The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-12

fortune was inherited His mother was
a member of the famous Sedgwick fam
lily descended from Puritan stock. As
f, for the bill, James Anthony, who owns
a farm In the heart of the cottage dis
trict. declares that Mr.. Bristed, whose
estate at Lenox is as famous as his
wifes wonderful diamonds, owes him $500
| for gardening work.
| Mr.. Anthony is SO determined to dimin-
ish the wealth of the Bristeds by that
sum that he has brought suit.
The southern colony in New York was
interested in the announcement of the
engagement of Miss Eunice Williams.
daughter of Mrs. Espy Williams of New
/ Orleans, to William Nels Simons. Mrs.
| Williams was Miss Mamma Bowers, IA
daughter of Solicitor General Lloyd Bow
ers of Mobile, before her marriage. The
nuptias will be celebrated early in the
fall.
| Miss Eleanor Butler Alexander whose
marriage to Theodore Roosevelt. Jr, will
take place in the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terrain church on June 20. and r. Thorn
ton Wilson. who was best man for
his brother M. Orme Wilson, Jr, at his
marriage to Miss Alice Borland on June
| s will be attendants at the Fahnestock.
Bertron nuptials next Wednesday at the
home of S. Reading Bertron, father of
| Miss Elizabeth Bertron, the bride, at i6
West Fifty-fourth street. Other attend
arts will be the Misses Harriet Alexan-
der, Annie Douglas Graham and Helen
| Coster. Gibson Fahnestock Jr, will as
sist his brother as best man and Francis
| Roche, Edward Blagden and Rowland ).
Davis will be ushers. The Rev. DIR.
| Ernest M. Stres, rector of ST. Thomas
church. will perform the ceremony.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, widow of for.
mer President Cleveland, will spend the
summer with her children, the Misses
Esther. Frances and Marion. and SON
Richard. in New Hampshire. Mrs. Cleve-
| land and her children returned after ar
! 19 months sojourn spent in lausanne or
! Lake Geneva.
The widow of Grover Cleveland looked
in fine health. She took her chldrer
| abroad to get them grounded in French
/ They will now go into their home school
she said. What school they will enter
has not been decided as we. She said
their schooling of the last year was MOI
] the finishing process, but the foundation
! IF you want to learn French, l thinl
It is best to go where they SPEAK
French, she said I wanted them t.
have a year of French. l believe
knowledge of French will be quite neces.
/ sary within the generation"
/ Richard Folsom Cleveland is 10 year;
old. He has not vet made up his min,
| what he would like to do.
| II asked him a few days ago what h,
would like to be-. said his mother. "ant
he said he did not know I am glad he
Is not yet old enough to decide
While Mrs. Cleveland was away tn,
Senate committee on pensions reported
favoraby Senator Roots bill granting
her a pension of $4,000 a year.
In December Mrs. Cleveland and part,
were the guests of Countess Lazzari II
Florence, and also the guests in Paris o.
Prof and Mrs. Mark Baldwin.
Andrew Carnegie's gift of $4,000 to es
ia blish the Frances Cleveland library, II
honor of Mrs. Cleveland, at Wells col
ege. of which she is a graduate, wa
made in her absence
The greater part of Mrs. c. C. Rum
sey's trousseau--she was Miss Mary Ear
Il rirnan, you will remember-consists o
long coats and hats. They are built o
white serge, following the new style o
fashionable mourning. wool velings
white French henriettas and similar WOO
fabrics of soft and quiet gray. TIL,
trimming is very simple and sometime
is not used at all. 1t consists of folds
lusterless braids and wool embroider
les. An important part of her trousseal
consists of her hats, all of which wer,
made in New York. They vary in pric,
from $50 to several hundred each. Mos
OF them are rather large and trimmed
with folds and wired loops of white ma
terlal, or with mourning white paradis
feathers and pompons. The all-blacl
hats are varied by black with whit
trimmings and by one OF quiet gray witt