Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-25
ORIENT ROMANCE
ENDS in BRIDAL
Ambassador Fletcher Marries
Today Girl He Met Years
Ago in China

New York, July 25.-Henry Pra-
ther Fletcher, American ambassador
70 Mexico, and Miss Beatrice Bend.
| prominent in society, will be married
to-day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard Straight at Westbury, Long
, Island. The couple have not taken
society into their confidence and
their marriage will therefore come
| as surprise to many. The ceremony
/ VIII be very quiet one, with only a
small gathering of relatives in at
tendance.
The marriage is part of a romance
that had its beginning in the Orient
eight years ago. Mr.. Fletcher. first
met Miss Bend while she was travel
Ing with Miss Dorothy Whitney, now
Mrs. Willard Straight. Mr.. Fletcher
at the time was first secretary of the
American legation in China. Mr..
Straight was a member of a little
group of Americans in China. It was
the first time he had met the future
Mrs. Straight.
The young Americans welcomed
the visit of the Yankee girls and they
we're very much in the company of
Miss Whitney and Miss Bend. This
was in 1909. One year later. when
Miss Whitney was wed to Mr..
| Straight in Geneva. Switzerland, Miss
Bend was bridesmaid.
Every effort, according to friends,
has been made to keep this second
romance of the Orient visit a secret
Just why so much secrecy was at
| tached to the marriage was not
| learned.
Mrs. George Eend, mother of the
bride, left her home, 56S Park ave-
nue.. yesterday with her daughter
for the Straight home at Westbury.
where they remained over night.
Mrs. Bend was also a member of the
Whitney party on the tour around
| the world.
Mr.. Fletcher is 43 years of age.
| He was born at Greencastle, Pa. He
began his diplomatic career as sec
rotary to the American legation in
Cuba in 1902. The following year
he was transferred to China, where
he remained in 1902-1903. The next
two years he was connected with the
| American legation at Lisbon, and
again was transferred to China,
where he became acting minister. AS
a result of his good work in China
he was appointed minister to Chile,
and to him is attributed the de-
velopment of the existing friendly
| feeling between the United States
and Chile.
Mr.. Fletcher was a stenographer
at Is years old. Rough Rider at 25,
minister at 36, and reached the COW
eted honor of ambassadorship when
only IL years old.
! His brothers, J. Rowe Fletcher, OF
Harrisburg, and j. Gilmore Fletcher,
Of this city, who has been summer
ing at his country place near Pitts
hurgh, arrived here this morning for
the wedding.
Miss Charlotte Eberly, of 1928
Kittatinny street, and her guest, Miss
Lillian Quigley, of Jersey Shore, are
| taking a pleasure trip to Philadel-
phia and Atlantic City.
Miss Juniata Miller, of Hunting
don is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.
Madenford at Overv1ew.
Miss Claire Dyer, 333 Boyd street
is a guest at the Grand Atlantic ho-
tel, Atlantic City, n. ].
Miss Mary Morrison, or Duncan
non, ond Brinton Edwards, of New
port, were guests of Mr.. Edwards
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Edwards
in Atlantic City, over the weekend
Miss Mary Lee and Miss Faitf
Lee, of Philadelphia, who have
host of friends in the city, are guest:
of DR.. and Mrs. Henry L. Orth, a
the State Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward L. James, Of
wyoming, Pa, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry L. Bach, of Nortf
Fourth street, for the remainder Of
the week.
Mrs. Albert Koenig. of Sixth and
Maclay streets, is a guest at the
Hotel Pickard, Lake Chautauqua
n. Y.
Mrs. Roy P. NJ. Davis has gone
back to Cedar Cliff Lodge, Union
town, where she is summering after
a brief stay at her home, here.
Howell Richmond and small son
Sigmund Richmond of Newark, n
J.. are guests of their relatives, Mr.,
and Mrs. Ellis NJ. Black, of Market
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Andrews
/ of 1906 State street, are guests at
the Aldinger Inn, PaXtonia, for the
rest of the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samnel NJ. Worley
and family, of Cumberland street,
are spending the season at their
Summerdale cottage.
Joseph Lebold and Frederick Le-
bold of Brooklyn, are visiting rela-
tives in the West End for week or
two.
Mrs. NJ. H. Unger, of 1915, North
Sixth street, gave a little party in
celebration of the birthday of her
grandson. Samuel Unger, who was
en- years old on Monday.
Patrich Grambs, of Scranton, was
a recent guest of Mr.. and Mrs. F. B.
Faber, of State street