The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-21
THE HUMAN PROCESSION

Miss Daisy Markham known to p1av goers of two continents as Violet Moss IS daughter of India, and celebrated her twenty-seventh birthday yesterday. Miss Markham recently attained wide celebrity by reason of her breach of promise suit against the young Mar Qu1S of Northampton, which was set tied by the payment of $25O, 900 heart balm to the injured lady. Miss Mark ham made her first staga appearance nine years ago at Manchester, Eng land, in "As You Yike It. In the following December she visited New York with Sir Charles Wyndham's company, appearing as Elaine Shrimp tor in '"The Case of Rebel1ious Su san.' She made a great hit when she returned to London, playing lead ing roles in Leah Kleshna,'' 'Raff1es,'' ''The Glad Eye" Love Matches,' and other plays. The settlement made by th.7 wealthy Marquis on the tilted ac- tress broke all British records The highest quotation on broken hearts up to that date was $50.OO0, the sum paid by V1scount Garmoyle, now Earl Ciarns, to an actress named Miss For tescue. There is no shadow of doubt that Miss Markham was very much in love with the Marquis-but $250,- 900 is $250, 900. Also, there are as good
 
 work, coupled with an exceptional abil- 1ty to impart his knowledge to others, makes Dr. Talcott Williams an admir- able head for the Columbia University School of Journalism, endowed by the late Joseph Pulitzer. pr. Williams was born sixty-four years ago at Aheih, Turkey, the son of a mission ary to the Moslem empire. It was just forty years ago in 1873, that he joined the staff of the New York World. Since then he has been Wash ington correspondent of the New York Sun and the San Francisco Chronicle, editorial writer on the Springfield Re publican, and associate editor of the Philadelphia Prses. He left the latter position last year to become director of the new School of Journalism.
 
 William Ziegler, IT,, the "thirty-mil- lion-dollar boy,'' passed his twenty second milestone yesterday. He was the adopted son and inherited the inn mense fortune of William Ziegler, the baking powder king" The young 1ti-millionaire recently married had been in love since she was a girl in short dresses. Ziegler is son of G. w. Brandt. of Davenport. Ia., who was a half brother of the baking pow der manufacture When he was five he was adopted by the millionaire He IS a Qu1SL, unOSCSnCaI1OuS DOy, W1CA pronounced musical talent, and the author of a musical comedy. He stud ded at both Columbia and Harvard. He owns a fine steam yacht and z num- Der of automobiles. Young Ziegler has one sister, Kindergarten teacher in Davenport. la, and she recently brought suit to recover half of the fortune left. by the baking powder king
 Sir Clements Robert Markham, the eminent English geographer and ex- plorer and former president of the Royal Geographical Society, was born eighty-three years ago today, the son of an Anglican clergyman. He serv- ed in an Arctic expedition in 1850, and later led or accompanied expeditions to Peru, Abyssinia, Persia, India and other countries. He is the author of over score of books, and the editor Of many other important contributions to geographical knowledge.
 Mrs Thomas Joseph Preston, wife of a college professor and widow of Grover Cleveland, will begin her if tieta year today. The charming Wom- an who once presided over the White House n1enage was born ih Buffalo, July 21, 1864, the daughter of Oscar and Emma Harmon Folsom. Her fath- CT was a lawyer and for time was the partner of Grover Cleveland. Frances Folsom was educated at Wells College Aurora, N. Y., and before she gradu- ated in 1885 it began to be whispered about that she would soon become the bride of President Cleveland. While the latter was governor of New York, he sent many huge boxes of flowers to the lovely Wells student, and this pleasant custom continued after he had become President. These gifts end nj 0f college gossip, some of Miss Folsonn's associates maintaining that the Presi-i dents attentions were serious, while others, perhaps smitten with envy, in sisted that they were simply intended as marks of respect from an old friend of Miss F.olsorn's father. It was not until a few days before the wedding, which tock place in the White House on June 2, 1886, that any definite an nouncement was given to the press of the impending nuptials. The bride returned from Europe only a week before she became the first lady of the republic She was then only twenty-one, and her youth and beauty captured the world.
 Prof. Preston was a student at Princeton when he first met Miss Fol son. After the death of Grover Cleve- land, they met again, as the Presi- dents widow was a trustee of her a1- ma mater, Wells College, and Prof, Preston a member of the faculty of that institution. The old friendship ripened into love- and the Presidents widow became the professors wife few months ago. Although just one year short of the half-century mark, Mrs. Preston appears much younger. She is intensely proud of her children, and during the period of her widow hood spent some years in Switzerland in order to take advantage of the edu- cational facilities of that country.
 Tom Mason, who has been literary editor of Life for a score of years, and who is a contributor of humorous stor- ies to all the magazines in the English language, will celebrate his forty-sey- nth birthday today. He is a native of Essex, Conn, and was educated in New Haven. Aside from his literary