Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-09-22
MRS. GEO. @. HORWITZ
BRIDE OF J. J. O'BRIEN
Former Philadelphia Society
Leader and Present Mayor of
Florida Town Remarries

Mayor Marian Newhal Horwitz has
changed her name. and all Philadelphia is
agog with the romance.
Despite the attempt to avoid publicity,
news of the secret" marriage of the widow
of the late George Quintard Horwitz prom
inent lawyer and society man of Philadel-
phia, to J. j. O'Bren, former newspaper
man Of this city, has leaked out, and the
event is the first topic of conversation in
social circles today.
The activities of Mrs. Horwitz as Mayor
OF Moorehaven, Fla, and as farmerette on
the huge estate in the Everglades which she
inherited from Mr.. Horwitz, have kept her
SO in the limeight as a woman of practical
affairs that she was not suspected of having
time for the softer affairs Of sentiment
Word Of the ceremony, which was per-
formed by Father McNally, of the Sacred
Heart Catholic Church, of Tampa, reached
Philadelphia today 1t came a real sur
prise to her friends and relatives. Miss
Eleanor Newhall of STAFFORD, sister of the
Mayor declared that the telegram sent to
the newspapers by a Florida correspondent
was the first news that she had of the we'd
ding
NEIGHBORS IN FLORIDA
Propinquity and community of inter-
ests are thought to have played their part
in the romance. Mr.. O'Brien owns the
farm next to the HorwitZ estate 1t Is said,
and the prooIen of developing the territory
to the utmost brought the two together.
| Moreover. Mr. O'Brien is president OF
Councils of the little town over which Mrs
! Horwtz rules as Mayor.
Recently Her Honor" revisited Philadel-
| phia to intSrest rich friends in the culti-
| walton of the Florida swamp lands and also
| to study intricate municipal and court prob
| lens, to be the better able conscientiOus!y
| to perform her mayoralty duties. In her
absence Mr.. O'Brien substituted as Mayor
The brides first husband died suddenly
| last December, and Mrs. Horwitz, relin-
| uuishing her duties in the Emergency Aid
| here, which organization she helped to
| found, plunged into the Florida work with
| a vim That she possessed remarkable
| energy and executive capacity was evil
denced by the reports of her accomplish
| ments in this new field. She demonstrated
that the land which was thought to yield
| only alligators and rattlesnakes could pro-
duce, If properly treated, succulent corn!
| beans, cabbages and most everything good
| to eat. A large canning concern, through
| the enterprise of Mrs. Horwitz, was induced
| to set up n big canning factory at Moore
| Haven thus giving fresh impetus TO the cul
tivaton of the land.
In short, her Honor may pc Saiu 10 nave
put the little toSgn on the map.
BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM
Mr. O'Brien was a captain in the Ma
| tional Guard and one of the most popular
| men in Philadelphia newspaper circles. He
| is a big square-shouldered, square-ja jawec
| man. whose taste for adventure took hin
| 10 the Wilds of the Saskatchewan country
where he hunted big game in places though
| never before to have been visited by white
men. He was greatly interested in th'
Navy League and was among the first con
tingent which took the battleship training
course in a summer cruise.
AS Marian Newhall the daughter of thu
late Daniel Newhall, famous cricketer and
vice president Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Mrs. O'Brien was one of the most sough
| after Young women in Philadelphia, and he
energy. enthusiasm and propensity for get
ting things done, as we'll as her striking ap
pearance marked her apart from the aver
age. As Mrs Horwitz she threw hersel
in TO the social and philanthropic work o
this city with vim that insured her sue
cess in whatever she undertook.
Her son, Oreflle Horwitz, witnessed IN
marriage at Tampa. Mr., OBrlen Is thirty
two wears old and his wife thirty-seven.
Mr.. O'Brien lived with his mother OF
| NTontgonery avenue between Ninteenth ant
Twentieth streets for several years. Late
tbe family moved TO Pulaski avenue an
| s,avmour street Germantown. After TN
death of his mother he disposed OF ms pusi
ness and took up his residence In Floriua'