motion have
earned her the recognition Of the smart
set, and from now until the regular
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