Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-28
LACONIA HEROINE
CLAIMED BY CITY
Mrs. Frank E. Harris. Wbo
Rescued Other Women,
Well Known Here
WENT TO AID RED CRoSc
Granddaughter of Late Goverro.
Geary, Formerly Miss Bon.
zano, Has Relatives Hero

Mrs Frank r. Harris, whose sct t.
ing the women of the Laconia int, a., ~ psc-
boats while the liner was sinkln. e NE
irlsh coast was probably the Are, we
herosm since the ruthless submarin. sreat
Iare oesah' is well known to Philadelnh,,a-
she is remembered as quiet. bra,o pounus
charming among the host of frionso ana
move IN society circles of this citv C,.ho VINO
Hehry scott, Jr, first cousin who l,,o, ies
ST Davids, described her as "snai, es az
possessing lot of nerve" i' out
Last night Colonel Frank
U. 5. A. Fort Delaware, Del. reco,xas ,ars
capie from MS wife in which she saa -
thing 'os' every
That told the story which most concoru. !,
her, husband. Behind that another s,n
hovers-it is Mrs. Harris's passion 70 s.oly
the war sufferers-the passion that o, selvs
her across the sea, Drawing the terror =, az ~
nndersea cruisers, while at home sba ,.,sne u'e
have lived life of ease and comnara,,,,s
security. 'uVs
Mrs. Harris left on the Laconia IA \.
come Red Cross nurse in London. Rut !.
her attempt to cross the seas tho snhn,a ~
rine only temporarily thwarts her nnrnos.
for she is in Queenstown now and NAV ~,
the next boat to England TO carry on, has
desire to aid the manned and diving in IN.
London hospitals. Wv
Everything she had was lost From, a..
meager accounts given in the dispatcbas
from overseas 1t is not so certain that suos
total loss was necessary. Had she looLsa
after her own affairs, collected her own
VaIuables and money, she might not have
suffered such a heavy loss.
Mrs. Harris before her marriage wo.
Miss Mary Geary Bonzano. of Philadsl.
phia. In 1902 she was welded to the tbsr
Captain Harris. Christ Church Cbape, =,
Pine street above Nineteenth was the scen.
of the ceremony. and the chapel was Allied
with a fashionable assemblage of guests n
was a military wedding No bridesmaid
accompanied her, but her sister Miss Laura
Jasperson Bonzano. was the maid of honor
Mrs. Harris is the daughter of Mr. ana
Mrs Macmillan Bonzano and the grand.
daughter Of the late General John whit.
Geary former Governor of Pennsv,van,a
she also is the granddaughter of the lats
Adolphus Bonzano who was in his TINA
one of the most noted civil engineers in ths
United States.
Mrs. Harris's mother was Miss Mary r.
Geary before her marriage, and her uncls
is John White Geary. who married Miss
Mary Harrison, a daughter Of Alfred C.
Harrison. while her aunts are Mrs. Charles
Henry Scott, of Radnor. and Mrs J. r.
Ludlow. of New York city. both daughters
OF General Geary. She returned from Ma
Mia last autumn, where her husband. Lien.
tenant Colonel Harris, has been stationed
Mrs John White Geary when questioned
about this niece of her husbands remarked
that she was both young and very good.
looking, but not particularly athletic, in
fact quite small and slight in build
Mrs Harris never was formally intro
duced to Philadelphia society, because most
of her time was spent abroad She was
educated in Europe. Her father is a civil
engineer. Mr. Harris is spending the winter
in Florida. He retired from business several
years ago and is member of the Union
League.