The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-12-20
AGED BROKERS'
Tilted BEAUTY
VISITS LAWYER
She Will Not Discuss Suit, But
Brother Says "We'll
Show EN-"


have been the wedding day of John B.
Manning, aged broker, and Miss Hon
ora May OBrien, whose beauty is as
undisputed as her faint brogue, pass
ed yesterday without the ceremony at
st. Patrick's Cathedral with Cardinal
Farley officiating, and without the
wedding breakfast at Delmonico's
which Mr.. Manning gayly planned last
Saturday.
Mr.. Manning spent the day at his
home. No. 81 Riverside Drive, and
|, received no callers. For the first
time in years he has missed going to
his office for two days. Miss O'Brien
consulted Her attorney, j. J. Rooney,
] at. No. 233 Broadway, and her broth
er, James O.Brien, who had come
from Newport for the wedding and
stayed to see that his sister received
what he considered fitting treatment.
Suit Not Discussed
No one would admit that there was
to be a breach Of promise suit. Mr..
Rooney said they were jjust con-
ferring.'' Mr.. O'Brien, however, de-
scIared, t'We'll show them what it
means to trifle with the O'Briens."
u BY advice of her attorney Miss
gO'Brien would make no further state
ment yesterday afternoon. She had
told previously Of Mr.. Manning's ar
dent courtship Of three weeks, his
proposal to her in the library OF the
Manning home, and the curt tele-
phone message yesterday morning in
which he told her it was "all off"
Yesterday, clad in a large black and
white hat, and q long brown coat
with a fur collar, she sat quietly at
- ~ sy< ~, I>xp
Ter answered questions on what he
knew OF the affair. ~.
+, Mr. O'Brien denied holly that Mr..
Manning had had anything to do with
4 Miss O'Brien's coming to this country
ter her education in a convent in Ire
land and in Client Belgium, he him
self sent her, he said, the money with
4 him. She took steamer, earlier
. than she had intended in order to
I. travel under the chaperonage Of some
i Catholic nuns, and he failed to meet
her at the pier. It was then when
of Is, that. Mr.. Manning. interested
! In the work Of the sisters with whom
she was travelling, first met her.
Millionaire was Captivated
Miss O'Brien's father and Mr.. Man
ming were distant cousins and school
friends, and the latter was delighted
to discover that the girl was rela-
tive.
Apparently the millionaire, then a
mere youth Of 73, was captivated inn
mediately. for he told Cardinal Farley,
1t is said few days ago, in the pres
ence Of Mr.. O'Brien and two of Mr..
Manning's daughters, that he had in
tended for 1t least sight years u mar
~ her. IA sls s.5q h d
Miss O'Brien was employed first as
1 . governess, then as the secretary OF
fashion magazine whose French cor
) respondents she handled. For. some
time she continued to see the Man
ming family. but the acquaintance
wahed and she had not seen Mr.. Man
ming for three years until a few
weeks ago Then the broker, hearing
that she was in the city. made re-
peatec efforts to find her and finally
got her address.
81 That there was any mention Of a
marriage settlement Of 100000, or
Nany other amount was denied indig-
Snantly by Mr.. O'Brien. He declared
that his sister drew a large salary
from her position on the fashion mag
Aaxine, which she resigned when she
decided to marry the broker, and had
mo intentioni of Fronting materially
by the marriage.
e. Mr.. O'Brien said yesterday that his
ssiEter had received no word from her
srecent sutton since the telephone
message, and he considered the mar
riage as all OF. He added, however,
m answer to a question about Miss
0'Brien's attitude, that he could not
Speak for her. readiness or unreadi-
ness to consider marriage if the OBJ
sjections of Mr.. Mantings children
could be softened.
sa The only word which could be OBJ
tafned from Mr.. Manning's side yes
Il terday was the statement. in a stern
feminine voice over. the telephone that
"the marriage is absolutely Off"
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