The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-07-14

army, a brother of DIR. Holbrook, spent
couple of days there while on his
way from Honolulu to Washington.
From Fridays Daily.
Will Mary Turkish Bey.
st. Paul Pioneer Press: Formal
announcement will be made within q
few days of the engagement OF Miss
Josephine Kalman of st. Paul to
Richard Edward Blacque Bey, first
secretary of the Turkish embassy in
Berlin.
1t will be one of the most interest
ing International marriages of the
season, and according to report the
ceremony will take place in the
bride of the distinguished Turkish
nobleman will participate next win
ter in the social affairs of the Ger
man capital.
Miss Kalman is one of the most
beautiful, accomplished and charming
of st. Pauls daughters. She has
been presented at several foreign
courts and extensively entertained in
the diplomatic and official sets of
various European capitals. She is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold
Kalman of st. Paul.
Miss Kalman met Blacque Bey in
Berlin, while she was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Scholle. Mr..
Cohollo who Woo anno;ntad from CT
Paul, was then one of the secretaries
of the American embassy at the
court of the kaiser. He has since
been appointed to Paris, and more
recently to Madrid, where he is now
first secretary.
Miss Kalman and her hostess
were presented to the Prussian
court, where the American girl caus-
ed quite a sensation by her beauty
and keen American wit. She took
an active part during her entire
visit at the embassy in the social ac-
tivities of the diplomatic set.
Miss Kalman and her mother only
recently returned home from an ex-
ent, and her closest personal friends
in St. Paul have known for some
time of the pending engagement with
the Turkish diplomat, so the formal
announcement will not come as a
surprise to them.
Richard Edward Blacque, whom
Miss Kalman is to marry, although a
Turkish subject, army officer and
government official, is of neither
Turkish birth nor parentage. His
father was French. His grandfather
was a French royalist who was
forced to fee from his country dur
ing the French revolution. He sought
a refuge in Turkey, and his son,
the father of the man Miss Kalman
is to marry. became Turkish sub
ject and was appointed minister to
this country when General U. S.
Grant was president Of the United
States.
Mr.. Blacque's mother was of
Scotch and English ancestry and
Mr.. Blacque was born in this coun-
try while his father was here as
minister. He is further entitled to
an American birthright by the fact
that President Grant became his
godfather He is a graduate of Got
tingen university and of Bonn uni
versity in Germany, and has been
in the Turkish diplomatic service
for several years. He is considered
one of the most progressive of the
Young Turks and is slated for pro-
motion to the rank of counselor of
the embassy, after which he prob
ably will be accredited either to
Washington or London.
The title "bey" in Turkey is COM
monty given to superior military Of
ficers, governors of provinces and
other officials of high degree in gov
eminent services.
Miss Kalman was educated in St.
Paul and the east and has always
been one of the most popular of
the younger set in ST. Paul society
She has travelled extensively in re-
cent years, spending a great deal of
her time abroad. Arnold Kalman,
her father, has real estate holdings
in st. Paul and in other parts of the
northwest. A brother, c. o. Kalman,
is the head of a bond and stock con-
Germ, and another brother, Paul, is
in business in Chicago.
Miss Kalman has a number of
friends and acquaintances in Man.
kato.
Eastern Star Picnic.
About hundred members of the
Eastern Star enjoyed a picnic at
Sibley park yesterday afternoon and
evening, including a basket picnic
supper. The rest of the time was
spent with games and in visiting.
DR.. c. H. Nerbovig won the mems
race, and his daughter, Louise Ner-
bovig, won the children's race. Miss
Ruth Bradley won the ladies' race.
DR.. Nerbovig's prize was a Mason's
trowel, Miss Bradleys was water
melon, and Miss Nerbovig's was a
musical instrument.
D. E. Walker had about won the
mems race, when he stubbed his toe
and fell down.