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close friendship with Miss Jul a P.
Madeira, then teacher there. On
graduation Miss Chase entered Bryn
Mawr College to be graduated with
honors in pedagogics four years later.
When her education was completed
Miss Madeira and she made tour
of Europe together. Miss Madeira
had decided to open a school of her
own, and Miss Chase became a teach
er in this school.
From Bryn Mawr, little later,
came Miss Margaret Armstrong to
be secretary to Miss Madeira. Miss
Armstrong, who was killed in the 4
recent New Haven wreck, was an in
innate friend of Miss Chase at col
lege and afterward. Miss Chase be-
sides teaching had done secretarial
work for Miss Madeira before Miss
Armstrong joined the school staff.
Besides Miss Madeira and Miss Arm
strong she had no really intimate
friends in this city.
Miss Chase's ability in various ways |
manifested itself early in her life. At |
13 she was an expert on the typewrit-
er and a great help to her father.
Last August Mr.. Chase decided to |
dispose of his theatrical interests |
here, and he sold out to Mr.. Keith |
Mr. Keith saw Miss Chase a number |
Of times while the negotiations were
on. The fact that Mr.. and Mrs. P.
B. Chase would be here at this time
for the wedding of their son to Miss
Cohen is known to have hastened Mr..
Keith and Miss Chase to their deci-
sion.
Mr. Keith has long been famous
in the theatrical world, and to him is
often ascribed much of the advance
ment in vaudeville in general esteem
in the last twenty years.
Mr.. Keith was born in Hillsboro
Bridge, N. H., of Scotch-French, par
entage. He lived on farm until he
was about Is, when he left home to
join circus. For several years he
was employed at the Bunnell and Bar
mum Museum in New York and the
Forepaugh, Batchiller and Doris cir
Gus.
After several years Mr.. Keith NOV
ed to Boston with the intention of 60
ing into the theatrical business. He
first exhibited "Baby Alice" an alb
normally small baby, and made quite
success of the venture. His know
natural executive ability soon gave
him another opportunity, and on July
6, 1885, he opened the Gayety Mus
cum, the first continuous vaudeville
, house in the country.
The experiment proved an instant
success, and within few years the
theater was running on a well-paying
L basis. From that time Mr.. Keith has
bought and opened vaudeville theaters
all over the county, one of his ntest
acquisitions being his theater here.
Vile houses scattered through the
United States and Canada. He is the
: president of the United Booking Of
licers of America, which controls
+ practically the entire vaudeville field
: in the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keith will spend the
! winter in Florida, it is understood
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Chase plan tc
return after a trip and make theil
L home with the brides parents, Theil
s wedding was quiet one. Mr.. Chase
> and Miss Cohen we're married amit
u wealth of chrysanthemums, roses
u and greens. Mr.. Chase is Il senior II
o the Georgetown University Law
>, School He Is graduate of the Uni
). versity of Pennsylvania, class of 1911
d member of the Delta Tau Delti
r. fraternity, and the Chevy Chase Club
IS His bride is favorite among tn,
n younger social set.
When seen early last evening, Pau
1t Keith said;
n 81 received a telegram from m.
n father this morning telling me t
1t come to Washington at once.
n thought nothing of it, so wired hin
S that / would arrive this evening.
J. arrived at about IL o'clock, and wa
ID eating my dinner when the waite
s. asked me II | had come over to al
tend the ceremony. asked wha
lie ceremony, and he told me that m
er father was to marry Miss Chase.
er was greatly surprised, but that
" just the way father does things"
re Mr.. Keith said that his father ha
Is only recently purchased his yacht.