Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-07

engagement VI WY IN ''"''' '''
1 Mrs John Reed. which was announced on
Monday. was quite n surprise to many ot
us. because somehow most of us had got
into the habit of thinking that Mr.. Biddlc
was a confirmed bachelor. 1t is an aw-
fully nice engagement, for Mrs. Reed is II
very lovely woman. She is the daughter
of the late Adam Evcrly. and lives at 1914
Dc Iancey street, with her mother ana SIS
ter. Mrs. Taylor Walthour, whose son ray
lor died so valiantly in France on Sep
tember -. Mr.. Bddle is the son oil the
late Charles j. Biddlc. His mother. VINO
was Miss Emma Mathcr. died several months
ago. He is brother of Charles BiddIe
and an uncle of Charlie Biddlc, our famous
Philadelphia acc. Though no date has been
announced for the wedding, it is understood
that 1t ~Ssil take place soon, and very
quietly. as both Mrs. Reed and Mr. Bddle
are in mourning.
TUST think of it, When you hear the
- wedding dates you realize that the men
- indeed coming back, do you not:
i14rc are Agnes Brockie and Edith Smith,
both going to be June brides. Agnes Brockie
has been engaged to Jack Mason for nearly
two years. OF course. if il had not been
for the war aud his enforced absence they
would have been married before now. but
ms he had To go over Just about the time
their engagement was announced it could not
be then Agnes is awfully cute looking she
is the daughter of the late William Brockie,
and her mother has since married MIR. WI
liam Warden you know. They live at kcd
Gate. the Warden place in Germantown.
Agnes and JaGks wedding will take place
on June Z at st. Luke's Church. in Ger
mantown.
Edith Smith and Mcclure Fahncstock are
TO be married. too. in June; in fact. tholr
wedding will take place before Agnes and
Jacks. 1t is scheduled for June ,. This
wedding will take place at st. Luke and
the Epiphany Church. on Thirteenth street
near Pine.
In both cases | hear there arc TO be no
bridesmaids. hut each bride has chosen her
sister to be her maid of honor. In the case
of Agnes Brockie, Elizabeth Brockic is to be
her attendant. and Edith Smith will have
her sister. Mary c. Smith. as maid of honor.
But as the tide comes nearer I'll tell you
more about it.
TT WAS with great regret that | learned
l. of the death of Miss Mary Sinnott on
Monday afternoon at her home. lSl6 Kit
tcnhousc Square. She was Il most lovablc
and loved woman And it seems to me that
there has scarcely ever been Il good work
undertaken in this city that ! can remember
in which she has not taken part. She has
always given freely of her time and money.
and that there will be many TO call her
memory blessed there is little doubt.
She was the daughter of tho late Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph F. Snnott. the latter of whom
died on Christmas Day after an illness of
several months. Miss Snnott had been the
victim of ono iT1npSS nftpr another
for number of years. but in spite of her
illness and suffering she insisted on keep
ing up her good works. and on the very day
of her death refused to have put off Il meet
ing Of st. Ninccut's Home committee that
was to take place at her home. In fact. it
made her happier to know that her colleagues
in the work were keeping up what she was
too weak to do. She was active in war work.
n patron of art and music and was greatly
interested in the School Of Industrial Art
Miss Sinnott was sister of Mrs. Ryan
Dcvereux. whose husband was II nephew of
the late Archbishop Ryan. and of Clinton,
John and Clarence Sinnott. A brother, the
late Joseph Snnott, was at onc}tmc mem
Der of the staff of the old Philadelphia
Times, of which Colonel A. X. Mcclure
was editor. His father. the late Joseph +.
Sinnott. endowed n room at tho University
Hospital for newspaper men and women in
memory of his son. Miss Sinnott was cdu-
Gated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart
then at 1884 Walnut street, and was grad-
uated at Eden Hall Two of her aunts, the
late Mothers Agnes and Anna Sinnott,
were religious of that society of nuns. Her
uncle was Monsignor James =. Sinnott, rec
tor of st. Charcs'S Church, this city, and
Bishop Mckinley. of the Philippine Islands,
was II cousin.