The evening world., 1912-09-21
DOROTHY RICE
WEEDS IN MADRID;
A UNEMPLOYMENT
Anti-Noise Crusaders Daugh.
ter Didn't Tell Parents She
Was tc BE Married.
BRIDE OF AN ARTIST.
Bridegroom Is Waldo Pierce,
Also an American, and
Former Harvard Star.
BRIDE OF AN ARTIST.

While II wasn't exactly an ciopemon,,
tho marriage OF Dorothy Rice. dAvga-
ter Of Mr. and Mrs Isaac L. Nce OF
this city, and Waldo Pierce Of Bangor.
Me-. at Madrid on Sept. 9 was a sudden
and unconventional affair. beiitting the
mcrcuriai tenpsraments Of the con-
tracing parties The news of the we'd
ding was a great surprise when II
reached Mr.. and Mrs. Rice Mt their
homo In the Ansonia, Mrs. Rice said to-
day. for they left their daughter In
Paris on Sept. and Miss Dorothy said
nothing to them nj that time of An
intent to wed Mr. Pierce Ave days later.
That an engagement existed between
their daughter and Mr.. Pierce was
known to Mr.. and Mrs. Rice. and the
match had their approval. bu, they
had expected the wedding 10 take
place In this city next December. Mr..
and Mrs. Rice sailed for New York
from London on Sept. 7. In ignorance
Of the fac. that their dauxh cr had
been married In Madrid the day be-
fore.
KNOWN TO BICYCLE POLICEMEN
AZ RED DEMON.
The bride Is a New York girl who
was pretty much In the public eye
from the time she left school. She and
her chum. Blanche Roscoe. were known
to the bicycle policemen as the Red
Demon" and the blue Streak" because
Of their penchsnt for speeding on motor
cycles along Riverside Drive and
through the parkways.
From childhood Dorothy Rice was
artistic In her tastes and her natural
bent led her to painting and sculpture.
She 10 an artist Of ability with talent
for presenting on canvas or In plastic
form the grotesQus and unusual.
Going abroad to study art eighteen
months ago Miss Rice met In Madrid.
whore She had established . studio,
Waldo Pierce. also an artist. Pierce
10 an unusual young American. uniting
artistic tastes with . huge. athletic
frame ana unlimited nerve and Init.
alive.
He was . football star in Harvard
and after leaving college enjoyed him
self ~ his fancy dictated. ABOUT two
years ago Il occurred to him that q
trip to Europe A. an attendant on u
cattle boat would be quite a lark.
In company with an adventurous
chum young Pierce signed ~ . cattle
valet on an American Transport
steamer bound for London. The Job
palied on him before the ship had cleared
from her dock. In the lower bay he
took dive overheard and avian ashore.
MEETs HIS chuM ON DOCK IN
LONDON.
The next day no sailed for London
q first cabin passenger on the Lust
tania. When the cattle boat arrived In
London Pierce was on the dock to greet
his chum whom he found under arrest
and In irons for having refused to work
and chastising the mate.
Pierce has been abroad since study.
Ing art In Paris and Madrid. He In a
son Of Mr.. ana Mrs. Mellen Chamberlain
Pierce Of Bangor.
MIRA Isaac J.. Rice In one of the
best known clubwomen In New York.
She 10 the founder OF the Society for
the Prevention Of Unnecessary Noises
and led the night which resulted IN the
| elimination Of superfiuous steam whis
tie practice by the pilots OF craft In
the North River adjacent to Riverside
Drive.